Win: Joe Stottlemyre (1-0) Loss: Ed Giovanola (0-1)
Inning: 1 St. Louis Ed Giovanola pitching. Elmer Kerrigan walks. Ed Farr hits a home run. Elmer Kerrigan scores. Gene Poole walks. Foster Lamar grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Gene Poole is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Cristian Pache flies out to the right fielder. Jack Twombly singles to center field. Fred Weinert triples. Foster Lamar scores. Jack Twombly scores. Cole Miner grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Atlanta Joe Stottlemyre pitching. Mike Wolf singles to center field. Dick Horlen flies out to the right fielder. Johnny Johnson flies out to the right fielder. Ray Criss, Jr. strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 St. Louis Joe Stottlemyre flies out to the right fielder. Elmer Kerrigan grounds out to the shortstop. Ed Farr grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Atlanta Garry Schultz doubles to right field. Kelly Winford strikes out. Leon Blair hits an infield single to the pitcher. Grady Blackburn reached on a 2-base throwing error by Gene Poole. Garry Schultz scores. Ed Giovanola strikes out. Mike Wolf grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 St. Louis Gene Poole grounds out to the third baseman. Foster Lamar strikes out. Cristian Pache doubles to right field. Jack Twombly walks. Fred Weinert walks. Cole Miner singles to center field. Cristian Pache scores. Jack Twombly scores. Fred Weinert advances to third on the hit. Joe Stottlemyre pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Atlanta Dick Horlen grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Johnny Johnson grounds out to the shortstop. Ray Criss, Jr. flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 St. Louis Elmer Kerrigan singles to left field. Ed Farr singles to right field. Elmer Kerrigan advances to third on the hit. Ed Farr steals second. Gene Poole flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Elmer Kerrigan scores. Foster Lamar grounds out to the shortstop. Cristian Pache pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Atlanta Garry Schultz flies out to the left fielder. Kelly Winford strikes out. Leon Blair grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 St. Louis Jack Twombly walks. Fred Weinert singles past the second baseman. Jack Twombly advances to third on the hit. Fred Weinert is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Cole Miner singles to left field. Jack Twombly scores. Joe Stottlemyre lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Elmer Kerrigan walks. Ed Farr singles to center field. Cole Miner scores. Gene Poole singles in front of the center fielder. Elmer Kerrigan is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Atlanta Grady Blackburn singles to center field. Ed Giovanola fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Ed Giovanola strikes out. Mike Wolf singles to right field. Grady Blackburn advances to third on the hit. Dick Horlen singles to center field. Grady Blackburn scores. Johnny Johnson walks. Ray Criss, Jr. strikes out. Garry Schultz grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 St. Louis Foster Lamar strikes out. Cristian Pache lines out to the shortstop. Jack Twombly strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Atlanta Kelly Winford singles past the second baseman. Leon Blair grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Grady Blackburn singles to left field. Dick Such is pinch hitting for Ed Giovanola. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Dick Such flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 St. Louis Tom Summers pitching. Fred Weinert grounds out to the shortstop. Cole Miner grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Stottlemyre reached on a fielding error by Grady Blackburn. Elmer Kerrigan strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Atlanta Mike Wolf grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Dick Horlen grounds out to the second baseman. Johnny Johnson grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 St. Louis Ed Farr pops out to the first baseman. Hideo Choshi is pinch hitting for Gene Poole. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Hideo Choshi grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Al Metzig comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Foster Lamar hits a home run. Cristian Pache flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Atlanta Scott Garcia is pinch hitting for Ray Criss, Jr.. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Scott Garcia grounds out to the second baseman. Garry Schultz flies out to the left fielder. Kelly Winford flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 St. Louis Jack Twombly singles to left field. Fred Weinert grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Diego Schroll is pinch hitting for Cole Miner. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Diego Schroll grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Atlanta Leon Blair lines out to the first baseman. Grady Blackburn singles to right field. Alan Rico is pinch hitting for Al Metzig. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Alan Rico singles to left field. Mike Wolf grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Alan Rico is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Dick Horlen grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 St. Louis total runners LOB: 6 Atlanta total runners LOB: 9
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jerry Workman did not respond to coaching in range Buster Lapihuska did not respond to coaching in range Matt Grimes did not respond to coaching in velocity Angel Passeau improves in contact_vs_righty
Atlanta Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: D Improvements: Mike Barnes did not respond to coaching in endurance Steve Walbeck improves in power_vs_lefty Neal Ollom improves in power_vs_lefty Cap Banks did not respond to coaching in velocity Steve Walbeck did not respond to coaching in C