Steve Carlton made a few mistakes in the 1st inning, which opened the door to an eventual Houston Hoots win. Carlton hit Rogers Hornsby, and uncorked a wild pitch before Jeff Bagwell took him deep to give Houston a 3-1 lead in the 1st inning. Cy Young, in his 1st start, put St. Louis runners in scoring position in nearly every inning, but surprisingly allowed just 2 earned runs on 12 hits in 7 innings. Trevor Hoffman retired three straight batters in the 8th after Young put Mike Schmidt and Ozzie Smith on to lead off the inning. Larry Walker and Duke Snider led off with base hits in the 9th against Warren Spahn, but Fergie Jenkins struck out Willie Mays and got Willie McCovey to ground into a double play to end the inning. Jenkins struck out two more batters in the 10th to keep St. Louis scoreless in extras. Meanwhile, Christy Mathewson had pitched a scoreless 8th and 9th himself. But Roberto Clemente led off the 10th with a triple for the Hoots. Hornsby followed with a clean base-hit in the gap to give Houston a 4-3 walk-off win. Houston has now opened up a bigger lead in the National League, improving to 10-6.