Inning: 1 Houston Hiram Davis pitching. Charlie Warhop grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Gary Smith doubles to center field. King Blackburn flies out to the center fielder. Joe Bancroft flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 St. Louis Doug Sanberg pitching. Oscar Peralta walks. Carlos Allen grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Manny Ortiz strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Tom Ryan doubles to left field. Carl Lloyd strikes out. Ed Pettit walks. Zak Stafford pops out to the first baseman. Doug Sanberg strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 St. Louis Zeb Hudgens hits a home run. Dave Hayes pops out to the second baseman. Harvey Gruber strikes out. Seamus Donovan grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Charlie Warhop grounds out to the pitcher. Gary Smith pops out to the third baseman. King Blackburn grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 St. Louis Otto Myers singles in front of the center fielder. Hiram Davis lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Oscar Peralta pops out to the first baseman. Carlos Allen singles to left field. Otto Myers scores. Manny Ortiz singles to left field. Carlos Allen advances to third on the hit. Zeb Hudgens walks. Dave Hayes triples. Carlos Allen scores. Manny Ortiz scores. Zeb Hudgens scores. Harvey Gruber singles to right field. Dave Hayes scores. Larry Berblinger comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Seamus Donovan grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Harvey Gruber is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Joe Bancroft singles to left field. Tom Ryan singles past the second baseman. Joe Bancroft advances to third on the hit. Carl Lloyd grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Joe Bancroft scores. Ed Pettit walks. Zak Stafford strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 St. Louis Otto Myers flies out to the left fielder. Hiram Davis strikes out. Oscar Peralta reached on a 2-base throwing error by Tom Ryan. Carlos Allen strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Larry Berblinger strikes out. Charlie Warhop flies out to the right fielder. Gary Smith reached on a fielding error by Otto Myers. King Blackburn flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 St. Louis Manny Ortiz flies out to the right fielder. Zeb Hudgens flies out to the center fielder. Dave Hayes strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Joe Bancroft bunts for a base hit. Tom Ryan pops out to the catcher. Carl Lloyd flies out to the right fielder. Ed Pettit strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 St. Louis Harvey Gruber walks. Seamus Donovan grounds out to the third baseman. Harvey Gruber advances to second on the play. Otto Myers hits a home run. Harvey Gruber scores. Jim Miller comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Hiram Davis doubles to left field. Oscar Peralta strikes out. Carlos Allen grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Zak Stafford strikes out. George Foster is pinch hitting for Jim Miller. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. George Foster grounds out to the second baseman. Charlie Warhop singles to left field. Gary Smith singles to right field. King Blackburn pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 St. Louis Joe Price pitching. Manny Ortiz flies out to the left fielder. Zeb Hudgens grounds out to the second baseman. Dave Hayes grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Joe Bancroft grounds out to the third baseman. Tom Ryan flies out to the right fielder. Fresco Knisely is pinch hitting for Carl Lloyd. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Fresco Knisely strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 St. Louis Harvey Gruber pops out to the shortstop. Seamus Donovan singles to center field. Otto Myers flies out to the left fielder. Ernie Alvarez is pinch hitting for Hiram Davis. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Ernie Alvarez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Paul Curd pitching. Ed Pettit strikes out. Zak Stafford walks. Leo Johnson is pinch hitting for Joe Price. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Leo Johnson lines out to the third baseman. Charlie Warhop doubles to right field. Zak Stafford uses his aggressiveness and scores. Gary Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Houston total runners left on base: 9 St. Louis total runners left on base: 4
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ike Osik did not respond to coaching in control Billy Harrelson improves in power_vs_righty John Rodriguez improves in power_vs_lefty Billy Harrelson did not respond to coaching in speed
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Giomar Carlin did not respond to coaching in velocity Urbane Halliday did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jesus Rosales did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Dennis Lynch did not respond to coaching in velocity Adam Herring improves in 2B