Win: Frank Claire (5-3) Loss: Nick Burris (1-5)
Save: Oscar Schulte (5)
Inning: 1 Houston Hi Hickey pitching. Joe Steinfeldt lines out to the third baseman. Tom Cangelosi singles to left field. Gus Dozier pops out to the second baseman. Mark Elliott singles past the first baseman. Tom Cangelosi advances to third on the hit. Randy Short hits a home run. Tom Cangelosi scores. Mark Elliott scores. Tom Lee singles to center field. Norm Hollahan grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 St. Louis Frank Claire pitching. Gus Wright grounds out to the shortstop. Donie Szotkiewicz grounds out to the shortstop. Steve McKnight grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Ralph McNamara flies out to the left fielder. Frank Claire strikes out. Joe Steinfeldt grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 St. Louis Larry Dolan flies out to the center fielder. Tony Landis flies out to the center fielder. Ernest Peck singles to center field. Ray Rivers grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Ernest Peck is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Tom Cangelosi singles to center field. Gus Dozier flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Tom Cangelosi is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Mark Elliott strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 St. Louis March Grace pops out to the first baseman. Hi Hickey pops out to the shortstop. Gus Wright singles past the third baseman. Gus Wright steals second. Donie Szotkiewicz grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Randy Short strikes out. Tom Lee grounds out to the second baseman. Norm Hollahan singles to center field. Ralph McNamara grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 St. Louis Steve McKnight doubles to left field. Larry Dolan singles to center field. Steve McKnight scores. Larry Dolan steals second. Tony Landis flies out to the left fielder. Ernest Peck grounds out to the third baseman. Ray Rivers grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Frank Claire singles to center field. Joe Steinfeldt strikes out. Tom Cangelosi grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 St. Louis March Grace strikes out. Hi Hickey grounds out to the pitcher. Gus Wright singles to right field. Passed ball. Gus Wright advances to second. Donie Szotkiewicz singles to left field. Gus Wright scores. Steve McKnight singles to left field. Donie Szotkiewicz advances to third on the hit. Larry Dolan strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Houston Gus Dozier pops out to the shortstop. Mark Elliott lines out to the pitcher. Randy Short grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis Tony Landis grounds out to the shortstop. Ernest Peck pops out to the second baseman. Ray Rivers strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Tom Lee flies out to the right fielder. Norm Hollahan strikes out. Ralph McNamara pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 St. Louis March Grace grounds out to the shortstop. John Rees is pinch hitting for Hi Hickey. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. John Rees flies out to the right fielder. Gus Wright lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Nick Burris pitching. Frank Claire flies out to the left fielder. Joe Steinfeldt flies out to the left fielder. Tom Cangelosi strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 St. Louis Donie Szotkiewicz reached on a 2-base fielding error by Randy Short. Steve McKnight grounds out to the second baseman. Donie Szotkiewicz advances to third on the play. Larry Dolan flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Donie Szotkiewicz scores. Tony Landis grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Gus Dozier walks. Mark Elliott walks. Randy Short strikes out. Tom Lee walks. Norm Hollahan flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Gus Dozier scores. Ted Barnhart is pinch hitting for Ralph McNamara. Ted Barnhart strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 St. Louis Joe Stem enters the game as a defensive replacement for Ted Barnhart at C. Ernest Peck strikes out. Ray Rivers flies out to the center fielder. March Grace walks. 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. Don Rios is pinch hitting for Nick Burris. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Don Rios pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Houston total runners LOB: 4 St. Louis total runners LOB: 6
Batting:HR - Randy Short (4).SF - Norm Hollahan.GIDP - Tom Cangelosi. Baserunning: CS - Tom Cangelosi (3). Fielding: E - Randy Short.PB - Ralph McNamara.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Hank Bosetti did not respond to coaching in control Wayne Shannon improves in velocity Wayne Shannon did not respond to coaching in control Paddy Crosby did not respond to coaching in velocity Ozzie Fingers did not respond to coaching in velocity Candy Doyle improves in velocity
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ed Benzinger improves in arm Bill Hoerner did not respond to coaching in arm Neal Keener did not respond to coaching in control Darren Bannon did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Buzzy Tozer improves in range Jim Pico improves in contact_vs_lefty