Win: George Rickert (5-2) Loss: Pavel Tamayo (0-2)
Inning: 1 St. Louis Mike Maple pitching. Cam Wolf strikes out. Jack Tierney singles to left field. Mike Hillegas doubles to right field. Billy Nevers flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Jack Tierney scores. Jimmy Gantenbein strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Greg Thompson pitching. Joe Wallace flies out to the left fielder. Cole Childress grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Pretzel Kruk strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 St. Louis Frank Ganzel flies out to the right fielder. John Dykhoff grounds out to the shortstop. Mac Nicholson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Joe Tyrone strikes out. Jocko Luebber hits an infield single to the pitcher. Leo Seats grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jocko Luebber is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Ruben Mills strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 St. Louis Greg Thompson strikes out. Cam Wolf grounds out to the third baseman. Jack Tierney grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Mark Morrison flies out to the center fielder. Mike Maple strikes out. Joe Wallace singles past the second baseman. Cole Childress hits a home run. Joe Wallace scores. Pretzel Kruk flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 St. Louis Mike Hillegas grounds out to the shortstop. Billy Nevers grounds out to the second baseman. Jimmy Gantenbein singles to center field. Frank Ganzel strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Joe Tyrone doubles to left field. Jocko Luebber singles to left field. Joe Tyrone scores. Leo Seats strikes out. Ruben Mills doubles to right field. Jocko Luebber is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Mark Morrison walks. Mike Maple pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 St. Louis John Dykhoff reached on a fielding error by Mike Maple. Mac Nicholson flies out to the left fielder. Greg Thompson lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Cam Wolf strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Joe Wallace strikes out. Cole Childress walks. Cole Childress steals second. Pretzel Kruk reached on a 2-base fielding error by Jack Tierney. Cole Childress scores. Joe Tyrone flies out to the center fielder. Jocko Luebber grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 St. Louis Jack Tierney strikes out. Mike Hillegas grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Billy Nevers grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Leo Seats doubles to left field. Ruben Mills grounds out to the shortstop. Mark Morrison reached on a fielding error by John Dykhoff. Mike Maple strikes out. Joe Wallace strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 St. Louis Jimmy Gantenbein grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Ganzel hits a home run. John Dykhoff flies out to the center fielder. Mac Nicholson singles past the second baseman. Greg Thompson walks. Cam Wolf singles to right field. Jack Tierney singles to left field. Mac Nicholson scores. Mike Hillegas singles to center field. Greg Thompson scores. Cam Wolf scores. Jack Tierney advances to third on the hit. Billy Nevers strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Cole Childress flies out to the center fielder. Pretzel Kruk doubles to left field. Kevin Smith comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 1st. Joe Tyrone hits a home run. Pretzel Kruk scores. Jocko Luebber singles to left field. Leo Seats grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 St. Louis Tom Brunansky enters the game as a defensive replacement for Ruben Mills at CF. Sam Barlow enters the game as a defensive replacement for Mark Morrison at SS. Jimmy Gantenbein flies out to the center fielder. Frank Ganzel flies out to the center fielder. John Dykhoff flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Tom Brunansky strikes out. Clint Dayley comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Sam Barlow strikes out. Mike Maple strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 St. Louis Mac Nicholson hits a home run. George Rickert comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joe Gaston is pinch hitting for Clint Dayley. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Joe Gaston grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Cam Wolf flies out to the center fielder. Jack Tierney singles to left field. Mike Hillegas pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Pavel Tamayo pitching. Joe Wallace strikes out. Cole Childress grounds out to the shortstop. Pretzel Kruk flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 St. Louis Billy Nevers strikes out. Jimmy Gantenbein strikes out. Frank Ganzel pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Pittsburgh Joe Tyrone grounds out to the third baseman. Jocko Luebber grounds out to the shortstop. Leo Seats triples. Tom Brunansky singles to center field. Leo Seats scores. St. Louis total runners left on base: 6 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 6
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: A+ RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Xavier Horton did not respond to coaching in speed Johnny Williamson did not respond to coaching in range Melido Coscarart did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Johnny Williamson improves in power_vs_righty Benicio Taveras did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Rey Moreno did not respond to coaching in control Johnny Williamson did not respond to coaching in 1B
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: A RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Vic Mesner improves in contact_vs_lefty Al Winters improves in range Tony Lemonds did not respond to coaching in control Gordon Irelan did not respond to coaching in control Vic Mesner improves in power_vs_lefty Tony Lemonds did not respond to coaching in control Dick Geiger did not respond to coaching in CF