Win: Kevin Smith (1-0) Loss: Kiyotoshi Komura (0-1)
Save: Eddie Gorbous (1)
Inning: 1 Houston Kiyotoshi Komura pitching. Gus Dozier reached on a 2-base throwing error by Shoji Nishimura. Norm Hollahan flies out to the right fielder. Mark Elliott grounds out to the pitcher. Joe Woods grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Montreal Kevin Smith pitching. Toshiaki Horimoto grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Cherokee Perry singles to center field. Bernie Necciai grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Lariel Hocking grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Stem pops out to the second baseman. Frank Gohr strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Montreal Shoji Nishimura singles to right field. Joe Ashby grounds out to the pitcher. Shoji Nishimura advances to second on the play. Mike Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Julio Brown flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Robinson Horsman singles to left field. Kevin Smith lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Gus Dozier strikes out. Norm Hollahan grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Montreal Yukio Hata strikes out. Kiyotoshi Komura grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Toshiaki Horimoto walks. Cherokee Perry grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Mark Elliott grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Woods walks. Lariel Hocking singles to left field. Joe Woods is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder. Joe Stem grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Montreal Bernie Necciai pops out to the first baseman. Shoji Nishimura flies out to the center fielder. Joe Ashby walks. Joe Ashby is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Frank Gohr pops out to the first baseman. Robinson Horsman strikes out. Kevin Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Montreal Mike Smith walks. Julio Brown hits a home run. Mike Smith scores. Yukio Hata walks. Kiyotoshi Komura lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, Yukio Hata forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Toshiaki Horimoto grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Gus Dozier flies out to the left fielder. Norm Hollahan singles to center field. Norm Hollahan steals second. Mark Elliott singles to center field. Norm Hollahan scores. Joe Woods grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Mark Elliott advances to second on the play. Lariel Hocking flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Montreal Cherokee Perry walks. Bernie Necciai singles to right field. Cherokee Perry is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Shoji Nishimura flies out to the right fielder. Joe Ashby doubles to center field. Bernie Necciai uses his aggressiveness and scores. Mike Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Joe Stem singles to left field. Frank Gohr strikes out. Robinson Horsman walks. Ray Mahler is pinch hitting for Kevin Smith. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Ray Mahler triples. Joe Stem scores. Robinson Horsman scores. Gus Dozier singles to right field. Ray Mahler scores. Masaaki Hosoda comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Gus Dozier is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Norm Hollahan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Montreal Oscar Schulte pitching. Julio Brown grounds out to the pitcher. Yukio Hata grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Takahiko Takashiro is pinch hitting for Masaaki Hosoda. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Takahiko Takashiro singles in front of the center fielder. Toshiaki Horimoto lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Mike Mills pitching. Mark Elliott doubles to left field. Joe Woods flies out to the center fielder. Lariel Hocking grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mark Elliott advances to third on the play. Joe Stem walks. Frank Gohr strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Montreal Cherokee Perry strikes out. Bernie Necciai strikes out. Shoji Nishimura strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Robinson Horsman strikes out. Bill Sewell is pinch hitting for Oscar Schulte. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bill Sewell grounds out to the shortstop. Gus Dozier flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Montreal Eddie Gorbous pitching. Joe Ashby flies out to the center fielder. Mike Smith reached on a 2-base throwing error by Frank Gohr. Julio Brown walks. Yukio Hata grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Julio Brown is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Ed Cox is pinch hitting for Mike Mills. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ed Cox flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Houston total runners LOB: 6 Montreal total runners LOB: 6
Batting:2B - Joe Ashby (1).HR - Julio Brown (2).GIDP - Toshiaki Horimoto, Bernie Necciai. Baserunning: CS - Joe Ashby (1). Fielding: E - Shoji Nishimura.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Candy Doyle did not respond to coaching in velocity Mike Kaiserling did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Joe Steinfeldt improves in power_vs_lefty Mike Kaiserling improves in power_vs_lefty Hank Bosetti did not respond to coaching in control Jerry Sperry improves in control
Montreal Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Emmett Humphrey did not respond to coaching in range Danny Graham did not respond to coaching in speed Bill Osteen improves in control Claude Mazeroski did not respond to coaching in range Chuck Fast did not respond to coaching in velocity Myles Knox improves in arm