Win: Ollie Ortiz (11-11) Loss: Damon Short (13-12)
Save: Ray Young (25)
Inning: 1 Houston Damon Short pitching. Emil Bragan reached on a 2-base throwing error by Felix Mantilla. Mahkan Singh walks. Hy Harder flies out to the right fielder. Randy Niekro grounds out to the shortstop. Emil Bragan advances to third on the play. Mahkan Singh advances to second on the play. Hal Boone grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 New York Ollie Ortiz pitching. John Wright strikes out. Mike House grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Slaughter hits a home run. Archie Baumgartner grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Monte Heving walks. Ray Bailor singles to left field. Monte Heving advances to third on the hit. Lee Mossi flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Monte Heving scores. Ollie Ortiz lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Emil Bragan singles to center field. Ray Bailor scores. Emil Bragan is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 New York Bill Towne strikes out. Felix Mantilla pops out to the first baseman. Elvis Gil flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Mahkan Singh grounds out to the second baseman. Hy Harder reached on a 2-base throwing error by Archie Baumgartner. Randy Niekro singles to center field. Hy Harder scores. Hal Boone walks. Monte Heving grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Hal Boone is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Ray Bailor strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 New York Ron DeFreitas flies out to the center fielder. Damon Short grounds out to the second baseman. John Wright strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Lee Mossi strikes out. Ollie Ortiz strikes out. Emil Bragan singles to right field. Emil Bragan is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 New York Mike House singles to left field. Joe Slaughter doubles to left field. Archie Baumgartner flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Mike House scores. Bill Towne flies out to the center fielder. Felix Mantilla flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Mahkan Singh singles to left field. Hy Harder grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Randy Niekro doubles to left field. Hal Boone flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 New York Elvis Gil grounds out to the third baseman. Ron DeFreitas grounds out to the third baseman. Damon Short pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Monte Heving grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ray Bailor strikes out. Lee Mossi lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 New York John Wright strikes out. Mike House singles to left field. Joe Slaughter strikes out. Archie Baumgartner flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston John Erickson is pinch hitting for Ollie Ortiz. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. John Erickson singles to right field. Emil Bragan walks. Bill Curd 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. Mahkan Singh hits a home run. John Erickson scores. Emil Bragan scores. Mike Easler comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Hy Harder singles to center field. Randy Niekro walks. Hal Boone pops out to the second baseman. Monte Heving singles to center field. Hy Harder scores. Randy Niekro advances to third on the hit. Jameson James comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ray Bailor flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Randy Niekro scores. Monte Heving is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 New York Chick Booth pitching. Bill Towne walks. Felix Mantilla pops out to the shortstop. Julio Gotay is pinch hitting for Elvis Gil. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Julio Gotay walks. Ron DeFreitas strikes out. Don Santo is pinch hitting for Jameson James. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Don Santo strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Houston Wally Seybold pitching. Lee Mossi singles to right field. Carlos Glaviano is pinch hitting for Chick Booth. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Carlos Glaviano singles to left field. Lee Mossi advances to third on the hit. Emil Bragan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Carlos Glaviano advances to second on the play. Mahkan Singh grounds out to the second baseman. Lee Mossi scores. Carlos Glaviano advances to third on the play. Cory Fowler comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Hy Harder grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 New York Frank Reberger pitching. John Wright singles to right field. Mike House grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). John Wright advances to second on the play. Joe Slaughter doubles to right field. John Wright scores. Archie Baumgartner doubles to center field. Joe Slaughter scores. Bill Towne singles to right field. Felix Mantilla grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Randy Niekro pops out to the second baseman. Hal Boone flies out to the left fielder. Monte Heving singles to center field. Monte Heving steals second. Ray Bailor grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 New York Julio Gotay doubles to left field. Hobbie Landrith is pinch hitting for Ron DeFreitas. Hobbie Landrith singles to center field. Julio Gotay scores. Cory Fowler lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. John Wright singles to left field. Ray Young comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Mike House singles to left field. Hobbie Landrith scores. Joe Slaughter flies out to the left fielder. Don Dorner is pinch hitting for Archie Baumgartner. Don Dorner grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Mike House is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Houston total runners LOB: 7 New York total runners LOB: 7
Batting:2B - Randy Niekro (25).HR - Mahkan Singh (13).SF - Ray Bailor, Lee Mossi.GIDP - Hy Harder. Baserunning: SB - Monte Heving (12).CS - Emil Bragan 2 (5), Monte Heving (6).
Batting:2B - Joe Slaughter 2 (11), Archie Baumgartner (8), Julio Gotay (18).HR - Joe Slaughter (5).SF - Archie Baumgartner.GIDP - Felix Mantilla. Fielding: E - Archie Baumgartner, Felix Mantilla.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Dusty Morris did not respond to coaching in control George Foster improves in power_vs_lefty Alex Gedeon did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Ray Lefebvre improves in contact_vs_lefty Charlie Mellana did not respond to coaching in 2B
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: D+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Jim Demeter did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Phil Ouellette improves in range Ken Painter improves in velocity Mordecai Lynch did not respond to coaching in velocity Alex Grammas improves in 2B