Win: Mike Pickering (18-5) Loss: Ike Rizzuto (6-17)
Inning: 1 Houston Mike Pickering pitching. Kazuto Uchi doubles to right field. Lew Tappe grounds out to the shortstop. Chad Latham flies out to the left fielder. Tony Allison singles to left field. Kazuto Uchi is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Montreal Ike Rizzuto pitching. Mike Deitrick walks. Red Joiner walks. Marshall Earley grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Deitrick advances to third on the play. Red Joiner advances to second on the play. Bob Larkin strikes out. Mike Clark singles to right field. Mike Deitrick scores. Red Joiner scores. Doug Corsi doubles to right field. Mike Clark is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Lou Goryl strikes out. Dick Cassini singles to center field. Oscar Hassler flies out to the center fielder. Hugh Sargent flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Montreal Dave Ward singles to left field. Mike Page flies out to the right fielder. Mike Pickering lays down a bunt. He is safe at first. Runners advance. Mike Deitrick strikes out. Red Joiner strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Houston Ike Rizzuto grounds out to the shortstop. Kazuto Uchi flies out to the center fielder. Lew Tappe strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Montreal Marshall Earley strikes out. Bob Larkin grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mike Clark pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Chad Latham strikes out. Tony Allison reached on a fielding error by Doug Corsi. Lou Goryl singles to center field. Dick Cassini singles to center field. Oscar Hassler grounds out to the third baseman. Tony Allison scores. Lou Goryl advances to third on the play. Dick Cassini advances to second on the play. Hugh Sargent strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Montreal Doug Corsi strikes out. Dave Ward grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Page flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Ike Rizzuto flies out to the center fielder. Kazuto Uchi strikes out. Lew Tappe flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Montreal Mike Pickering flies out to the left fielder. Mike Deitrick grounds out to the shortstop. Red Joiner pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Chad Latham doubles to left field. Tony Allison walks. Lou Goryl strikes out. Dick Cassini grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Tony Allison is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Dick Cassini is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Montreal Marshall Earley reached on a 2-base fielding error by Chad Latham. Bob Larkin doubles to right field. Marshall Earley scores. Mike Clark pops out to the shortstop. Doug Corsi strikes out. Dave Ward grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Oscar Hassler strikes out. Hugh Sargent flies out to the center fielder. Clay Cruz is pinch hitting for Ike Rizzuto. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Clay Cruz strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Montreal Johnny Mitchell pitching. Mike Page flies out to the center fielder. Mike Pickering pops out to the shortstop. Mike Deitrick strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Kazuto Uchi flies out to the right fielder. Lew Tappe strikes out. Chad Latham singles to center field. Tony Allison reached on a fielding error by Doug Corsi. Gay Fields 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. Lou Goryl strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Montreal Red Joiner doubles past the center fielder. Marshall Earley strikes out. Bob Larkin grounds out to the pitcher. Mike Clark walks. Doug Corsi walks. Dave Ward walks. Red Joiner scores. Mike Page hits a home run. Mike Clark scores. Doug Corsi scores. Dave Ward scores. Phil Dunlop is pinch hitting for Gay Fields. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Phil Dunlop hits a home run. Tatsuro Hayashida comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is pulled because he is getting hammered (Relief pitcher has given up 5 or more earned runs, he is tired, and the team is losing by more than 5 runs). Mike Deitrick flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Bristol Kream pitching. Dick Cassini strikes out. Oscar Hassler singles to center field. Hugh Sargent singles to right field. Archi McCray is pinch hitting for Tatsuro Hayashida. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Archi McCray strikes out. Kazuto Uchi singles to right field. Oscar Hassler scores. Lew Tappe flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Houston total runners left on base: 9 Montreal total runners left on base: 4
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Carl Kirkwood improves in arm Vicente Nitcholas did not respond to coaching in control Mitsuhiro Tsukazaki did not respond to coaching in arm Herb Flaskamper improves in speed
Montreal Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Andy DePhillips did not respond to coaching in speed Andy DePhillips did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Al Broberg did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Tom Faszholz improves in power_vs_lefty