Win: Juice Gossage (13-9) Loss: Doc Halladay (5-23)
Inning: 1 St. Louis Doc Halladay pitching. Drew Benintendi grounds out to the shortstop. Smooth Ed Simpson grounds out to the second baseman. Carl Hoey hits a home run. Walton Ramsey singles to right field. Bill Shirley pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Juice Gossage pitching. Bud Sweeney reached on a 2-base throwing error by Atsushi Tanaka. Sammy Blue grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Bud Sweeney advances to third on the play. Randy Brucker flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Bud Sweeney scores. Glen Close singles past the shortstop. Alvin Thornton singles to center field. Bruce Candaele grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 St. Louis Kevin Stone is hit by a pitch. Atsushi Tanaka singles to center field. Mel Black flies out to the center fielder. Juice Gossage lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Drew Benintendi grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Chris Wheelock flies out to the center fielder. Bruce Cable grounds out to the second baseman. Doc Halladay flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 St. Louis Smooth Ed Simpson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Carl Hoey hits a home run. Walton Ramsey pops out to the third baseman. Bill Shirley grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Bud Sweeney grounds out to the shortstop. Sammy Blue singles to center field. Randy Brucker grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Sammy Blue advances to second on the play. Glen Close flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 St. Louis Kevin Stone flies out to the right fielder. Atsushi Tanaka flies out to the right fielder. Mel Black flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Alvin Thornton flies out to the right fielder. Bruce Candaele flies out to the right fielder. Chris Wheelock flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 St. Louis Juice Gossage strikes out. Drew Benintendi grounds out to the shortstop. Smooth Ed Simpson walks. Carl Hoey strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Bruce Cable strikes out. Doc Halladay grounds out to the shortstop. Bud Sweeney strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis Walton Ramsey strikes out. Bill Shirley strikes out. Kevin Stone strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Sammy Blue grounds out to the shortstop. Randy Brucker strikes out. Glen Close singles to center field. Alvin Thornton flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 St. Louis Atsushi Tanaka hits a home run. Mel Black flies out to the center fielder. Juice Gossage singles to center field. Drew Benintendi doubles to center field. Smooth Ed Simpson singles to right field. Juice Gossage scores. Drew Benintendi scores. Mike Stanton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Carl Hoey walks. Walton Ramsey triples. Smooth Ed Simpson scores. Carl Hoey scores. Bill Shirley singles to left field. Walton Ramsey scores. Frank Dressler comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Kevin Stone flies out to the right fielder. Atsushi Tanaka grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Bill Shirley is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Bruce Candaele flies out to the center fielder. Chris Wheelock singles to right field. Bruce Cable grounds out to the third baseman. Chris Wheelock advances to second on the play. Kelly Pounds is pinch hitting for Frank Dressler. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Kelly Pounds doubles to center field. Chris Wheelock scores. Bud Sweeney pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 St. Louis Rex Touchstone pitching. Charlie Pride is pinch hitting for Mel Black. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Charlie Pride singles to center field. Juice Gossage lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. (SS covering 2nd). Drew Benintendi grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Juice Gossage advances to second on the play. Smooth Ed Simpson walks. Carl Hoey flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Sammy Blue singles past the shortstop. Randy Brucker grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Glen Close strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 St. Louis Walton Ramsey walks. Don Vosmik is pinch hitting for Bill Shirley. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Don Vosmik grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Kevin Stone singles to right field. Kevin Stone steals second. Bruce Candaele throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Atsushi Tanaka flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Ben McEntire comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Alvin Thornton grounds out to the second baseman. Bruce Candaele grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Gene Bejma is pinch hitting for Chris Wheelock. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Gene Bejma walks. Bruce Cable flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 St. Louis total runners LOB: 8 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 6
Batting:2B - Drew Benintendi (35).3B - Walton Ramsey (11).HR - Carl Hoey 2 (19), Atsushi Tanaka (14).GIDP - Don Vosmik.HBP - Kevin Stone (2). Baserunning: SB - Kevin Stone (13). Fielding: E - Atsushi Tanaka.
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Charlie Fonseca-Bal improves in contact_vs_lefty Jimmy Ward improves in contact_vs_righty Jimmy Ward improves in contact_vs_righty Jim Brock did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Brant Merritt NYA did not respond to coaching in velocity Dutch Bennett did not respond to coaching in velocity Cozy Plunk improves in arm Willie Hack did not respond to coaching in control Earl Daniel did not respond to coaching in C