Win: Junior Smith (6-4) Loss: Kenny Swartwood (1-9)
Inning: 1 St. Louis Junior Smith pitching. Dave Price strikes out. Fred Pactwa strikes out. Pat Delmas doubles to center field. Earl Miller pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Houston Kenny Swartwood pitching. Al Womack walks. Al Womack steals second. Tom McLean flies out to the right fielder. Jack Miller singles to left field. Al Womack scores. Shane Chiwitt hits a home run. Jack Miller scores. Mike Letto flies out to the left fielder. Bill Vedder singles past the second baseman. Robin Gray singles to center field. Bill Vedder advances to third on the hit. Ken North triples. Bill Vedder scores. Robin Gray scores. Junior Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 St. Louis Jim Morales strikes out. Sparky Gazella strikes out. Tom Woodson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Al Womack grounds out to the third baseman. Tom McLean grounds out to the third baseman. Jack Miller walks. Shane Chiwitt grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Jack Miller is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 St. Louis John Lowe grounds out to the shortstop. Kenny Swartwood singles to right field. Dave Price strikes out. Fred Pactwa flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Mike Letto singles to right field. Bill Vedder singles to left field. Mike Letto advances to third on the hit. Robin Gray flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Mike Letto scores. Ken North flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Junior Smith grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 St. Louis Pat Delmas flies out to the left fielder. Earl Miller pops out to the shortstop. Jim Morales grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Al Womack strikes out. Tom McLean flies out to the right fielder. Jack Miller grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 St. Louis Sparky Gazella grounds out to the third baseman. Tom Woodson singles to right field. John Lowe singles to center field. Kenny Swartwood lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Dave Price pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Houston Shane Chiwitt grounds out to the third baseman. Mike Letto singles to right field. Bill Vedder grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Mike Letto advances to second on the play. Robin Gray walks. Ken North grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Robin Gray is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 St. Louis Fred Pactwa strikes out. Pat Delmas grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Earl Miller pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Junior Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Al Womack strikes out. Tom McLean hits a home run. Jack Miller walks. Shane Chiwitt bunts for a base hit. Mike Letto hits a home run. Jack Miller scores. Shane Chiwitt scores. Ryan Bayless comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is pulled because he is getting hammered (Starting pitcher has given up 8 or more earned runs, he is tired, and the team is losing by more than 5 runs). Bill Vedder grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 St. Louis Jim Morales grounds out to the shortstop. Sparky Gazella singles to left field. Tom Woodson singles to right field. Sparky Gazella advances to third on the hit. John Lowe flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Sparky Gazella is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Robin Gray walks. Ken North grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Robin Gray is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Junior Smith lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Al Womack grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 St. Louis Billy Roberts is pinch hitting for Ryan Bayless. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Billy Roberts flies out to the left fielder. Dave Price reached on a 2-base throwing error by Ken North. Fred Pactwa strikes out. Pat Delmas grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Walter Best pitching. Tom McLean doubles to right field. Jack Miller hits a home run. Tom McLean scores. Shane Chiwitt hits a home run. Mike Letto flies out to the center fielder. Bill Vedder flies out to the left fielder. Robin Gray strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 St. Louis Roxy Downey is pinch hitting for Earl Miller. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Roxy Downey reached on a fielding error by Junior Smith. Al Hansen is pinch hitting for Jim Morales. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Al Hansen triples. Roxy Downey scores. Danny Gonzalez is pinch hitting for Sparky Gazella. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Danny Gonzalez grounds out to the shortstop. Al Hansen scores. Ralph Kimmick comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tom Woodson singles to center field. John Lowe grounds out to the third baseman. Tom Woodson advances to second on the play. Woody White is pinch hitting for Walter Best. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Woody White walks. Dave Price strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 St. Louis total runners left on base: 8 Houston total runners left on base: 6
Batting:2B - Tom McLean (6).3B - Ken North (1).HR - Tom McLean (8), Jack Miller (7), Shane Chiwitt 2 (18), Mike Letto (11).SF - Robin Gray. Baserunning: SB - Al Womack (11). Fielding: E - Ken North, Junior Smith.
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jimmy Mason improves in power_vs_lefty Joe Tunnell improves in arm Walter Crouse improves in speed Cuckoo Hutton improves in contact_vs_lefty Hi Vogelsong did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Hi Vogelsong improves in speed
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Walt Czajkowski improves in range Charlie Kolb improves in power_vs_righty Walter Brown did not respond to coaching in velocity Mike Tauscher did not respond to coaching in arm March Minton did not respond to coaching in velocity Walt Czajkowski improves in power_vs_lefty Mike Tauscher did not respond to coaching in CF