Win: Mark Wetteland (1-0) Loss: Marino Caceres (0-1)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati Jerry Sperry pitching. Paul Fraser strikes out. Skeeter Rolfe strikes out. Greg Prokopec grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Houston Wally Lombard pitching. Charlie Scott hits a home run. Emil Hildebrand grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Joe Steinfeldt pops out to the third baseman. Tom Cangelosi walks. Gus Dozier grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Tom Cangelosi is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Pat Clark strikes out. George Lundquist walks. Bob Inglett grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Mike Kaiserling grounds out to the second baseman. Norm Hollahan hits a home run. Ralph McNamara strikes out. Jerry Sperry grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Tom Inks grounds out to the third baseman. Dick Giles lines out to the third baseman. Wally Lombard grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Charlie Scott flies out to the left fielder. Emil Hildebrand strikes out. Joe Steinfeldt flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Paul Fraser grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Skeeter Rolfe walks. Greg Prokopec singles to center field. Skeeter Rolfe advances to third on the hit. Pat Clark singles to center field. Skeeter Rolfe scores. Greg Prokopec advances to third on the hit. George Lundquist flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Greg Prokopec scores. Bob Inglett singles to center field. Pat Clark advances to third on the hit. Tom Inks grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Houston Tom Cangelosi pops out to the shortstop. Gus Dozier grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Kaiserling grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Dick Giles grounds out to the shortstop. Wally Lombard pops out to the first baseman. Paul Fraser doubles to right field. Skeeter Rolfe flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Norm Hollahan strikes out. Ralph McNamara strikes out. Jerry Sperry strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Greg Prokopec strikes out. Pat Clark strikes out. George Lundquist grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Charlie Scott singles to center field. Emil Hildebrand grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Charlie Scott advances to second on the play. Joe Steinfeldt singles to center field. Tom Cangelosi grounds out to the second baseman. Charlie Scott scores. Joe Steinfeldt advances to second on the play. Gus Dozier grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Bob Inglett singles to right field. Mickey 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 1st. Tom Inks strikes out. Dick Giles flies out to the center fielder. Jim Pettini is pinch hitting for Wally Lombard. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Jim Pettini reached on a fielding error by Mickey Hamilton. Paul Fraser reached on a fielding error by Gus Dozier. Skeeter Rolfe singles to center field. Bob Inglett scores. Jim Pettini scores. Paul Fraser advances to third on the hit. Greg Prokopec walks. Pat Clark grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Houston Marino Caceres pitching. Mike Kaiserling grounds out to the third baseman. Norm Hollahan doubles to center field. Ralph McNamara strikes out. Mark Elliott is pinch hitting for Mickey Hamilton. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Mark Elliott reached on a 2-base throwing error by Bob Inglett. Norm Hollahan scores. Charlie Scott grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Mark Wetteland pitching. George Lundquist strikes out. Bob Inglett grounds out to the third baseman. Tom Inks walks. Dick Giles pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Emil Hildebrand singles to right field. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Joe Steinfeldt strikes out. Tom Cangelosi singles to center field. Emil Hildebrand scores. Gus Dozier pops out to the shortstop. Mike Kaiserling strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Shoji Narita is pinch hitting for Marino Caceres. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Shoji Narita lines out to the first baseman. Paul Fraser grounds out to the second baseman. Skeeter Rolfe pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 7 Houston total runners left on base: 4
Game Notes Jerry Sperry is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Carroll Sievers improves in power_vs_righty Patrick Johnson improves in contact_vs_righty Mike Kolstad did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Carroll Sievers improves in arm Patrick Johnson improves in speed Frank Orsulak did not respond to coaching in endurance
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Paddy Crosby did not respond to coaching in velocity Ed Wolfe improves in velocity Billy Kyle did not respond to coaching in velocity Ryohei Amamoto did not respond to coaching in velocity Mickey Crompton did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Hank Bosetti did not respond to coaching in velocity