Win: Randy Upham (2-3) Loss: George Kane (3-1)
Save: Ad Harkness (8)
Inning: 1 Houston George Kane pitching. Walter Connolly grounds out to the shortstop. Hank Stimac flies out to the left fielder. Scoops Treadaway strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Randy Upham pitching. Dominic Guillen pops out to the second baseman. Bill Bauer grounds out to the third baseman. Scott Shevlin lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Joe Butler strikes out. Chris Malloy pops out to the second baseman. Kiyokazu Shioya flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Sheldon Rogers strikes out. Brent Neale flies out to the right fielder. Mike Wine walks. Mike Wine steals second. Jason Shaw pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Fred Beck reached on a fielding error by Sheldon Rogers. Bobby Hudson flies out to the right fielder. Randy Upham lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Walter Connolly singles to left field. Fred Beck scores. Walter Connolly steals second. Hank Stimac singles to center field. Walter Connolly scores. Scoops Treadaway grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Hank Stimac is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Matt Acre pops out to the first baseman. George Kane grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dominic Guillen singles to center field. Dominic Guillen is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Joe Butler strikes out. Chris Malloy strikes out. Kiyokazu Shioya singles to right field. Fred Beck grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Bill Bauer strikes out. Scott Shevlin grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Sheldon Rogers pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Bobby Hudson strikes out. Randy Upham strikes out. Walter Connolly pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Brent Neale singles past the shortstop. Mike Wine strikes out. Jason Shaw strikes out. Matt Acre flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Hank Stimac flies out to the center fielder. Scoops Treadaway pops out to the second baseman. Joe Butler pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Lyman Robinson is pinch hitting for George Kane. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Lyman Robinson strikes out. Dominic Guillen walks. Bill Bauer walks. Scott Shevlin grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Steve Graves pitching. Chris Malloy strikes out. Kiyokazu Shioya flies out to the center fielder. Fred Beck strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Sheldon Rogers grounds out to the third baseman. Brent Neale singles to right field. Mike Wine pops out to the shortstop. Jason Shaw grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Brent Neale is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Bobby Hudson flies out to the right fielder. Randy Upham strikes out. Walter Connolly walks. Hank Stimac grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Walter Connolly is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Mike Wetteland enters the game as a defensive replacement for Fred Beck at 3B. Matt Acre grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Stock is pinch hitting for Steve Graves. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Jim Stock grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Dominic Guillen flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Jim Genewich pitching. Scoops Treadaway strikes out. Joe Butler grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Chris Malloy grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Bill Bauer walks. Scott Shevlin flies out to the left fielder. Sheldon Rogers singles to left field. Ad Harkness 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. Brent Neale grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Houston total runners LOB: 3 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 5
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Merv Jackson did not respond to coaching in control Buddy Bystrom did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Galen Foss did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Merv Jackson did not respond to coaching in control Johnny Gossage did not respond to coaching in 3B
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Sammy Hickey improves in contact_vs_lefty Jeffrey Gerken did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Fred Lidle did not respond to coaching in velocity Al Masterson did not respond to coaching in control Frank Keller did not respond to coaching in 2B