Win: Seth Pruess (10-6) Loss: Jerry Sperry (8-4)
Save: Victor Campau (4)
Inning: 1 Houston Seth Pruess pitching. Troy McEnaney flies out to the right fielder. Joe Steinfeldt grounds out to the shortstop. Gus Dozier grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 St. Louis Jerry Sperry pitching. Mike Wright is hit by a pitch. Tony Landis strikes out. Buzzy Tozer strikes out. Gene Saipe doubles to center field. Mike Wright uses his aggressiveness and scores. Jim Pico flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Emil Hildebrand strikes out. Mickey Crompton grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Ralph McNamara flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 St. Louis John Rees grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ernest Peck strikes out. Eric Kennedy walks. Seth Pruess grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Eric Kennedy is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Mike Kaiserling strikes out. Walt Sizemore singles to left field. Walt Sizemore steals second. Jerry Sperry lines out to the third baseman. Troy McEnaney grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 St. Louis Mike Wright singles to right field. Mike Wright steals second. Tony Landis strikes out. Buzzy Tozer grounds out to the third baseman. Gene Saipe grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Joe Steinfeldt walks. Gus Dozier strikes out. Emil Hildebrand strikes out. Mickey Crompton singles to right field. Joe Steinfeldt advances to third on the hit. Ralph McNamara strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 St. Louis Jim Pico reached on a 2-base throwing error by Gus Dozier. John Rees flies out to the center fielder. Ernest Peck grounds out to the third baseman. Eric Kennedy grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Mike Kaiserling flies out to the right fielder. Walt Sizemore grounds out to the pitcher. Jerry Sperry strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 St. Louis Seth Pruess grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Wright hits an infield single to the shortstop. Tony Landis strikes out. Buzzy Tozer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Troy McEnaney flies out to the left fielder. Joe Steinfeldt grounds out to the third baseman. Gus Dozier flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis Gene Saipe walks. Jim Pico singles to center field. Gene Saipe advances to third on the hit. John Rees flies out to the right fielder. Jim Pico steals second. Ernest Peck singles to right field. Gene Saipe scores. Jim Pico scores. Eric Kennedy walks. Tommy Gearin 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. Seth Pruess lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Mike Wright grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Houston Emil Hildebrand walks. Mickey Crompton walks. Ralph McNamara hits an infield single to the third baseman. Mike Kaiserling flies out to the center fielder. Walt Sizemore grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Emil Hildebrand scores. Mickey Crompton advances to third on the play. Ralph McNamara advances to second on the play. Jay Hurst is pinch hitting for Tommy Gearin. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jay Hurst grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 St. Louis Tony Young pitching. Tony Landis flies out to the left fielder. Buzzy Tozer walks. Gene Saipe doubles to right field. Buzzy Tozer uses his aggressiveness and scores. Jim Pico singles to left field. Gene Saipe scores. John Rees grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Pico advances to second on the play. Ernest Peck strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Troy McEnaney flies out to the right fielder. Joe Steinfeldt doubles to center field. John Moates comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Gus Dozier singles to center field. Joe Steinfeldt scores. Emil Hildebrand strikes out. Gus Dozier steals second. Mickey Crompton doubles to center field. Gus Dozier scores. Ralph McNamara strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 St. Louis Ray Rivers is pinch hitting for Eric Kennedy. Ray Rivers grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ozzie Fingers comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Relief Pitchers stats. Steve Warren is pinch hitting for John Moates. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Steve Warren flies out to the center fielder. Mike Wright strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Victor Campau pitching. Steve McKnight enters the game as a defensive replacement for Ray Rivers at C. Mike Kaiserling flies out to the left fielder. Walt Sizemore strikes out. Norm Hollahan is pinch hitting for Ozzie Fingers. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Norm Hollahan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners left on base: 6 St. Louis total runners left on base: 8
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ed Wolfe did not respond to coaching in velocity Hideyuki Satozaki improves in range Hank Hornsby did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Mike Hartley did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Laurin Moore did not respond to coaching in velocity Billy Flowers did not respond to coaching in control Hank Hornsby improves in 3B
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Eddie Mattox did not respond to coaching in arm Bartolo Schofield improves in speed Gilly White did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill Edwards improves in speed Bartolo Schofield improves in range Neal Keener did not respond to coaching in velocity