Win: Greg Hansen (1-1) Loss: Jeff Hamilton (2-1)
Save: Frank Conigliaro (1)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati Reggie Woodburn pitching. Shawn Quirico strikes out. Danny Brohamer walks. Sal Jonnard lines out to the third baseman. Jeff Betcher grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Danny Brohamer is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Houston Greg Hansen pitching. Skeeter Shannon singles to center field. Joe Gorecki walks. Dave Spurgeon pops out to the shortstop. Joe Bullard walks. Paul Marion walks. Skeeter Shannon scores. Shigeo Yoshitoshi flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Joe Gorecki scores. Shinji Morikawa walks. John Kiely pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Charlie Songer strikes out. Rick Silva grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Standridge grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Reggie Woodburn pops out to the second baseman. Skeeter Shannon strikes out. Joe Gorecki grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Danger Leyva grounds out to the second baseman. Greg Hansen lines out to the third baseman. Shawn Quirico singles to right field. Danny Brohamer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Dave Spurgeon grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Bullard grounds out to the shortstop. Paul Marion strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Sal Jonnard flies out to the right fielder. Jeff Betcher grounds out to the pitcher. Charlie Songer pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Shigeo Yoshitoshi grounds out to the shortstop. Shinji Morikawa walks. John Kiely singles to left field. Reggie Woodburn lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Skeeter Shannon strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Rick Silva strikes out. Bob Standridge doubles to left field. Danger Leyva flies out to the left fielder. Greg Hansen strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Joe Gorecki strikes out. Dave Spurgeon grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Bullard strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Shawn Quirico strikes out. Danny Brohamer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Sal Jonnard doubles to center field. Jeff Betcher strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Paul Marion grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Shigeo Yoshitoshi grounds out to the third baseman. Shinji Morikawa flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Charlie Songer grounds out to the pitcher. Rick Silva singles to right field. Bob Standridge hits a home run. Rick Silva scores. Danger Leyva lines out to the shortstop. Greg Hansen grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston John Kiely singles to left field. Reggie Woodburn lays a bunt down the third base line. The third baseman fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first for the 5-6-4 double play (2B covering 1st). Skeeter Shannon grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Shawn Quirico flies out to the center fielder. Danny Brohamer reached on a 2-base throwing error by John Kiely. Jeff Hamilton 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. Sal Jonnard flies out to the left fielder. Jeff Betcher strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Joe Gorecki strikes out. Dave Spurgeon grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Bullard singles to left field. Paul Marion grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Charlie Songer flies out to the center fielder. Rick Silva singles to left field. Bob Standridge singles to right field. Danger Leyva hits a home run. Rick Silva scores. Bob Standridge scores. Steve Brittain comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Oscar Petersen is pinch hitting for Greg Hansen. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Oscar Petersen flies out to the right fielder. Shawn Quirico doubles to left field. Danny Brohamer walks. Sal Jonnard grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Houston Frank Conigliaro pitching. Shigeo Yoshitoshi doubles to right field. Shinji Morikawa singles to left field. John Kiely walks. Rafael Delacruz is pinch hitting for Steve Brittain. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Rafael Delacruz lines out to the shortstop. Skeeter Shannon grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Shigeo Yoshitoshi scores. Shinji Morikawa advances to third on the play. John Kiely advances to second on the play. Joe Gorecki grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 7 Houston total runners LOB: 8
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Stefan Reiser did not respond to coaching in control Ron Holdridge improves in speed Austin Jolly did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Austin Jolly did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Doc Sugden improves in arm Tim East improves in range Doc Sugden did not respond to coaching in 1B
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Danny Henion did not respond to coaching in velocity Danny Henion did not respond to coaching in velocity Larry Dyer improves in range Joe Montejo improves in speed Al Killian did not respond to coaching in endurance Wes Clement improves in power_vs_righty Jack Lahti did not respond to coaching in SS