Inning: 1 Houston Billy Mercedes pitching. Paddy Foor grounds out to the shortstop. Don Pugh singles to center field. Randy Niekro flies out to the center fielder. Don Pugh is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 St. Louis Les Ratliff pitching. Jim Springer strikes out. Jhordy Alvarez grounds out to the shortstop. Kuper Brown walks. Bernie Barton strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Frank Hopkins grounds out to the shortstop. Hy Harder strikes out. Ray Bailor walks. Ray Bailor steals second. Mahkan Singh pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 St. Louis Jose Niekro singles to left field. Kevin Miller singles past the second baseman. Jim Napoleon grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Kevin Miller is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Tomas Granger reached on a 2-base fielding error by Mahkan Singh. Jose Niekro scores. Billy Mercedes grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Napoleon scores. Tomas Granger advances to third on the play. Jim Springer grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Mike Lowe lines out to the second baseman. Les Ratliff strikes out. Paddy Foor grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 St. Louis Jhordy Alvarez doubles past the third baseman. Kuper Brown hits a home run. Jhordy Alvarez scores. Bernie Barton flies out to the right fielder. Jose Niekro flies out to the center fielder. Kevin Miller flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Don Pugh strikes out. Randy Niekro flies out to the right fielder. Frank Hopkins grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 St. Louis Jim Napoleon strikes out. Tomas Granger walks. Billy Mercedes 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 reached on a 2-base throwing error by Frank Hopkins. Tomas Granger scores. Jhordy Alvarez grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Hy Harder flies out to the center fielder. Ray Bailor flies out to the center fielder. Mahkan Singh grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 St. Louis Kuper Brown lines out to the shortstop. Bernie Barton singles to center field. Alex Amalfitano comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Jose Niekro flies out to the right fielder. Bernie Barton is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Mike Lowe flies out to the center fielder. John Erickson is pinch hitting for Alex Amalfitano. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. John Erickson grounds out to the pitcher. Paddy Foor grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis Scott Moorhead pitching. Kevin Miller singles to center field. Jim Napoleon flies out to the right fielder. Kevin Miller steals second. Tomas Granger walks. Billy Mercedes 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 walks. Jhordy Alvarez walks. Kevin Miller scores. Kuper Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Houston Don Pugh walks. Randy Niekro grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Frank Hopkins grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 St. Louis Bernie Barton flies out to the center fielder. Jose Niekro flies out to the left fielder. Kevin Miller hits a home run. Red Evans is pinch hitting for Jim Napoleon. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Red Evans pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Hy Harder walks. Ray Bailor strikes out. Mahkan Singh singles to left field. Mike Lowe pops out to the first baseman. Lee Mossi is pinch hitting for Scott Moorhead. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Lee Mossi walks. Paddy Foor grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 St. Louis Gary Caldwell pitching. Tomas Granger flies out to the center fielder. Denny Crouch is pinch hitting for Billy Mercedes. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Denny Crouch pops out to the first baseman. Jim Springer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Joe Orr pitching. Don Pugh lines out to the second baseman. Randy Niekro singles past the first baseman. Frank Hopkins singles to center field. Randy Niekro advances to third on the hit. Hy Harder flies out to the center fielder. Ray Bailor flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Houston total runners left on base: 6 St. Louis total runners left on base: 6