Inning: 1 St. Louis John Mercedes pitching. Chief Swanson flies out to the left fielder. Easton Mack singles to left field. Robin Jorgensen walks. Lou Martz triples. Easton Mack scores. Robin Jorgensen scores. Billy Luck flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Lou Martz scores. Drango Polshka grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Chicago Fame Wheeler pitching. Thad Ibanez strikes out. Bill Freigau strikes out. Todd Durham strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 St. Louis Ollie Ox strikes out. Mike Monbouquette walks. Mike Monbouquette steals second. Fame Wheeler grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Monbouquette advances to third on the play. Chief Swanson singles past the first baseman. Mike Monbouquette scores. Bill Angley comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Easton Mack strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Chicago Cliff Porter strikes out. Rusty Brock strikes out. Scott Dickson pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 St. Louis Robin Jorgensen flies out to the center fielder. Lou Martz singles to center field. Billy Luck flies out to the right fielder. Drango Polshka singles to right field. Lou Martz advances to third on the hit. Ollie Ox singles to center field. Lou Martz scores. Drango Polshka advances to third on the hit. Joe Aaron comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mike Monbouquette singles in front of the center fielder. Drango Polshka scores. Fame Wheeler grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Chicago Victor Betts lines out to the third baseman. Kanei Nomura flies out to the right fielder. Joe Aaron singles to left field. Thad Ibanez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 St. Louis Chief Swanson flies out to the right fielder. Easton Mack strikes out. Robin Jorgensen flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Chicago Bill Freigau singles to center field. Todd Durham flies out to the center fielder. Cliff Porter singles to right field. Bill Freigau advances to third on the hit. Rusty Brock grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Cliff Porter advances to second on the play. Scott Dickson hits a home run. Bill Freigau scores. Cliff Porter scores. Victor Betts grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 St. Louis Lou Martz grounds out to the pitcher. Billy Luck singles to right field. Drango Polshka strikes out. Ollie Ox hits an infield single to the pitcher. Mike Monbouquette strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Chicago Kanei Nomura walks. Joe Aaron fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Joe Aaron flies out to the center fielder. Thad Ibanez grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis Fame Wheeler grounds out to the shortstop. Chief Swanson grounds out to the pitcher. Easton Mack grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Chicago Bill Freigau grounds out to the shortstop. Todd Durham grounds out to the second baseman. Cliff Porter strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 St. Louis David Curtis 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. Robin Jorgensen doubles to center field. Lou Martz grounds out to the second baseman. Robin Jorgensen advances to third on the play. Billy Luck strikes out. Drango Polshka strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Chicago Rusty Brock singles to left field. Scott Dickson strikes out. Rusty Gore is pinch hitting for Victor Betts. Rusty Gore triples. Rusty Brock scores. Kanei Nomura pops out to the first baseman. Jack Brown is pinch hitting for David Curtis. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Jack Brown flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 St. Louis Tim Devereaux pitching. Yeral Bartolome enters the game as a defensive replacement for Rusty Gore at RF. Ollie Ox doubles to center field. Mike Monbouquette singles to right field. Ollie Ox scores. Fame Wheeler lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, Mike Monbouquette forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Chief Swanson reached on a fielding error by Scott Dickson. Easton Mack singles to center field. Fame Wheeler uses his aggressiveness and scores. Chief Swanson aggressively advances to third on the hit. Robin Jorgensen singles past the shortstop. Chief Swanson scores. Easton Mack advances to third on the hit. Robin Jorgensen is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Lou Martz flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Chicago Thad Ibanez singles to left field. Bill Freigau walks. Todd Durham flies out to the right fielder. Cliff Porter grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Thad Ibanez advances to third on the play. Bill Freigau advances to second on the play. Jeff Twombly is pinch hitting for Rusty Brock. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jeff Twombly walks. Scott Dickson pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 St. Louis Billy Luck strikes out. Drango Polshka walks. Drango Polshka gets picked off first. Ollie Ox flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Chicago William Moran is pinch hitting for Yeral Bartolome. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. William Moran flies out to the right fielder. Kanei Nomura flies out to the left fielder. Tim Devereaux flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 St. Louis total runners LOB: 7 Chicago total runners LOB: 5
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Dick Gardella improves in range Rick Woods did not respond to coaching in velocity Rick Woods did not respond to coaching in control Gus Brown did not respond to coaching in control Sandy Rincon did not respond to coaching in C
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Dick Bottenfield did not respond to coaching in velocity Tom Blattner improves in range Dennis Gust improves in arm Jim Duncan did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty