Win: Ron McNeal Loss: Gordon Smykal
Save: Hal Irwin
Inning: 1 St. Louis Gordon Smykal pitching. Len Anderson walks. Doug Skinner hits a home run. Len Anderson scores. Harry Cox grounds out to the pitcher. Albie Hardin flies out to the center fielder. Mike Harris grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Houston Ron McNeal pitching. Juan Williams singles to right field. Harry Camp grounds out to the third baseman. Juan Williams advances to second on the play. Bobby Capra singles to right field. Juan Williams scores. Bill Messersmith pops out to the third baseman. Eddie Babington pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 St. Louis Dave Martin pops out to the third baseman. Buddy Heydon grounds out to the third baseman. Phil Barkley walks. Ron McNeal reached on a 2-base throwing error by Juan Williams. Len Anderson singles to left field. Phil Barkley scores. Ron McNeal scores. Len Anderson is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Brad Jones strikes out. Mike Wehmeier flies out to the center fielder. John Spencer singles to right field. Gordon Smykal grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 St. Louis Doug Skinner flies out to the center fielder. Harry Cox singles to left field. Albie Hardin walks. Mike Harris walks. Dave Martin singles to center field. Harry Cox scores. Albie Hardin scores. Mike Harris advances to third on the hit. Buddy Heydon singles to left field. Mike Harris scores. Dave Martin advances to third on the hit. Phil Barkley grounds out to the third baseman. Dave Martin scores. Buddy Heydon advances to second on the play. Rodney Cooper comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ron McNeal flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Juan Williams walks. Juan Williams steals second. Harry Camp grounds out to the shortstop. Bobby Capra strikes out. Bill Messersmith flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 St. Louis Len Anderson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Doug Skinner pops out to the first baseman. Harry Cox grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Eddie Babington singles to right field. Brad Jones pops out to the shortstop. Mike Wehmeier lines out to the shortstop. John Spencer reached on a 2-base throwing error by Buddy Heydon. Rodney Cooper grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 St. Louis Albie Hardin singles to right field. Albie Hardin steals second. Mike Harris singles past the first baseman. Albie Hardin scores. Dave Martin pops out to the catcher. Buddy Heydon strikes out. Phil Barkley singles to center field. Mike Harris advances to third on the hit. Ron McNeal singles in front of the right fielder. Mike Harris scores. Phil Barkley advances to third on the hit. Len Anderson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Houston Juan Williams singles to center field. Harry Camp singles to left field. Bobby Capra grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Harry Camp is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Bill Messersmith flies out to the left fielder. Eddie Babington reached on a fielding error by Harry Cox. Juan Williams scores. Brad Jones singles to right field. Mike Wehmeier walks. Bobby Capra scores. John Spencer singles to right field. Eddie Babington scores. Brad Jones scores. Mike Wehmeier advances to third on the hit. John Naehring is pinch hitting for Rodney Cooper. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. John Naehring flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 St. Louis John Gardner pitching. Doug Skinner strikes out. Harry Cox singles to left field. Albie Hardin grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Harry Cox is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Mike Harris flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Juan Williams flies out to the center fielder. Harry Camp hits a home run. Bobby Capra singles to right field. Bill Messersmith doubles to center field. Ed Farmer comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Eddie Babington grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Brad Jones walks. Mike Wehmeier grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 St. Louis Dave Martin grounds out to the shortstop. Buddy Heydon strikes out. Phil Barkley grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston John Spencer grounds out to the second baseman. Al Nixon is pinch hitting for John Gardner. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Al Nixon is hit by a pitch. Al Nixon is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Juan Williams strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 St. Louis Ike Kerr pitching. Matty Chapman is pinch hitting for Ed Farmer. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Matty Chapman grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Len Anderson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Doug Skinner flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Vince Spilman pitching. Harry Camp pops out to the shortstop. Bobby Capra walks. Bill Messersmith singles to center field. Bobby Capra advances to third on the hit. Eddie Babington strikes out. Brad Jones triples. Bobby Capra scores. Bill Messersmith scores. Hal Irwin comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mike Wehmeier singles to left field. Brad Jones scores. John Spencer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 St. Louis Harry Cox grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Albie Hardin flies out to the right fielder. Mike Harris strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Mike Jones is pinch hitting for Ike Kerr. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Mike Jones singles to center field. Juan Williams singles to center field. Harry Camp flies out to the center fielder. Bobby Capra grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 St. Louis total runners LOB: 4 Houston total runners LOB: 12