Win: Johnny Harmon (1-1) Loss: Tony Guevara (0-2)
Save: Jose Davenport (2)
Inning: 1 Houston Al Huppert pitching. Dave Runnels strikes out. Harry Lobert walks. Fritz Pendleton singles to center field. Dave Coulter singles to left field. Harry Lobert scores. Fritz Pendleton advances to third on the hit. Rob Branca pops out to the second baseman. Rusty Keating grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Brooklyn Greg King pitching. Jack Abbaticchio grounds out to the second baseman. Merlin Cairncross walks. Leslie Campanis grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Burleigh Davis grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Mokan walks. Greg King fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Greg King grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Mokan advances to second on the play. Dave Runnels singles to center field. Harry Lobert strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Brooklyn Jim Cortazzo walks. Jim Moore doubles past the third baseman. Jim Cortazzo uses his aggressiveness and scores. Andrew Trask flies out to the center fielder. Stan Stocker strikes out. Jim Smith singles to left field. Jim Moore scores. Al Huppert strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Fritz Pendleton strikes out. Dave Coulter singles to right field. Rob Branca grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Brooklyn Jack Abbaticchio strikes out. Merlin Cairncross flies out to the right fielder. Leslie Campanis strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Rusty Keating strikes out. Burleigh Davis grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Mokan grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Brooklyn Jim Cortazzo lines out to the shortstop. Jim Moore singles to right field. Andrew Trask doubles to left field. Jim Moore uses his aggressiveness and scores. Stan Stocker grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Andrew Trask advances to third on the play. Jim Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Greg King strikes out. Dave Runnels strikes out. Harry Lobert grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Brooklyn Al Huppert strikes out. Jack Abbaticchio grounds out to the shortstop. Merlin Cairncross singles to left field. Leslie Campanis strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Fritz Pendleton grounds out to the second baseman. Dave Coulter strikes out. Rob Branca flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Brooklyn Jim Cortazzo grounds out to the third baseman. Jim Moore grounds out to the third baseman. Andrew Trask walks. Stan Stocker flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Rusty Keating strikes out. Burleigh Davis flies out to the right fielder. Bill Mokan walks. Mark Katz is pinch hitting for Greg King. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Mark Katz strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Brooklyn Johnny Harmon pitching. Jim Smith reached on a 2-base fielding error by Harry Lobert. Al Huppert lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jack Abbaticchio flies out to the left fielder. Merlin Cairncross grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Dave Runnels strikes out. Harry Lobert singles to center field. Fritz Pendleton strikes out. Dave Coulter singles to center field. Rob Branca strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Brooklyn Leslie Campanis singles to center field. Jim Cortazzo flies out to the center fielder. Jim Moore strikes out. Andrew Trask grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Leslie Campanis is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Tony Guevara comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Rusty Keating flies out to the left fielder. Burleigh Davis singles to right field. Bill Mokan strikes out. Otis Valdez is pinch hitting for Johnny Harmon. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Otis Valdez walks. Dave Runnels singles to right field. Burleigh Davis scores. Harry Lobert singles to center field. Otis Valdez scores. Charlie Farmer comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Fritz Pendleton singles to right field. Dave Runnels scores. Harry Lobert advances to third on the hit. Dave Coulter singles to right field. Harry Lobert scores. Rob Branca pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Brooklyn Jose Davenport pitching. Stan Stocker strikes out. Jim Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Nap Garciaparra is pinch hitting for Charlie Farmer. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Nap Garciaparra lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners LOB: 9 Brooklyn total runners LOB: 6
Game Notes Merlin Cairncross is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Cy Heredia did not respond to coaching in endurance John Tyack did not respond to coaching in speed Will Worrell did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Angel Jackson did not respond to coaching in control Al Douglass did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Martin Montague did not respond to coaching in velocity Nick Bench did not respond to coaching in 2B
Brooklyn Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Randy Stahl did not respond to coaching in speed Joe Johnson improves in power_vs_righty Ben Ferriss did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Tony Castiglia did not respond to coaching in arm Joe Cordero improves in power_vs_righty Red Maddox did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Tony Castiglia did not respond to coaching in 3B