Win: Joe Stottlemyre (26-4) Loss: Bob Osborne (11-12)
Inning: 1 Houston Joe Stottlemyre pitching. Ron Renteria strikes out. Eddy Rodriguez singles to center field. Hersh Nieves singles past the shortstop. Denny Coakley strikes out. Gary Benn grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 St. Louis Bob Osborne pitching. Frank Terwilliger lines out to the third baseman. Jean Johnson flies out to the left fielder. Rich Gozzo grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Chris Smith strikes out. Mark Nilsson strikes out. Dick Babb flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 St. Louis Norm Rose singles to right field. Elmer Kerrigan flies out to the left fielder. Vern Tabler strikes out. Cole Miner doubles past the first baseman. Norm Rose uses his aggressiveness and scores. J.T. Posada doubles past the center fielder. Cole Miner scores. Joe Stottlemyre grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Bob Osborne flies out to the left fielder. Ron Renteria strikes out. Eddy Rodriguez singles to center field. Hersh Nieves lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 St. Louis Frank Terwilliger triples. Jean Johnson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Frank Terwilliger scores. Albert Morrell comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rich Gozzo singles to left field. Norm Rose flies out to the left fielder. Elmer Kerrigan flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Denny Coakley hits a home run. Gary Benn doubles to center field. Chris Smith strikes out. Mark Nilsson grounds out to the shortstop. Dick Babb walks. Albert Morrell grounds into a force play to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Gary Benn is out at third base. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 St. Louis Vern Tabler grounds out to the third baseman. Cole Miner grounds out to the pitcher. J.T. Posada walks. Joe Stottlemyre strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Ron Renteria singles past the third baseman. Eddy Rodriguez singles to left field. Ron Renteria advances to third on the hit. Hersh Nieves flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Ron Renteria scores. Denny Coakley grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 St. Louis Frank Terwilliger doubles to left field. Jean Johnson flies out to the center fielder. Rich Gozzo grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Terwilliger advances to third on the play. Norm Rose singles to left field. Frank Terwilliger scores. Elmer Kerrigan walks. Ron Hughes comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Relief Pitchers stats. Vern Tabler pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Houston Gary Benn singles to left field. Chris Smith strikes out. Mark Nilsson flies out to the center fielder. Dick Babb flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 St. Louis Cole Miner pops out to the third baseman. J.T. Posada singles to center field. Kevin Storti is pinch hitting for Joe Stottlemyre. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. J.T. Posada steals second. Kevin Storti singles to right field. J.T. Posada scores. Jeff Romero comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Frank Terwilliger flies out to the center fielder. Jean Johnson doubles to left field. Kevin Storti uses his aggressiveness and scores. Rich Gozzo flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Jay Bailey pitching. Jeff Romero reached on a fielding error by Norm Rose. Ron Renteria grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Eddy Rodriguez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 St. Louis Norm Rose doubles to right field. Elmer Kerrigan flies out to the left fielder. Vern Tabler flies out to the right fielder. Cole Miner strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Hersh Nieves strikes out. Denny Coakley grounds out to the pitcher. Gary Benn doubles to left field. Chris Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 St. Louis J.T. Posada singles past the second baseman. Cristian Pache is pinch hitting for Jay Bailey. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Cristian Pache pops out to the shortstop. Frank Terwilliger walks. Jean Johnson pops out to the shortstop. Rich Gozzo pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Houston Ray Durham pitching. Mark Nilsson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dick Babb singles to left field. John Bollweg is pinch hitting for Jeff Romero. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. John Bollweg flies out to the center fielder. Ron Renteria flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Houston total runners left on base: 8 St. Louis total runners left on base: 9
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Tommy Mathes did not respond to coaching in control Dummy Schaffernoth did not respond to coaching in control Marty Farr did not respond to coaching in velocity David Stocksdale improves in control Jose Mamaux did not respond to coaching in 2B
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Boob Vega did not respond to coaching in control Barney Bronkey did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Dee Rainey did not respond to coaching in speed Fred Weinert did not respond to coaching in range Fred Weinert did not respond to coaching in C