Win: Howard Zak (6-1) Loss: Karl Ash (4-6)
Save: Vance Becker (20)
Inning: 1 San Diego Emil Iorg pitching. Mark Hendrick strikes out. Doc Sprite walks. Nick Meyers hits a home run. Doc Sprite scores. Shane Siebert hits a home run. Dick Smith flies out to the right fielder. Oscar Robertson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Houston Jim Wall pitching. Masaki Arasuna walks. George Gilhooley singles to right field. Masaki Arasuna advances to third on the hit. Pedro Grieve flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Masaki Arasuna scores. George Gilhooley steals second. Joe Pearce is hit by a pitch. Martin Alley strikes out. Mark Hale grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 San Diego Ed Auerbach flies out to the center fielder. Bill Bolick flies out to the right fielder. Jim Wall strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Stan Felske walks. Bud Siever strikes out. Emil Iorg fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Emil Iorg grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 San Diego Mark Hendrick strikes out. Doc Sprite grounds out to the shortstop. Nick Meyers grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Masaki Arasuna grounds out to the third baseman. George Gilhooley walks. Pedro Grieve grounds into a force play to the second baseman. George Gilhooley is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Joe Pearce strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 San Diego Shane Siebert walks. Shane Siebert steals second. Dick Smith flies out to the right fielder. Oscar Robertson flies out to the left fielder. Ed Auerbach flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Martin Alley strikes out. Mark Hale flies out to the center fielder. Stan Felske grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 San Diego Bill Bolick walks. Jim Wall lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Mark Hendrick walks. Doc Sprite flies out to the left fielder. Nick Meyers grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Mark Hendrick is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Houston Bud Siever is hit by a pitch. Ed Wathan is pinch hitting for Emil Iorg. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Ed Wathan strikes out. Masaki Arasuna doubles to center field. Bud Siever uses his aggressiveness and scores. George Gilhooley doubles past the third baseman. Masaki Arasuna scores. Pedro Grieve singles in front of the center fielder. George Gilhooley scores. Joe Pearce singles to center field. Pedro Grieve advances to third on the hit. Martin Alley walks. Mark Hale strikes out. Stan Felske strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 San Diego George Hook pitching. Shane Siebert grounds out to the third baseman. Dick Smith strikes out. Oscar Robertson grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Bud Siever hits a home run. Josias Guzman comes in from the bullpen to pitch. George Hook pops out to the second baseman. Masaki Arasuna strikes out. George Gilhooley grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 San Diego Ed Auerbach hits a home run. Tony Thompson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Bolick flies out to the center fielder. Yoshiharu Ishihara is pinch hitting for Josias Guzman. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Yoshiharu Ishihara strikes out. Mark Hendrick flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Ryoji Kamei pitching. Pedro Grieve grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Pearce grounds out to the third baseman. Martin Alley strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 San Diego Doc Sprite grounds out to the second baseman. Nick Meyers grounds out to the pitcher. Shane Siebert grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Mark Carney is pinch hitting for Mark Hale. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Mark Carney grounds out to the second baseman. Stan Felske singles to center field. Bud Siever grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 San Diego Dick Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Oscar Robertson singles to center field. Ed Auerbach walks. Bill Bolick walks. Steve Yankowski is pinch hitting for Ryoji Kamei. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Steve Yankowski grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Oscar Robertson scores. Ed Auerbach advances to third on the play. Bill Bolick advances to second on the play. Karl Ash comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mark Hendrick strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Houston Howard Zak pitching. Karl Ash grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dick Carroll is pinch hitting for Masaki Arasuna. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Dick Carroll strikes out. George Gilhooley walks. Pedro Grieve strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 San Diego Doc Sprite grounds out to the shortstop. Nick Meyers flies out to the center fielder. Shane Siebert hits a home run. Ike Rogers comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dick Smith grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Houston Vance Becker comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Joe Pearce flies out to the right fielder. Martin Alley grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mark Carney flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 San Diego total runners LOB: 5 Houston total runners LOB: 7
San Diego Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Chad Finney improves in range Dick Coombs improves in power_vs_lefty Edwin Bonikowski did not respond to coaching in arm John Dimichele improves in power_vs_lefty Gary Valentine did not respond to coaching in LF
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Arturo Dahlen improves in power_vs_righty Greg Spongberg improves in arm Paul Melvin did not respond to coaching in control Jay Grubb improves in arm Jerry Habyan improves in CF