Win: Gomer Oulliber (1-0) Loss: Tom Welteroth (0-1)
Inning: 1 Houston Roger Rivera pitching. Skeeter Shannon grounds out to the shortstop. Oscar Miller strikes out. Shigeo Yoshitoshi doubles to right field. Joe Bullard grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 St. Louis Rocky Aspromonte pitching. Terry Pawelek grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Pat Adams grounds out to the pitcher. Morris Mumphrey strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Shinji Morikawa flies out to the left fielder. Joe Money flies out to the center fielder. John Kiely grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 St. Louis Ted Cissell pops out to the second baseman. Mark Milligan strikes out. Cookie Brenneman reached on a 2-base throwing error by Skeeter Shannon. Rube Collins walks. Maury Berry grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Houston Angel Freeman flies out to the right fielder. Rocky Aspromonte grounds out to the shortstop. Skeeter Shannon flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 St. Louis Roger Rivera grounds out to the second baseman. Terry Pawelek lines out to the shortstop. Pat Adams reached on a fielding error by Rocky Aspromonte. Morris Mumphrey strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Oscar Miller flies out to the right fielder. Shigeo Yoshitoshi grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Bullard walks. Shinji Morikawa grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Joe Bullard is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 St. Louis Ted Cissell flies out to the center fielder. Mark Milligan reached on a fielding error by Angel Freeman. Mark Milligan steals second. Cookie Brenneman singles to right field. Mark Milligan scores. Rube Collins grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Cookie Brenneman advances to second on the play. Maury Berry flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Joe Money flies out to the left fielder. John Kiely strikes out. Angel Freeman grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 St. Louis Roger Rivera grounds out to the second baseman. Terry Pawelek grounds out to the shortstop. Pat Adams singles to right field. Morris Mumphrey walks. Ted Cissell grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Houston Leon Baker is pinch hitting for Rocky Aspromonte. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Leon Baker strikes out. Skeeter Shannon doubles to right field. Oscar Miller strikes out. Shigeo Yoshitoshi strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 St. Louis Al Killian pitching. Mark Milligan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Cookie Brenneman walks. Rube Collins flies out to the right fielder. Cookie Brenneman is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Joe Bullard grounds out to the shortstop. Shinji Morikawa walks. Joe Money flies out to the left fielder. Harry Gaffke is pinch hitting for John Kiely. Shinji Morikawa steals second. Harry Gaffke strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 St. Louis Rafael Delacruz enters the game as a defensive replacement for Harry Gaffke at CF. Maury Berry grounds out to the second baseman. Roger Rivera flies out to the left fielder. Terry Pawelek singles to left field. Pat Adams grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Angel Freeman strikes out. Tom Perranoski is pinch hitting for Al Killian. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Tom Perranoski walks. Gomer Oulliber 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. Skeeter Shannon walks. Oscar Miller singles to center field. Tom Perranoski uses his aggressiveness and scores. Shigeo Yoshitoshi grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 St. Louis Tom Welteroth pitching. Morris Mumphrey singles to right field. Ted Cissell strikes out. Morris Mumphrey steals second. Mark Milligan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Morris Mumphrey advances to third on the play. Cookie Brenneman flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Joe Bullard flies out to the left fielder. Shinji Morikawa grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Money singles to left field. Joe Money is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 St. Louis Rube Collins flies out to the left fielder. Maury Berry flies out to the center fielder. Piggy Dashiell is pinch hitting for Gomer Oulliber. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Piggy Dashiell singles to right field. Terry Pawelek singles to right field. Piggy Dashiell advances to third on the hit. Pat Adams singles past the shortstop. Piggy Dashiell scores. Houston total runners left on base: 5 St. Louis total runners left on base: 8
Game Notes Tom Perranoski is injured and is expected to be out 24 days.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bob Bateman improves in contact_vs_righty Ryan Rice did not respond to coaching in speed Al Stanley improves in arm Jack Scarritt improves in power_vs_righty Maurice Upright did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Johnny Montague improves in power_vs_lefty Jeff Radmanovich improves in 1B
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Jim Holle did not respond to coaching in speed George Heathcote did not respond to coaching in velocity Dave Tracy improves in contact_vs_lefty Walt McEwing improves in speed Frank Scheibeck did not respond to coaching in range Firpo Rice improves in contact_vs_righty