Win: Tetsuro Kinugasa (1-1) Loss: Steve Brittain (0-2)
Save: Frank Conigliaro (2)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati Rocky Aspromonte pitching. Shawn Quirico grounds out to the shortstop. Danny Brohamer flies out to the right fielder. Jeff Betcher strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Houston Mose Miller pitching. Dave Spurgeon walks. Skeeter Shannon flies out to the right fielder. Joe Gorecki grounds into a 1-6-3 double play - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Tetsuya Yamaguchi singles to left field. Tetsuya Yamaguchi steals second. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Charlie Songer grounds out to the second baseman. Tetsuya Yamaguchi scores. Rick Silva strikes out. Oscar Petersen singles to right field. Oscar Petersen steals second. Joe Reilly strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Shigeo Yoshitoshi singles to center field. Paul Marion walks. Joe Bullard strikes out. Shinji Morikawa walks. Joe Money walks. Shigeo Yoshitoshi scores. Rocky Aspromonte singles to center field. Paul Marion scores. Shinji Morikawa scores. Joe Money advances to third on the hit. Dave Spurgeon is hit by a pitch. Skeeter Shannon singles to right field. Joe Money scores. Rocky Aspromonte scores. Dave Spurgeon aggressively advances to third on the hit. Johnny Lee comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joe Gorecki lines out to the first baseman. Shigeo Yoshitoshi strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Johnny Lee singles to center field. Shawn Quirico flies out to the center fielder. Danny Brohamer strikes out. Jeff Betcher strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Paul Marion walks. Paul Marion steals second. Joe Bullard grounds out to the second baseman. Paul Marion advances to third on the play. Shinji Morikawa pops out to the shortstop. Joe Money singles to left field. Paul Marion scores. Rocky Aspromonte strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Tetsuya Yamaguchi strikes out. Charlie Songer grounds out to the second baseman. Rick Silva singles to center field. Rick Silva steals second. Oscar Petersen grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Dave Spurgeon triples. Skeeter Shannon singles to left field. Dave Spurgeon scores. Joe Gorecki walks. Shigeo Yoshitoshi singles to center field. Skeeter Shannon scores. Joe Gorecki advances to third on the hit. Paul Marion pops out to the second baseman. Joe Bullard reached on a 2-base fielding error by Danny Brohamer. Joe Gorecki scores. Shinji Morikawa pops out to the second baseman. Joe Money strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Joe Reilly grounds out to the second baseman. Johnny Lee strikes out. Shawn Quirico strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Rocky Aspromonte grounds out to the second baseman. Dave Spurgeon strikes out. Skeeter Shannon strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Danny Brohamer grounds out to the third baseman. Jeff Betcher grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tetsuya Yamaguchi strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Joe Gorecki flies out to the center fielder. Shigeo Yoshitoshi triples. Paul Marion grounds out to the pitcher. Joe Bullard strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Hap Davis is pinch hitting for Charlie Songer. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Hap Davis walks. Johnny Keister is pinch hitting for Rick Silva. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Johnny Keister singles to right field. Hap Davis advances to third on the hit. Oscar Petersen grounds out to the third baseman. Johnny Keister advances to second on the play. Joe Reilly hits a home run. Hap Davis scores. Johnny Keister scores. Danger Leyva is pinch hitting for Johnny Lee. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Danger Leyva singles to center field. Shawn Quirico flies out to the center fielder. Danny Brohamer flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Rollie Herrmann pitching. Shinji Morikawa grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Money walks. Rocky Aspromonte lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Dave Spurgeon singles to center field. Joe Money scores. Skeeter Shannon singles to right field. Dave Spurgeon advances to third on the hit. Joe Gorecki flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Jeff Betcher walks. Tetsuya Yamaguchi singles to right field. Hap Davis walks. Passed ball. Jeff Betcher scores. Tetsuya Yamaguchi advances to third. Hap Davis advances to second. Johnny Keister singles to left field. Tetsuya Yamaguchi scores. Hap Davis scores. Tom Welteroth comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Oscar Petersen singles to center field. Johnny Keister advances to third on the hit. Joe Reilly singles to center field. Johnny Keister scores. Oscar Petersen advances to third on the hit. Dennis Monroe is pinch hitting for Rollie Herrmann. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Joe Reilly is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Dennis Monroe hits a home run. Oscar Petersen scores. Brian Powers comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Shawn Quirico strikes out. Danny Brohamer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Tetsuro Kinugasa pitching. Shigeo Yoshitoshi singles to center field. Paul Marion strikes out. Joe Bullard flies out to the right fielder. Shinji Morikawa pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Jeff Betcher grounds out to the second baseman. Tetsuya Yamaguchi doubles to left field. Hap Davis strikes out. Johnny Keister grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Joe Money strikes out. Rafael Delacruz is pinch hitting for Brian Powers. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Rafael Delacruz strikes out. Dave Spurgeon grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Cincinnati Steve Brittain pitching. Oscar Petersen singles to right field. Joe Reilly singles past the second baseman. Oscar Petersen aggressively advances to third on the hit. Tetsuro Kinugasa flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Oscar Petersen scores. Shawn Quirico pops out to the second baseman. Joe Reilly steals second. Danny Brohamer singles to center field. Joe Reilly scores. Jeff Hamilton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Danny Brohamer steals second. Jeff Betcher flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Houston Frank Conigliaro comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Skeeter Shannon singles to left field. Joe Gorecki grounds out to the third baseman. Skeeter Shannon advances to second on the play. Shigeo Yoshitoshi grounds out to the shortstop. Paul Marion lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 6 Houston total runners LOB: 10
Batting:2B - Tetsuya Yamaguchi (1).HR - Joe Reilly (1), Dennis Monroe (1).SF - Tetsuro Kinugasa. Baserunning: SB - Danny Brohamer (1), Tetsuya Yamaguchi (1), Rick Silva (1), Oscar Petersen (1), Joe Reilly (2).CS - Joe Reilly (1). Fielding: E - Danny Brohamer.
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Dick Shears did not respond to coaching in control Steve Anderson improves in speed Stefan Reiser did not respond to coaching in control Jerry Moraga did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Roy Morgan did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Herm Armbrust did not respond to coaching in arm Doc Sugden improves in 1B
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jack Lahti did not respond to coaching in speed Jack Lahti did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Wes Clement improves in speed Danny Henion improves in control Joe Montejo improves in range Lou Dopson did not respond to coaching in speed Jeff Radmanovich did not respond to coaching in 1B