Win: Gordie Wagner (22-5) Loss: Jeff Canzian (13-12)
Inning: 1 Houston Gordie Wagner pitching. Bill Vedder grounds out to the second baseman. Phil Motloch singles to center field. Shane Chiwitt grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 St. Louis Jeff Canzian pitching. Ed Lajoie triples. Lou Hayworth walks. Ed Sulik triples. Ed Lajoie scores. Lou Hayworth scores. Jim Morales walks. Pat Delmas strikes out. Kiki Pfyl hits a home run. Ed Sulik scores. Jim Morales scores. Oad Walsh comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Fred Pactwa grounds out to the pitcher. Larry Locke flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Alex Giouxs grounds out to the pitcher. Tom McLean grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Manny Bober grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 St. Louis Gordie Wagner strikes out. Ed Lajoie strikes out. Lou Hayworth doubles to left field. Ed Sulik hits a home run. Lou Hayworth scores. Chuck Watson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jim Morales walks. Pat Delmas reached on a 2-base throwing error by Shane Chiwitt. Kiki Pfyl hits a home run. Jim Morales scores. Pat Delmas scores. Fred Pactwa flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Bob Boehmer strikes out. Greg Guise grounds out to the second baseman. Chuck Watson singles past the shortstop. Bill Vedder singles to center field. Phil Motloch singles past the second baseman. Chuck Watson uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bill Vedder advances to third on the hit. Shane Chiwitt flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 St. Louis Larry Locke singles to left field. Gordie Wagner fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Gordie Wagner grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Larry Locke is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ed Lajoie grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Gordie Wagner is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Lou Hayworth grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Ed Lajoie is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Alex Giouxs strikes out. Tom McLean pops out to the shortstop. Manny Bober strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 St. Louis Ed Sulik walks. Jim Morales strikes out. Pat Delmas flies out to the right fielder. Kiki Pfyl reached on a fielding error by Phil Motloch. Fred Pactwa singles to center field. Ed Sulik scores. Kiki Pfyl advances to third on the hit. Larry Locke strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Houston Bob Boehmer pops out to the catcher. Greg Guise walks. Chuck Watson lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bill Vedder grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 St. Louis Gordie Wagner grounds out to the shortstop. Ed Lajoie hits a home run. Lou Hayworth grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Sulik flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Phil Motloch doubles to right field. Shane Chiwitt strikes out. Alex Giouxs flies out to the right fielder. Tom McLean grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 St. Louis Jim Morales flies out to the center fielder. Vic Davis comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Relief Pitchers stats. Pat Delmas grounds out to the third baseman. Kiki Pfyl flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Manny Bober strikes out. Bob Boehmer strikes out. Greg Guise singles to left field. Johan Moran is pinch hitting for Vic Davis. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Johan Moran doubles to center field. Greg Guise uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bill Vedder grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 St. Louis Rick Reuschel pitching. Fred Pactwa grounds out to the third baseman. Larry Locke pops out to the first baseman. Gordie Wagner grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Phil Motloch flies out to the left fielder. Shane Chiwitt singles to center field. Alex Giouxs hits a home run. Shane Chiwitt scores. Tom McLean flies out to the left fielder. Manny Bober grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 St. Louis Ed Lajoie hits a home run. Lou Hayworth strikes out. Ed Sulik doubles to right field. Jim Morales pops out to the catcher. Pat Delmas strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Bob Boehmer strikes out. Greg Guise singles to center field. Ed Toft is pinch hitting for Rick Reuschel. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ed Toft strikes out. Bill Vedder grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Greg Guise is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Houston total runners left on base: 6 St. Louis total runners left on base: 4
Game Notes Rick Reuschel is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Max Goodfellow improves in contact_vs_lefty Mike Phillips did not respond to coaching in range Roy Battle improves in contact_vs_lefty Jerry Tipton did not respond to coaching in speed Lee Paige did not respond to coaching in control Charlie Locke did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Ken North improves in 3B
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Al Hansen did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Earl Miller did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Tommie Jacquez did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill Abbott improves in power_vs_lefty Sparky Gazella improves in power_vs_lefty Roxy Downey did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty