Win: Greg King (4-13) Loss: Herbert Crotty (10-11)
Save: Johnny Harmon (9)
Inning: 1 Houston Herbert Crotty pitching. Otis Valdez walks. Dave Runnels flies out to the center fielder. Rob Branca reached on a fielding error by Augie Porter. Rusty Keating strikes out. Burleigh Davis strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 St. Louis Greg King pitching. Flint Laboy hits a home run. Bobby Gilson strikes out. Myles Wiggins strikes out. Jason Musial strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Bill Mokan grounds out to the shortstop. Dave Coulter flies out to the left fielder. Jolbert Steevens strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 St. Louis Joe Saier flies out to the right fielder. Augie Porter walks. Darrell Kilgus grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Greg King flies out to the center fielder. Otis Valdez singles to center field. Dave Runnels singles to center field. Otis Valdez advances to third on the hit. Dave Runnels steals second. Rob Branca grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Otis Valdez scores. Dave Runnels advances to third on the play. Rusty Keating hits a home run. Dave Runnels scores. Burleigh Davis grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 St. Louis John Boever strikes out. Herbert Crotty strikes out. Flint Laboy singles to center field. Bobby Gilson singles to left field. Flint Laboy advances to third on the hit. Myles Wiggins flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Houston Bill Mokan grounds out to the pitcher. Dave Coulter strikes out. Jolbert Steevens strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 St. Louis Jason Musial flies out to the left fielder. Joe Saier pops out to the third baseman. Augie Porter hits an infield single to the third baseman. Darrell Kilgus walks. John Boever grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Houston Greg King grounds out to the second baseman. Otis Valdez strikes out. Dave Runnels grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 St. Louis Herbert Crotty flies out to the left fielder. Flint Laboy singles to left field. Bobby Gilson flies out to the left fielder. Myles Wiggins grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Rob Branca grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Rusty Keating doubles to right field. Burleigh Davis strikes out. Bill Mokan flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 St. Louis Jason Musial strikes out. Joe Saier strikes out. Augie Porter walks. Darrell Kilgus grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Dave Coulter singles to right field. Jolbert Steevens strikes out. Greg King lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Kelly Mitchell 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 2nd. Otis Valdez grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 St. Louis John Boever pops out to the second baseman. Charlie Lovett is pinch hitting for Kelly Mitchell. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Charlie Lovett walks. Flint Laboy flies out to the right fielder. Bobby Gilson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Brett Braun pitching. Dave Runnels reached on a 2-base throwing error by Augie Porter. Rob Branca strikes out. Rusty Keating flies out to the center fielder. Burleigh Davis bunts for a base hit. Bill Mokan strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 St. Louis Myles Wiggins flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Rich Sheely is pinch hitting for Jason Musial. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Rich Sheely strikes out. Joe Saier hits a home run. Augie Porter singles to right field. Augie Porter is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Dave Coulter flies out to the center fielder. Jolbert Steevens flies out to the right fielder. Greg King grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 St. Louis Dixie Nash is pinch hitting for Darrell Kilgus. Dixie Nash walks. Johnny Harmon comes in from the bullpen to pitch. John Boever singles to left field. Dixie Nash advances to third on the hit. Scott Clarkson is pinch hitting for Brett Braun. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Scott Clarkson pops out to the second baseman. Flint Laboy strikes out. Bobby Gilson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Houston total runners LOB: 6 St. Louis total runners LOB: 9
Game Notes Augie Porter is injured and is expected to be out 47 days.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Tommy Cooper did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Roy Corey did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty John Tyack did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty John Tyack improves in contact_vs_lefty Bob Kramer improves in power_vs_righty Bill Lanning improves in contact_vs_lefty Bob Kramer did not respond to coaching in CF
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Jiggs Corey did not respond to coaching in velocity Brian Howell did not respond to coaching in control Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Jake Hammonds did not respond to coaching in velocity Jake Hammonds did not respond to coaching in control Webbo Pryor did not respond to coaching in 2B