Win: John Landis (7-2) Loss: Carlos Schliebner (4-4)
Inning: 1 Houston Pete Johns pitching. Joseph Nixon grounds out to the pitcher. Truck Timlin singles to left field. Gabby Kearney lines out to the third baseman. Lou Seanez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 St. Louis Kerry Hillman pitching. Gene Edmondson grounds out to the second baseman. Rick Brito grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Andy Batista grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Tyson Yarrison pops out to the first baseman. Joe Reuss walks. Darin Hostetler strikes out. Israel Zinn flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 St. Louis Wesley Youngblood pops out to the pitcher. Frank Berran doubles to right field. Frank Berran steals third. Toshiya Hanekawa lines out to the shortstop. Roy Ramirez singles past the shortstop. Frank Berran scores. Doug Nixon flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Kerry Hillman flies out to the right fielder. Joseph Nixon flies out to the center fielder. Truck Timlin grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 St. Louis Pete Johns grounds out to the pitcher. Gene Edmondson pops out to the third baseman. Rick Brito grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Gabby Kearney singles to right field. Lou Seanez pops out to the shortstop. Tyson Yarrison walks. Joe Reuss grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Tyson Yarrison is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Passed ball. Gabby Kearney scores. Joe Reuss advances to second. Darin Hostetler doubles to left field. Joe Reuss scores. Israel Zinn flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 St. Louis Andy Batista singles to left field. Wesley Youngblood singles to right field. Frank Berran flies out to the right fielder. Toshiya Hanekawa grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Kerry Hillman grounds out to the second baseman. Joseph Nixon strikes out. Truck Timlin flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 St. Louis Roy Ramirez grounds out to the shortstop. Doug Nixon strikes out. Pete Johns grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Gabby Kearney singles to right field. Lou Seanez strikes out. Gabby Kearney is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Tyson Yarrison strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis Gene Edmondson flies out to the right fielder. Rick Brito pops out to the second baseman. Andy Batista flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Joe Reuss grounds out to the pitcher. Darin Hostetler is hit by a pitch. Darin Hostetler steals second. Israel Zinn doubles to right field. Darin Hostetler scores. Kerry Hillman strikes out. Joseph Nixon hits a home run. Israel Zinn scores. Reid Hood comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Truck Timlin pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 St. Louis Wesley Youngblood pops out to the second baseman. Frank Berran flies out to the right fielder. Toshiya Hanekawa hits a home run. Roy Ramirez singles to center field. Doug Nixon singles to right field. Roy Ramirez advances to third on the hit. Bob Somerville is pinch hitting for Reid Hood. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Bob Somerville grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Houston Erik Freeman pitching. Gabby Kearney strikes out. Lou Seanez strikes out. Tyson Yarrison strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 St. Louis Bob Zettlein enters the game as a defensive replacement for Tyson Yarrison at SS. Gene Edmondson walks. Gene Edmondson steals second. Rick Brito singles to center field. Gene Edmondson scores. Andy Batista triples. Rick Brito scores. Wesley Youngblood singles to center field. Andy Batista scores. Jack York comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Frank Berran grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Wesley Youngblood is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Frank Berran gets picked off first. Toshiya Hanekawa grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Joe Reuss doubles to left field. Darin Hostetler flies out to the left fielder. Israel Zinn grounds out to the third baseman. Richie Lansford is pinch hitting for Jack York. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Richie Lansford flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 St. Louis John Landis pitching. Roy Ramirez pops out to the second baseman. Doug Nixon grounds out to the third baseman. Jesse Munoz is pinch hitting for Erik Freeman. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Jesse Munoz grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Houston Carlos Schliebner pitching. Joseph Nixon strikes out. Truck Timlin reached on a fielding error by Wesley Youngblood. Gabby Kearney grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 St. Louis Gene Edmondson strikes out. Rick Brito grounds out to the third baseman. Andy Batista strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 11 Houston Lou Seanez walks. Bob Zettlein walks. Joe Reuss strikes out. Darin Hostetler singles to left field. Lou Seanez scores. Bob Zettlein advances to third on the hit. Jim Keller comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Israel Zinn strikes out. John Landis strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 11 St. Louis Wesley Youngblood grounds out to the pitcher. Frank Berran flies out to the right fielder. Toshiya Hanekawa flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners LOB: 6 St. Louis total runners LOB: 4
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Barry Lemon did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Vicente Munro improves in velocity Ed Schellhase did not respond to coaching in control Terry Harley improves in arm Randy Kelley did not respond to coaching in C
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bob Luskey did not respond to coaching in velocity Leo Mathis did not respond to coaching in control Carroll Scott improves in contact_vs_lefty Daryl Poser improves in velocity