Win: Vince Bell (5-2) Loss: Larry Copeland (10-12)
Inning: 1 Brooklyn Larry Copeland pitching. Toots Tully doubles to right field. Lee Carvallo singles to right field. Toots Tully scores. Silvio Morello walks. Bob Sockalexis hits a home run. Lee Carvallo scores. Silvio Morello scores. Troy McClure hits a home run. John Mack lines out to the second baseman. Swat Flyshacker flies out to the left fielder. Milt Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Houston Kikuzo Osawa pitching. Pop Gross strikes out. Chevy Nova lines out to the third baseman. Monsignor Priest singles to right field. George Jones flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Brooklyn Kikuzo Osawa singles to center field. Toots Tully grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Kikuzo Osawa is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Toots Tully is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Lee Carvallo flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Yard Birds singles to center field. Dick Isales flies out to the center fielder. Scratch McGriff strikes out. Bill Nixon grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Yard Birds is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Brooklyn Silvio Morello flies out to the center fielder. Bob Sockalexis strikes out. Troy McClure strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Larry Copeland strikes out. Pop Gross walks. Chevy Nova flies out to the right fielder. Monsignor Priest walks. George Jones grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Monsignor Priest is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Brooklyn John Mack flies out to the right fielder. Swat Flyshacker flies out to the right fielder. Milt Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Yard Birds grounds out to the shortstop. Dick Isales doubles to right field. Scratch McGriff walks. Bill Nixon grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dick Isales advances to third on the play. Scratch McGriff advances to second on the play. Larry Copeland grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Brooklyn Kikuzo Osawa grounds out to the third baseman. Toots Tully walks. Lee Carvallo strikes out. Silvio Morello strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Pop Gross strikes out. Chevy Nova grounds out to the third baseman. Monsignor Priest grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Brooklyn Bob Sockalexis flies out to the left fielder. Troy McClure walks. John Mack walks. Swat Flyshacker flies out to the left fielder. Milt Brown grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Houston George Jones doubles to right field. Yard Birds flies out to the right fielder. Dick Isales walks. Scratch McGriff strikes out. Bill Nixon reached on a fielding error by Swat Flyshacker. Larry Copeland pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Brooklyn Kikuzo Osawa grounds out to the second baseman. Toots Tully flies out to the center fielder. Lee Carvallo doubles to center field. Silvio Morello flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Pop Gross walks. Chevy Nova strikes out. Pop Gross steals second. Monsignor Priest singles to left field. Pop Gross scores. George Jones hits a home run. Monsignor Priest scores. Yard Birds hits a home run. Vince Bell comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dick Isales grounds out to the second baseman. Scratch McGriff hits a home run. Bill Nixon pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Brooklyn Bob Sockalexis strikes out. Troy McClure singles to center field. John Mack singles to left field. Troy McClure advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the corners in. Swat Flyshacker strikes out. Milt Brown hits an infield single to the pitcher. Troy McClure scores. Henry Leiber is pinch hitting for Vince Bell. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Henry Leiber singles to right field. John Mack uses his aggressiveness and scores. Toots Tully is hit by a pitch. Lee Carvallo hits a home run. Milt Brown scores. Henry Leiber scores. Toots Tully scores. Javier Vazquez comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is pulled because he is getting hammered (Starting pitcher has given up 8 or more earned runs, he is tired, and the team is losing by more than 5 runs). Silvio Morello grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Jeff Wickman pitching. Tony Gwynn is pinch hitting for Javier Vazquez. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Tony Gwynn walks. Lyman Bostock is pinch hitting for Pop Gross. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Lyman Bostock singles to right field. Chevy Nova grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Tony Gwynn advances to third on the play. Monsignor Priest doubles to right field. Tony Gwynn scores. George Jones singles to center field. Monsignor Priest scores. Greg Pena comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Yard Birds grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Brooklyn Foster Edwards pitching. Bob Sockalexis pops out to the shortstop. Troy McClure walks. John Mack singles to right field. Swat Flyshacker flies out to the right fielder. Milt Brown grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! John Mack is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Houston Dick Isales strikes out. Scratch McGriff strikes out. Bill Nixon strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Brooklyn total runners LOB: 6 Houston total runners LOB: 10
Batting:2B - Monsignor Priest (21), George Jones (12), Dick Isales (19).HR - George Jones (21), Yard Birds (22), Scratch McGriff (9).GIDP - Chevy Nova. Baserunning: SB - Pop Gross (14).
Brooklyn Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Milt Brown Jr. improves in power_vs_lefty Dave Gaston improves in contact_vs_lefty Hal Dee improves in control Gar McQuinn improves in power_vs_righty Benny Christenson did not respond to coaching in 3B
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: D Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Skip Jutze did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Gary Thomasson improves in power_vs_lefty Jim Beattie did not respond to coaching in control Heathcliff Slocumb improves in control Brian Asselstine did not respond to coaching in SS