Inning: 1 Houston Juice Gossage pitching. Lafayette Melvin strikes out. Jim Strain strikes out. Ty Sanders hits a home run. Otis Velez grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 St. Louis Mike Hopkins pitching. Drew Benintendi strikes out. Bill Shirley flies out to the right fielder. Red Salmon strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Ken Munoz strikes out. Jim Feller singles to left field. Don Foulke hits an infield single to the pitcher. Walter Herr strikes out. Mike Hopkins strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 St. Louis Kevin Stone singles to left field. Walton Ramsey grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Charlie Pride grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Lafayette Melvin walks. Jim Strain singles to left field. Ty Sanders singles to center field. Lafayette Melvin is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Jim Strain advances to third on the play. Otis Velez singles to center field. Jim Strain scores. Ken Munoz strikes out. Jim Feller grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 St. Louis Carl Hoey walks. Chris Carson flies out to the right fielder. Juice Gossage lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Drew Benintendi grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Don Foulke grounds out to the pitcher. Walter Herr walks. Mike Hopkins lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Lafayette Melvin grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 St. Louis Bill Shirley pops out to the first baseman. Red Salmon walks. Red Salmon steals second. Kevin Stone pops out to the third baseman. Walton Ramsey grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Jim Strain strikes out. Ty Sanders walks. Otis Velez strikes out. Ken Munoz flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 St. Louis Charlie Pride strikes out. Carl Hoey singles past the first baseman. Chris Carson pops out to the third baseman. Juice Gossage singles to center field. Carl Hoey advances to third on the hit. Drew Benintendi hits a home run. Carl Hoey scores. Juice Gossage scores. Bill Shirley grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Jim Feller grounds out to the shortstop. Don Foulke strikes out. Walter Herr grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis Red Salmon strikes out. Kevin Stone walks. Walton Ramsey flies out to the left fielder. Charlie Pride flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Hajime Negoro is pinch hitting for Mike Hopkins. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Hajime Negoro doubles to left field. Lafayette Melvin lines out to the second baseman. Jim Strain grounds out to the shortstop. Ty Sanders hits a home run. Hajime Negoro scores. Otis Velez flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 St. Louis Dale Vitelli pitching. Carl Hoey doubles to left field. Chris Carson strikes out. Don Vosmik is pinch hitting for Juice Gossage. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Don Vosmik strikes out. Drew Benintendi reached on a fielding error by Jim Strain. Bill Shirley singles to left field. Carl Hoey scores. Red Salmon lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Houston Ben McEntire pitching. Ken Munoz grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Feller grounds out to the second baseman. Don Foulke flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 St. Louis Kevin Stone strikes out. Walton Ramsey doubles to center field. Charlie Pride singles to center field. Walton Ramsey is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Charlie Pride steals second. Carl Hoey singles to right field. Charlie Pride scores. Vance Hendryx comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Chris Carson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Smooth Ed Simpson enters the game as a defensive replacement for Bill Shirley at 1B. Walter Herr flies out to the left fielder. Dave Cage is pinch hitting for Vance Hendryx. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Dave Cage strikes out. Lafayette Melvin singles to center field. Jim Strain grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Houston total runners left on base: 7 St. Louis total runners left on base: 6
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Heinie White did not respond to coaching in velocity Heinie White did not respond to coaching in velocity Tommy Kelleher did not respond to coaching in speed Moritake Nemoto did not respond to coaching in velocity
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jimmy Ward did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Rusty Lara improves in power_vs_righty Charlie Boston did not respond to coaching in velocity Steve Morales improves in speed