Win: Steve Porter (1-0) Loss: Rich Stanhouse (0-1)
Inning: 1 St. Louis Steve Porter pitching. Bobby Crowley hits a home run. Jim Hughes pops out to the first baseman. Matt Kafora strikes out. Frank Joyce reached on a 2-base throwing error by Mike Nichols. Dave Ruebel flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Los Angeles Rich Stanhouse pitching. Dan Hash flies out to the right fielder. Ed Sanchez flies out to the left fielder. Frank Musselman bunts for a base hit. Mike Nichols strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 St. Louis Hideaki Arisawa flies out to the center fielder. Alvaro Begley strikes out. Frank Long strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Los Angeles Red Weaver singles past the shortstop. Steve Pitts grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Red Weaver advances to second on the play. Mike Dolan strikes out. Buddy McGee singles to center field. Red Weaver scores. Steve Porter pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 St. Louis Rich Stanhouse singles to right field. Bobby Crowley flies out to the right fielder. Jim Hughes grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Rich Stanhouse is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Jim Hughes is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Los Angeles Dan Hash grounds out to the shortstop. Ed Sanchez singles to left field. Frank Musselman flies out to the left fielder. Mike Nichols grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 St. Louis Matt Kafora bunts for a base hit. Matt Kafora steals second. Frank Joyce flies out to the right fielder. Dave Ruebel walks. Hideaki Arisawa lines out to the shortstop. Alvaro Begley grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Los Angeles Red Weaver grounds out to the shortstop. Steve Pitts pops out to the first baseman. Mike Dolan grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 St. Louis Frank Long flies out to the left fielder. Rich Stanhouse strikes out. Bobby Crowley singles to right field. Jim Hughes grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Los Angeles Buddy McGee strikes out. Steve Porter strikes out. Dan Hash hits a home run. Ed Sanchez singles to right field. Frank Musselman hits a home run. Ed Sanchez scores. Mike Nichols grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis Matt Kafora flies out to the left fielder. Frank Joyce strikes out. Dave Ruebel flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Los Angeles Red Weaver strikes out. Steve Pitts flies out to the left fielder. Mike Dolan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 St. Louis Hideaki Arisawa grounds out to the shortstop. German Jones 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. Alvaro Begley strikes out. Frank Long grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Los Angeles Naoki Sasaki comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Buddy McGee walks. Ken Gossage is pinch hitting for German Jones. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Ken Gossage singles to left field. Dan Hash flies out to the center fielder. Ed Sanchez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Buddy McGee advances to third on the play. Ken Gossage advances to second on the play. Frank Musselman singles to right field. Buddy McGee scores. Ken Gossage scores. Chris Weaver comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mike Nichols strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 St. Louis Alejandro Benton pitching. Danny Holly is pinch hitting for Chris Weaver. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Danny Holly flies out to the left fielder. Bobby Crowley hits an infield single to the shortstop. Jim Hughes flies out to the left fielder. Matt Kafora flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Los Angeles George Gonzalez pitching. Red Weaver singles to center field. Steve Pitts strikes out. Red Weaver steals second. Mike Dolan singles to center field. Red Weaver scores. Buddy McGee grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Mike Dolan is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Ugueth Page is pinch hitting for Alejandro Benton. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Ugueth Page singles to right field. Buddy McGee advances to third on the hit. Dan Hash pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 St. Louis Ken Rodriguez pitching. Frank Joyce pops out to the shortstop. Dave Ruebel grounds out to the shortstop. Hideaki Arisawa flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 St. Louis total runners left on base: 5 Los Angeles total runners left on base: 6
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Stew Bigbee did not respond to coaching in control Charlie Terry did not respond to coaching in velocity Earle Myers improves in control Al Clark improves in arm Pete Smith did not respond to coaching in control Fred Walczak improves in contact_vs_lefty Les Stahl did not respond to coaching in C
Los Angeles Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Akihito Nakamoto improves in contact_vs_lefty Monk Hiatt did not respond to coaching in control Eddy Montgomery did not respond to coaching in speed Mickey Lawrence improves in contact_vs_righty George Dalcanton did not respond to coaching in endurance Dick Blackaby did not respond to coaching in control