Win: John Thomas (10-14) Loss: Yancey Cravat (12-15)
Save: Alberto Swindells (48)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati John Thomas pitching. Eduardo Mowry flies out to the right fielder. Clyde Moore walks. Jose Rios strikes out. Damon Fahr flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Houston Yancey Cravat pitching. Joe Purtell strikes out. Heinie Schullstrom strikes out. Johnny Umbarger singles to right field. Hal DiPietro grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Joe Morton flies out to the center fielder. Johnny Sorrento singles to center field. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Steve Satterfield strikes out. Red Munson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Ernie Galvin singles to right field. Wimpy Ginter lines out to the shortstop. Hisanobu Inaba doubles to right field. Ernie Galvin uses his aggressiveness and scores. Steve Shipley doubles to center field. Hisanobu Inaba scores. John Thomas strikes out. Joe Purtell triples. Steve Shipley scores. Heinie Schullstrom doubles to center field. Joe Purtell scores. Bob Johnson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Johnny Umbarger flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Bob Johnson strikes out. Eduardo Mowry flies out to the right fielder. Clyde Moore grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Hal DiPietro strikes out. Ernie Galvin walks. Ernie Galvin steals second. Wimpy Ginter lines out to the second baseman. Hisanobu Inaba pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Jose Rios grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Damon Fahr singles to left field. Joe Morton flies out to the right fielder. Johnny Sorrento pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Steve Shipley walks. John Thomas lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Joe Purtell walks. Steve Shipley steals third. Heinie Schullstrom walks. Johnny Umbarger grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Steve Satterfield walks. Red Munson strikes out. Bob Johnson pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Eduardo Mowry walks. Clyde Moore singles to right field. Steve Satterfield scores. Jose Rios lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Houston Hal DiPietro flies out to the left fielder. Ernie Galvin doubles past the right fielder. Trent Bauer comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Wimpy Ginter strikes out. Hisanobu Inaba grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Damon Fahr flies out to the right fielder. Joe Morton strikes out. Johnny Sorrento grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Steve Shipley singles to left field. John Thomas lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Joe Purtell walks. Heinie Schullstrom grounds out to the second baseman. Steve Shipley advances to third on the play. Joe Purtell advances to second on the play. Johnny Umbarger strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Steve Satterfield flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Red Munson grounds out to the second baseman. Trent Bauer flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Hal DiPietro strikes out. Ernie Galvin reached on a 2-base fielding error by Damon Fahr. Wimpy Ginter grounds out to the pitcher. Ernie Galvin is out trying to steal third. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Eduardo Mowry walks. Clyde Moore walks. Jerome Fuller 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 2nd. Jose Rios grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Eduardo Mowry advances to third on the play. Damon Fahr flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Hisanobu Inaba grounds out to the second baseman. Steve Shipley bunts for a base hit. Joe Byrne is pinch hitting for Jerome Fuller. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Joe Byrne flies out to the center fielder. Joe Purtell strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Alberto Swindells pitching. Joe Morton singles to left field. Johnny Sorrento flies out to the center fielder. Steve Satterfield grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 6 Houston total runners left on base: 9
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Dave Brinkman did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Rod Sloat improves in range Jimmy House did not respond to coaching in speed Len Zimmer improves in speed Bruce Decatur improves in power_vs_righty Rick Valdez did not respond to coaching in velocity Bruce Decatur improves in 3B
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Greg Bell did not respond to coaching in arm Bill Lewis did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Glenn Chamberlain did not respond to coaching in speed Daijiro Tanioka did not respond to coaching in speed Bob Bissonette did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Bob Bissonette did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty