Win: Ray Rios Loss: Fred Little
Save: Dinty Peterson
Inning: 1 St. Louis Fred Little pitching. Paul Ruberto strikes out. Ed Torrez triples. Odell Byrd grounds out to the shortstop. Ed Torrez scores. Cliff Gerner grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Houston Ray Rios pitching. Darrell Harrington grounds out to the second baseman. Sam Davidson flies out to the center fielder. Bobby Burke singles to center field. Jimmy Byrd flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 St. Louis Lou Loaiza grounds out to the second baseman. Cecil Wolfe singles to left field. Joe Saier doubles to center field. Cecil Wolfe uses his aggressiveness and scores. Don Speck walks. Ray Rios lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Paul Ruberto strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Houston Jose Mott singles to left field. Mel Rensa singles to right field. Jose Mott advances to third on the hit. Sammy Dunn flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Jose Mott scores. Rusty Keating strikes out. Fred Little grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Mel Rensa is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 St. Louis Ed Torrez singles to center field. Odell Byrd flies out to the center fielder. Cliff Gerner grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Ed Torrez is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Lou Loaiza singles to left field. Cecil Wolfe flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Houston Darrell Harrington strikes out. Sam Davidson walks. Bobby Burke flies out to the left fielder. Jimmy Byrd grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Sam Davidson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 St. Louis Joe Saier strikes out. Don Speck strikes out. Ray Rios strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Jose Mott walks. Mel Rensa flies out to the right fielder. Sammy Dunn strikes out. Rusty Keating grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jose Mott is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 St. Louis Paul Ruberto flies out to the center fielder. Ed Torrez singles to center field. Odell Byrd grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ed Torrez advances to second on the play. Cliff Gerner reached on a 2-base fielding error by Sam Davidson. Ed Torrez scores. Lou Loaiza grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Fred Little strikes out. Darrell Harrington singles to center field. Sam Davidson grounds out to the third baseman. Darrell Harrington advances to second on the play. Bobby Burke singles to center field. Jimmy Byrd walks. Jose Mott grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 St. Louis Cecil Wolfe flies out to the center fielder. Joe Saier flies out to the center fielder. Don Speck grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Mel Rensa flies out to the left fielder. Sammy Dunn flies out to the center fielder. Rusty Keating flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 St. Louis Ray Rios strikes out. Paul Ruberto grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Torrez flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Fred Little grounds out to the second baseman. Darrell Harrington grounds out to the shortstop. Sam Davidson doubles past the third baseman. Dinty Peterson 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. Bobby Burke pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 St. Louis Al Peters is pinch hitting for Odell Byrd. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Al Peters flies out to the left fielder. Cliff Gerner strikes out. Lou Loaiza singles to left field. Lou Loaiza steals second. Hy Harman 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. Cecil Wolfe flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Jimmy Byrd singles to center field. Jimmy Byrd is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Jose Mott grounds out to the second baseman. Mel Rensa grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 St. Louis Joe Saier reached on a 2-base throwing error by Sammy Dunn. Wilbur Gilligan is pinch hitting for Don Speck. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Wilbur Gilligan strikes out. Dinty Peterson flies out to the center fielder. Paul Ruberto grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Sammy Dunn flies out to the right fielder. Rusty Keating grounds out to the pitcher. Curt Williams is pinch hitting for Hy Harman. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Curt Williams strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 St. Louis total runners LOB: 7 Houston total runners LOB: 8