Win: Lerrin Lary Loss: Guy Terrell
Save: Alberto Swindells
Inning: 1 Houston Matt Berg pitching. Pat McDonough strikes out. Allie Dowell grounds out to the second baseman. Steve Shipley flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 St. Louis Billy Guardado pitching. Martin Alberro singles to center field. Bill Ruberto grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Martin Alberro is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Sean Wright singles past the third baseman. Bill Ruberto is out trying to steal third. Fred Kuhel grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Ernie Galvin flies out to the center fielder. Johnny Umbarger grounds out to the second baseman. Fred Blemker grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 St. Louis Len Hesterfer grounds out to the pitcher. Buster Scrivener grounds out to the second baseman. Roberto Ryba grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Alex Flores grounds out to the shortstop. Ray Mamaux grounds out to the pitcher. Billy Guardado singles to center field. Pat McDonough singles to left field. Allie Dowell grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 St. Louis Jerry Tesreau flies out to the right fielder. Matt Berg flies out to the center fielder. Martin Alberro triples. Bill Ruberto grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Steve Shipley doubles to left field. Ernie Galvin grounds out to the shortstop. Johnny Umbarger flies out to the right fielder. Fred Blemker grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 St. Louis Sean Wright flies out to the left fielder. Fred Kuhel pops out to the second baseman. Len Hesterfer flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Alex Flores grounds out to the shortstop. Ray Mamaux singles to left field. Billy Guardado lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Pat McDonough grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 St. Louis Buster Scrivener grounds out to the third baseman. Roberto Ryba singles to right field. Jerry Tesreau walks. Matt Berg fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Matt Berg strikes out. Martin Alberro walks. Bill Ruberto pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Houston Allie Dowell lines out to the second baseman. Steve Shipley strikes out. Ernie Galvin pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis Sean Wright flies out to the left fielder. Fred Kuhel grounds out to the shortstop. Len Hesterfer triples. Buster Scrivener grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Johnny Umbarger strikes out. Fred Blemker singles to right field. Alex Flores grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 St. Louis Roberto Ryba singles to left field. Jerry Tesreau doubles to center field. Roberto Ryba uses his aggressiveness and scores. Matt Berg lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Martin Alberro walks. Martin Alberro is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Bill Ruberto grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Ray Mamaux grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Makoto Hashimoto is pinch hitting for Billy Guardado. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Makoto Hashimoto singles to center field. Pat McDonough grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Makoto Hashimoto is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Allie Dowell grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Pat McDonough is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 St. Louis Lerrin Lary pitching. Sean Wright grounds out to the shortstop. Fred Kuhel singles to left field. Len Hesterfer pops out to the third baseman. Fred Kuhel steals second. Buster Scrivener strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Steve Shipley grounds out to the shortstop. Ernie Galvin walks. Guy Terrell 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 1st. Johnny Umbarger grounds out to the second baseman. Ernie Galvin advances to second on the play. Fred Blemker triples. Ernie Galvin scores. Alex Flores singles to center field. Fred Blemker scores. Ray Mamaux strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 St. Louis Alberto Swindells comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Roberto Ryba grounds out to the pitcher. Jerry Tesreau pops out to the catcher. Shinji Nakamoto is pinch hitting for Guy Terrell. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Shinji Nakamoto walks. Chris Montanez is pinch running for Shinji Nakamoto on 1st base. Martin Alberro strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Houston total runners LOB: 6 St. Louis total runners LOB: 9