Win: Whitey Piatt (9-6) Loss: John Cole (14-4)
Save: Dave Norton (8)
Inning: 1 St. Louis Whitey Piatt pitching. Hernan Cortez walks. Bob Coakley singles to right field. Hernan Cortez advances to third on the hit. Bob Coakley is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Hideaki Fukushi strikes out. Sandy Carter flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Miami John Cole pitching. Tom LaForest grounds out to the second baseman. Don Jones strikes out. Pat Bryant flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 St. Louis Geronimo Graham flies out to the right fielder. Jesus Ridzik flies out to the left fielder. Jim Welchel grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Miami Nippy Singleton flies out to the left fielder. Mike Cooper singles to left field. Bobby Sain grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Cooper advances to second on the play. Joe Hale grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 St. Louis Eddie Johnson strikes out. John Cole strikes out. Hernan Cortez lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Miami Mike Cora flies out to the left fielder. Whitey Piatt strikes out. Tom LaForest grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 St. Louis Bob Coakley flies out to the center fielder. Hideaki Fukushi singles to left field. Sandy Carter singles to left field. Hideaki Fukushi advances to third on the hit. Geronimo Graham strikes out. Jesus Ridzik singles to left field. Hideaki Fukushi scores. Sandy Carter advances to third on the hit. Jesus Ridzik steals second. Jim Welchel grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Miami Don Jones singles to center field. Pat Bryant grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Don Jones is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Nippy Singleton hits a home run. Pat Bryant scores. Mike Cooper singles to right field. Bobby Sain pops out to the third baseman. Joe Hale grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 St. Louis Eddie Johnson pops out to the first baseman. John Cole strikes out. Hernan Cortez flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Miami Mike Cora singles to center field. Whitey Piatt lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Tom LaForest strikes out. Don Jones hits a home run. Mike Cora scores. Pat Bryant flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis Bob Coakley strikes out. Hideaki Fukushi walks. Sandy Carter strikes out. Geronimo Graham strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Miami Nippy Singleton flies out to the right fielder. Mike Cooper walks. Bobby Sain singles to right field. Mike Cooper is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Joe Hale flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 St. Louis Jesus Ridzik singles to center field. Jesus Ridzik steals second. Jim Welchel singles to left field. Jesus Ridzik scores. Eddie Johnson flies out to the left fielder. Nelson Simmons is pinch hitting for John Cole. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Nelson Simmons flies out to the right fielder. Hernan Cortez singles to center field. Jim Welchel advances to third on the hit. Lyle Alberts 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. Bob Coakley walks. Hideaki Fukushi strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Miami Sandy Atz pitching. Mike Cora grounds out to the pitcher. Johnny Charton is pinch hitting for Lyle Alberts. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Johnny Charton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tom LaForest grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 St. Louis Dave Norton pitching. Sandy Carter strikes out. Geronimo Graham flies out to the right fielder. Jesus Ridzik hits a home run. Jim Welchel singles to left field. Eddie Johnson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Miami Don Jones singles to right field. Pat Bryant flies out to the center fielder. Nippy Singleton strikes out. Mike Cooper strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 St. Louis Minoru Akashi is pinch hitting for Sandy Atz. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Minoru Akashi strikes out. Hernan Cortez flies out to the right fielder. Bob Coakley doubles to right field. Hideaki Fukushi walks. Sandy Carter flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 St. Louis total runners left on base: 10 Miami total runners left on base: 4
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jim Fittery did not respond to coaching in velocity Vicente Howarth did not respond to coaching in range Tomokazu Ono did not respond to coaching in arm Doc Sanberg did not respond to coaching in control Tomokazu Ono did not respond to coaching in 1B
Miami Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Nap Pena did not respond to coaching in speed Joe Tartabull did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Ryan Stefero did not respond to coaching in control Harlond Blanco improves in power_vs_lefty Bill Passeau did not respond to coaching in 3B