Inning: 1 Houston John Durham pitching. Masaharu Hagiwara strikes out. Jamie Hughes strikes out. Toshihiro Ono hits a home run. Clarence Nixon hits a home run. Eddie Houser singles to center field. Johnnie Ready grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Eddie Houser is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 St. Louis Ted Pless pitching. Dave Pitko singles to center field. Coaker Crisp flies out to the center fielder. Ken Hermanson strikes out. Alex Miller walks. Don Boone grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Houston David Sweet flies out to the center fielder. Bill Sewell strikes out. Ted Pless strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 St. Louis Rich Silvera strikes out. Rex Oates grounds out to the second baseman. Ad Bahr flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Masaharu Hagiwara strikes out. Jamie Hughes grounds out to the shortstop. Toshihiro Ono strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 St. Louis John Durham pops out to the catcher. Dave Pitko pops out to the shortstop. Coaker Crisp singles to center field. Ken Hermanson pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Clarence Nixon singles to center field. Eddie Houser grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Johnnie Ready grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 St. Louis Alex Miller singles to right field. Don Boone grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Rich Silvera singles to left field. Rex Oates grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston David Sweet flies out to the center fielder. Bill Sewell singles to left field. Ted Pless lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Masaharu Hagiwara grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 St. Louis Ad Bahr flies out to the center fielder. John Durham grounds out to the shortstop. Dave Pitko flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Jamie Hughes strikes out. Toshihiro Ono flies out to the center fielder. Clarence Nixon doubles to right field. Eddie Houser grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 St. Louis Coaker Crisp grounds out to the pitcher. Ken Hermanson grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Alex Miller flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Johnnie Ready grounds out to the shortstop. David Sweet singles to right field. Bill Sewell strikes out. Ted Pless strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 St. Louis Don Boone singles to left field. Grover Mitchell is pinch hitting for Rich Silvera. Don Boone steals second. Grover Mitchell flies out to the right fielder. Rex Oates lines out to the second baseman. Ad Bahr flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Jack Ferris enters the game as a defensive replacement for Grover Mitchell at SS. Masaharu Hagiwara flies out to the right fielder. Jamie Hughes flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Akira Yamaguchi 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. Toshihiro Ono singles to center field. Clarence Nixon grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Toshihiro Ono is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 St. Louis Bill Pearson is pinch hitting for Akira Yamaguchi. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Bill Pearson pops out to the third baseman. Dave Pitko flies out to the right fielder. Coaker Crisp strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Stan Kamieniecki pitching. Eddie Houser grounds out to the second baseman. Johnnie Ready flies out to the center fielder. David Sweet grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 St. Louis Ken Hermanson pops out to the shortstop. Alex Miller strikes out. Don Boone flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners LOB: 5 St. Louis total runners LOB: 5