Inning: 1 St. Louis Wes King pitching. Chris Fleming flies out to the right fielder. George Valdez strikes out. Nelson Rios strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Houston Bob Burchart pitching. Mel Rensa strikes out. Sam Davidson strikes out. Merv Chouinard walks. Tadashi Kangaki strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 St. Louis Lou Loaiza singles to left field. Passed ball. Lou Loaiza advances to second. Bill Ruffcorn flies out to the left fielder. Bill Duggan strikes out. Paul Davis singles to center field. Lou Loaiza scores. Ryan Umbarger grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Paul Davis is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Jimmy Byrd singles to right field. Creighton Molitor singles to right field. Fuller Nen singles to center field. Jimmy Byrd scores. Jose Mott flies out to the right fielder. Wes King lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Mel Rensa singles to center field. Creighton Molitor scores. Fuller Nen scores. Sam Davidson walks. Merv Chouinard walks. Tadashi Kangaki singles to left field. Mel Rensa scores. Jimmy Byrd hits a home run. Sam Davidson scores. Merv Chouinard scores. Tadashi Kangaki scores. Creighton Molitor singles to center field. Fuller Nen grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Creighton Molitor is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 St. Louis Bob Burchart strikes out. Chris Fleming reached on a 2-base throwing error by Wes King. George Valdez singles to left field. Chris Fleming scores. Nelson Rios flies out to the center fielder. Lou Loaiza walks. Bill Ruffcorn strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Houston Jose Mott lines out to the third baseman. Wes King grounds out to the shortstop. Mel Rensa grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 St. Louis Bill Duggan strikes out. Paul Davis grounds out to the pitcher. Ryan Umbarger flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Sam Davidson lines out to the second baseman. Merv Chouinard walks. Tadashi Kangaki grounds out to the shortstop. Merv Chouinard advances to second on the play. Jimmy Byrd triples. Merv Chouinard scores. Creighton Molitor walks. Fuller Nen strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 St. Louis Bob Burchart flies out to the left fielder. Chris Fleming strikes out. George Valdez walks. Nelson Rios strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Jose Mott strikes out. Wes King grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Mel Rensa doubles past the third baseman. Sam Davidson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 St. Louis Lou Loaiza flies out to the left fielder. Bill Ruffcorn walks. Bill Duggan grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Bill Ruffcorn is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Paul Davis singles in front of the right fielder. Ryan Umbarger pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Houston Merv Chouinard walks. Tadashi Kangaki strikes out. Jimmy Byrd flies out to the center fielder. Creighton Molitor grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Merv Chouinard is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 St. Louis Bruce Rhodes is pinch hitting for Bob Burchart. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is pulled because he is getting hammered (Starting pitcher has given up 8 or more earned runs, he is tired, and the team is losi Bruce Rhodes strikes out. Chris Fleming walks. George Valdez flies out to the left fielder. Gunter Gleaton is pinch hitting for Nelson Rios. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Gunter Gleaton strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Beau Kindred pitching. Fuller Nen pops out to the shortstop. Jose Mott singles to center field. Wes King lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Mel Rensa grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 St. Louis Dick Myrick is pinch hitting for Lou Loaiza. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Dick Myrick strikes out. Bill Ruffcorn triples. Bill Duggan strikes out. Mack Perry is pinch hitting for Paul Davis. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Mack Perry doubles to right field. Bill Ruffcorn scores. Ryan Umbarger singles to left field. Mack Perry scores. Dennis Kahle is pinch hitting for Beau Kindred . Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Dennis Kahle singles past the second baseman. Chris Fleming is hit by a pitch. George Valdez hits a home run. Ryan Umbarger scores. Dennis Kahle scores. Chris Fleming scores. Ed Brown comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Gunter Gleaton flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Robinson Turner pitching. Sam Davidson walks. Merv Chouinard hits a home run. Sam Davidson scores. Bill Rush comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tadashi Kangaki flies out to the center fielder. Jimmy Byrd flies out to the right fielder. Creighton Molitor flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 St. Louis Dick Myrick singles to right field. Bill Ruffcorn pops out to the second baseman. Bill Duggan singles to left field. Mack Perry strikes out. Ryan Umbarger strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 St. Louis total runners left on base: 9 Houston total runners left on base: 7