Win: Ossie Evans (1-0) Loss: Don Miller (0-1)
Save: Rich Gates (3)
Inning: 1 St. Louis Jose Schafer pitching. Jim Petkovsek pops out to the shortstop. Benny Hockett lines out to the shortstop. Rodney Mikkelsen grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Atlanta Rick Stelmaszek pitching. Jimmy McClellan walks. Ryan Voyles flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Bill Marion strikes out. Brian Hendricks singles to right field. Tom Wieghaus triples. Jimmy McClellan scores. Brian Hendricks scores. Hal Vernon grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 St. Louis Dave Graham walks. Mike Valdez strikes out. Hank Hale grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Atlanta Jerry Doyle strikes out. Gil Dorgan strikes out. Jose Schafer grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 St. Louis Jiro Tominaga hits an infield single to the shortstop. Jonathan Radford flies out to the left fielder. Rick Stelmaszek lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jim Petkovsek singles to right field. Jiro Tominaga scores. Benny Hockett grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Atlanta Jimmy McClellan grounds out to the shortstop. Ryan Voyles grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Marion pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 St. Louis Rodney Mikkelsen strikes out. Dave Graham strikes out. Mike Valdez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Atlanta Brian Hendricks strikes out. Tom Wieghaus grounds out to the third baseman. Hal Vernon strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 St. Louis Hank Hale grounds out to the third baseman. Jiro Tominaga grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jonathan Radford grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Atlanta Jerry Doyle doubles to right field. Gil Dorgan flies out to the left fielder. Jose Schafer flies out to the right fielder. Jimmy McClellan strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 St. Louis Rick Stelmaszek strikes out. Jim Petkovsek grounds out to the second baseman. Benny Hockett grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Atlanta Ryan Voyles grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Marion flies out to the right fielder. Brian Hendricks grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 St. Louis Rodney Mikkelsen singles to left field. Dave Graham singles to right field. Rodney Mikkelsen advances to third on the hit. Mike Valdez walks. Hank Hale grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Rodney Mikkelsen is out at home. Jiro Tominaga singles to left field. Dave Graham scores. Mike Valdez scores. Jonathan Radford walks. Rick Stelmaszek grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Hank Hale is out at home. Jim Petkovsek walks. Jiro Tominaga scores. Don Miller comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Benny Hockett strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Atlanta Tom Wieghaus singles to center field. Tom Wieghaus steals second. Hal Vernon triples. Tom Wieghaus scores. Jerry Doyle grounds out to the pitcher. Gil Dorgan grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Hal Vernon scores. Ossie Evans comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Don Miller strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 St. Louis Rodney Mikkelsen hits a home run. Dave Graham pops out to the second baseman. Mike Valdez flies out to the center fielder. Kent Kenworthy comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Hank Hale strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Atlanta Jimmy McClellan strikes out. Ryan Voyles strikes out. Bill Marion strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 St. Louis Jiro Tominaga singles to center field. Jonathan Radford flies out to the center fielder. Herm Poetz is pinch hitting for Ossie Evans. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Herm Poetz grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jiro Tominaga is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Jim Petkovsek flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Atlanta Rich Gates pitching. Brian Hendricks flies out to the center fielder. Tom Wieghaus strikes out. Hal Vernon strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 St. Louis total runners LOB: 5 Atlanta total runners LOB: 2
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Davey Boy Smith did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Art Drott improves in power_vs_lefty Davey Boy Smith did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jerry Cartwright improves in range Huck Locke did not respond to coaching in speed Art Drott improves in contact_vs_righty
Atlanta Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ron Lucadello improves in range Johnny Thornton improves in arm Charlie Brown did not respond to coaching in speed Bill Browne did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Chris Murray did not respond to coaching in velocity Jack Noonan did not respond to coaching in velocity