Inning: 1 St. Louis Dee Missing Link pitching. Lou Sadek grounds out to the shortstop. Move-up Maloney grounds out to the second baseman. Dave Graham strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Brooklyn Rip Reilly pitching. Yoshihiro Okai singles to center field. Yoshihiro Okai is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Lefty Wright grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Fersk Landtromme walks. Tadaaki Nagatomo grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 St. Louis Rodney Mikkelsen grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Valdez strikes out. Benny Hockett flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Brooklyn C. E. Hughes flies out to the center fielder. Sandy Schmutz grounds out to the shortstop. Guy Wire strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 St. Louis Kenny Madison singles to center field. Jonathan Radford singles to center field. Kenny Madison advances to third on the hit. Rip Reilly strikes out. Lou Sadek hits a home run. Kenny Madison scores. Jonathan Radford scores. Move-up Maloney strikes out. Dave Graham grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Brooklyn Shinobu Tadahisa grounds out to the third baseman. Dee Missing Link grounds out to the shortstop. Yoshihiro Okai strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 St. Louis Rodney Mikkelsen walks. Mike Valdez lines out to the shortstop. Benny Hockett flies out to the right fielder. Kenny Madison strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Brooklyn Lefty Wright grounds out to the shortstop. Fersk Landtromme walks. Tadaaki Nagatomo singles to center field. C. E. Hughes flies out to the center fielder. Sandy Schmutz hits a home run. Fersk Landtromme scores. Tadaaki Nagatomo scores. Guy Wire grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 St. Louis Jonathan Radford singles to right field. Rip Reilly lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Lou Sadek grounds out to the pitcher. Move-up Maloney flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Brooklyn Shinobu Tadahisa lines out to the first baseman. Dee Missing Link grounds out to the third baseman. Yoshihiro Okai strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis Dave Graham grounds out to the second baseman. Rodney Mikkelsen grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Valdez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Brooklyn Lefty Wright pops out to the second baseman. Fersk Landtromme walks. Tadaaki Nagatomo walks. C. E. Hughes strikes out. Sandy Schmutz lines out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 St. Louis Benny Hockett walks. Kenny Madison singles to center field. Jonathan Radford flies out to the center fielder. Rip Reilly lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first for the 1-6-4 double play (2B covering 1st). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Brooklyn Guy Wire grounds out to the shortstop. Shinobu Tadahisa singles to center field. Eito Mitsumatsu is pinch running for Shinobu Tadahisa on 1st base. Dee Missing Link lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, Eito Mitsumatsu forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Jesse Davis is pinch running for Dee Missing Link on 1st base. Yoshihiro Okai grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 St. Louis Nelson Wolf pitching. Chris James enters the game as a defensive replacement for Eito Mitsumatsu at 2B. Lou Sadek strikes out. Move-up Maloney walks. Dave Graham grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Move-up Maloney advances to second on the play. Rodney Mikkelsen flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Brooklyn Brian Mitchell comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Lefty Wright grounds out to the third baseman. Fersk Landtromme singles in front of the center fielder. Tadaaki Nagatomo strikes out. C. E. Hughes grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 St. Louis Mike Valdez grounds out to the shortstop. Benny Hockett walks. Benny Hockett steals second. Kenny Madison pops out to the first baseman. Jonathan Radford flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Brooklyn Sandy Schmutz doubles to center field. Guy Wire grounds out to the shortstop. Chris James grounds out to the second baseman. Sandy Schmutz advances to third on the play. Giovanni Braccioforte is pinch hitting for Nelson Wolf. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Giovanni Braccioforte flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 St. Louis Cesare Galante pitching. Herm Poetz is pinch hitting for Brian Mitchell. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Herm Poetz grounds out to the second baseman. Lou Sadek doubles to left field. Move-up Maloney grounds out to the third baseman. Dave Graham grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Brooklyn Ossie Evans pitching. Yoshihiro Okai bunts for a base hit. Lefty Wright pops out to the catcher. Fersk Landtromme flies out to the center fielder. Tadaaki Nagatomo flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 11 St. Louis Rodney Mikkelsen singles past the second baseman. Mike Valdez triples. Rodney Mikkelsen scores. Benny Hockett strikes out. Kenny Madison walks. Kenny Madison steals second. Jonathan Radford strikes out. Jim Petkovsek is pinch hitting for Ossie Evans. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Jim Petkovsek singles to center field. Mike Valdez scores. Matthew Ridgway comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Lou Sadek grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 11 Brooklyn Rich Gates pitching. C. E. Hughes walks. C. E. Hughes is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Sandy Schmutz grounds out to the pitcher. Guy Wire grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 St. Louis total runners LOB: 8 Brooklyn total runners LOB: 7
Game Notes Rich Gates is injured and is expected to be out 45 days.
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Tim Alcock improves in range Tim Alcock improves in arm Dick Seminara improves in contact_vs_lefty Dave Hess improves in contact_vs_righty Dean Williams improves in range Jack Escobar improves in range
Brooklyn Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Mareo Odaka did not respond to coaching in velocity Chester Riley improves in power_vs_righty Jerry Berry did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Bronson Charles did not respond to coaching in control Chester Riley did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Pepper Gruber did not respond to coaching in velocity Jerry Berry improves in 1B