Win: Ray Strobel (2-2) Loss: Chris Smith (1-1)
Save: Yoshinari Morioka (3)
Inning: 1 Colorado Chris Smith pitching. Slim Hutchinson flies out to the left fielder. Cookie Hearne flies out to the center fielder. Swat Foor singles to left field. Jim Bigbee strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 St. Louis Ray Strobel pitching. Forrest Kuenn flies out to the right fielder. Ernie Nielsen hits a home run. Ray Noren strikes out. David Sutton grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Colorado Joe Patton doubles to right field. Tommy Cacek grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Joe Patton advances to third on the play. The defense is playing the infield in. Rene Brower singles to left field. Joe Patton scores. Larry Bonds flies out to the right fielder. Ray Strobel strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 St. Louis Tom Schwabe grounds out to the shortstop. Sean Daniels pops out to the second baseman. Ellis Jones strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Colorado Slim Hutchinson grounds out to the pitcher. Cookie Hearne hits an infield single to the second baseman. Swat Foor grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 St. Louis Johnny Menke grounds out to the second baseman. Chris Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Forrest Kuenn flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Colorado Jim Bigbee doubles to left field. Joe Patton doubles to left field. Jim Bigbee scores. Tommy Cacek flies out to the center fielder. Rene Brower doubles to right field. Joe Patton scores. Larry Bonds walks. Ray Strobel fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Ray Strobel walks. Slim Hutchinson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rene Brower scores. Larry Bonds advances to third on the play. Ray Strobel advances to second on the play. Dud Jumonville comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Cookie Hearne singles to left field. Larry Bonds scores. Ray Strobel uses his aggressiveness and scores. Swat Foor walks. Jim Bigbee singles to left field. Joe Patton strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 St. Louis Ernie Nielsen strikes out. Ray Noren singles to left field. David Sutton strikes out. Tom Schwabe pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Colorado Tommy Cacek strikes out. Rene Brower grounds out to the third baseman. Larry Bonds flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 St. Louis Sean Daniels pops out to the catcher. Ellis Jones singles to right field. Johnny Menke flies out to the center fielder. Dud Jumonville singles to center field. Forrest Kuenn grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Colorado Ray Strobel grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Slim Hutchinson doubles to center field. Cookie Hearne grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Slim Hutchinson advances to third on the play. Swat Foor grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 St. Louis Ernie Nielsen grounds out to the shortstop. Ray Noren flies out to the right fielder. David Sutton strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Colorado Jim Bigbee grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Patton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tommy Cacek singles to center field. Rene Brower flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 St. Louis Tom Schwabe singles to center field. Tom Schwabe steals second. Sean Daniels flies out to the right fielder. Ellis Jones flies out to the left fielder. Johnny Menke hits a home run. Tom Schwabe scores. Dud Jumonville strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Colorado Larry Bonds flies out to the center fielder. Ray Strobel grounds out to the pitcher. Slim Hutchinson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 St. Louis Marquis Sherrill enters the game as a defensive replacement for Swat Foor at LF. Jose Colbrunn enters the game as a defensive replacement for Tommy Cacek at 3B. Forrest Kuenn flies out to the right fielder. Ernie Nielsen grounds out to the second baseman. Ray Noren doubles to right field. Damian Ritter 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 2nd. David Sutton grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Colorado Cookie Hearne grounds out to the third baseman. Marquis Sherrill grounds out to the pitcher. Jim Bigbee strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 St. Louis Yoshinari Morioka comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Tom Schwabe flies out to the left fielder. Sean Daniels grounds out to the shortstop. Ellis Jones grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Colorado total runners LOB: 7 St. Louis total runners LOB: 4
Colorado Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bill Gonzales improves in control Jim Lankford improves in velocity Bill Brown improves in speed Jim Lankford did not respond to coaching in velocity
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Fred Wood did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Hank Gilbert improves in arm Hank Gilbert improves in speed Jeff Ardizoia improves in contact_vs_lefty