Win: Dave McDermott (3-1) Loss: Alberto Swindells (0-1)
Inning: 1 Chicago John Thomas pitching. Don Caceres grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Battey flies out to the left fielder. Gene Latham singles to right field. Freddy Clark flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Houston Art Brodowski pitching. Allie Dowell grounds out to the shortstop. Dave Sims grounds out to the shortstop. Steve Shipley grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Chicago Doug Bradley doubles to left field. Lyle Silvera strikes out. Manuel Friedrichs strikes out. Joe Baldwin strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Joe Purtell walks. Ray Mamaux pops out to the catcher. Hinkey Brand reached on a fielding error by Gene Latham. Hirokazu Wada flies out to the right fielder. Alex Flores grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Hinkey Brand is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Chicago Art Brodowski grounds out to the second baseman. Don Caceres strikes out. Bill Battey grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston John Thomas strikes out. Allie Dowell reached on a fielding error by Don Caceres. Dave Sims flies out to the center fielder. Allie Dowell is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Chicago Gene Latham grounds out to the pitcher. Freddy Clark grounds out to the second baseman. Doug Bradley grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Steve Shipley flies out to the center fielder. Joe Purtell walks. Ray Mamaux singles to right field. Hinkey Brand singles to left field. Joe Purtell scores. Ray Mamaux advances to third on the hit. Hirokazu Wada grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Chicago Lyle Silvera pops out to the first baseman. Manuel Friedrichs pops out to the first baseman. Joe Baldwin flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Alex Flores grounds out to the third baseman. John Thomas grounds out to the shortstop. Allie Dowell pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Chicago Art Brodowski grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Don Caceres flies out to the center fielder. Bill Battey flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Dave Sims grounds out to the shortstop. Steve Shipley grounds out to the pitcher. Joe Purtell walks. Ray Mamaux flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Chicago Gene Latham flies out to the center fielder. Freddy Clark walks. Freddy Clark steals second. Doug Bradley grounds out to the pitcher. Lyle Silvera grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Hinkey Brand hits an infield single to the first baseman. Hirokazu Wada strikes out. Hinkey Brand steals second. Alex Flores strikes out. John Thomas grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Chicago Manuel Friedrichs reached on a fielding error by Joe Purtell. Joe Baldwin singles to center field. Manuel Friedrichs advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the corners in. Reid Nicholson is pinch hitting for Art Brodowski. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Reid Nicholson walks. The defense is playing the corners in. Nick Dobbek 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. Don Caceres singles past the third baseman. Manuel Friedrichs scores. The defense is playing the corners in. Bill Battey singles to left field. Joe Baldwin scores. Reid Nicholson scores. Don Caceres advances to third on the hit. Gene Latham grounds out to the pitcher. Bill Battey advances to second on the play. Freddy Clark pops out to the third baseman. Doug Bradley walks. Lyle Silvera strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Houston Pat Hernandez pitching. Allie Dowell singles to left field. Dave Sims singles to left field. Allie Dowell advances to third on the hit. Steve Shipley flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Allie Dowell scores. Dizzy Taylor comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joe Purtell strikes out. Ray Mamaux flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Chicago Manuel Friedrichs flies out to the left fielder. Joe Baldwin strikes out. Dizzy Taylor grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Hinkey Brand triples. Hirokazu Wada grounds out to the shortstop. Hinkey Brand scores. Jim Walker comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Alex Flores singles to right field. Fred Blemker is pinch hitting for Nick Dobbek. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Fred Blemker walks. Allie Dowell singles to right field. Alex Flores is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Fred Blemker advances to third on the play. Dave Sims lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 10 Chicago Bob Donovan pitching. Don Caceres grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Battey singles to center field. Ray Gerard is pinch running for Bill Battey on 1st base. Gene Latham flies out to the left fielder. Ray Gerard gets picked off first. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Houston Steve Shipley strikes out. Joe Purtell flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Ray Mamaux singles to right field. Joel Strange comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Hinkey Brand flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 11 Chicago Freddy Clark flies out to the left fielder. Doug Bradley pops out to the first baseman. Lyle Silvera flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 11 Houston Hirokazu Wada grounds out to the second baseman. Alex Flores hits an infield single to the shortstop. Ernie Galvin is pinch hitting for Bob Donovan. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ernie Galvin doubles to right field. Alex Flores is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Allie Dowell walks. Dave Sims strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 12 Chicago Yoshinori Ando pitching. Manuel Friedrichs singles to left field. Joe Baldwin flies out to the center fielder. Joel Strange lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Don Caceres grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 12 Houston Steve Shipley grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Purtell strikes out. Ray Mamaux flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 13 Chicago Ray Gerard grounds out to the pitcher. Gene Latham grounds out to the second baseman. Freddy Clark strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 13 Houston Hinkey Brand flies out to the center fielder. Hirokazu Wada strikes out. Alex Flores grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 14 Chicago Doug Bradley grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Lyle Silvera hits a home run. Lerrin Lary comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Manuel Friedrichs grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Baldwin pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 14 Houston Makoto Hashimoto is pinch hitting for Lerrin Lary. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Makoto Hashimoto grounds out to the second baseman. Allie Dowell hits a home run. Yordanis Rodriguez comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dave Sims singles to left field. Steve Shipley grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Dave Sims is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Joe Purtell singles to center field. Steve Shipley advances to third on the hit. Ray Mamaux walks. Hinkey Brand pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 15 Chicago Alberto Swindells pitching. Yordanis Rodriguez singles to right field. Don Caceres strikes out. Ray Gerard hits an infield single to the shortstop. Gene Latham strikes out. Freddy Clark flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 15 Houston Hirokazu Wada grounds out to the shortstop. Alex Flores singles past the shortstop. Alex Flores is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Alberto Swindells grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 16 Chicago Doug Bradley singles to right field. Lyle Silvera flies out to the right fielder. Manuel Friedrichs pops out to the second baseman. Joe Baldwin singles to left field. Jim Paddock is pinch hitting for Yordanis Rodriguez. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Jim Paddock strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 16 Houston Dave McDermott pitching. Allie Dowell singles to right field. Dave Sims pops out to the first baseman. Steve Shipley pops out to the shortstop. Joe Purtell flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 17 Chicago Don Caceres walks. Ray Gerard pops out to the shortstop. Gene Latham strikes out. Freddy Clark grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Don Caceres is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 17 Houston Ray Mamaux grounds out to the shortstop. Hinkey Brand pops out to the catcher. Hirokazu Wada singles to right field. Hirokazu Wada steals second. Alex Flores grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 18 Chicago Doug Bradley grounds out to the second baseman. Lyle Silvera strikes out. Manuel Friedrichs strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 18 Houston Alberto Swindells strikes out. Allie Dowell flies out to the right fielder. Dave Sims walks. Steve Shipley grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 19 Chicago Joe Baldwin grounds out to the shortstop. Dave McDermott singles to center field. Don Caceres singles to left field. Ray Gerard walks. The defense is playing the infield in. Gene Latham grounds into a fielders choice to the first baseman. Dave McDermott is out at home. Freddy Clark grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 19 Houston Joe Purtell grounds out to the pitcher. Ray Mamaux singles to center field. Hinkey Brand grounds out to the third baseman. Ray Mamaux advances to second on the play. Hirokazu Wada strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 20 Chicago Doug Bradley grounds out to the second baseman. Lyle Silvera grounds out to the pitcher. Manuel Friedrichs flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 20 Houston Alex Flores singles to center field. Alberto Swindells lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Allie Dowell flies out to the center fielder. Dave Sims flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 21 Chicago Joe Baldwin reached on a fielding error by Alex Flores. Dave McDermott lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, Joe Baldwin forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Don Caceres strikes out. Ray Gerard strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 21 Houston Steve Shipley flies out to the center fielder. Joe Purtell grounds out to the second baseman. Ray Mamaux walks. Hinkey Brand flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 22 Chicago Gene Latham singles to center field. Freddy Clark flies out to the center fielder. Doug Bradley singles to left field. Gene Latham advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the infield in. Lyle Silvera flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Gene Latham scores. Manuel Friedrichs grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 22 Houston Hirokazu Wada reached on a 2-base throwing error by Freddy Clark. Alex Flores singles to center field. Hirokazu Wada scores. Alberto Swindells lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Allie Dowell flies out to the left fielder. Dave Sims grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 23 Chicago Joe Baldwin grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jeff Fisher is pinch hitting for Dave McDermott. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Jeff Fisher flies out to the right fielder. Don Caceres walks. Ray Gerard walks. Gene Latham triples. Don Caceres scores. Ray Gerard scores. Freddy Clark hits a home run. Gene Latham scores. Doug Bradley strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 23 Houston Travis Delaney pitching. Steve Shipley walks. Joe Purtell strikes out. Ray Mamaux flies out to the center fielder. Hinkey Brand lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Chicago total runners LOB: 17 Houston total runners LOB: 22
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Alan Kantlehner improves in range Al Muller did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty George Comer did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Joe Kemmler did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Darrell Money improves in contact_vs_righty George Comer improves in speed Joe Kemmler did not respond to coaching in 3B
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jerome Fuller did not respond to coaching in velocity Pat McDonough did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jimmy Howell improves in range Ray Bratcher improves in contact_vs_righty Jimmy Howell improves in power_vs_righty Jim Fox improves in range Greg Bell did not respond to coaching in RF