Inning: 1 Houston Steve Smith pitching. Dick Rohde grounds out to the shortstop. Charlie Garvey walks. Russ Attreau grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Shad Rice pitching. Harvey Allen flies out to the right fielder. Tim Mueller flies out to the center fielder. Joe Richards singles to left field. Warren Kemmer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Tony Samuels doubles past the first baseman. George Trammell lines out to the shortstop. Bill Kokos grounds out to the shortstop. Buddy Curd strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Gus Sinski strikes out. Johnny Fordyce strikes out. Jeb Hainesworth flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Vendas El Equipo flies out to the right fielder. Shad Rice grounds out to the pitcher. Dick Rohde singles to left field. Charlie Garvey grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Dick Rohde is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Dave Reynolds strikes out. Steve Smith singles to right field. Harvey Allen hits a home run. Steve Smith scores. Tim Mueller grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Richards singles to right field. Warren Kemmer singles to center field. Gus Sinski triples. Joe Richards scores. Warren Kemmer scores. Silhouette Deshaies comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Johnny Fordyce hits a home run. Gus Sinski scores. Jeb Hainesworth grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Russ Attreau strikes out. Tony Samuels strikes out. George Trammell singles to center field. Bill Kokos hits a home run. George Trammell scores. Buddy Curd flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Dave Reynolds triples. Steve Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Harvey Allen grounds out to the third baseman. Tim Mueller reached on a 2-base throwing error by Vendas El Equipo. Dave Reynolds scores. Joe Richards flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Vendas El Equipo strikes out. Silhouette Deshaies doubles past the first baseman. Dick Rohde grounds out to the second baseman. Silhouette Deshaies advances to third on the play. Charlie Garvey strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Warren Kemmer singles to right field. Gus Sinski flies out to the center fielder. Warren Kemmer steals second. Johnny Fordyce strikes out. Jeb Hainesworth grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Russ Attreau grounds out to the shortstop. Tony Samuels walks. George Trammell singles to left field. Tony Samuels advances to third on the hit. Bill Kokos strikes out. Buddy Curd strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Dave Reynolds strikes out. Steve Smith strikes out. Daisuke Yano 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. Harvey Allen flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Vendas El Equipo grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Leon Clements is pinch hitting for Daisuke Yano. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Leon Clements pops out to the second baseman. Dick Rohde doubles to center field. Charlie Garvey grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Marty Castro pitching. Tim Mueller grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Joe Richards grounds out to the catcher - great play by the catcher to prevent a single! Warren Kemmer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Russ Attreau doubles past the first baseman. Jim Andrews 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. Chuck Bisquette is pinch hitting for Tony Samuels. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Chuck Bisquette grounds out to the second baseman. Russ Attreau advances to third on the play. George Trammell strikes out. Bill Kokos singles to right field. Russ Attreau scores. Buddy Curd pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Gus Sinski pops out to the second baseman. Johnny Fordyce doubles to center field. Jeb Hainesworth flies out to the right fielder. Passed ball. Johnny Fordyce advances to third. Dave Reynolds doubles to center field. Johnny Fordyce scores. Tomas Cooley is pinch hitting for Jim Andrews. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Tomas Cooley singles to center field. Dave Reynolds scores. Alex Gomez comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Harvey Allen flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Ed Bradley pitching. Vendas El Equipo grounds out to the shortstop. Angelo Case is pinch hitting for Alex Gomez. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Angelo Case singles to center field. Dick Rohde walks. Charlie Garvey singles to left field. Angelo Case scores. Taira Takayama comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Russ Attreau flies out to the center fielder. Chuck Bisquette flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Houston total runners left on base: 9 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 4
Game Notes Gus Sinski is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: A Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Ray Vince improves in velocity D.A. Roof did not respond to coaching in velocity Roger Matthews did not respond to coaching in control Howie Giles did not respond to coaching in speed Dave Christensen did not respond to coaching in SS
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Tony Layden did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Dave Strincevich did not respond to coaching in control Tony Layden did not respond to coaching in speed Bill Codiroli improves in contact_vs_righty Tony Layden did not respond to coaching in 1B