Win: Cooke Cookson (3-0) Loss: Joe Coleman Jr. (1-1)
Inning: 1 St. Louis Joe Coleman Jr. pitching. Don Rosenthal grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Williams singles to center field. Bob Williams steals second. Art Becquer singles to center field. Bob Williams scores. Ken Woodruff flies out to the center fielder. Andy Schorr grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Art Becquer is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Houston Cooke Cookson pitching. Carlos Guillen flies out to the center fielder. Rigo Eddy strikes out. Tony Taylor grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 St. Louis Jack Trillo doubles to left field. Joe Hazle strikes out. Allie Wood lines out to the second baseman. Cooke Cookson pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Johnny Callison grounds out to the shortstop. Art Chech singles to center field. Roy Sievers walks. Dave Cabrera strikes out. Eric McAllester flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 St. Louis Don Rosenthal walks. Bob Williams singles to left field. Don Rosenthal advances to third on the hit. Bob Williams steals second. Art Becquer grounds out to the second baseman. Don Rosenthal scores. Bob Williams advances to third on the play. Ken Woodruff strikes out. Andy Schorr grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Joe Coleman Jr. strikes out. Carlos Guillen strikes out. Rigo Eddy singles to center field. Tony Taylor singles to left field. Rigo Eddy advances to third on the hit. Johnny Callison flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 St. Louis Jack Trillo walks. Joe Hazle strikes out. Allie Wood walks. Cooke Cookson lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Don Rosenthal grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Houston Art Chech strikes out. Roy Sievers grounds out to the third baseman. Dave Cabrera singles to right field. Eric McAllester flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 St. Louis Bob Williams grounds out to the third baseman. Art Becquer flies out to the center fielder. Ken Woodruff strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Joe Coleman Jr. strikes out. Carlos Guillen walks. Rigo Eddy strikes out. Tony Taylor grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Carlos Guillen is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 St. Louis Andy Schorr walks. Andy Schorr is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Jack Trillo grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Hazle strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Johnny Callison grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Art Chech triples. Roy Sievers strikes out. Dave Cabrera flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 St. Louis Allie Wood grounds out to the third baseman. Cooke Cookson flies out to the left fielder. Don Rosenthal singles to right field. Bob Williams grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Eric McAllester pops out to the shortstop. Joe Coleman Jr. strikes out. Carlos Guillen grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 St. Louis Art Becquer flies out to the center fielder. Ken Woodruff lines out to the second baseman. Andy Schorr singles to right field. Carl Benzinger comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Jack Trillo singles to center field. Andy Schorr advances to third on the hit. Joe Hazle flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Houston Rigo Eddy grounds out to the second baseman. Tony Taylor singles to right field. Johnny Callison flies out to the right fielder. Art Chech singles to right field. Tony Taylor advances to third on the hit. Yuji Katori 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 2nd. Art Chech steals second. Roy Sievers grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 St. Louis Allie Wood singles to right field. Kevin Banks comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dan Rostenkowski is pinch hitting for Yuji Katori. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Dan Rostenkowski strikes out. Don Rosenthal grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Allie Wood advances to second on the play. Bob Williams doubles to right field. Allie Wood scores. Art Becquer singles past the third baseman. Bob Williams scores. Charles Gill comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Art Becquer steals second. Ken Woodruff flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Jack Ennis pitching. Dave Cabrera singles to center field. Eric McAllester grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Tony Gonzalez is pinch hitting for Charles Gill. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Tony Gonzalez flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 St. Louis total runners LOB: 9 Houston total runners LOB: 9
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Earl Hamill did not respond to coaching in control Louye Hytchye did not respond to coaching in control John Galasso did not respond to coaching in velocity Vern Alou did not respond to coaching in control Edye Edorye did not respond to coaching in C
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Steve Manning did not respond to coaching in range Polly Bargar did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Polly Bargar did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty John Garrelts improves in power_vs_righty