Win: Hideki Shimizu (4-2) Loss: Ossie Evans (1-1)
Save: Carlos Miller (8)
Inning: 1 St. Louis Masanori Arai pitching. Rufio Valenzuela grounds out to the third baseman. Benny Hockett grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rodney Mikkelsen singles to right field. Dave Graham walks. Davey Boy Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Mark Callahan pitching. Drungo Bartee walks. Dave Connors singles past the second baseman. Drungo Bartee is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Louie Hill pops out to the first baseman. Dave Rodriguez grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Dave Connors is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 St. Louis Jiro Tominaga grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jonathan Radford grounds out to the shortstop. Kenny Madison flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Carlos Werts walks. Bob Salvo grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Lance Parrish grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 St. Louis Mark Callahan flies out to the left fielder. Rufio Valenzuela lines out to the third baseman. Benny Hockett lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Kiyoshi Seto singles to left field. Masanori Arai lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Drungo Bartee singles to center field. Dave Connors walks. Louie Hill flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Kiyoshi Seto is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 St. Louis Rodney Mikkelsen flies out to the right fielder. Dave Graham singles to left field. Davey Boy Smith flies out to the center fielder. Jiro Tominaga walks. Jonathan Radford walks. Kenny Madison grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Dave Rodriguez walks. Carlos Werts singles to left field. Bob Salvo flies out to the right fielder. Lance Parrish flies out to the left fielder. Kiyoshi Seto walks. Masanori Arai grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 St. Louis Mark Callahan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rufio Valenzuela flies out to the left fielder. Benny Hockett flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Drungo Bartee pops out to the second baseman. Dave Connors grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Louie Hill hits a home run. Dave Rodriguez grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis Rodney Mikkelsen strikes out. Dave Graham singles past the second baseman. Davey Boy Smith strikes out. Jiro Tominaga strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Carlos Werts strikes out. Bob Salvo flies out to the left fielder. Lance Parrish flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 St. Louis Jonathan Radford walks. Kenny Madison grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Herm Poetz is pinch hitting for Mark Callahan. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Herm Poetz hits a home run. Rufio Valenzuela grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Ossie Evans pitching. Kiyoshi Seto flies out to the right fielder. Masanori Arai singles to left field. Drungo Bartee flies out to the right fielder. Dave Connors strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 St. Louis Benny Hockett strikes out. Rodney Mikkelsen strikes out. Dave Graham walks. Hideki Shimizu comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 1st. Davey Boy Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Louie Hill hits a home run. Dave Rodriguez doubles to left field. Carlos Werts flies out to the right fielder. Bob Salvo flies out to the left fielder. Lance Parrish walks. Kiyoshi Seto singles to left field. Dave Rodriguez scores. Brian Mitchell comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Niles Harper is pinch hitting for Hideki Shimizu. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Niles Harper strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 St. Louis Carlos Miller pitching. Jiro Tominaga strikes out. Jonathan Radford reached on a fielding error by Dave Rodriguez. Kenny Madison grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jonathan Radford is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Jim Petkovsek is pinch hitting for Brian Mitchell. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jim Petkovsek singles to right field. Rufio Valenzuela bunts for a base hit. Benny Hockett flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 St. Louis total runners left on base: 10 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 9
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Mike Adams improves in contact_vs_lefty Andy Walewander improves in power_vs_righty Charley Rollins did not respond to coaching in control Charley Rollins did not respond to coaching in control Andy Walewander did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Andy Walewander did not respond to coaching in range
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Doc Wakamatsu did not respond to coaching in speed Al Kmak did not respond to coaching in speed Fred Criscione did not respond to coaching in control John McNair did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Andy Staggs did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Fred Criscione did not respond to coaching in velocity