Win: Biggs Adams (8-2) Loss: Wally Anderson (1-5)
Save: Jack Grodzicki (7)
Inning: 1 St. Louis Andy McLaughlin pitching. Al Dear strikes out. Gary Irvine flies out to the right fielder. Jim Long singles to right field. Billy Kepshire hits a home run. Jim Long scores. Buck Ledee lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Houston George Stocksdale pitching. Kirk Fitzpatrick singles to right field. Hank Hornsby walks. Pete Kennedy flies out to the right fielder. Rip Mohart strikes out. Mike Shilling grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Hank Hornsby is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 St. Louis Walter Shields pops out to the first baseman. Jeff Harris grounds out to the third baseman. Tom Katoll grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Roy Roberts singles to right field. Jack Rogge flies out to the center fielder. John Thomas reached on a fielding error by George Stocksdale. Andy McLaughlin fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Andy McLaughlin strikes out. Kirk Fitzpatrick strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 St. Louis George Stocksdale lines out to the second baseman. Al Dear grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Gary Irvine walks. Jim Long flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Hank Hornsby grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Pete Kennedy walks. Pete Kennedy steals second. Rip Mohart grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Pete Kennedy advances to third on the play. Mike Shilling grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 St. Louis Billy Kepshire strikes out. Buck Ledee grounds out to the third baseman. Walter Shields pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Roy Roberts grounds out to the pitcher. Jack Rogge grounds out to the catcher. John Thomas strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 St. Louis Jeff Harris walks. Tom Katoll strikes out. Jeff Harris is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). George Stocksdale singles to center field. Al Dear singles to center field. George Stocksdale advances to third on the hit. Al Dear is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Andy McLaughlin flies out to the right fielder. Kirk Fitzpatrick strikes out. Hank Hornsby flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis Gary Irvine walks. Gary Irvine is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Jim Long strikes out. Billy Kepshire doubles to right field. Buck Ledee grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Pete Kennedy hits an infield single to the shortstop. Rip Mohart grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Mike Shilling grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 St. Louis Walter Shields lines out to the second baseman. Jeff Harris singles to center field. Tom Katoll grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jeff Harris is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Bucky Vickers 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. George Stocksdale grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Tom Katoll is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Roy Roberts strikes out. Jack Rogge walks. John Thomas singles to left field. Rich Moriarty is pinch hitting for Bucky Vickers. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Rich Moriarty singles to left field. Jack Rogge scores. Kirk Fitzpatrick grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Rich Moriarty is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Hank Hornsby singles to left field. John Thomas scores. Biggs Adams 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. Pete Kennedy grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 St. Louis Wally Anderson pitching. Al Dear singles to center field. Al Dear steals second. Al Dear is out trying to steal third. Gary Irvine flies out to the center fielder. Jim Long flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Rip Mohart strikes out. Mike Shilling walks. Roy Roberts strikes out. Jack Rogge grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 St. Louis Billy Kepshire hits a home run. Buck Ledee singles to center field. Barney Hatcher is pinch hitting for Walter Shields. Barney Hatcher strikes out. Steve Shumpert is pinch hitting for Jeff Harris. Steve Shumpert bunts for a base hit. Tom Katoll singles to right field. Buck Ledee scores. Kevin Donahue is pinch hitting for Biggs Adams. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Kevin Donahue walks. Al Dear flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Steve Shumpert scores. Gary Irvine grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Houston Jack Grodzicki pitching. Win Cotter enters the game as a defensive replacement for Steve Shumpert at SS. John Thomas strikes out. Bert Lowdermilk is pinch hitting for Wally Anderson. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Bert Lowdermilk grounds out to the second baseman. Kirk Fitzpatrick pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 St. Louis total runners LOB: 6 Houston total runners LOB: 8
Batting:2B - Billy Kepshire (9).HR - Billy Kepshire 2 (4).SF - Al Dear. Baserunning: SB - Al Dear (20).CS - Al Dear 2 (12), Gary Irvine (5), Jeff Harris (3). Fielding: E - George Stocksdale.
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Leon Miner improves in contact_vs_lefty Leon Miner improves in arm Walter Reardon did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Earl Allen did not respond to coaching in control Bill Degerick did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Darwin Tyree did not respond to coaching in range
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Charlie Pate did not respond to coaching in velocity Ed Barker did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Freddie Powell did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Ron Miller did not respond to coaching in control Tim Mack did not respond to coaching in velocity Ed Barker improves in contact_vs_lefty