Inning: 1 St. Louis Gary Sukla pitching. Eric Stephenson singles to center field. Rick Huckleberry hits a home run. Eric Stephenson scores. Peaches Martinez flies out to the right fielder. Bub Groth strikes out. Rufus Potts flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Houston Red Rikard pitching. Al McGunnigle grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Sanders lines out to the second baseman. Ed Perez doubles to left field. Vern Bare flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 St. Louis Tom Rohn flies out to the left fielder. Jack Stanley walks. Don Blodell doubles to center field. Jack Stanley uses his aggressiveness and scores. Red Rikard flies out to the center fielder. Eric Stephenson pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Yoshihiro Oishi is hit by a pitch. Harry Ryan singles to left field. Yoshihiro Oishi advances to third on the hit. Glenn Chamberlain flies out to the right fielder. Greg Bell singles to right field. Yoshihiro Oishi scores. Harry Ryan is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Greg Bell steals second. Gary Sukla strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 St. Louis Rick Huckleberry grounds out to the second baseman. Peaches Martinez hits a home run. Bub Groth singles to right field. Rufus Potts grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Bub Groth is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Tom Rohn grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Al McGunnigle doubles to left field. Tom Sanders grounds out to the shortstop. Ed Perez flies out to the center fielder. Vern Bare singles to left field. Al McGunnigle scores. Yoshihiro Oishi flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 St. Louis Jack Stanley strikes out. Don Blodell walks. Red Rikard lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Eric Stephenson triples. Don Blodell scores. Rick Huckleberry pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Harry Ryan grounds out to the shortstop. Glenn Chamberlain flies out to the center fielder. Greg Bell flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 St. Louis Rip Thielman comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Peaches Martinez singles to left field. Bub Groth flies out to the center fielder. Rufus Potts grounds out to the pitcher. Peaches Martinez advances to second on the play. Tom Rohn pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Rip Thielman flies out to the center fielder. Al McGunnigle flies out to the left fielder. Tom Sanders strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis Jack Stanley doubles to left field. Don Blodell grounds out to the second baseman. Jack Stanley advances to third on the play. Red Rikard walks. Eric Stephenson singles to left field. Jack Stanley scores. Scott Reilly comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rick Huckleberry walks. Peaches Martinez strikes out. Bub Groth walks. Red Rikard scores. Rufus Potts flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Houston Ed Perez grounds out to the third baseman. Vern Bare flies out to the right fielder. Yoshihiro Oishi strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 St. Louis Tom Rohn doubles to center field. Jack Stanley singles to center field. Tom Rohn scores. Don Blodell walks. Tanyon Surhoff comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Red Rikard lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first for the 1-6-3 double play. Eric Stephenson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Harry Ryan strikes out. Glenn Chamberlain grounds out to the third baseman. Greg Bell singles to right field. Tanyon Surhoff flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 St. Louis Rick Huckleberry grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Peaches Martinez walks. Bub Groth strikes out. Rufus Potts walks. Tom Rohn hits an infield single to the first baseman. Jack Stanley grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Peaches Martinez is out at home. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Houston Al McGunnigle flies out to the left fielder. Tom Sanders grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Perez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 St. Louis Don Blodell grounds out to the shortstop. Red Rikard walks. Eric Stephenson grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Red Rikard is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Eric Stephenson is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Vern Bare flies out to the center fielder. Bob Bissonette is pinch hitting for Yoshihiro Oishi. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Bob Bissonette pops out to the first baseman. Harry Ryan walks. Joe Haney 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. Glenn Chamberlain singles to right field. Harry Ryan advances to third on the hit. Greg Bell grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 St. Louis total runners LOB: 11 Houston total runners LOB: 6
Batting:2B - Tom Rohn (15), Jack Stanley (13), Don Blodell (13).3B - Eric Stephenson (9).HR - Rick Huckleberry (17), Peaches Martinez (32).GIDP - Red Rikard. Baserunning: CS - Eric Stephenson (14).
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Fred Lake did not respond to coaching in speed Harry Daviault did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Doc Vines did not respond to coaching in control Fred Sowders did not respond to coaching in control Bill Buckalew did not respond to coaching in velocity Howard Phillips did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Purnal Bates improves in speed Bob Gaw improves in power_vs_lefty Phil Rivera improves in arm Bob Weilman did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Ace Mantle did not respond to coaching in control Phil Rivera improves in arm