Win: Pascual Klippstein (1-0) Loss: Ty Quinn (0-1)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati Ty Quinn pitching. Marty Sisk flies out to the left fielder. Charlie Wallace flies out to the left fielder. Gates Niland walks. Terry Hixon hits a home run. Gates Niland scores. Duster Hammond doubles to right field. Skeeter Bolick singles to center field. Duster Hammond scores. Skeeter Bolick steals second. Angel Ledesma hits a home run. Skeeter Bolick scores. Jim Barry grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 St. Louis Pascual Klippstein pitching. Jim Nieman singles to right field. Fran Lesher singles to left field. Jim Nieman advances to third on the hit. Van Blattner reached on a fielding error by Marty Sisk. Jim Nieman scores. John Jones grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Van Blattner is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Dave Brown flies out to the center fielder. Marcelino Whitman walks. Luis Lee flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Dave Bella comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pascual Klippstein grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Marty Sisk triples. Charlie Wallace grounds out to the second baseman. Marty Sisk scores. Gates Niland grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 St. Louis Rob Melton doubles to right field. Dave Bella fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Dave Bella flies out to the right fielder. Jim Nieman grounds out to the second baseman. Rob Melton advances to third on the play. Fran Lesher walks. Fran Lesher steals second. Van Blattner walks. John Jones singles to center field. Rob Melton scores. Dave Brown flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Terry Hixon singles to center field. Duster Hammond grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Skeeter Bolick flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 St. Louis Marcelino Whitman grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Luis Lee pops out to the second baseman. Rob Melton grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Angel Ledesma strikes out. Jim Barry singles to center field. Pascual Klippstein lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Marty Sisk grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 St. Louis Dave Bella grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Nieman grounds out to the second baseman. Fran Lesher triples. Van Blattner grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Charlie Wallace walks. Charlie Wallace steals second. Gates Niland hits a home run. Charlie Wallace scores. Terry Hixon flies out to the left fielder. Duster Hammond grounds out to the third baseman. Skeeter Bolick walks. Angel Ledesma flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 St. Louis John Jones hits a home run. Dave Brown grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Marcelino Whitman strikes out. Luis Lee strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Brad Enright comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Relief Pitchers stats. Jim Barry grounds out to the second baseman. Pascual Klippstein strikes out. Marty Sisk grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis Rob Melton grounds out to the second baseman. Brad Enright pops out to the shortstop. Jim Nieman doubles to left field. Fran Lesher grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Charlie Wallace flies out to the left fielder. Gates Niland strikes out. Terry Hixon singles to center field. Duster Hammond flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 St. Louis Van Blattner singles to left field. John Jones singles to right field. Van Blattner advances to third on the hit. Dave Brown grounds out to the third baseman. Van Blattner scores. John Jones advances to second on the play. Marcelino Whitman grounds out to the shortstop. Luis Lee lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Skeeter Bolick grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Angel Ledesma flies out to the right fielder. Jim Barry walks. Pascual Klippstein grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 St. Louis Rob Melton grounds out to the third baseman. Frenchy Mordecai is pinch hitting for Brad Enright. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Frenchy Mordecai strikes out. Jim Nieman grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Jerry Clowers pitching. Marty Sisk walks. Charlie Wallace grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Marty Sisk is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Gates Niland flies out to the center fielder. Terry Hixon flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 St. Louis Ed Davis comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Fran Lesher flies out to the center fielder. Van Blattner strikes out. John Jones flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 5 St. Louis total runners LOB: 9
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Dutch Gray did not respond to coaching in speed Terrence Wright improves in contact_vs_lefty Dutch Gray did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Richie Rasmussen did not respond to coaching in velocity Pablo Ferrick did not respond to coaching in SS
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jim Dickson improves in power_vs_righty Tiny Bolling improves in speed Clint Gomez improves in power_vs_lefty Monk Maynard improves in contact_vs_lefty