Win: John Brock (3-0) Loss: Javier Buhner (4-4)
Save: Tinsley Phillips (9)
Inning: 1 St. Louis Jerry Osuna pitching. Ellis Jones singles to left field. Sean Daniels pops out to the shortstop. Forrest Kuenn hits a home run. Ellis Jones scores. Carl Hermanski strikes out. Johnny Menke strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Houston Scotty Henry pitching. Jack Pike grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Lou Mota singles to center field. Cy Brodie flies out to the left fielder. Pep Grabarkewitz strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 St. Louis David Sutton walks. Karl Green flies out to the center fielder. Ernie Nielsen hits a home run. David Sutton scores. Scotty Henry grounds out to the shortstop. Ellis Jones grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Jason Terlecki strikes out. Thorny Caruthers reached on a fielding error by Ellis Jones. Thorny Caruthers is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Patsy Hutchinson hits a home run. Sugar Fishel singles to left field. Jerry Osuna flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 St. Louis Sean Daniels singles to center field. Sean Daniels steals second. Forrest Kuenn pops out to the catcher. Carl Hermanski singles to center field. Sean Daniels scores. Sam Shaner comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Johnny Menke walks. David Sutton flies out to the right fielder. Carl Hermanski steals third. Johnny Menke steals second. Karl Green grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Houston Jack Pike strikes out. Lou Mota grounds out to the third baseman. Cy Brodie strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 St. Louis Ernie Nielsen strikes out. Scotty Henry flies out to the left fielder. Ellis Jones grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Pep Grabarkewitz flies out to the right fielder. Jason Terlecki singles to right field. Thorny Caruthers grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jason Terlecki is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Patsy Hutchinson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 St. Louis Sean Daniels strikes out. Forrest Kuenn doubles to center field. Carl Hermanski walks. Johnny Menke singles to right field. Forrest Kuenn scores. Carl Hermanski advances to third on the hit. John Brock comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Johnny Menke is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). David Sutton flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Sugar Fishel pops out to the second baseman. John Brock singles to left field. Passed ball. John Brock advances to second. Jack Pike singles past the second baseman. John Brock scores. Jack Pike steals second. Lou Mota doubles to left field. Jack Pike scores. Cy Brodie singles to left field. Lou Mota scores. Javier Buhner comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pep Grabarkewitz pops out to the catcher. Jason Terlecki singles to left field. Cy Brodie advances to third on the hit. Thorny Caruthers flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 St. Louis Karl Green flies out to the left fielder. Ernie Nielsen grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Javier Buhner flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Patsy Hutchinson grounds out to the shortstop. Sugar Fishel flies out to the right fielder. John Brock flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 St. Louis Ellis Jones strikes out. Sean Daniels grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Forrest Kuenn grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Al Hawes enters the game as a defensive replacement for Karl Green at RF. Jack Pike walks. Lou Mota strikes out. Cy Brodie strikes out. Jack Pike steals second. Pep Grabarkewitz walks. Jason Terlecki hits a home run. Jack Pike scores. Pep Grabarkewitz scores. Bill Hepler comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Thorny Caruthers grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 St. Louis Carl Hermanski grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Johnny Menke flies out to the right fielder. David Sutton pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Patsy Hutchinson singles to left field. Sugar Fishel grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Don Martinez is pinch hitting for John Brock. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Don Martinez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 St. Louis Tinsley Phillips pitching. Joe Hesketh is pinch hitting for Al Hawes. Joe Hesketh grounds out to the third baseman. Ernie Nielsen pops out to the second baseman. Ray Noren is pinch hitting for Bill Hepler. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ray Noren grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 St. Louis total runners left on base: 3 Houston total runners left on base: 5
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Bruce Sharman improves in speed Joe Coleman improves in power_vs_lefty Mike Pierson improves in range Jesse Benes did not respond to coaching in speed
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bob Howard did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Jay Fairey did not respond to coaching in range Ramon Heine did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Chick Dawkins improves in power_vs_righty Harley Davidson did not respond to coaching in SS