Win: Bobby Flora (8-8) Loss: Mike Maddux (10-6)
Save: Tom Nourse (21)
Inning: 1 Houston Bobby Flora pitching. Raymond Romero doubles to right field. Pat Goodwin grounds out to the shortstop. Spike Thornton strikes out. Richard Hidalgo flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Brooklyn Mike Maddux pitching. Dale Beniquez strikes out. Dave Bates flies out to the left fielder. Jim Kekich strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Dennis Hunter strikes out. Eric Anthony strikes out. Pierce Redson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Brooklyn Henry Winkler grounds out to the second baseman. Marty Garcia grounds out to the shortstop. Big Poppy singles to left field. Tom Katt singles to right field. Big Poppy advances to third on the hit. Ken Skrmetta singles to left field. Big Poppy scores. Bobby Flora singles to center field. Tom Katt scores. Dale Beniquez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Houston Bob Kemmer walks. Mike Maddux lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Raymond Romero walks. Pat Goodwin grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Raymond Romero is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Spike Thornton grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Brooklyn Dave Bates grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Kekich strikes out. Henry Winkler grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Richard Hidalgo hits a home run. Dennis Hunter grounds out to the shortstop. Eric Anthony flies out to the center fielder. Pierce Redson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Brooklyn Marty Garcia grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Big Poppy flies out to the right fielder. Tom Katt flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Bob Kemmer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mike Maddux grounds out to the second baseman. Raymond Romero singles to left field. Pat Goodwin grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Raymond Romero is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Brooklyn Ken Skrmetta grounds out to the third baseman. Bobby Flora flies out to the left fielder. Dale Beniquez grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Spike Thornton singles to right field. Spike Thornton is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Richard Hidalgo grounds out to the second baseman. Dennis Hunter singles to center field. Hoge Petagine comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Eric Anthony grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Dennis Hunter is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Brooklyn Dave Bates walks. Jim Kekich grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Henry Winkler walks. Henry Winkler gets picked off first. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Pierce Redson flies out to the center fielder. Bob Kemmer pops out to the shortstop. Brad Ausmus is pinch hitting for Mike Maddux. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Brad Ausmus strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Brooklyn Val Heflin pitching. Marty Garcia grounds out to the shortstop. Big Poppy singles to right field. Tom Katt strikes out. Ken Skrmetta grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Raymond Romero strikes out. Pat Goodwin singles to right field. Spike Thornton strikes out. Richard Hidalgo pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Brooklyn Kinichi Saki is pinch hitting for Hoge Petagine. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Kinichi Saki strikes out. Dale Beniquez walks. Dave Bates flies out to the center fielder. Jim Kekich pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Tom Nourse pitching. Dennis Hunter lines out to the second baseman. Eric Anthony pops out to the first baseman. Pierce Redson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners left on base: 6 Brooklyn total runners left on base: 4
Game Notes Val Heflin is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jeff Triplett improves in contact_vs_righty Ralph Bishop did not respond to coaching in control Keith Arocha improves in contact_vs_lefty Al Thomas did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty
Brooklyn Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Irish Lomasney did not respond to coaching in control Calvin Stanley did not respond to coaching in range Joe Hayward improves in contact_vs_righty Steve Carrasquel improves in range