Inning: 1 St. Louis Mickey Bressler pitching. Jim Petkovsek flies out to the left fielder. Rodney Mikkelsen strikes out. Benny Hockett walks. Dave Graham reached on a 2-base throwing error by Rick McCracken. Jonathan Radford singles to left field. Benny Hockett scores. Dave Graham scores. Jiro Tominaga strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Houston Roberto Phillips pitching. Joe McManus grounds out to the shortstop. Dean Throneberry grounds out to the pitcher. Mamoru Abe strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 St. Louis Hank Hale flies out to the center fielder. Mike Valdez flies out to the center fielder. Roberto Phillips strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Bort Thompson grounds out to the third baseman. Scott Jackson lines out to the second baseman. Sailor Abstein grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 St. Louis Jim Petkovsek flies out to the left fielder. Rodney Mikkelsen hits an infield single to the second baseman. Benny Hockett strikes out. Dave Graham flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Rick McCracken grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Dom Terry strikes out. Mickey Bressler strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 St. Louis Jonathan Radford strikes out. Jiro Tominaga pops out to the first baseman. Hank Hale singles to left field. Mike Valdez singles to left field. Roberto Phillips lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Houston Joe McManus grounds out to the shortstop. Dean Throneberry strikes out. Mamoru Abe reached on a fielding error by Dave Graham. Bort Thompson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 St. Louis Jim Petkovsek walks. Jim Petkovsek steals second. Rodney Mikkelsen singles to right field. Jim Petkovsek scores. Benny Hockett walks. Dave Graham singles to center field. Rodney Mikkelsen scores. Benny Hockett advances to third on the hit. Jonathan Radford grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Benny Hockett scores. Dave Graham advances to second on the play. Jiro Tominaga singles to right field. Dave Graham scores. Hank Hale singles to center field. Jake The Snake Kendall comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mike Valdez singles to center field. Roberto Phillips strikes out. Jim Petkovsek doubles to center field. Jiro Tominaga scores. Hank Hale scores. Rodney Mikkelsen flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Houston Scott Jackson lines out to the second baseman. Sailor Abstein pops out to the second baseman. Rick McCracken flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis Benny Hockett strikes out. Dave Graham walks. Jonathan Radford grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Dom Terry strikes out. Jake The Snake Kendall flies out to the left fielder. Joe McManus pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 St. Louis Jiro Tominaga grounds out to the shortstop. Hank Hale grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Valdez grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Dean Throneberry grounds out to the second baseman. Mamoru Abe hits a home run. Bort Thompson grounds out to the second baseman. Scott Jackson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 St. Louis Roberto Phillips walks. Jim Petkovsek flies out to the center fielder. Harry Thormahlen comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Rodney Mikkelsen grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Sailor Abstein singles to center field. Frank Sizemore is pinch hitting for Rick McCracken. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Frank Sizemore strikes out. Dom Terry walks. Jose Orador is pinch hitting for Harry Thormahlen. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jose Orador is hit by a pitch. Charlie Rice is pinch hitting for Joe McManus. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Charlie Rice grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 St. Louis Doc Bass pitching. Benny Hockett singles to left field. Dave Graham walks. Jonathan Radford reached on a fielding error by Scott Jackson. Kenny Madison is pinch hitting for Jiro Tominaga. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Kenny Madison singles to left field. Benny Hockett scores. Dave Graham scores. Jonathan Radford advances to third on the hit. Hank Hale strikes out. Mike Valdez grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Dean Throneberry grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mamoru Abe hits a home run. Bort Thompson grounds out to the second baseman. Lee Jones is pinch hitting for Scott Jackson. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Lee Jones pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 St. Louis total runners LOB: 7 Houston total runners LOB: 3
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Jack Escobar improves in power_vs_righty Davey Boy Smith improves in arm George Loretta did not respond to coaching in arm Nap Freeman did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Chad Kisinger improves in control Huck Locke improves in power_vs_lefty Andy Walewander did not respond to coaching in 2B
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Bobby Kiley did not respond to coaching in velocity Hector Choate improves in speed Rolando Moreno did not respond to coaching in control Marvin Meadows did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Arlo Gallagher did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Monte Hamner improves in arm