Win: Fred Robertson (3-1) Loss: Jim Valentin (3-5)
Inning: 1 St. Louis Lefty Sisler pitching. Pat Clark reached on a fielding error by Ivy Aragon. Jim Wine singles to left field. Pat Clark advances to third on the hit. Rich Stahl strikes out. Buck Green grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Houston Jim Valentin pitching. Ivy Aragon singles to right field. Les Forsch flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Nate Carroll walks. Danny Kremmel grounds out to the shortstop. Ivy Aragon advances to third on the play. Nate Carroll advances to second on the play. Jim Kosco pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 St. Louis Alan Freeman grounds out to the second baseman. Darrell Putnam lines out to the second baseman. Jack Lakeman grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Jack Hooper grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! By Paniagua grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Crabtree grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 St. Louis Ray Murakami flies out to the center fielder. Jim Valentin grounds out to the third baseman. Pat Clark singles to left field. Pat Clark steals second. Jim Wine walks. Rich Stahl grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jim Wine is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Houston Lefty Sisler grounds out to the third baseman. Ivy Aragon grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Les Forsch grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 St. Louis Buck Green pops out to the third baseman. Alan Freeman flies out to the left fielder. Darrell Putnam singles to center field. Jack Lakeman strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Nate Carroll grounds out to the second baseman. Danny Kremmel grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Kosco singles to right field. Jack Hooper lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 St. Louis Ray Murakami grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Valentin singles to center field. Pat Clark flies out to the left fielder. Jim Wine grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jim Valentin is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston By Paniagua flies out to the center fielder. Bill Crabtree strikes out. Lefty Sisler grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis Rich Stahl grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Buck Green pops out to the second baseman. Alan Freeman flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Ivy Aragon flies out to the right fielder. Les Forsch flies out to the right fielder. Nate Carroll strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 St. Louis Darrell Putnam flies out to the right fielder. Jack Lakeman hits an infield single to the pitcher. Ray Murakami walks. Jim Valentin lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Pat Clark walks. Jim Wine grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Houston Danny Kremmel flies out to the right fielder. Jim Kosco grounds out to the pitcher. Jack Hooper singles to left field. By Paniagua strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 St. Louis Rich Stahl pops out to the pitcher. Buck Green grounds out to the shortstop. Alan Freeman singles to center field. Darrell Putnam walks. Bert Allen 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. Jack Lakeman singles to right field. Alan Freeman is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Bill Crabtree strikes out. John Kaline is pinch hitting for Bert Allen. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. John Kaline grounds out to the pitcher. Ivy Aragon walks. Les Forsch grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ivy Aragon is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 St. Louis Fred Robertson pitching. Ray Murakami strikes out. Jim Valentin grounds out to the shortstop. Pat Clark singles to left field. Jim Wine walks. Rich Stahl grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jim Wine is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Houston Nate Carroll strikes out. Danny Kremmel hits a home run. St. Louis total runners left on base: 11 Houston total runners left on base: 5
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Bill Kelly did not respond to coaching in control Dan Dunne did not respond to coaching in control Bill Kelly improves in velocity Jim Duran did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Cecil Swoboda improves in power_vs_righty Bill Decker improves in range Ed Gagliano did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Joe Cunningham did not respond to coaching in velocity