Win: Johnny Lilly (10-9) Loss: Steve Garcia (13-10)
Save: Spock (31)
Inning: 1 San Francisco Johnny Lilly pitching. Steve Bulling flies out to the center fielder. Tacklin Boyce singles to right field. Jim Colpaert strikes out. Ricky Culpepper grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Houston Steve Garcia pitching. Danny Relaford grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rev Dem hits a home run. Telemachus Rhade walks. Christopher Pike grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 San Francisco Tatsuhiko Hoshiyama singles to right field. Blue Holiday strikes out. Al Blackwell flies out to the left fielder. Calypso Camerotta strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Dean Troi grounds out to the second baseman. Denny Mendoza walks. Hikaru Sulu grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 San Francisco Steve Garcia grounds out to the third baseman. Steve Bulling grounds out to the shortstop. Tacklin Boyce flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Ed Barry walks. Johnny Lilly lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Danny Relaford strikes out. Rev Dem grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 San Francisco Jim Colpaert pops out to the first baseman. Ricky Culpepper grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tatsuhiko Hoshiyama reached on a fielding error by Rev Dem. Blue Holiday flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Telemachus Rhade flies out to the right fielder. Christopher Pike grounds out to the second baseman. Dean Troi strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 San Francisco Al Blackwell singles to center field. Calypso Camerotta triples. Al Blackwell scores. Steve Garcia flies out to the center fielder. Steve Bulling strikes out. Tacklin Boyce flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Denny Mendoza grounds out to the third baseman. Hikaru Sulu strikes out. Ed Barry walks. Johnny Lilly grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 San Francisco Jim Colpaert grounds out to the third baseman. Ricky Culpepper pops out to the first baseman. Tatsuhiko Hoshiyama singles to center field. Blue Holiday doubles to right field. Al Blackwell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Houston Danny Relaford flies out to the center fielder. Rev Dem flies out to the right fielder. Telemachus Rhade grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 San Francisco Calypso Camerotta flies out to the center fielder. Steve Garcia singles to center field. Chase Bentley is pinch hitting for Steve Bulling. Chase Bentley grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Guido Cressend enters the game as a defensive replacement for Chase Bentley at 2B. Christopher Pike flies out to the center fielder. Dean Troi walks. Denny Mendoza strikes out. Hikaru Sulu grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Dean Troi is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 San Francisco Tacklin Boyce strikes out. Jim Colpaert grounds out to the shortstop. Ricky Culpepper walks. Tatsuhiko Hoshiyama grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Ricky Culpepper is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Ed Barry walks. Teal-C is pinch hitting for Johnny Lilly. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Teal-C grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Danny Relaford singles to right field. Rev Dem singles to right field. Danny Relaford advances to third on the hit. Telemachus Rhade singles to left field. Danny Relaford scores. Christopher Pike grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Telemachus Rhade is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 San Francisco Spock pitching. Blue Holiday grounds out to the pitcher. Al Blackwell pops out to the first baseman. Calypso Camerotta strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 San Francisco total runners left on base: 7 Houston total runners left on base: 5
Game Notes Steve Bulling is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
San Francisco Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Paul LoDuca improves in arm Rae Fazio improves in range Vic Jones improves in contact_vs_lefty Charlie Dillon improves in power_vs_righty Vic Jones improves in arm Jake Smith did not respond to coaching in speed Sparky Brown did not respond to coaching in 2B
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: A Improvements: Don Eaton improves in control Jason Garrett did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jason Garrett did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Luis Marrow did not respond to coaching in control Elio Stafford did not respond to coaching in control Orlando Bunning did not respond to coaching in control Jason Garrett did not respond to coaching in 2B