Inning: 1 Houston Bunny Nichols pitching. Jose Mott strikes out. Rusty Keating pops out to the second baseman. Fritz Pendleton singles to left field. Dave Coulter strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Arizona Bill Montague pitching. Lep Hermoso walks. Dan Drissel grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Lep Hermoso advances to second on the play. Jack Lajoie flies out to the left fielder. Pete Sutherland grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Harry Lobert singles to center field. Burleigh Davis strikes out. Rob Branca walks. Bill Mokan singles to center field. Harry Lobert scores. Bill Montague fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Bill Montague flies out to the right fielder. Jose Mott grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Arizona Catfish Fleming hits a home run. Tony Ritchey grounds out to the third baseman. Danny Valentine grounds out to the pitcher. Ed Graney grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Rusty Keating pops out to the first baseman. Fritz Pendleton walks. Dave Coulter grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Fritz Pendleton is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Harry Lobert strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Arizona Bunny Nichols grounds out to the second baseman. Lep Hermoso walks. Dan Drissel singles to center field. Lep Hermoso advances to third on the hit. Jack Lajoie grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Burleigh Davis grounds out to the second baseman. Rob Branca walks. Rob Branca steals second. Bill Mokan strikes out. Bill Montague grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Arizona Pete Sutherland grounds out to the pitcher. Catfish Fleming singles to left field. Tony Ritchey grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Catfish Fleming is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Danny Valentine singles to center field. Tony Ritchey advances to third on the hit. Danny Valentine is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Jose Mott grounds out to the second baseman. Rusty Keating hits a home run. Fritz Pendleton flies out to the left fielder. Dave Coulter strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Arizona Ed Graney singles to left field. Bunny Nichols fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Bunny Nichols grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Lep Hermoso lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Harry Lobert flies out to the left fielder. Burleigh Davis strikes out. Rob Branca doubles to center field. Bill Mokan singles to center field. Rob Branca scores. Bill Montague lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Arizona Dan Drissel reached on a fielding error by Bill Montague. Jack Lajoie singles past the shortstop. Dan Drissel advances to third on the hit. Pete Sutherland singles to right field. Dan Drissel scores. Jack Lajoie advances to third on the hit. Catfish Fleming walks. Tony Ritchey singles to left field. Jack Lajoie scores. Pete Sutherland scores. Catfish Fleming advances to third on the hit. Danny Valentine grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Catfish Fleming scores. Ed Graney grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Jose Mott singles to right field. Rusty Keating flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Fritz Pendleton walks. Dave Coulter singles to right field. Harry Lobert strikes out. Burleigh Davis pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Arizona Hy Harman comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Kikuo Nishizawa is pinch hitting for Bunny Nichols. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Kikuo Nishizawa strikes out. Lep Hermoso grounds out to the second baseman. Dan Drissel flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Bob Otis pitching. Rob Branca flies out to the center fielder. Bill Mokan grounds out to the shortstop. Curt Williams is pinch hitting for Hy Harman. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Curt Williams singles to center field. Jose Mott singles to center field. Rusty Keating singles to center field. Curt Williams is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Arizona Johnny Harmon pitching. Jack Lajoie walks. Jack Lajoie steals second. Pete Sutherland singles to left field. Jack Lajoie scores. Catfish Fleming strikes out. Tony Ritchey flies out to the left fielder. Pete Sutherland is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Bubba Cooney comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Fritz Pendleton flies out to the center fielder. Dave Coulter grounds out to the second baseman. Harry Lobert lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners left on base: 10 Arizona total runners left on base: 3
Batting:HR - Catfish Fleming (11).GIDP - Jack Lajoie, Danny Valentine, Bunny Nichols. Baserunning: SB - Jack Lajoie (15).CS - Pete Sutherland (7), Danny Valentine (5).
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Roy Corey did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jolbert Steevens did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Martin Montague did not respond to coaching in velocity Cy Heredia did not respond to coaching in velocity Jim Streit improves in power_vs_righty Bob Kramer improves in contact_vs_righty Bob LeClaire did not respond to coaching in 3B
Arizona Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Xavier Deez did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Fred Hill did not respond to coaching in arm Howie Clines did not respond to coaching in control Jim Koehler did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Bill James improves in control Dave Lodigiani did not respond to coaching in control Fred Hill did not respond to coaching in 2B