Win: Chris Smith (2-2) Loss: Yuji Okura (3-7)
Save: Hutch Dear (2)
Inning: 1 Arizona Chris Smith pitching. Masami Nakamura flies out to the left fielder. Seiji Mori grounds out to the shortstop. Fitz Kennedy walks. Duke Denard grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 St. Louis Yuji Okura pitching. Ernie Nielsen grounds out to the third baseman. Ellis Jones grounds out to the second baseman. Johnny Menke lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Arizona Loren Slaughter hits a home run. Tristan Schaut strikes out. Osamu Kajihara flies out to the center fielder. Cooper McPheeters flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 St. Louis Tom Schwabe strikes out. Shawn Munoz grounds out to the shortstop. Carl Hermanski walks. Joe Ladd grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Arizona Yuji Okura grounds out to the shortstop. Masami Nakamura singles to right field. Seiji Mori singles to left field. Masami Nakamura advances to third on the hit. Fitz Kennedy singles past the shortstop. Masami Nakamura scores. Seiji Mori advances to third on the hit. Duke Denard singles to center field. Seiji Mori scores. Loren Slaughter grounds out to the shortstop. Fitz Kennedy advances to third on the play. Duke Denard advances to second on the play. Tristan Schaut is hit by a pitch. Osamu Kajihara pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 St. Louis Greg Higginbotham strikes out. Chris Smith walks. Ernie Nielsen singles to center field. Chris Smith advances to third on the hit. Ernie Nielsen is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Ellis Jones walks. Johnny Menke flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Arizona Cooper McPheeters is hit by a pitch. Yuji Okura lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Masami Nakamura grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Seiji Mori flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 St. Louis Tom Schwabe flies out to the left fielder. Shawn Munoz flies out to the center fielder. Carl Hermanski grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Arizona Fitz Kennedy flies out to the center fielder. Duke Denard flies out to the left fielder. Loren Slaughter strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 St. Louis Joe Ladd singles in front of the center fielder. Greg Higginbotham walks. Chris Smith lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ernie Nielsen flies out to the center fielder. Ellis Jones hits a home run. Joe Ladd scores. Greg Higginbotham scores. Johnny Menke flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Arizona Tristan Schaut strikes out. Osamu Kajihara singles to right field. Cooper McPheeters singles to center field. Yuji Okura fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Yuji Okura strikes out. Masami Nakamura grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 St. Louis Tom Schwabe strikes out. Shawn Munoz strikes out. Carl Hermanski grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Arizona Seiji Mori walks. Fitz Kennedy strikes out. Duke Denard singles to left field. Seiji Mori aggressively advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the infield in. Loren Slaughter grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Duke Denard advances to second on the play. Tristan Schaut grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 St. Louis Joe Ladd flies out to the left fielder. Greg Higginbotham singles to left field. Sean Daniels is pinch hitting for Chris Smith. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Sean Daniels doubles to left field. Ernie Nielsen strikes out. Beau Shellenback 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 2nd. Ellis Jones singles to center field. Greg Higginbotham scores. Sean Daniels uses his aggressiveness and scores. Johnny Menke flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Arizona Bill Hepler pitching. Al Hawes enters the game as a defensive replacement for Johnny Menke at RF. Osamu Kajihara pops out to the first baseman. Cooper McPheeters grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jesus Torres is pinch hitting for Beau Shellenback. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jesus Torres singles to left field. Masami Nakamura strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 St. Louis John Eason pitching. Tom Schwabe singles to right field. Shawn Munoz walks. Carl Hermanski grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Shawn Munoz is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Joe Ladd strikes out. Greg Higginbotham pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Arizona Hutch Dear 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. Seiji Mori grounds out to the shortstop. Fitz Kennedy strikes out. Duke Denard grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Arizona total runners left on base: 10 St. Louis total runners left on base: 6
Arizona Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Dolph Meloan improves in power_vs_lefty Cayden Drake did not respond to coaching in control Dolph Meloan did not respond to coaching in speed Joe Causey did not respond to coaching in control Charlie Castillo did not respond to coaching in SS
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Jesse Benes did not respond to coaching in arm Jeff Ardizoia improves in contact_vs_lefty Roger Wieghaus did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Ben Madlock improves in arm