Win: Bert Jackson Loss: Hub Garcia
Save: Les Ratliff
Inning: 1 St. Louis Bert Jackson pitching. Jim Springer flies out to the left fielder. Jim Napoleon pops out to the third baseman. Jose Niekro singles to right field. Kuper Brown walks. Kevin Miller grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Houston Hub Garcia pitching. Mike Lowe grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Paddy Foor singles to right field. Don Pugh flies out to the right fielder. Ray Cooper walks. Snipe Belden flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 St. Louis Denny Crouch strikes out. Tully Haas strikes out. Bernie Barton grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Dennis Ortiz strikes out. Lee Mossi grounds out to the second baseman. Howie Blair flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 St. Louis Hub Garcia grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Springer strikes out. Jim Napoleon strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Bert Jackson lines out to the shortstop. Mike Lowe walks. Paddy Foor singles to center field. Mike Lowe advances to third on the hit. Don Pugh triples. Mike Lowe scores. Paddy Foor scores. Ray Cooper strikes out. Snipe Belden singles past the second baseman. Don Pugh scores. Dennis Ortiz walks. Lee Mossi grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 St. Louis Jose Niekro pops out to the catcher. Kuper Brown singles past the shortstop. Kevin Miller grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Kuper Brown is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Denny Crouch grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Kevin Miller is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Howie Blair pops out to the first baseman. Bert Jackson grounds out to the third baseman. Mike Lowe grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 St. Louis Tully Haas walks. Bernie Barton walks. Hub Garcia lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jim Springer grounds out to the shortstop. Tully Haas scores. Bernie Barton advances to third on the play. Jim Napoleon grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Paddy Foor walks. Don Pugh singles to left field. Ray Cooper doubles past the third baseman. Paddy Foor scores. Don Pugh uses his aggressiveness and scores. Landon Tyree comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Snipe Belden flies out to the left fielder. Dennis Ortiz grounds out to the shortstop. Lee Mossi strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 St. Louis Jose Niekro walks. Kuper Brown strikes out. Kevin Miller singles to left field. Denny Crouch strikes out. Tully Haas singles to right field. Jose Niekro scores. Kevin Miller advances to third on the hit. Bernie Barton flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Houston Howie Blair flies out to the left fielder. Bert Jackson flies out to the center fielder. Mike Lowe singles to left field. Mike Lowe is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 St. Louis Landon Tyree flies out to the center fielder. Jim Springer doubles past the center fielder. Jim Napoleon singles to left field. Jim Springer scores. Jose Niekro strikes out. Kuper Brown flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Paddy Foor lines out to the third baseman. Don Pugh strikes out. Ray Cooper singles to center field. Snipe Belden grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Ray Cooper is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 St. Louis George Sullivan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Kevin Miller singles to right field. Denny Crouch singles to right field. Kevin Miller aggressively advances to third on the hit. Tully Haas flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Kevin Miller scores. Bernie Barton pops out to the second baseman. Dave Sweeney is pinch hitting for Landon Tyree. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Dave Sweeney flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Dutch Mills pitching. Dennis Ortiz singles to center field. Passed ball. Dennis Ortiz advances to second. Lee Mossi strikes out. Howie Blair singles to right field. Dennis Ortiz scores. Peanuts McKelvy is pinch hitting for George Sullivan. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Peanuts McKelvy strikes out. Mike Lowe flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 St. Louis Les Ratliff pitching. Jim Springer strikes out. Jim Napoleon singles to center field. Jose Niekro strikes out. Kuper Brown singles to left field. Kevin Miller grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 St. Louis total runners left on base: 10 Houston total runners left on base: 7