Win: Kent Cole (5-3) Loss: Oscar Schulte (15-7)
Save: Akira Yamaguchi (6)
Inning: 1 St. Louis Vic Wendell pitching. Coaker Crisp flies out to the left fielder. Gus Wright walks. Donie Szotkiewicz strikes out. Lloyd Hewitt pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Houston John Moates pitching. Gus Dozier strikes out. Mark Elliott singles to left field. Bill Sewell pops out to the second baseman. Johnnie Ready singles to right field. Mark Elliott advances to third on the hit. Ray Cliburn grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 St. Louis Bill Rommel lines out to the second baseman. Lance Susce walks. Steve McKnight strikes out. Larry Dolan strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Tom Lee grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Stem flies out to the right fielder. Frank Gohr strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 St. Louis John Moates grounds out to the shortstop. Coaker Crisp flies out to the center fielder. Gus Wright strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Vic Wendell strikes out. Gus Dozier flies out to the left fielder. Mark Elliott grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 St. Louis Donie Szotkiewicz lines out to the shortstop. Lloyd Hewitt grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Rommel strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Bill Sewell grounds out to the third baseman. Johnnie Ready grounds out to the shortstop. Ray Cliburn strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 St. Louis Lance Susce strikes out. Steve McKnight singles to center field. Larry Dolan singles to center field. Steve McKnight advances to third on the hit. Juice Gregory is pinch hitting for John Moates. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Juice Gregory flies out to the left fielder. Coaker Crisp grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Houston Rickey Browne pitching. Tom Lee strikes out. Joe Stem flies out to the left fielder. Frank Gohr strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis Gus Wright walks. Donie Szotkiewicz lines out to the shortstop. Lloyd Hewitt strikes out. Gus Wright steals second. Bill Rommel grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Vic Wendell strikes out. Gus Dozier walks. Mark Elliott grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Gus Dozier advances to second on the play. Bill Sewell grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 St. Louis Lance Susce singles to left field. Steve McKnight flies out to the left fielder. Larry Dolan doubles to right field. March Grace is pinch hitting for Rickey Browne. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. March Grace flies out to the left fielder. Oscar Schulte 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. Coaker Crisp strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Houston Kent Cole pitching. Johnnie Ready strikes out. Ray Cliburn strikes out. Tom Lee flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 St. Louis Gus Wright strikes out. Donie Szotkiewicz strikes out. Lloyd Hewitt hits a home run. Bill Rommel singles past the third baseman. Lance Susce hits an infield single to the pitcher. Steve McKnight strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Houston Joe Stem grounds out to the pitcher. Frank Gohr triples. Lariel Hocking is pinch hitting for Oscar Schulte. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Lariel Hocking flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Frank Gohr is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 St. Louis Eddie Gorbous pitching. Larry Dolan walks. Frank Williams is pinch hitting for Kent Cole. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Frank Williams singles to left field. Larry Dolan advances to third on the hit. Coaker Crisp grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Larry Dolan scores. Gus Wright strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Akira Yamaguchi pitching. Jake Steinecke enters the game as a defensive replacement for Bill Rommel at SS. Gus Dozier strikes out. Mark Elliott pops out to the second baseman. Bill Sewell flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 St. Louis total runners LOB: 9 Houston total runners LOB: 3
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Scott Buhl did not respond to coaching in control Seth Pruess improves in control Mike Wright did not respond to coaching in arm Steve Warren improves in arm Don Rios did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Domingo Porto did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Remy Cote improves in velocity Ralph McNamara did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Roger Meine did not respond to coaching in velocity Ozzie Fingers did not respond to coaching in velocity Luis Sullivan did not respond to coaching in control Tommy Gearin did not respond to coaching in control