Win: Frank Claire (5-3) Loss: Masaaki Hosoda (1-3)
Save: Tony Dingman (2)
Inning: 1 Houston Bill Tost pitching. Emil Hildebrand grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Steinfeldt flies out to the center fielder. Tom Cangelosi flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Montreal Jerry Sperry pitching. Takahiro Tanaka grounds out to the second baseman. Koji Shinzato walks. Yukio Hata flies out to the left fielder. Koji Shinzato steals second. Koji Shinzato is out trying to steal third. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Gus Dozier singles to center field. Mark Elliott strikes out. Gus Dozier steals second. Mike Kaiserling singles past the third baseman. Gus Dozier scores. Norm Hollahan bunts for a base hit. Ralph McNamara strikes out. Jerry Sperry grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Norm Hollahan is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Montreal Shoji Nishimura strikes out. Julio Brown walks. Julio Brown steals second. Ted Rigney pops out to the second baseman. Ed Cox grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Emil Hildebrand walks. Joe Steinfeldt walks. Tom Cangelosi grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Joe Steinfeldt is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Gus Dozier flies out to the center fielder. Mark Elliott walks. Mike Kaiserling grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Montreal Mike Smith flies out to the center fielder. Bill Tost reached on a fielding error by Norm Hollahan. Takahiro Tanaka strikes out. Koji Shinzato hits a home run. Bill Tost scores. Yukio Hata strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Norm Hollahan doubles to center field. Ralph McNamara flies out to the right fielder. Jerry Sperry strikes out. Emil Hildebrand flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Montreal Shoji Nishimura flies out to the center fielder. Julio Brown flies out to the left fielder. Ted Rigney flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Joe Steinfeldt singles to right field. Tom Cangelosi singles to left field. Joe Steinfeldt advances to third on the hit. Gus Dozier hits a home run. Joe Steinfeldt scores. Tom Cangelosi scores. Mike Mills comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mark Elliott pops out to the catcher. Mike Kaiserling grounds out to the second baseman. Norm Hollahan walks. Ralph McNamara grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Norm Hollahan is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Montreal Ed Cox strikes out. Mike Smith flies out to the right fielder. Mike Mills flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Jerry Sperry grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Emil Hildebrand pops out to the first baseman. Joe Steinfeldt grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Montreal Takahiro Tanaka singles to right field. Takahiro Tanaka is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Koji Shinzato flies out to the left fielder. Yukio Hata lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Tom Cangelosi strikes out. Gus Dozier grounds out to the shortstop. Mark Elliott strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Montreal Shoji Nishimura grounds out to the shortstop. Julio Brown singles to left field. Oscar Schulte 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 1st. Ted Rigney grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Julio Brown is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ed Cox grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ted Rigney is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Mike Kaiserling grounds out to the second baseman. Norm Hollahan flies out to the right fielder. Ralph McNamara grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Montreal Mike Smith strikes out. Paul Walsh is pinch hitting for Mike Mills. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Paul Walsh pops out to the second baseman. Takahiro Tanaka singles to right field. Koji Shinzato grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Chuck Fast pitching. Ray Mahler is pinch hitting for Oscar Schulte. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ray Mahler grounds out to the second baseman. Emil Hildebrand walks. Joe Steinfeldt singles past the third baseman. Tom Cangelosi grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Joe Steinfeldt is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Gus Dozier pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Montreal Mark Wetteland pitching. Yukio Hata singles to center field. Shoji Nishimura pops out to the shortstop. Julio Brown doubles to right field. Yukio Hata uses his aggressiveness and scores. Ted Rigney singles to center field. Julio Brown scores. Ed Cox strikes out. Passed ball. Ted Rigney advances to second. Mike Smith flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Houston Mark Elliott grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Kaiserling grounds out to the pitcher. Norm Hollahan bunts for a base hit. Ralph McNamara grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Norm Hollahan is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Montreal Chuck Fast grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Takahiro Tanaka flies out to the left fielder. Koji Shinzato singles to center field. Yukio Hata flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 11 Houston Ted Barnhart is pinch hitting for Mark Wetteland. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Ted Barnhart grounds out to the pitcher. Emil Hildebrand flies out to the center fielder. Joe Steinfeldt strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 11 Montreal Frank Claire pitching. Shoji Nishimura singles to center field. Julio Brown grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Ted Rigney strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 12 Houston Tom Cangelosi grounds out to the pitcher. Gus Dozier grounds out to the shortstop. Mark Elliott singles to right field. Mike Kaiserling flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 12 Montreal Ed Cox pops out to the second baseman. Mike Smith strikes out. Toshiaki Horimoto is pinch hitting for Chuck Fast. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Toshiaki Horimoto flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 13 Houston Masaaki Hosoda pitching. Norm Hollahan singles to center field. Ralph McNamara strikes out. Randy Short is pinch hitting for Frank Claire. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Randy Short singles to center field. Emil Hildebrand singles to left field. Norm Hollahan scores. Randy Short advances to third on the hit. Joe Steinfeldt flies out to the center fielder. Tom Cangelosi singles to right field. Randy Short scores. Jose Spurgeon comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Gus Dozier pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 13 Montreal Tony Dingman pitching. Takahiro Tanaka grounds out to the shortstop. Koji Shinzato singles to left field. Yukio Hata grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Koji Shinzato advances to second on the play. Shoji Nishimura strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Houston total runners LOB: 13 Montreal total runners LOB: 6
Batting:2B - Julio Brown (12).HR - Koji Shinzato (15).GIDP - Julio Brown. Baserunning: SB - Koji Shinzato (14), Julio Brown (26).CS - Takahiro Tanaka (12), Koji Shinzato (9).
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Jeff Rollins did not respond to coaching in velocity Duke Burkart improves in velocity Hank Bosetti did not respond to coaching in control Al Whitehouse did not respond to coaching in control Mickey Crompton improves in speed Tom Felix did not respond to coaching in velocity
Montreal Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: George Schanz did not respond to coaching in control Ed Easley did not respond to coaching in velocity Ruben Errickson improves in range Danny Garrison did not respond to coaching in velocity Jimmy Rodriguez did not respond to coaching in arm Claude Mazeroski improves in speed