Win: Hurricane Ned Lane (4-2) Loss: Luis Palacios (3-2)
Inning: 1 Houston Roberto Phillips pitching. Lee Jones strikes out. Rick McCracken strikes out. Junie Spikes walks. Bill Upham lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 St. Louis John Garland pitching. Rufio Valenzuela strikes out. Move-up Maloney doubles to center field. Davey Boy Smith strikes out. Dave Graham grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Kyle Barry Larkin strikes out. Bort Thompson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mike Besse doubles past the third baseman. Joe McManus strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 St. Louis Rodney Mikkelsen strikes out. Benny Hockett flies out to the center fielder. Kenny Madison strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston John Garland walks. Lee Jones singles past the third baseman. Rick McCracken strikes out. Junie Spikes strikes out. Bill Upham pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 St. Louis Jonathan Radford reached on a 2-base throwing error by Mike Besse. Roberto Phillips 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 singles past the shortstop. Jonathan Radford scores. Move-up Maloney singles to right field. Rufio Valenzuela advances to third on the hit. Davey Boy Smith strikes out. Dave Graham flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Houston Kyle Barry Larkin grounds out to the shortstop. Bort Thompson singles to left field. Mike Besse flies out to the left fielder. Joe McManus flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 St. Louis Rodney Mikkelsen singles to center field. Benny Hockett flies out to the left fielder. Kenny Madison singles to right field. Rodney Mikkelsen advances to third on the hit. Jonathan Radford lines out to the second baseman. Roberto Phillips strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Houston John Garland strikes out. Lee Jones grounds out to the shortstop. Rick McCracken strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 St. Louis Rufio Valenzuela singles past the shortstop. Rufio Valenzuela steals second. Move-up Maloney flies out to the left fielder. Davey Boy Smith walks. Dave Graham flies out to the left fielder. Rodney Mikkelsen grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Houston Junie Spikes grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Upham grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Kyle Barry Larkin lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis Benny Hockett grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Kenny Madison flies out to the right fielder. Jonathan Radford singles to right field. Roberto Phillips flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Bort Thompson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mike Besse reached on a 2-base throwing error by Jonathan Radford. Hurricane Ned Lane 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. Joe McManus grounds out to the shortstop. Danny Chambers is pinch hitting for John Garland. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Danny Chambers walks. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Lee Jones flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 St. Louis Luis Palacios pitching. Rufio Valenzuela flies out to the right fielder. Move-up Maloney walks. Davey Boy Smith grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Move-up Maloney is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Dave Graham grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Davey Boy Smith is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Rick McCracken grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Junie Spikes grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Upham walks. Kyle Barry Larkin singles to right field. Bort Thompson singles to right field. Bill Upham scores. Mike Besse flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 St. Louis Rodney Mikkelsen grounds out to the second baseman. Benny Hockett grounds out to the second baseman. Kenny Madison strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Joe McManus flies out to the left fielder. Luis Palacios grounds out to the pitcher. Lee Jones grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 St. Louis Jonathan Radford singles to center field. Herm Poetz is pinch hitting for Hurricane Ned Lane. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Herm Poetz hits a home run. Jonathan Radford scores. Houston total runners left on base: 9 St. Louis total runners left on base: 9
Game Notes Bill Upham is injured and is expected to be out 24 days.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Domingo Petralli improves in contact_vs_righty Barney Courtright did not respond to coaching in control Domingo Petralli did not respond to coaching in speed Don McMillan did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Jose Orador did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Alan Johnson did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Thomas 'Herc' Hauk did not respond to coaching in range Nap Freeman did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Charley Rollins improves in control Jerry Cartwright did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Nap Freeman did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Dean Williams improves in power_vs_lefty