Inning: 1 Los Angeles Billy Shorten pitching. Jim Smith flies out to the center fielder. Ed Russell grounds out to the second baseman. Jasper Salinas walks. Lep Hermoso doubles to left field. Jasper Salinas is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Houston Enzo Tyrone pitching. Rusty Keating grounds out to the third baseman. Curt Williams singles to right field. Sammy Dunn grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Los Angeles Merlin Cairncross strikes out. Ken Manuel pops out to the third baseman. Denny Murphy grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Dave Runnels strikes out. Bob Kauff singles to right field. Bob LeClaire flies out to the left fielder. Jose Mott walks. Joe Knicely singles to right field. Bob Kauff scores. Billy Shorten singles to center field. Rusty Keating singles past the second baseman. Jose Mott scores. Curt Williams strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Los Angeles Sam Edwards grounds out to the third baseman. Enzo Tyrone singles to center field. Jim Smith walks. Ed Russell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Enzo Tyrone advances to third on the play. Jim Smith advances to second on the play. Jasper Salinas strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Houston Sammy Dunn flies out to the center fielder. Dave Runnels doubles to center field. Bob Kauff strikes out. Bob LeClaire triples. Dave Runnels scores. Jose Mott strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Los Angeles Lep Hermoso reached on a 2-base throwing error by Curt Williams. Merlin Cairncross grounds out to the shortstop. Lep Hermoso steals third. Ken Manuel strikes out. Denny Murphy hits a home run. Lep Hermoso scores. Sam Edwards flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Joe Knicely strikes out. Billy Shorten strikes out. Rusty Keating triples. Curt Williams doubles to left field. Rusty Keating scores. Sammy Dunn strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Los Angeles Enzo Tyrone grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jim Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Ed Russell grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Dave Runnels reached on a fielding error by Merlin Cairncross. Bob Kauff walks. Bob LeClaire flies out to the center fielder. Jose Mott pops out to the shortstop. Joe Knicely grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Los Angeles Jasper Salinas walks. Jasper Salinas steals second. Jasper Salinas gets picked off second (1-6). Lep Hermoso singles to left field. Merlin Cairncross strikes out. Ken Manuel walks. Johnny Harmon 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 2nd. Denny Murphy grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Houston Joe Suarez comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Johnny Harmon grounds out to the third baseman. Rusty Keating singles to center field. Curt Williams grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Los Angeles Sam Edwards grounds out to the third baseman. Sap Gonzales is pinch hitting for Joe Suarez. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Sap Gonzales flies out to the right fielder. Jim Smith flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Bill Geygan pitching. Sammy Dunn strikes out. Dave Runnels strikes out. Bob Kauff singles to right field. Bob LeClaire singles to center field. Jose Mott flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Los Angeles Ed Russell singles to right field. Jasper Salinas flies out to the right fielder. Lep Hermoso grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ed Russell is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Merlin Cairncross flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Joe Knicely grounds out to the third baseman. George Johnson is pinch hitting for Johnny Harmon. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. George Johnson doubles to left field. Rusty Keating singles to center field. Jeff Dineen comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Curt Williams doubles to center field. George Johnson scores. Sammy Dunn flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Rusty Keating scores. Dave Runnels singles to right field. Bob Kauff singles to left field. Curt Williams scores. Bob LeClaire singles to center field. Dave Runnels scores. Jose Mott singles to center field. Joe Knicely singles to right field. Bob Kauff scores. Bob LeClaire scores. George Johnson singles to right field. Rusty Keating doubles to left field. Jose Mott scores. Joe Knicely scores. Curt Williams hits an infield single to the shortstop. George Johnson scores. Sammy Dunn strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Los Angeles Scott Galarraga pitching. Amalio Blackburn is pinch hitting for Ken Manuel. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Amalio Blackburn flies out to the center fielder. Dayton Crombie is pinch hitting for Denny Murphy. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Dayton Crombie walks. Dave Mauch is pinch hitting for Sam Edwards. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Dave Mauch walks. Cal Davis is pinch hitting for Jeff Dineen. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Cal Davis grounds out to the third baseman. Dayton Crombie advances to third on the play. Dave Mauch advances to second on the play. Joe Benson is pinch hitting for Jim Smith. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Joe Benson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Los Angeles total runners left on base: 8 Houston total runners left on base: 11
Game Notes Jeff Dineen is injured and is expected to be out 32 days. Johnny Harmon is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
Los Angeles Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Dutch McIlree improves in power_vs_righty Lou Zalusky did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Spec Bell did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Don Schultz did not respond to coaching in velocity Lou Zalusky did not respond to coaching in arm Tomas Leitner improves in arm
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Nick Bench did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Nick Bench improves in contact_vs_lefty Mark Katz did not respond to coaching in speed Nick Bench did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Al Douglass improves in arm Mark Katz did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Jolbert Steevens did not respond to coaching in 1B