Win: Petie Clemons Loss: Charley Werner
Save: Tommy Buoy
Inning: 1 Houston Charley Werner pitching. Paddy Foor flies out to the center fielder. Joe Eckert flies out to the right fielder. Randy Niekro grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 St. Louis Petie Clemons pitching. Jim Springer strikes out. Bernie Barton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Kuper Brown singles to left field. Jose Niekro hits a home run. Kuper Brown scores. Kevin Miller pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Peanuts McKelvy walks. Frank Hopkins grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Mahkan Singh grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 St. Louis Red Evans flies out to the left fielder. Tomas Granger grounds out to the pitcher. Tully Haas grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Mike Lowe walks. Ted Miles strikes out. Petie Clemons lays a bunt down the third base line. The third baseman fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. (SS covering 2nd). Paddy Foor hits a home run. Petie Clemons scores. Joe Eckert grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 St. Louis Charley Werner strikes out. Jim Springer doubles to center field. Bernie Barton strikes out. Kuper Brown pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Randy Niekro pops out to the second baseman. Peanuts McKelvy strikes out. Frank Hopkins grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 St. Louis Jose Niekro flies out to the right fielder. Kevin Miller grounds out to the second baseman. Red Evans flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Mahkan Singh walks. Mike Lowe strikes out. Ted Miles hits an infield single to the third baseman. Petie Clemons lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Paddy Foor singles to right field. Mahkan Singh scores. Ted Miles scores. Joe Eckert strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 St. Louis Tomas Granger grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Tully Haas singles to right field. Charley Werner fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Charley Werner grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Randy Niekro grounds out to the third baseman. Peanuts McKelvy walks. Frank Hopkins pops out to the second baseman. Peanuts McKelvy steals second. Mahkan Singh singles to right field. Peanuts McKelvy scores. Paddy Cleveland comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mahkan Singh steals second. Mike Lowe strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 St. Louis Jim Springer singles to center field. Bernie Barton triples. Jim Springer scores. Kuper Brown strikes out. Jose Niekro strikes out. Kevin Miller flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Ted Miles singles to left field. Petie Clemons lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Paddy Foor grounds out to the second baseman. Ted Miles advances to third on the play. Joe Eckert grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 St. Louis Jim Napoleon is pinch hitting for Red Evans. Jim Napoleon grounds out to the third baseman. Tomas Granger grounds out to the shortstop. Tully Haas grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Randy Niekro grounds out to the shortstop. Peanuts McKelvy singles to right field. Frank Hopkins flies out to the center fielder. Peanuts McKelvy steals second. Mahkan Singh grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 St. Louis Les Ratliff comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Paddy Cleveland strikes out. Jim Springer strikes out. Bernie Barton hits a home run. Kuper Brown walks. Kuper Brown is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Mike Lowe flies out to the left fielder. Ted Miles singles past the third baseman. John Erickson is pinch hitting for Les Ratliff. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. John Erickson strikes out. Paddy Foor doubles to right field. Joe Eckert flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 St. Louis Tommy Buoy pitching. Jose Niekro doubles to center field. Kevin Miller flies out to the right fielder. Jim Napoleon flies out to the right fielder. Denny Crouch is pinch hitting for Tomas Granger. Denny Crouch strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Houston total runners LOB: 6 St. Louis total runners LOB: 3