Win: Shane Abernathie (2-0) Loss: Jeff Sprinz (5-5)
Save: William Lunar (11)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati Liger Hall pitching. Bill Jimenez grounds out to the third baseman. Guillermo McCrabb hits a home run. Dean Ghoh pops out to the shortstop. Dolly Rosenthal singles to right field. Benny Bithorn lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 St. Louis Jesse Zinn pitching. Billy Graham grounds out to the third baseman. Art Hancock strikes out. Rod Selkirk doubles past the first baseman. Victor Fennelly pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Rube Engle strikes out. Steve Terlecki strikes out. Lee Smith walks. Jesse Zinn grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Lee Smith is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 St. Louis Ronny Bench doubles to left field. Mickey Belloir walks. Bull Loiselle strikes out. Denny Slaughter reached on a 2-base throwing error by Rube Engle. Ronny Bench scores. Liger Hall grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Billy Graham flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Bill Jimenez strikes out. Guillermo McCrabb singles to right field. Dean Ghoh flies out to the left fielder. Dolly Rosenthal flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 St. Louis Art Hancock lines out to the shortstop. Rod Selkirk flies out to the left fielder. Victor Fennelly strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Benny Bithorn grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rube Engle strikes out. Steve Terlecki strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 St. Louis Ronny Bench singles to center field. Ronny Bench steals second. Mickey Belloir strikes out. Bull Loiselle strikes out. Denny Slaughter hits a home run. Ronny Bench scores. Liger Hall grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Lee Smith flies out to the left fielder. Jesse Zinn grounds out to the pitcher. Bill Jimenez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 St. Louis Billy Graham singles to right field. Art Hancock singles to left field. Billy Graham advances to third on the hit. Art Hancock steals second. Rod Selkirk strikes out. Victor Fennelly grounds out to the third baseman. Billy Graham scores. Art Hancock advances to third on the play. Ronny Bench strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Guillermo McCrabb grounds out to the shortstop. Dean Ghoh flies out to the right fielder. Dolly Rosenthal grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis Mickey Belloir flies out to the left fielder. Bull Loiselle flies out to the center fielder. Denny Slaughter flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Benny Bithorn flies out to the right fielder. Rube Engle singles to right field. Carl Caligiuri is pinch hitting for Steve Terlecki. Carl Caligiuri strikes out. Lee Smith singles to center field. Rube Engle advances to third on the hit. Steve Bair is pinch hitting for Jesse Zinn. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Steve Bair walks. Bill Jimenez doubles past the third baseman. Rube Engle scores. Lee Smith scores. Steve Bair uses his aggressiveness and scores. Stingray Rock comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Guillermo McCrabb hits an infield single to the shortstop. Dean Ghoh flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 St. Louis Shane Abernathie pitching. Podge Barrett is pinch hitting for Stingray Rock. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Podge Barrett strikes out. Billy Graham pops out to the second baseman. Art Hancock strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Jeff Sprinz pitching. Dolly Rosenthal hits a home run. Beaver Perry comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Benny Bithorn walks. Rube Engle singles to left field. Benny Bithorn advances to third on the hit. Carl Caligiuri singles to center field. Benny Bithorn scores. Gordon Preston comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Lee Smith flies out to the center fielder. Alfredo Kelly is pinch hitting for Shane Abernathie. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Alfredo Kelly singles to center field. Rube Engle scores. Bill Jimenez singles past the shortstop. Carl Caligiuri scores. Alfredo Kelly advances to third on the hit. Guillermo McCrabb singles to center field. Alfredo Kelly scores. Dean Ghoh flies out to the center fielder. Dolly Rosenthal pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 St. Louis Ray Jordan pitching. Rod Selkirk flies out to the center fielder. Lindy Ford is pinch hitting for Victor Fennelly. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Lindy Ford singles to center field. Ronny Bench strikes out. Mickey Belloir hits a home run. Lindy Ford scores. William Lunar comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bull Loiselle lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Miguel Renfroe comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Benny Bithorn grounds out to the pitcher. Rube Engle flies out to the center fielder. Carl Caligiuri strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 St. Louis Denny Slaughter grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Bob Hippo is pinch hitting for Miguel Renfroe. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Bob Hippo flies out to the right fielder. Billy Graham flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 7 St. Louis total runners LOB: 4
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: D Improvements: Sam Lowery improves in arm Bill Padden did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill Padden did not respond to coaching in velocity Bob Garriott improves in range
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Prince Wolfe did not respond to coaching in speed Ken Puig improves in contact_vs_righty Chris Bankhead improves in velocity Paul Magallanes did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty