Win: Ducky Delis (1-0) Loss: George Gonzalez (0-1)
Inning: 1 St. Louis Scott Nunn pitching. Chris LaCock doubles to left field. Bobby Crowley grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Hughes strikes out. Matt Kafora reached on a fielding error by Doug Furillo. Frank Joyce flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Houston Goat Quinones pitching. Jack Wehde flies out to the right fielder. Arlie Griffith singles to right field. John Anderson flies out to the center fielder. Ruben Pickering strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 St. Louis Dave Ruebel grounds out to the shortstop. Hideaki Arisawa flies out to the center fielder. Alvaro Begley flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Dave Davis singles to right field. Doug Furillo singles past the second baseman. Dave Davis advances to third on the hit. Jarrod Green strikes out. Terry Murray pops out to the catcher. Scott Nunn grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 St. Louis Goat Quinones pops out to the shortstop. Chris LaCock grounds out to the shortstop. Bobby Crowley pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Jack Wehde singles to left field. Arlie Griffith strikes out. John Anderson strikes out. Ruben Pickering strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 St. Louis Jim Hughes pops out to the catcher. Matt Kafora flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Frank Joyce pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Dave Davis triples. Doug Furillo flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Dave Davis scores. Jarrod Green singles to center field. Jarrod Green steals second. Terry Murray walks. Scott Nunn fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Scott Nunn strikes out. Jack Wehde grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 St. Louis Dave Ruebel hits a home run. Hideaki Arisawa singles to left field. Alvaro Begley grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Goat Quinones flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Arlie Griffith flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! John Anderson walks. Ruben Pickering grounds into a force play to the first baseman - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! John Anderson is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Dave Davis walks. Doug Furillo grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Dave Davis is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 St. Louis Chris LaCock flies out to the right fielder. Bobby Crowley singles past the second baseman. Bobby Crowley steals second. Jim Hughes flies out to the center fielder. Matt Kafora flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Jarrod Green flies out to the left fielder. Terry Murray flies out to the left fielder. Scott Nunn singles to right field. Jack Wehde flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 St. Louis Frank Joyce flies out to the center fielder. Dave Ruebel grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Hideaki Arisawa strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Arlie Griffith grounds out to the third baseman. John Anderson strikes out. Ruben Pickering pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 St. Louis Alvaro Begley flies out to the center fielder. Danny Holly is pinch hitting for Goat Quinones. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Danny Holly lines out to the shortstop. Chris LaCock grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston George Gonzalez pitching. Dave Davis walks. Taisei Ishiguro is pinch hitting for Doug Furillo. Taisei Ishiguro strikes out. Dave Davis steals second. Jarrod Green grounds out to the second baseman. Dave Davis advances to third on the play. Terry Murray flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 St. Louis Nap Golden enters the game as a defensive replacement for Taisei Ishiguro at 2B. Ducky Delis comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Bobby Crowley doubles to center field. Jim Hughes pops out to the first baseman. Matt Kafora grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bobby Crowley advances to third on the play. Frank Joyce grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Frank Thomas is pinch hitting for Ducky Delis. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Frank Thomas hits a home run. St. Louis total runners left on base: 4 Houston total runners left on base: 10
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Pete Smith did not respond to coaching in velocity Fred Walczak improves in power_vs_lefty Jim Lefebvre improves in velocity Bobby Flynn did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Roger McDonald did not respond to coaching in speed Fred Walczak improves in speed Les Stahl did not respond to coaching in C
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bobby Ruiz did not respond to coaching in speed John Bigelow did not respond to coaching in velocity Raul Masters improves in control Dick Walsh did not respond to coaching in range Mel Chapman improves in range Bob Hahn did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Dick Walsh did not respond to coaching in SS