Win: Bob Myers (3-3) Loss: Bert Allen (8-5)
Save: George Smith (33)
Inning: 1 St. Louis Lefty Sisler pitching. Pat Clark singles to right field. Alan Freeman strikes out. Rich Stahl flies out to the right fielder. Buck Green flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Houston Zac Gallen pitching. Toshihiro Nishio grounds out to the shortstop. Edgar Cooper grounds out to the catcher. Bill Crabtree singles to right field. Les Forsch grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 St. Louis Darrell Putnam grounds out to the second baseman. Elio Ladd singles to center field. Kazutomi Kondo walks. Ray Murakami doubles to right field. Elio Ladd scores. Zac Gallen flies out to the right fielder. Pat Clark grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Houston Nate Carroll grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). John Kaline strikes out. Ivy Aragon doubles to right field. Danny Kremmel walks. Lefty Sisler grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Danny Kremmel is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 St. Louis Alan Freeman strikes out. Rich Stahl strikes out. Buck Green singles to left field. Darrell Putnam strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Toshihiro Nishio walks. Edgar Cooper strikes out. Toshihiro Nishio steals second. Bill Crabtree reached on a fielding error by Ray Murakami. Les Forsch walks. Nate Carroll doubles to right field. Toshihiro Nishio scores. Bill Crabtree scores. Les Forsch uses his aggressiveness and scores. John Kaline hits a home run. Nate Carroll scores. Ivy Aragon grounds out to the pitcher. Danny Kremmel pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 St. Louis Elio Ladd strikes out. Kazutomi Kondo singles to center field. Kazutomi Kondo steals second. Ray Murakami grounds out to the shortstop. Zac Gallen strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Lefty Sisler strikes out. Toshihiro Nishio singles to center field. Edgar Cooper flies out to the left fielder. Bill Crabtree flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 St. Louis Pat Clark singles past the first baseman. Alan Freeman grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Rich Stahl flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Les Forsch grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Nate Carroll strikes out. John Kaline flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis Buck Green flies out to the left fielder. Darrell Putnam flies out to the center fielder. Elio Ladd flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Ivy Aragon flies out to the right fielder. Danny Kremmel flies out to the right fielder. Lefty Sisler grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 St. Louis Kazutomi Kondo strikes out. Ray Murakami grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Nellie Lee is pinch hitting for Zac Gallen. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Nellie Lee grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Bob Myers pitching. Toshihiro Nishio strikes out. Edgar Cooper hits an infield single to the pitcher. Bill Crabtree grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Edgar Cooper advances to second on the play. Les Forsch pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 St. Louis Pat Clark singles past the second baseman. Alan Freeman flies out to the right fielder. Pat Clark steals second. Fred Robertson 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. Rich Stahl singles to center field. Pat Clark scores. Rich Stahl steals second. Buck Green strikes out. Darrell Putnam grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Nate Carroll flies out to the right fielder. John Kaline flies out to the right fielder. Ivy Aragon grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 St. Louis Bert Allen comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Elio Ladd grounds out to the shortstop. Kazutomi Kondo walks. Ray Murakami walks. Jack Lakeman is pinch hitting for Bob Myers. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jack Lakeman singles to right field. Kazutomi Kondo scores. Pat Clark singles to left field. Ray Murakami scores. Jack Lakeman advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the corners in. Alan Freeman hits a home run. Jack Lakeman scores. Pat Clark scores. Floyd Gantenbein comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rich Stahl strikes out. Buck Green flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston George Smith pitching. Danny Kremmel grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Eli Branca is pinch hitting for Floyd Gantenbein. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Eli Branca strikes out. Toshihiro Nishio singles to center field. Edgar Cooper flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 St. Louis total runners LOB: 6 Houston total runners LOB: 6
Batting:2B - Ray Murakami (11).HR - Alan Freeman (25).GIDP - Alan Freeman. Baserunning: SB - Pat Clark (23), Rich Stahl (19), Kazutomi Kondo (2). Fielding: E - Ray Murakami.
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Elbie Clift did not respond to coaching in control Hal Vaughan did not respond to coaching in control Eddie Cunningham did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Joe Kline did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Pinky Christensen improves in range Joe Sutton did not respond to coaching in velocity Pinky Christensen improves in power_vs_lefty Silver Nicholson improves in range