Win: Floyd Gantenbein (9-10) Loss: Pat Kircher (0-1)
Save: Steve Alomar (2)
Inning: 1 Houston Harry Green pitching. Toshihiro Nishio triples. Edgar Cooper flies out to the right fielder. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Toshihiro Nishio scores. By Paniagua grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Les Forsch grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Brooklyn Allan Stahoviak pitching. Cash Money grounds out to the catcher. Tim Bashore strikes out. Roger Breining grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Nate Carroll grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! John Kaline strikes out. Ivy Aragon pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Brooklyn Bill Solaita strikes out. Randy Clarke singles to right field. Bill Dundon lines out to the shortstop. Claire Breckinridge grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Randy Clarke is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Danny Kremmel singles to left field. Danny Kremmel steals second. The catcher fields the ball and Danny Kremmel is thrown out at third. Toshihiro Nishio grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Brooklyn Mark Hall doubles to right field. Harry Green lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Cash Money pops out to the first baseman. Tim Bashore hits a home run. Mark Hall scores. Roger Breining walks. Bill Solaita singles to right field. Roger Breining advances to third on the hit. Randy Clarke lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Houston Edgar Cooper grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). By Paniagua pops out to the first baseman. Les Forsch flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Brooklyn Bill Dundon flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Claire Breckinridge singles to center field. Mark Hall flies out to the right fielder. Harry Green flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Nate Carroll grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! John Kaline strikes out. Ivy Aragon grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Brooklyn Cash Money grounds out to the shortstop. Tim Bashore flies out to the center fielder. Roger Breining pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Danny Kremmel grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Allan Stahoviak strikes out. Toshihiro Nishio grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Brooklyn Bill Solaita grounds out to the shortstop. Randy Clarke grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Dundon strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Edgar Cooper doubles to center field. By Paniagua singles past the third baseman. Edgar Cooper scores. Les Forsch singles to left field. By Paniagua advances to third on the hit. Les Forsch is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Nate Carroll strikes out. John Kaline lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Brooklyn Claire Breckinridge flies out to the right fielder. Mark Hall grounds out to the third baseman. Forrest Tinker is pinch hitting for Harry Green. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Forrest Tinker grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Lew Vogelsong pitching. Ivy Aragon flies out to the right fielder. Danny Kremmel lines out to the shortstop. Eli Branca is pinch hitting for Allan Stahoviak. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Eli Branca walks. Toshihiro Nishio flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Brooklyn Floyd Gantenbein pitching. Cash Money grounds out to the third baseman. Tim Bashore grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Roger Breining flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Edgar Cooper grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). By Paniagua grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Les Forsch grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Brooklyn Bill Solaita grounds out to the third baseman. Randy Clarke singles past the shortstop. Randy Clarke gets picked off first. Bill Dundon grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Houston Nate Carroll grounds out to the shortstop. John Kaline flies out to the left fielder. Ivy Aragon flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Brooklyn Claire Breckinridge flies out to the left fielder. Mark Hall strikes out. Jeff Kellett is pinch hitting for Lew Vogelsong. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Jeff Kellett grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 11 Houston Pat Kircher pitching. Danny Kremmel singles to right field. Bill Crabtree is pinch hitting for Floyd Gantenbein. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Bill Crabtree strikes out. Toshihiro Nishio grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Danny Kremmel is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Edgar Cooper singles to left field. Toshihiro Nishio advances to third on the hit. By Paniagua singles to center field. Toshihiro Nishio scores. Les Forsch strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 11 Brooklyn Steve Alomar pitching. Cash Money singles to center field. Cash Money steals second. Tim Bashore grounds out to the shortstop. Roger Breining grounds out to the second baseman. Cash Money advances to third on the play. Bill Solaita flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Houston total runners LOB: 4 Brooklyn total runners LOB: 5
Game Notes Eli Branca is injured and is expected to be out 45 days.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Silver Nicholson did not respond to coaching in speed Steve Necciai improves in contact_vs_righty Billy Hayward did not respond to coaching in velocity Milt Sipin did not respond to coaching in velocity
Brooklyn Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ed Mintz improves in arm Too few eligible players, Missed Improvement Chance. Ineligible players: Hideo Waddell. Ed Mintz improves in power_vs_righty Lou Heffner did not respond to coaching in control