Win: Hal Garcia (6-2) Loss: Rip Reilly (0-4)
Save: Phil Merkle (11)
Inning: 1 Florida Rip Reilly pitching. Goat Calmus flies out to the left fielder. John McRae triples. Dennis Yan flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, John McRae is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 St. Louis Hal Garcia pitching. Rufio Valenzuela flies out to the center fielder. Rodney Mikkelsen strikes out. Dave Graham flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Florida Jack Coan flies out to the left fielder. Takayuki Ito singles to right field. Chris Gray singles to center field. Takayuki Ito advances to third on the hit. Chris Gray steals second. Ramon Washington singles to right field. Takayuki Ito scores. Chris Gray scores. Ramon Washington steals second. Davey Boy Smith throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Byron Potts pops out to the shortstop. Hal Garcia singles to right field. Ramon Washington scores. Goat Calmus grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Hal Garcia is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 St. Louis Hank Hale reached on a 2-base throwing error by John McRae. Davey Boy Smith pops out to the shortstop. Jiro Tominaga strikes out. Jonathan Radford pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Florida John McRae strikes out. Dennis Yan singles to right field. Jack Coan flies out to the left fielder. Takayuki Ito strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 St. Louis Jim Petkovsek singles to center 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. Rufio Valenzuela pops out to the first baseman. Rodney Mikkelsen strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Florida Chris Gray flies out to the right fielder. Ramon Washington singles to center field. Ramon Washington steals second. Byron Potts hits a home run. Ramon Washington scores. Hal Garcia singles to center field. Goat Calmus grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 St. Louis Dave Graham strikes out. Hank Hale grounds out to the shortstop. Davey Boy Smith singles to right field. Jiro Tominaga grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Florida John Navarro comes in from the bullpen to pitch. John McRae grounds out to the pitcher. Dennis Yan grounds out to the shortstop. Jack Coan grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 St. Louis Jonathan Radford grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Petkovsek singles to left field. John Navarro lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first for the 2-6-4 double play (2B covering 1st). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Florida Takayuki Ito singles to left field. Chris Gray singles to center field. Takayuki Ito advances to third on the hit. Chris Gray is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Ramon Washington flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Takayuki Ito scores. Byron Potts hits an infield single to the catcher. Hal Garcia strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 St. Louis Rufio Valenzuela flies out to the left fielder. Rodney Mikkelsen pops out to the second baseman. Dave Graham flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Florida Goat Calmus strikes out. John McRae singles to left field. Dennis Yan flies out to the left fielder. Jack Coan grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 St. Louis Hank Hale strikes out. Davey Boy Smith singles past the shortstop. Jiro Tominaga flies out to the center fielder. Jonathan Radford pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Florida Takayuki Ito strikes out. Phil Johnson is pinch hitting for Chris Gray. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Phil Johnson doubles past the center fielder. Ramon Washington grounds out to the second baseman. Phil Johnson advances to third on the play. Byron Potts grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 St. Louis Jim Petkovsek grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Stubby Scheffer 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. Mike Valdez is pinch hitting for John Navarro. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Mike Valdez grounds out to the shortstop. Rufio Valenzuela strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Florida Hurricane Ned Lane pitching. Stubby Scheffer strikes out. John DeMontreville is pinch hitting for Goat Calmus. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. John DeMontreville grounds out to the shortstop. John McRae strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 St. Louis Rodney Mikkelsen singles to left field. Dave Graham singles to left field. Hank Hale singles to center field. Rodney Mikkelsen scores. Davey Boy Smith flies out to the left fielder. Jiro Tominaga grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dave Graham advances to third on the play. Hank Hale advances to second on the play. Jonathan Radford singles to left field. Dave Graham scores. Hank Hale scores. Phil Merkle comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Jim Petkovsek flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Florida total runners LOB: 5 St. Louis total runners LOB: 5
Batting:2B - Phil Johnson (2).3B - John McRae (1).HR - Byron Potts (10).SF - Ramon Washington.GIDP - Goat Calmus. Baserunning: SB - Chris Gray (4), Ramon Washington 2 (9).CS - Chris Gray (3). Fielding: E - John McRae.
Florida Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: George Loretta did not respond to coaching in arm Dorn Thompson did not respond to coaching in velocity Dorn Thompson did not respond to coaching in control Harry Scott improves in range Tom Myers did not respond to coaching in range Frank Vandagrift did not respond to coaching in velocity
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Darrell Hannah did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Dave Norman did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Calvin Stapleton improves in range Dave Norman improves in arm Chardee McDennis did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Calvin Stapleton improves in range