Inning: 1 St. Louis Bob Osborne pitching. Foster Lamar strikes out. Gene Poole grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Terwilliger grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Houston Ted Lyons pitching. Ron Renteria strikes out. Eddy Rodriguez grounds out to the second baseman. Eric Eichrodt flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 St. Louis Diego Schroll flies out to the right fielder. Kevin Storti singles to left field. Vern Tabler grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Kevin Storti is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Fred Weinert flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Denny Coakley singles to center field. Gary Benn strikes out. Ted Chamberlain strikes out. Denny Coakley is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 St. Louis Fredegar Bolger grounds out to the second baseman. Ted Lyons strikes out. Foster Lamar grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Mark Nilsson doubles to left field. Dick Babb grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Osborne singles to right field. Mark Nilsson is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Ron Renteria hits a home run. Bob Osborne scores. Eddy Rodriguez singles to left field. Eric Eichrodt singles to center field. Eddy Rodriguez advances to third on the hit. Denny Coakley walks. Gary Benn singles to right field. Eddy Rodriguez scores. Eric Eichrodt scores. Roy West comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ted Chamberlain singles to left field. Denny Coakley is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 St. Louis Gene Poole singles to center field. Frank Terwilliger strikes out. Gene Poole gets picked off first. Diego Schroll grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Mark Nilsson singles to right field. Mark Nilsson is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Dick Babb flies out to the right fielder. Bob Osborne lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 St. Louis Kevin Storti singles to left field. Vern Tabler grounds out to the second baseman. Kevin Storti advances to second on the play. Fred Weinert singles to left field. Fred Weinert steals second. Fredegar Bolger strikes out. Roy West strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Houston Ron Renteria flies out to the right fielder. Eddy Rodriguez strikes out. Eric Eichrodt strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis Foster Lamar strikes out. Gene Poole flies out to the right fielder. Frank Terwilliger strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Denny Coakley lines out to the first baseman. Gary Benn grounds out to the third baseman. Ted Chamberlain strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 St. Louis Paul Adams enters the game as a defensive replacement for Ted Chamberlain at C. Diego Schroll singles to center field. Diego Schroll is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Kevin Storti pops out to the second baseman. Vern Tabler strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Mark Nilsson strikes out. Dick Babb flies out to the right fielder. Bob Osborne grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 St. Louis Fred Weinert pops out to the second baseman. Fredegar Bolger walks. Jack Twombly is pinch hitting for Roy West. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Fredegar Bolger steals second. Jack Twombly grounds out to the shortstop. Foster Lamar flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Buddy Robertson pitching. Ron Renteria singles to right field. Eddy Rodriguez flies out to the center fielder. Eric Eichrodt doubles to left field. Ron Renteria uses his aggressiveness and scores. Denny Coakley reached on a fielding error by Buddy Robertson. Denny Coakley steals second. Gary Benn flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Eric Eichrodt scores. Paul Adams singles to center field. Denny Coakley scores. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Mark Nilsson singles to right field. Dick Babb grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 St. Louis Hideo Choshi is pinch hitting for Gene Poole. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Hideo Choshi hits a home run. Frank Terwilliger walks. Diego Schroll flies out to the left fielder. Cristian Pache is pinch hitting for Kevin Storti. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Cristian Pache strikes out. Vern Tabler grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Frank Terwilliger is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 St. Louis total runners left on base: 5 Houston total runners left on base: 3
Game Notes Fredegar Bolger is injured and is expected to be out 38 days.
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Barney Bronkey did not respond to coaching in range Matt Grimes improves in control Lloyd Nichting improves in power_vs_lefty Rube Niemiec improves in contact_vs_lefty
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Tommy Mathes did not respond to coaching in velocity Duke Overy did not respond to coaching in control Jose Mamaux improves in arm Chick Emery did not respond to coaching in speed Mark Stanton did not respond to coaching in 2B