Win: Bobby Alvarez (13-6) Loss: Scott James (12-7)
Save: Ruden Saez (14)
Inning: 1 Houston Bobby Alvarez pitching. Zak Stafford walks. Fresco Knisely grounds into a 5-4-3 double play - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Joe Bancroft grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 St. Louis Scott James pitching. Derek Keltner strikes out. Jake Rosenfeld flies out to the center fielder. Otto Myers strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Steve Pirtle triples. Leo Johnson strikes out. King Blackburn flies out to the right fielder. Ed Pettit strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 St. Louis Carlos Allen strikes out. Dave Hayes grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Quintin Redbone grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Larry Macha grounds out to the second baseman. Scott James strikes out. Zak Stafford strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 St. Louis Seamus Donovan flies out to the right fielder. Geno Barron walks. Bobby Alvarez lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Derek Keltner grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Fresco Knisely walks. Joe Bancroft grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Fresco Knisely is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Steve Pirtle grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Joe Bancroft is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Leo Johnson grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Steve Pirtle is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 St. Louis Jake Rosenfeld walks. Otto Myers grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Jake Rosenfeld is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Carlos Allen walks. Dave Hayes grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Otto Myers is out at third base. Quintin Redbone grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Houston King Blackburn flies out to the right fielder. Ed Pettit strikes out. Larry Macha strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 St. Louis Seamus Donovan walks. Geno Barron singles to right field. Seamus Donovan advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the infield in. Bobby Alvarez reached on a fielding error by Joe Bancroft. Seamus Donovan scores. Derek Keltner flies out to the left fielder. Jake Rosenfeld walks. Otto Myers strikes out. Carlos Allen flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Houston Scott James singles to center field. Zak Stafford grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Fresco Knisely grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis Dave Hayes flies out to the right fielder. Quintin Redbone grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Seamus Donovan walks. Geno Barron pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Joe Bancroft grounds out to the second baseman. Steve Pirtle grounds out to the second baseman. Leo Johnson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 St. Louis Bobby Alvarez strikes out. Derek Keltner flies out to the right fielder. Jake Rosenfeld flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston King Blackburn grounds out to the shortstop. Ed Pettit grounds out to the shortstop. Larry Macha singles to left field. George Foster is pinch hitting for Scott James. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. George Foster singles to left field. Paul Curd 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. Zak Stafford walks. Fresco Knisely grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 St. Louis Bill Swift pitching. Otto Myers singles to right field. Carlos Allen strikes out. Dave Hayes walks. Harvey Gruber is pinch hitting for Quintin Redbone. Harvey Gruber singles to center field. Seamus Donovan grounds out to the second baseman. Otto Myers scores. Dave Hayes advances to third on the play. Harvey Gruber advances to second on the play. Geno Barron grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Houston Ruden Saez comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Joe Bancroft singles past the third baseman. Steve Pirtle grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Joe Bancroft is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Leo Johnson strikes out. King Blackburn singles to right field. Steve Pirtle advances to third on the hit. Ed Pettit grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Houston total runners left on base: 7 St. Louis total runners left on base: 9
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Lew Scranton improves in range Jack Smoot improves in contact_vs_lefty Tony Gabler did not respond to coaching in control Ed Horlen improves in velocity
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Scott Berardino improves in range Cody Boone did not respond to coaching in control Jesus Rosales did not respond to coaching in speed Wilson Walker improves in contact_vs_lefty Urbane Halliday did not respond to coaching in SS