Win: Billy Crothers (4-7) Loss: Monte Fasano (2-1)
Inning: 1 Montreal Mickey Hamilton pitching. Ed Cox grounds out to the pitcher. Cherokee Perry flies out to the center fielder. Shoji Nishimura strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Houston Bill Tost pitching. Gus Dozier singles to center field. Tom Cangelosi strikes out. Norm Hollahan flies out to the left fielder. Mark Elliott is hit by a pitch. Tom Lee strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Montreal Julio Brown triples. Joe Ashby flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Julio Brown is thrown out at the plate. Bernie Necciai flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Randy Short grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Robinson Horsman strikes out. Joe Stem doubles to left field. Mickey Hamilton singles to left field. Joe Stem scores. Gus Dozier walks. Tom Cangelosi grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Montreal Yukio Hata grounds out to the third baseman. Mike Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Tost strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Norm Hollahan flies out to the right fielder. Mark Elliott singles to left field. Tom Lee grounds out to the second baseman. Mark Elliott advances to second on the play. Randy Short doubles to center field. Mark Elliott scores. Robinson Horsman strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Montreal Ed Cox strikes out. Cherokee Perry strikes out. Shoji Nishimura grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Joe Stem hits a home run. Mickey Hamilton singles to center field. Gus Dozier flies out to the left fielder. Tom Cangelosi strikes out. Norm Hollahan singles to right field. Mickey Hamilton advances to third on the hit. Mark Elliott flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Montreal Julio Brown singles to left field. Julio Brown steals second. Joe Ashby singles to right field. Bernie Necciai flies out to the right fielder. Yukio Hata grounds out to the second baseman. Julio Brown scores. Joe Ashby advances to second on the play. Mike Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Tom Lee grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Randy Short flies out to the left fielder. Robinson Horsman strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Montreal Bill Tost strikes out. Ed Cox strikes out. Cherokee Perry grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Joe Stem strikes out. Mickey Hamilton grounds out to the shortstop. Gus Dozier reached on a fielding error by Yukio Hata. Tom Cangelosi singles to center field. Passed ball. Gus Dozier advances to third. Tom Cangelosi advances to second. Norm Hollahan grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Montreal Shoji Nishimura singles to center field. Eddie Gorbous 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 1st. Julio Brown grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Joe Ashby grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Mark Elliott strikes out. Tom Lee grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Randy Short singles to right field. Robinson Horsman strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Montreal Bernie Necciai walks. Yukio Hata flies out to the left fielder. Mike Smith flies out to the right fielder. Takahiko Takashiro is pinch hitting for Bill Tost. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Takahiko Takashiro flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Masaaki Hosoda pitching. Joe Stem singles to left field. Harry Hurst is pinch hitting for Eddie Gorbous. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Joe Stem steals second. Harry Hurst grounds out to the shortstop. Gus Dozier flies out to the right fielder. Tom Cangelosi pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Montreal Stan Moriarty pitching. Ed Cox pops out to the shortstop. Cherokee Perry walks. Shoji Nishimura is hit by a pitch. Julio Brown singles to left field. Cherokee Perry scores. Shoji Nishimura advances to third on the hit. Joe Ashby singles to center field. Shoji Nishimura scores. Bernie Necciai grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Joe Ashby is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Yukio Hata walks. Mike Smith flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Houston Norm Hollahan strikes out. Mark Elliott strikes out. Tom Lee lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Montreal Masaaki Hosoda strikes out. Ed Cox doubles to center field. Cherokee Perry strikes out. Shoji Nishimura grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Houston Randy Short singles past the second baseman. Eduardo Reiber is pinch running for Randy Short on 1st base. Robinson Horsman strikes out. Howard Martel 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. Joe Stem flies out to the right fielder. Ray Mahler is pinch hitting for Stan Moriarty. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Ray Mahler strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 11 Montreal Billy Crothers pitching. Julio Brown strikes out. Joe Ashby grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Bernie Necciai grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 11 Houston Gus Dozier singles to center field. Tom Cangelosi grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Norm Hollahan flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 12 Montreal Yukio Hata grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Smith singles to center field. Toshiaki Horimoto is pinch hitting for Howard Martel. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Mike Smith steals second. Toshiaki Horimoto singles to center field. Mike Smith scores. Toshiaki Horimoto steals second. Ed Cox flies out to the right fielder. Cherokee Perry flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 12 Houston Monte Fasano pitching. Mark Elliott grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Lee singles past the second baseman. Eduardo Reiber hits a home run. Tom Lee scores. Montreal total runners left on base: 7 Houston total runners left on base: 12
Batting:2B - Ed Cox (11).3B - Julio Brown (3).GIDP - Julio Brown.HBP - Shoji Nishimura (1). Baserunning: SB - Julio Brown (12), Mike Smith (3), Toshiaki Horimoto (13). Fielding: E - Yukio Hata.PB - Mike Smith.
Batting:2B - Randy Short (6), Joe Stem (10).HR - Eduardo Reiber (5), Joe Stem (15).GIDP - Tom Cangelosi.HBP - Mark Elliott (3). Baserunning: SB - Joe Stem (6).
Game Notes Eddie Gorbous is injured and is expected to be out 39 days.
Montreal Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Matty Raschi did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Ted Rigney did not respond to coaching in range Claude Mazeroski improves in power_vs_righty Guy Hardy did not respond to coaching in range Atsushi Fukuda did not respond to coaching in velocity Matty Raschi improves in power_vs_righty
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Tony Dingman did not respond to coaching in velocity Mike Kaiserling did not respond to coaching in speed Wayne Shannon did not respond to coaching in velocity Bump Kraft did not respond to coaching in control Alex Foley did not respond to coaching in control Wayne Shannon did not respond to coaching in control Joe Steinfeldt improves in 1B