Win: Fred Talbot (4-1) Loss: Mike Spiers (17-7)
Save: Brian Harper (3)
Inning: 1 Houston Van Haney pitching. Walter Connolly strikes out. Hank Stimac flies out to the right fielder. Dave Cormier hits a home run. Byron Arroyo singles to center field. Kiyokazu Shioya flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 San Francisco Mike Spiers pitching. Harley Delgado pops out to the second baseman. Don Irvin grounds out to the shortstop. Bubba Bubson singles to left field. Bubba Bubson is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Chris Malloy walks. Chris Malloy steals second. Bobby Hudson strikes out. Chris Malloy is out trying to steal third. Fred Beck singles to left field. Mike Spiers strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 San Francisco Charlie Jackson grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Red Naktenis strikes out. Linc Thomas grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Walter Connolly reached on a fielding error by Eddie Touchstone. Walter Connolly is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Hank Stimac walks. Dave Cormier hits a home run. Hank Stimac scores. Byron Arroyo flies out to the right fielder. Kiyokazu Shioya flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 San Francisco Eddie Touchstone singles past the second baseman. Barry Seale strikes out. Van Haney lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Harley Delgado grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Chris Malloy grounds out to the third baseman. Bobby Hudson grounds out to the shortstop. Fred Beck grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 San Francisco Don Irvin walks. Bubba Bubson strikes out. Charlie Jackson strikes out. Red Naktenis singles to center field. Don Irvin advances to third on the hit. Linc Thomas strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Houston Mike Spiers grounds out to the pitcher. Walter Connolly lines out to the second baseman. Hank Stimac strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 San Francisco Eddie Touchstone flies out to the center fielder. Barry Seale grounds out to the third baseman. Van Haney flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Dave Cormier strikes out. Byron Arroyo strikes out. Kiyokazu Shioya singles to center field. Chris Malloy hits an infield single to the pitcher. Bobby Hudson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 San Francisco Harley Delgado grounds out to the second baseman. Don Irvin triples. Bubba Bubson flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Don Irvin scores. Charlie Jackson singles to center field. Charlie Jackson steals second. Red Naktenis hits a home run. Charlie Jackson scores. Linc Thomas grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Fred Beck pops out to the first baseman. Mike Spiers grounds out to the second baseman. Walter Connolly reached on a 2-base throwing error by Eddie Touchstone. Fred Talbot 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. Hank Stimac grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 San Francisco Eddie Touchstone singles past the shortstop. Barry Seale grounds into a force play to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Eddie Touchstone is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Fred Talbot fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Fred Talbot grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Barry Seale is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Harley Delgado singles to center field. Fred Talbot advances to third on the hit. Don Irvin hits a home run. Fred Talbot scores. Harley Delgado scores. Bubba Bubson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Dave Cormier strikes out. Byron Arroyo grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Kiyokazu Shioya singles to left field. Chris Malloy singles to right field. Bobby Hudson doubles to right field. Kiyokazu Shioya scores. Chris Malloy uses his aggressiveness and scores. Dave Thornton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Fred Beck grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 San Francisco Reijiro Fujita comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Charlie Jackson walks. Red Naktenis pops out to the second baseman. Linc Thomas singles to center field. Charlie Jackson advances to third on the hit. Eddie Touchstone singles to right field. Charlie Jackson scores. Linc Thomas advances to third on the hit. Barry Seale grounds out to the shortstop. Linc Thomas scores. Eddie Touchstone advances to second on the play. Dave Thornton grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Joe Butler is pinch hitting for Reijiro Fujita. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Joe Butler doubles to right field. Walter Connolly walks. Hank Stimac grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Butler advances to third on the play. Walter Connolly advances to second on the play. Dave Cormier grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Butler scores. Walter Connolly advances to third on the play. Byron Arroyo singles to right field. Walter Connolly scores. Brian Harper comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Kiyokazu Shioya flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Houston total runners left on base: 7 San Francisco total runners left on base: 4
Batting:2B - Bobby Hudson (22), Joe Butler (21).HR - Dave Cormier 2 (18). Baserunning: SB - Chris Malloy (25).CS - Walter Connolly (10), Chris Malloy (15).
Batting:3B - Don Irvin (5).HR - Don Irvin (28), Red Naktenis (17).SF - Bubba Bubson. Baserunning: SB - Charlie Jackson (12).CS - Bubba Bubson (5). Fielding: E - Eddie Touchstone 2.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Joe Holman did not respond to coaching in control Johnny Gossage improves in arm Jim Ohman improves in velocity Rick Carter did not respond to coaching in velocity Belden Chaplin did not respond to coaching in RF
San Francisco Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Jose Jorgensen did not respond to coaching in control Tom Murphy did not respond to coaching in velocity Tom Murphy did not respond to coaching in velocity Marvin Tarasco did not respond to coaching in velocity