Inning: 1 Houston Gene Garibaldi pitching. Emil Bragan singles to left field. Monte Heving strikes out. George Foster grounds out to the third baseman. Emil Bragan advances to second on the play. Hal Boone triples. Emil Bragan scores. Mahkan Singh walks. Gary Smith hits an infield single to the pitcher. Hal Boone scores. Mickey Estrada grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Gary Smith is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Jodie Grigsby pitching. Steve Gipson grounds out to the pitcher. Billy Madison lines out to the shortstop. Carmelo Sullivan grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Hidekazu Takuwa singles to left field. Jodie Grigsby lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Emil Bragan singles to center field. Hidekazu Takuwa scores. Monte Heving grounds out to the third baseman. Emil Bragan advances to second on the play. George Foster singles to right field. Emil Bragan scores. Gary Pappalau comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Hal Boone lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Steve Mann grounds out to the catcher - great play by the catcher to prevent a single! Beauty Connelly singles to right field. Greg Stanka hits a home run. Beauty Connelly scores. Lou Wenz flies out to the left fielder. John Davenport flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Mahkan Singh pops out to the first baseman. Gary Smith singles to center field. Mickey Estrada grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Gary Pappalau grounds out to the second baseman. Steve Gipson hits a home run. Billy Madison flies out to the left fielder. Carmelo Sullivan hits a home run. Steve Mann grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Hidekazu Takuwa triples. Jodie Grigsby grounds out to the second baseman. Hidekazu Takuwa scores. Hal Gaston comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Emil Bragan grounds out to the third baseman. Monte Heving flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Beauty Connelly strikes out. Greg Stanka flies out to the right fielder. Lou Wenz strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston George Foster strikes out. Hal Boone pops out to the second baseman. Mahkan Singh strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati John Davenport singles to right field. Hal Gaston lays a bunt down the third base line. The pitcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. (SS covering 2nd). Steve Gipson strikes out. Billy Madison strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Gary Smith singles to right field. Mickey Estrada strikes out. Hidekazu Takuwa grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Gary Smith is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Jodie Grigsby grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Hidekazu Takuwa is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Carmelo Sullivan walks. Steve Mann strikes out. Beauty Connelly flies out to the right fielder. Greg Stanka walks. Lou Wenz strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Houston Emil Bragan flies out to the right fielder. Monte Heving grounds out to the pitcher. George Foster grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati John Davenport singles to left field. Hal Gaston fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Hal Gaston singles to center field. Steve Gipson flies out to the left fielder. Billy Madison flies out to the center fielder. Carmelo Sullivan walks. Steve Mann flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Houston Hal Boone strikes out. Mahkan Singh grounds out to the shortstop. Gary Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Beauty Connelly grounds out to the third baseman. Buddy Henderson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Greg Stanka reached on a 2-base throwing error by Hidekazu Takuwa. Maurice Betts is pinch running for Greg Stanka on 2nd base. Lou Wenz hits a home run. Maurice Betts scores. John Davenport walks. Donell Woodson is pinch hitting for Hal Gaston. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Donell Woodson singles to center field. Steve Gipson singles to right field. Billy Madison strikes out. Carmelo Sullivan hits a home run. John Davenport scores. Donell Woodson scores. Steve Gipson scores. Steve Mann grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Pablo Lopez pitching. Dan Elliott enters the game as a defensive replacement for Maurice Betts at C. Carlos Glaviano is pinch hitting for Mickey Estrada. Carlos Glaviano singles to right field. Hidekazu Takuwa grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Carlos Glaviano is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Hy Harder is pinch hitting for Buddy Henderson. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Hy Harder walks. Emil Bragan strikes out. Monte Heving flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Houston total runners left on base: 6 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 6
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Johnny Platte did not respond to coaching in control Charlie Warhop improves in arm Al Graham improves in power_vs_lefty Johnny Platte did not respond to coaching in control Al Graham did not respond to coaching in RF
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Jim Horton did not respond to coaching in control Chris Arias did not respond to coaching in velocity Dave Culmer did not respond to coaching in control Jim Horton did not respond to coaching in velocity