Inning: 1 Houston Jim Armbrust pitching. Jose Mott hits a home run. Sam Davidson singles to right field. Curt Williams grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Dave Coulter grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 New York Ed Massey pitching. Paul Ruberto flies out to the right fielder. Pearce Northrup walks. Benton Gustopolous singles to right field. Pearce Northrup advances to third on the hit. Rico Lopez singles to center field. Pearce Northrup scores. Benton Gustopolous aggressively advances to third on the hit. Tommy Stanhouse grounds out to the pitcher. Rico Lopez advances to second on the play. Johnny Pickup lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Houston Rusty Keating singles to center field. Rob Branca strikes out. Rusty Keating is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Bob LeClaire flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 New York Don Olivares lines out to the second baseman. Stan Murray strikes out. Jim Armbrust singles to center field. Paul Ruberto grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Will Worrell flies out to the right fielder. Ed Massey strikes out. Jose Mott flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 New York Pearce Northrup walks. Benton Gustopolous strikes out. Rico Lopez strikes out. Tommy Stanhouse triples. Pearce Northrup scores. Johnny Pickup hits a home run. Tommy Stanhouse scores. Don Olivares grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Sam Davidson walks. Curt Williams strikes out. Dave Coulter hits an infield single to the pitcher. Rusty Keating flies out to the center fielder. Rob Branca grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 New York Stan Murray strikes out. Jim Armbrust strikes out. Paul Ruberto walks. Pearce Northrup flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Bob LeClaire strikes out. Will Worrell grounds out to the shortstop. Ed Massey grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 New York Benton Gustopolous doubles to left field. Rico Lopez strikes out. Tommy Stanhouse singles to center field. Benton Gustopolous scores. Zoilo Pool comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tommy Stanhouse steals second. Johnny Pickup doubles to left field. Tommy Stanhouse scores. Don Olivares hits a home run. Johnny Pickup scores. John Nichols comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Stan Murray doubles to right field. Jim Armbrust grounds out to the third baseman. Paul Ruberto flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Jose Mott strikes out. Sam Davidson grounds out to the pitcher. Curt Williams strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 New York Pearce Northrup lines out to the third baseman. Benton Gustopolous singles to center field. Rico Lopez flies out to the right fielder. Tommy Stanhouse hits a home run. Benton Gustopolous scores. Johnny Pickup strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Dave Coulter grounds out to the third baseman. Rusty Keating walks. Rob Branca singles to center field. Bob LeClaire grounds out to the pitcher. Rusty Keating advances to third on the play. Rob Branca advances to second on the play. Will Worrell strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 New York Don Olivares strikes out. Stan Murray walks. Jim Armbrust fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Jim Armbrust strikes out. Stan Murray steals second. Will Worrell throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Paul Ruberto walks. Paul Ruberto steals second. Pearce Northrup flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Houston Will Morogiello is pinch hitting for John Nichols. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Will Morogiello reached on a fielding error by Tommy Stanhouse. Daniel Perez 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. Jim Streit is pinch hitting for Jose Mott. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jim Streit grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Will Morogiello is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Sam Davidson doubles to left field. Curt Williams strikes out. Dave Coulter grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 New York Johnny Harmon pitching. Benton Gustopolous flies out to the center fielder. Rico Lopez grounds out to the pitcher. Tommy Stanhouse strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Rusty Keating singles to right field. Rob Branca lines out to the first baseman. Dave Runnels is pinch hitting for Bob LeClaire. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Dave Runnels grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners left on base: 6 New York total runners left on base: 7
Batting:2B - Sam Davidson (24).HR - Jose Mott (10).GIDP - Curt Williams, Dave Runnels. Baserunning: CS - Rusty Keating (3). Fielding: E - Will Worrell.
Batting:2B - Benton Gustopolous (13), Johnny Pickup (22), Stan Murray (19).3B - Tommy Stanhouse (11).HR - Tommy Stanhouse (18), Johnny Pickup (15), Don Olivares (19). Baserunning: SB - Paul Ruberto (21), Tommy Stanhouse (10), Stan Murray (22). Fielding: E - Tommy Stanhouse.
Game Notes Don Olivares is injured and is expected to be out 11 days.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Fred Little did not respond to coaching in velocity Kyle Curd did not respond to coaching in control Cy Heredia improves in endurance Jolbert Steevens improves in contact_vs_righty Nick Bench did not respond to coaching in range Cy Heredia did not respond to coaching in velocity Harry Lobert did not respond to coaching in LF
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: George Diaz did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty George Diaz did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Rollie Arnsberg improves in range Bob Buhner did not respond to coaching in speed Ben Dyer improves in speed Mark Cooke did not respond to coaching in arm Purnal Andrews did not respond to coaching in C