Win: Paul Sales Loss: Freddy Lucas
Save: Johnny Harmon
Inning: 1 St. Louis Paul Sales pitching. Paul Ruberto strikes out. Ed Torrez singles to left field. Cliff Gerner pops out to the shortstop. Lou Loaiza grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Houston Freddy Lucas pitching. Mel Rensa singles to right field. Sam Davidson singles to right field. Mel Rensa advances to third on the hit. Tadashi Kangaki pops out to the first baseman. Jimmy Byrd flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Mel Rensa scores. Sammy Dunn strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 St. Louis Cecil Wolfe grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Saier flies out to the right fielder. Don Speck walks. Amalio Blackburn flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Curt Williams singles to right field. Rusty Keating strikes out. Bobby Burke grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Curt Williams advances to second on the play. Paul Sales strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 St. Louis Freddy Lucas grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Paul Ruberto grounds out to the third baseman. Ed Torrez grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Mel Rensa hits a home run. Sam Davidson grounds out to the third baseman. Tadashi Kangaki strikes out. Jimmy Byrd singles to left field. Sammy Dunn reached on a fielding error by Cecil Wolfe. Curt Williams pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 St. Louis Cliff Gerner pops out to the shortstop. Lou Loaiza hits an infield single to the pitcher. Cecil Wolfe strikes out. Joe Saier flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Rusty Keating walks. Bobby Burke is hit by a pitch. Paul Sales fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Paul Sales grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Rusty Keating advances to third on the play. Mel Rensa grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 St. Louis Don Speck flies out to the right fielder. Amalio Blackburn strikes out. Freddy Lucas pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Sam Davidson walks. Tadashi Kangaki pops out to the second baseman. Jimmy Byrd strikes out. Sammy Dunn strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 St. Louis Paul Ruberto flies out to the left fielder. Ed Torrez pops out to the shortstop. Cliff Gerner grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Curt Williams strikes out. Rusty Keating singles past the shortstop. Bobby Burke flies out to the left fielder. Paul Sales strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 St. Louis Shinichi Inoue is pinch hitting for Lou Loaiza. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Shinichi Inoue walks. Cecil Wolfe singles to center field. Joe Saier strikes out. Wilbur Gilligan is pinch hitting for Don Speck. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Wilbur Gilligan grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Cecil Wolfe is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Amalio Blackburn pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Houston Mel Rensa doubles to left field. Sam Davidson bunts for a base hit. Tadashi Kangaki pops out to the pitcher. Jimmy Byrd strikes out. Caleb King 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. Sammy Dunn strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 St. Louis Sam Kenna is pinch hitting for Caleb King. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Sam Kenna singles to right field. Paul Ruberto grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Sam Kenna is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Ed Torrez strikes out. Paul Ruberto is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Frank Dopson pitching. Curt Williams flies out to the right fielder. Rusty Keating strikes out. Bobby Burke flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 St. Louis Cliff Gerner walks. Shinichi Inoue doubles to right field. Cliff Gerner uses his aggressiveness and scores. Johnny Harmon 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 strikes out. Joe Saier strikes out. Wilbur Gilligan grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 St. Louis total runners left on base: 6 Houston total runners left on base: 9