Win: Johnny Eyre (11-6) Loss: Dan McHale (6-10)
Save: William Henry (2)
Inning: 1 Houston Dan McHale pitching. Peanuts McKelvy reached on a 2-base throwing error by Henry Klein. Mahkan Singh flies out to the left fielder. Joe Eckert flies out to the right fielder. Randy Niekro pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 St. Louis Johnny Eyre pitching. Bernie Barton strikes out. Joe Smith strikes out. Kevin Miller grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Frank Hopkins grounds out to the second baseman. Hy Harder strikes out. Don Pugh singles to right field. Jack Kent grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Don Pugh is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 St. Louis Jose Niekro strikes out. Mike Williams grounds out to the second baseman. Kuper Brown singles to center field. Henry Klein flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Johnny Eyre singles to right field. Peanuts McKelvy singles to center field. Mahkan Singh grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Johnny Eyre advances to third on the play. Joe Eckert flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 St. Louis Nyls Nichols flies out to the left fielder. Dan McHale strikes out. Bernie Barton walks. Joe Smith grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Bernie Barton is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Randy Niekro reached on a 2-base throwing error by Dan McHale. Frank Hopkins grounds out to the second baseman. Randy Niekro advances to third on the play. Hy Harder flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Don Pugh doubles to center field. Randy Niekro scores. Jack Kent singles in front of the center fielder. Johnny Eyre singles to right field. Don Pugh scores. Peanuts McKelvy grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 St. Louis Kevin Miller pops out to the shortstop. Jose Niekro walks. Mike Williams singles to left field. Kuper Brown singles to right field. Henry Klein grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Jose Niekro is out at home. Nyls Nichols grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Houston Mahkan Singh strikes out. Joe Eckert grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Randy Niekro hits an infield single to the pitcher. Frank Hopkins grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 St. Louis Dan McHale is hit by a pitch. Bernie Barton grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Dan McHale is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Bernie Barton steals second. Joe Smith strikes out. Kevin Miller flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Hy Harder grounds out to the second baseman. Don Pugh walks. Jack Kent grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Don Pugh is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Lee Mossi is pinch hitting for Johnny Eyre. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Lee Mossi grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 St. Louis Chick Booth pitching. Jose Niekro flies out to the right fielder. Mike Williams doubles to right field. Kuper Brown grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Williams advances to third on the play. Henry Klein grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Peanuts McKelvy singles to right field. Mahkan Singh walks. Joe Eckert doubles to left field. Peanuts McKelvy scores. Mahkan Singh uses his aggressiveness and scores. Randy Niekro flies out to the center fielder. Frank Hopkins strikes out. Hy Harder doubles to center field. Joe Eckert scores. Don Pugh hits an infield single to the shortstop. Jack Kent singles to left field. Hy Harder scores. Mo Myers is pinch hitting for Chick Booth. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Mo Myers grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 St. Louis William Henry pitching. Nyls Nichols flies out to the center fielder. Tomas Granger is pinch hitting for Dan McHale. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Tomas Granger walks. Bob Perez is pinch hitting for Bernie Barton. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Bob Perez strikes out. Joe Smith singles to right field. Tomas Granger advances to third on the hit. Kevin Miller grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Houston Camby Otis pitching. Peanuts McKelvy grounds out to the third baseman. Mahkan Singh strikes out. Joe Eckert strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 St. Louis Jose Niekro strikes out. Mike Williams pops out to the first baseman. Kuper Brown flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Randy Niekro flies out to the left fielder. Frank Hopkins lines out to the third baseman. Hy Harder singles to left field. Don Pugh walks. Jack Kent strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 St. Louis Henry Klein singles to left field. Nyls Nichols pops out to the second baseman. Jim Springer is pinch hitting for Camby Otis. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jim Springer grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners LOB: 11 St. Louis total runners LOB: 9
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Joe Bancroft improves in power_vs_lefty Monte Heving improves in power_vs_righty Joe Bancroft improves in arm Hal Boone improves in contact_vs_lefty Hal Boone did not respond to coaching in SS
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Crazy Corey improves in arm Shano Banks did not respond to coaching in range Joe Bushelman did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Hank Bitters did not respond to coaching in range Tommy Irwin did not respond to coaching in 1B