Win: Jack Stember (5-1) Loss: Roy West (3-8)
Save: Bruno Berryhill (23)
Inning: 1 St. Louis Vic McIntosh pitching. Fred Weinert strikes out. Elmer Kerrigan flies out to the left fielder. Hideo Choshi singles to left field. Jack Twombly strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Houston Ted Lyons pitching. Ron Renteria walks. Eddy Rodriguez grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Eric Eichrodt strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 St. Louis Vern Tabler walks. Kevin Storti singles to right field. Vern Tabler advances to third on the hit. Diego Schroll doubles to right field. Vern Tabler scores. Kevin Storti uses his aggressiveness and scores. Rich Gozzo grounds out to the second baseman. Diego Schroll advances to third on the play. Ted Lyons reached on a fielding error by Mark Nilsson. Diego Schroll scores. Fred Weinert grounds out to the third baseman. Ted Lyons advances to second on the play. Elmer Kerrigan flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Denny Coakley doubles to center field. Gary Benn doubles to right field. Denny Coakley scores. Ted Chamberlain grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Gary Benn advances to third on the play. Mark Nilsson pops out to the shortstop. Dick Babb lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 St. Louis Hideo Choshi strikes out. Jack Twombly walks. Vern Tabler strikes out. Kevin Storti grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jack Twombly is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Vic McIntosh strikes out. Ron Renteria walks. Eddy Rodriguez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ron Renteria advances to second on the play. Eric Eichrodt singles to center field. Ron Renteria scores. Denny Coakley flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 St. Louis Diego Schroll walks. Rich Gozzo strikes out. Ted Lyons lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Fred Weinert doubles to center field. Diego Schroll scores. Elmer Kerrigan strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Gary Benn lines out to the shortstop. Ted Chamberlain strikes out. Mark Nilsson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 St. Louis Hideo Choshi singles to center field. Jack Twombly pops out to the third baseman. Hideo Choshi steals second. Hideo Choshi steals third. Ted Chamberlain throws the ball into left field for an error. Runners advance a base. Hideo Choshi scores. Jack Stember comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Vern Tabler strikes out. Kevin Storti triples. Diego Schroll strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Dick Babb singles to center field. Jack Stember lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ron Renteria walks. Eddy Rodriguez hits a home run. Dick Babb scores. Ron Renteria scores. Roy West comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Eric Eichrodt triples. The defense is playing the infield in. Denny Coakley singles to right field. Eric Eichrodt scores. Milt Warren comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Denny Coakley steals second. Gary Benn flies out to the right fielder. Ted Chamberlain flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 St. Louis Rich Gozzo walks. Milt Warren fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Milt Warren grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Rich Gozzo advances to second on the play. Fred Weinert flies out to the right fielder. Elmer Kerrigan flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Mark Nilsson grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Dick Babb grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jack Stember singles to left field. Ron Renteria strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 St. Louis Hideo Choshi flies out to the right fielder. Jack Twombly flies out to the left fielder. Vern Tabler strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Eddy Rodriguez flies out to the left fielder. Eric Eichrodt walks. Denny Coakley doubles to center field. Eric Eichrodt uses his aggressiveness and scores. Darrell Jenkins comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Gary Benn grounds out to the second baseman. Denny Coakley advances to third on the play. Ted Chamberlain strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 St. Louis Kevin Storti grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Sherrill is pinch hitting for Diego Schroll. Mike Sherrill walks. Rich Gozzo strikes out. Fredegar Bolger is pinch hitting for Darrell Jenkins. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Mike Sherrill is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Buddy Robertson pitching. Cole Miner enters the game as a defensive replacement for Mike Sherrill at C. Mark Nilsson doubles to left field. Dick Babb walks. Paul Adams is pinch hitting for Jack Stember. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Paul Adams strikes out. Ron Renteria grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 St. Louis Bruno Berryhill pitching. Buddy Robertson singles to center field. Fred Weinert pops out to the first baseman. Elmer Kerrigan grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 St. Louis total runners left on base: 6 Houston total runners left on base: 6
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Lloyd Nichting did not respond to coaching in speed Mark Goslin did not respond to coaching in velocity Angel Passeau improves in range Keiji Yamada did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Russ Winford did not respond to coaching in velocity Russ Winford did not respond to coaching in control Marty Farr did not respond to coaching in velocity Matt Richard did not respond to coaching in control Jose Mamaux did not respond to coaching in 2B