Win: Jim Bale (3-0) Loss: Frank Glavenich (4-2)
Save: Bill Strohmayer (7)
Inning: 1 St. Louis Jim Bale pitching. Evan Stock grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Hartenstein grounds out to the shortstop. Harry Daviault reached on a fielding error by Gene Hopp. Matt Kitamura flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Houston Frank Glavenich pitching. Fred Lord flies out to the left fielder. Gene Hopp flies out to the left fielder. Bobby White flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 St. Louis Dummy Herring strikes out. Jay Hernandez singles to center field. Fred Lake grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Bob Weilman strikes out. Archie Griffin singles to right field. Bob Gaw singles to right field. Archie Griffin advances to third on the hit. Dick Rettig flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Archie Griffin scores. Bill Taff strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 St. Louis Tony Hildebrand strikes out. Frank Glavenich grounds out to the shortstop. Evan Stock grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Jim Bale grounds out to the shortstop. Fred Lord singles to left field. Gene Hopp reached on a 2-base throwing error by Fred Lake. Bobby White grounds out to the shortstop. Fred Lord scores. Gene Hopp advances to third on the play. Bob Weilman grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 St. Louis Mike Hartenstein hits an infield single to the shortstop. Harry Daviault singles to center field. Matt Kitamura pops out to the shortstop. Dummy Herring flies out to the right fielder. Jay Hernandez flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Houston Archie Griffin grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Gaw pops out to the third baseman. Dick Rettig strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 St. Louis Fred Lake pops out to the third baseman. Tony Hildebrand grounds out to the pitcher. Frank Glavenich grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Bill Taff grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Bale flies out to the center fielder. Fred Lord singles to left field. Gene Hopp grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Fred Lord is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 St. Louis Evan Stock strikes out. Mike Hartenstein strikes out. Harry Daviault flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Bobby White singles to center field. Bob Weilman reached on a fielding error by Jay Hernandez. Archie Griffin strikes out. Bob Gaw strikes out. Dick Rettig flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 St. Louis Matt Kitamura flies out to the center fielder. Dummy Herring singles to center field. Dummy Herring steals second. Jay Hernandez strikes out. Fred Lake strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Bill Taff singles to center field. Jim Bale lays down a bunt. He is safe at first. Runners advance. Fred Lord pops out to the shortstop. Gene Hopp walks. Bobby White strikes out. Bob Weilman walks. Bill Taff scores. Archie Griffin grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 St. Louis Purnal Bates enters the game as a defensive replacement for Bobby White at C. Tony Hildebrand grounds out to the second baseman. Craig Landrum is pinch hitting for Frank Glavenich. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Craig Landrum grounds out to the second baseman. Evan Stock flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Vin Raines pitching. Bob Gaw strikes out. Dick Rettig doubles to left field. Bill Taff flies out to the center fielder. Bob Werber is pinch hitting for Jim Bale. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Bob Werber pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 St. Louis Bill Strohmayer pitching. Mike Hartenstein doubles to right field. Harry Daviault walks. Matt Kitamura singles to right field. Mike Hartenstein scores. Harry Daviault advances to third on the hit. Dummy Herring flies out to the right fielder. Jay Hernandez flies out to the center fielder. Matt Kitamura is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 1 St. Louis total runners left on base: 5 Houston total runners left on base: 9
Batting:2B - Mike Hartenstein (4).GIDP - Fred Lake. Baserunning: SB - Dummy Herring (1).CS - Matt Kitamura (1). Fielding: E - Jay Hernandez, Fred Lake.
Game Notes Harry Daviault is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Teddy Toms did not respond to coaching in range Ollie Aust improves in speed Claude Holbert did not respond to coaching in control Les Lansford did not respond to coaching in velocity Les Lansford did not respond to coaching in velocity Ollie Aust did not respond to coaching in arm
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Max Franklin did not respond to coaching in speed Mark Paulette improves in range Max Franklin did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Tom Lee improves in range Tom Czajkowski did not respond to coaching in arm Tom Czajkowski did not respond to coaching in range