Win: Buddy Robertson (8-3) Loss: Kevin Gaspar (6-3)
Inning: 1 Houston Joe Stottlemyre pitching. Ron Renteria flies out to the right fielder. Eddy Rodriguez pops out to the third baseman. Hersh Nieves grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 St. Louis Vic McIntosh pitching. Foster Lamar singles to right field. Gene Poole grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Frank Terwilliger pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Denny Coakley singles to right field. Ted Chamberlain grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Denny Coakley is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Chris Smith singles to right field. Mark Nilsson pops out to the third baseman. Dick Babb grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 St. Louis Diego Schroll grounds out to the shortstop. Kevin Storti grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Farr hits a home run. Fred Weinert doubles to center field. Elmer Kerrigan strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Vic McIntosh pops out to the first baseman. Ron Renteria walks. Eddy Rodriguez reached on a fielding error by Ed Farr. Hersh Nieves flies out to the right fielder. Denny Coakley strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 St. Louis Joe Stottlemyre strikes out. Foster Lamar grounds out to the third baseman. Gene Poole walks. Frank Terwilliger lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Ted Chamberlain strikes out. Chris Smith strikes out. Mark Nilsson lines out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 St. Louis Diego Schroll reached on a 2-base throwing error by Eddy Rodriguez. Kevin Storti singles to left field. Diego Schroll scores. Ed Farr strikes out. Kevin Storti is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Fred Weinert singles to right field. Elmer Kerrigan singles to center field. Fred Weinert advances to third on the hit. Joe Stottlemyre strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Houston Dick Babb flies out to the right fielder. Vic McIntosh strikes out. Ron Renteria singles to center field. Eddy Rodriguez grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Ron Renteria is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 St. Louis Foster Lamar doubles to center field. Gene Poole flies out to the center fielder. Frank Terwilliger flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Diego Schroll pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Hersh Nieves pops out to the first baseman. Denny Coakley flies out to the right fielder. Ted Chamberlain walks. Chris Smith flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 St. Louis Kevin Storti grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ed Farr grounds out to the shortstop. Fred Weinert grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Mark Nilsson grounds out to the shortstop. Dick Babb flies out to the left fielder. Vic McIntosh strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 St. Louis Elmer Kerrigan grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Stottlemyre flies out to the left fielder. Foster Lamar walks. Foster Lamar steals second. Gene Poole singles to center field. Foster Lamar scores. Gene Poole steals second. Frank Terwilliger walks. Diego Schroll flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Houston Ron Renteria walks. Eddy Rodriguez grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Ron Renteria is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Milt Warren 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. Hersh Nieves singles to center field. Denny Coakley hits a home run. Eddy Rodriguez scores. Hersh Nieves scores. Jimmy Houck comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ted Chamberlain singles to right field. Chris Smith grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Ted Chamberlain is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Mark Nilsson walks. Dick Babb strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 St. Louis Kevin Storti flies out to the center fielder. Ed Farr strikes out. Fred Weinert strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Paul Adams is pinch hitting for Vic McIntosh. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Paul Adams pops out to the first baseman. Ron Renteria walks. Ron Renteria is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Eddy Rodriguez singles to center field. Hersh Nieves singles to right field. Denny Coakley strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 St. Louis Kevin Gaspar pitching. Elmer Kerrigan flies out to the right fielder. Norm Rose is pinch hitting for Jimmy Houck. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Norm Rose pops out to the shortstop. Foster Lamar pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Houston Buddy Robertson pitching. Ted Chamberlain strikes out. Chris Smith pops out to the first baseman. Mark Nilsson pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 St. Louis Gene Poole grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Terwilliger grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Diego Schroll doubles to right field. Kevin Storti singles past the first baseman. Diego Schroll scores. Houston total runners left on base: 10 St. Louis total runners left on base: 7
Batting:2B - Foster Lamar (14), Diego Schroll (10), Fred Weinert (8).HR - Ed Farr (7).GIDP - Gene Poole. Baserunning: SB - Foster Lamar (20), Gene Poole (20).CS - Kevin Storti (10). Fielding: E - Ed Farr.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Art Falsey did not respond to coaching in control Cal Sierra did not respond to coaching in velocity Russ Winford did not respond to coaching in velocity Matt Richard did not respond to coaching in velocity 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: Dee Rainey did not respond to coaching in speed Matt Grimes did not respond to coaching in velocity Barney Bronkey did not respond to coaching in speed Barney Bronkey improves in power_vs_righty