Inning: 1 Houston Mose Miller pitching. Dave Spurgeon singles to center field. Oscar Miller flies out to the right fielder. Shigeo Yoshitoshi grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Reggie Woodburn pitching. Shawn Quirico grounds out to the third baseman. Oscar Petersen grounds out to the shortstop. Sal Jonnard flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Paul Marion strikes out. Joe Bullard flies out to the center fielder. Joe Money singles to center field. John Kiely grounds into a force play to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Joe Money is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Tetsuya Yamaguchi singles to right field. Charlie Songer hits a home run. Tetsuya Yamaguchi scores. Bob Enright walks. Bob Enright steals second. Danny Brohamer strikes out. Bob Standridge strikes out. Mose Miller walks. Shawn Quirico strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Houston Tom Perranoski flies out to the center fielder. Reggie Woodburn singles to center field. Dave Spurgeon grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Reggie Woodburn advances to second on the play. Oscar Miller walks. Shigeo Yoshitoshi flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Oscar Petersen grounds out to the second baseman. Sal Jonnard strikes out. Tetsuya Yamaguchi grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Paul Marion hits an infield single to the shortstop. Joe Bullard doubles past the third baseman. Joe Money grounds out to the shortstop. Paul Marion scores. Joe Bullard advances to third on the play. John Kiely strikes out. Tom Perranoski singles to center field. Joe Bullard scores. Reggie Woodburn grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Tom Perranoski is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Charlie Songer singles past the shortstop. Charlie Songer steals second. Bob Enright flies out to the right fielder. Danny Brohamer strikes out. Bob Standridge grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Dave Spurgeon flies out to the center fielder. Oscar Miller walks. Shigeo Yoshitoshi lines out to the second baseman. Oscar Miller steals second. Paul Marion pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Mose Miller grounds out to the third baseman. Shawn Quirico flies out to the left fielder. Oscar Petersen singles to center field. Sal Jonnard flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Joe Bullard singles to center field. Joe Money strikes out. Joe Gorecki is pinch hitting for John Kiely. Joe Gorecki pops out to the catcher. Tom Perranoski flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Leon Baker enters the game as a defensive replacement for Joe Gorecki at 3B. Tetsuya Yamaguchi flies out to the right fielder. Charlie Songer grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Enright flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Reggie Woodburn singles to right field. Dave Spurgeon singles to right field. Oscar Miller grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Reggie Woodburn advances to third on the play. Shigeo Yoshitoshi strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Danny Brohamer flies out to the right fielder. Bob Standridge strikes out. Mose Miller grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Paul Marion hits an infield single to the shortstop. Tetsuro Kinugasa comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Joe Bullard strikes out. Paul Marion steals second. Joe Money grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Paul Marion advances to third on the play. Leon Baker flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Shawn Quirico singles to right field. Oscar Petersen singles to right field. Shawn Quirico advances to third on the hit. Jeff Hamilton 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. Sal Jonnard flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Shawn Quirico scores. Tetsuya Yamaguchi grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Danger Leyva enters the game as a defensive replacement for Bob Enright at 1B. Frank Conigliaro comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Tom Perranoski strikes out. Rafael Delacruz is pinch hitting for Jeff Hamilton. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Rafael Delacruz grounds out to the second baseman. Dave Spurgeon flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners left on base: 8 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 4
Game Notes Mose Miller is injured and is expected to be out 59 days. Shawn Quirico is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ryan Rice did not respond to coaching in speed Joe Montejo did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Maurice Upright improves in range Joe Montejo improves in contact_vs_lefty Wes Clement did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Joe Montejo did not respond to coaching in range Jeff Radmanovich did not respond to coaching in 1B
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Tim East improves in contact_vs_righty Ed Gladd did not respond to coaching in velocity Ed Gladd did not respond to coaching in control Hiroto Tani did not respond to coaching in control Austin Jolly did not respond to coaching in speed Slim Lee did not respond to coaching in control Tim East improves in LF