Win: Phil Williams (1-1) Loss: Masahito Watanabe (4-5)
Inning: 1 St. Louis George Wilson pitching. Phil Rollins strikes out. Joe McNabb walks. Mark Lachemann strikes out. Jackie Garoni strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Houston Jophery Lake pitching. Bob Eyre strikes out. Ralph Smith grounds out to the pitcher. Will Sisk strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 St. Louis Drummond Williamson grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Bill Thompson doubles to right field. Bill Cangelosi flies out to the center fielder. Mike Ulisney walks. Jophery Lake strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Houston Paul Belle grounds out to the pitcher. Matt Morrison strikes out. Bruce Blemker grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 St. Louis Phil Rollins flies out to the center fielder. Joe McNabb walks. Mark Lachemann singles to center field. Joe McNabb aggressively advances to third on the hit. Jackie Garoni flies out to the right fielder. Drummond Williamson singles to center field. Joe McNabb scores. Mark Lachemann advances to third on the hit. Bill Thompson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Houston Ed Schmulbach strikes out. John McGilvray walks. George Wilson lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bob Eyre doubles to left field. John McGilvray scores. Ralph Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 St. Louis Bill Cangelosi grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Ulisney singles to left field. Jophery Lake fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Jophery Lake strikes out. Phil Rollins pops out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Will Sisk singles to center field. Paul Belle strikes out. Matt Morrison flies out to the right fielder. Bruce Blemker grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Will Sisk is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 St. Louis Joe McNabb flies out to the right fielder. Mark Lachemann hits a home run. Jackie Garoni hits a home run. Drummond Williamson doubles to center field. Bill Thompson doubles to left field. Drummond Williamson scores. Bill Cangelosi strikes out. Mike Ulisney strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Ed Schmulbach strikes out. John McGilvray hits a home run. George Wilson grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Eyre strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis Jophery Lake grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Phil Rollins grounds out to the second baseman. Joe McNabb doubles to center field. Mark Lachemann singles to left field. Joe McNabb is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Ralph Smith reached on a 2-base fielding error by Joe McNabb. Will Sisk singles to right field. Ralph Smith scores. Paul Belle grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Matt Morrison reached on a fielding error by Mark Lachemann. Bruce Blemker strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 St. Louis Ben Goossen comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jackie Garoni strikes out. Drummond Williamson lines out to the first baseman. Bill Thompson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Ed Schmulbach strikes out. John McGilvray doubles to center field. Evelio Morrison 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. Randy Sadler is pinch hitting for Ben Goossen. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Randy Sadler singles to left field. Bob Eyre flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, John McGilvray scores. Ralph Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 St. Louis Phil Williams pitching. Bill Cangelosi flies out to the center fielder. Mike Ulisney singles to center field. Patrick Speed is pinch hitting for Evelio Morrison. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Patrick Speed flies out to the center fielder. Phil Rollins flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Masahito Watanabe pitching. Will Sisk grounds out to the shortstop. Paul Belle doubles to left field. Matt Morrison flies out to the right fielder. Bruce Blemker reached on a fielding error by Mark Lachemann. Ed Schmulbach flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 St. Louis Joe McNabb pops out to the first baseman. Mark Lachemann singles to left field. Jackie Garoni strikes out. Drummond Williamson grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Mark Lachemann is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston John McGilvray flies out to the left fielder. Danny Crawford is pinch hitting for Phil Williams. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Danny Crawford reached on a fielding error by Mark Lachemann. Bob Eyre singles to left field. Ralph Smith singles to right field. Will Sisk strikes out. Paul Belle singles to right field. Danny Crawford scores. St. Louis total runners left on base: 10 Houston total runners left on base: 6
Batting:2B - Joe McNabb (22), Drummond Williamson (17), Bill Thompson 2 (12).HR - Mark Lachemann (4), Jackie Garoni (23). Fielding: E - Joe McNabb, Mark Lachemann 3.
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Klondike Karlon improves in range Jeff McCreery improves in power_vs_righty Drew Haeffner did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Joe Leovich did not respond to coaching in control
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Urbane Gatewood improves in contact_vs_righty Urbane Gatewood improves in range Terry Fordyce improves in contact_vs_righty Pete Benn did not respond to coaching in range