Win: Chris Creek (4-4) Loss: Dolan Valdivielso (6-2)
Save: Pete White (23)
Inning: 1 Houston Chris Creek pitching. Fred Lord strikes out. Gene Hopp strikes out. Bobby White strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 St. Louis Dolan Valdivielso pitching. Jay Hernandez strikes out. Bryan Drews singles to center field. Harry Daviault grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Bryan Drews is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Harry Daviault steals second. Jay Veryzer hits a home run. Harry Daviault scores. Bob Crawford strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Earl Stanceu hits a home run. Bob Weilman singles to right field. Bob Gaw doubles to left field. Bob Weilman is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Dick Rettig grounds out to the third baseman. Cy Brumley strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 St. Louis Fred Lake strikes out. Bob Andrew flies out to the right fielder. Paul Gibson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Dolan Valdivielso strikes out. Fred Lord singles to center field. Gene Hopp flies out to the center fielder. Bobby White flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 St. Louis Chris Creek grounds out to the third baseman. Jay Hernandez flies out to the center fielder. Bryan Drews hits a home run. Harry Daviault grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Earl Stanceu hits an infield single to the pitcher. Bob Weilman grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Bob Gaw strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 St. Louis Jay Veryzer strikes out. Bob Crawford flies out to the right fielder. Fred Lake singles to right field. Bob Andrew flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Dick Rettig flies out to the center fielder. Cy Brumley grounds out to the pitcher. Dolan Valdivielso singles to right field. Fred Lord strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 St. Louis Paul Gibson grounds out to the pitcher. Chris Creek strikes out. Jay Hernandez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Gene Hopp flies out to the right fielder. Bobby White grounds out to the shortstop. Earl Stanceu grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis Bryan Drews strikes out. Harry Daviault grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Jay Veryzer flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Bob Weilman walks. Bob Gaw singles to right field. Bob Weilman advances to third on the hit. Dick Rettig strikes out. Vin Raines 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 1st. Cy Brumley strikes out. Bill Taff is pinch hitting for Dolan Valdivielso. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Bill Taff strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 St. Louis Randy Dilauro pitching. Bob Crawford strikes out. Fred Lake singles to right field. Bob Andrew strikes out. Paul Gibson grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Fred Lake is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Fred Lord flies out to the right fielder. Gene Hopp singles to left field. Gene Hopp steals second. Bobby White singles to right field. Gene Hopp scores. Earl Stanceu flies out to the center fielder. Bobby White steals second. Bob Weilman grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 St. Louis Mike Hartenstein is pinch hitting for Vin Raines. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Mike Hartenstein flies out to the left fielder. Jay Hernandez singles to right field. Bryan Drews grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Jay Hernandez advances to second on the play. Harry Daviault strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Pete White pitching. Bob Gaw grounds out to the pitcher. Dick Rettig strikes out. Cy Brumley singles to left field. Bob Werber is pinch hitting for Randy Dilauro. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Bob Werber walks. Fred Lord grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Houston total runners left on base: 8 St. Louis total runners left on base: 3
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Mark Paulette improves in speed Max Franklin did not respond to coaching in arm Mark Paulette did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Chris Mangum improves in power_vs_lefty Walter Jean did not respond to coaching in endurance Jimmy Hassler did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Leo Dougherty did not respond to coaching in control Bob Kahler did not respond to coaching in velocity Rob Agbayani did not respond to coaching in control Sean Krausse did not respond to coaching in control Harry Silverio did not respond to coaching in control Myron Spangler improves in speed