Win: Rick Stelmaszek (8-5) Loss: Harry Thormahlen (5-3)
Save: Rich Gates (24)
Inning: 1 Houston Rick Stelmaszek pitching. Lee Jones lines out to the first baseman. Rick McCracken flies out to the right fielder. Joe McManus flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 St. Louis Susumu Kaneko pitching. Rufio Valenzuela strikes out. Benny Hockett grounds out to the second baseman. Hank Hale strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Sailor Abstein strikes out. Kyle Barry Larkin singles to left field. Walt Breton triples. Kyle Barry Larkin scores. Frank Sizemore strikes out. Dom Terry strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 St. Louis Davey Boy Smith lines out to the shortstop. Jiro Tominaga flies out to the left fielder. Jonathan Radford flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Susumu Kaneko strikes out. Lee Jones singles to center field. Rick McCracken lines out to the second baseman. Lee Jones steals second. Joe McManus grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 St. Louis Jim Petkovsek singles past the shortstop. Lou Sadek strikes out. Rick Stelmaszek lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Rufio Valenzuela strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Sailor Abstein grounds out to the second baseman. Kyle Barry Larkin singles to left field. Walt Breton doubles to right field. Frank Sizemore flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Kyle Barry Larkin is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 St. Louis Benny Hockett pops out to the second baseman. Hank Hale grounds out to the shortstop. Davey Boy Smith lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Dom Terry pops out to the shortstop. Susumu Kaneko grounds out to the third baseman. Lee Jones singles to right field. Rick McCracken strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 St. Louis Jiro Tominaga lines out to the third baseman. Jonathan Radford hits an infield single to the second baseman. Jim Petkovsek strikes out. Lou Sadek flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Joe McManus flies out to the right fielder. Sailor Abstein strikes out. Kyle Barry Larkin doubles to center field. Walt Breton doubles to center field. Kyle Barry Larkin scores. Frank Sizemore strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 St. Louis Rick Stelmaszek flies out to the center fielder. Rufio Valenzuela singles to right field. Benny Hockett strikes out. Hank Hale strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Dom Terry singles to center field. Mike Besse is pinch hitting for Susumu Kaneko. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Mike Besse grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Dom Terry is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Lee Jones grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 St. Louis Harry Thormahlen pitching. Davey Boy Smith flies out to the right fielder. Jiro Tominaga pops out to the third baseman. Jonathan Radford pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Rick McCracken pops out to the first baseman. Joe McManus strikes out. Sailor Abstein grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 St. Louis Jim Petkovsek grounds out to the shortstop. Lou Sadek walks. Herm Poetz is pinch hitting for Rick Stelmaszek. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Herm Poetz walks. Rufio Valenzuela singles to left field. Lou Sadek scores. Herm Poetz advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the corners in. Benny Hockett walks. Hank Hale singles to right field. Herm Poetz scores. Rufio Valenzuela scores. Benny Hockett advances to third on the hit. Davey Boy Smith pops out to the catcher. Jiro Tominaga strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Houston Rich Gates pitching. Kyle Barry Larkin flies out to the left fielder. Walt Breton grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Frank Sizemore grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners left on base: 5 St. Louis total runners left on base: 5
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jose Orador did not respond to coaching in arm Hector Choate did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Charlie Rice did not respond to coaching in arm Domingo Petralli improves in power_vs_righty Charlie Rice did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Rip Creeden did not respond to coaching in speed
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Jerry Cartwright improves in contact_vs_righty Darrell Hannah did not respond to coaching in range Andy Walewander did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Nap Freeman did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jerry Cartwright did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Charley Rollins improves in velocity