Win: Jason Hesketh (15-8) Loss: Arthur Mitchell (6-15)
Save: Pete Tiant (43)
Inning: 1 Houston Jason Hesketh pitching. Jack Hooper strikes out. Edgar Cooper flies out to the left fielder. Bill Crabtree pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Atlanta Arthur Mitchell pitching. Joe Mullins triples. Herman Grampp grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Shinji Tagi grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Mullins scores. Frank Getzien singles to left field. Fred Cromer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Les Forsch grounds out to the second baseman. Danny Kremmel strikes out. John Kaline grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Atlanta Carl Fridley singles to right field. Larry Friedrichs walks. Hiker Bathe singles to center field. Carl Fridley scores. Larry Friedrichs advances to third on the hit. Jason Hesketh grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Larry Friedrichs scores. Joe Mullins strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Ivy Aragon strikes out. Jim Kosco flies out to the left fielder. Arthur Mitchell singles to right field. Jack Hooper singles to center field. Arthur Mitchell advances to third on the hit. Edgar Cooper singles past the second baseman. Arthur Mitchell scores. Jack Hooper advances to third on the hit. Bill Crabtree singles to center field. Jack Hooper scores. Edgar Cooper advances to third on the hit. Les Forsch singles to left field. Edgar Cooper scores. Bill Crabtree aggressively advances to third on the hit. Danny Kremmel grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Atlanta Herman Grampp flies out to the center fielder. Shinji Tagi flies out to the center fielder. Frank Getzien singles to center field. Frank Getzien steals second. Fred Cromer hits a home run. Frank Getzien scores. Fred Robertson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Carl Fridley pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston John Kaline grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ivy Aragon flies out to the center fielder. Jim Kosco hits an infield single to the second baseman. Fred Robertson grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Atlanta Larry Friedrichs grounds out to the shortstop. Hiker Bathe grounds out to the third baseman. Jason Hesketh strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Jack Hooper doubles to center field. Edgar Cooper flies out to the right fielder. Bill Crabtree flies out to the left fielder. Les Forsch grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Atlanta Joe Mullins flies out to the left fielder. Herman Grampp grounds out to the second baseman. Shinji Tagi strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Danny Kremmel singles to right field. John Kaline grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Ivy Aragon flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Atlanta Steve Alomar comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Frank Getzien strikes out. Fred Cromer flies out to the center fielder. Carl Fridley flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Jim Kosco grounds out to the second baseman. Toshihiro Nishio is pinch hitting for Steve Alomar. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Toshihiro Nishio singles to left field. Toshihiro Nishio steals second. Jack Hooper grounds out to the second baseman. Toshihiro Nishio advances to third on the play. Edgar Cooper flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Atlanta Floyd Gantenbein pitching. Larry Friedrichs strikes out. Hiker Bathe singles to center field. Ed Krenchicki is pinch hitting for Jason Hesketh. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Hiker Bathe steals second. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Ed Krenchicki doubles to center field. Hiker Bathe scores. Tamotsu Hamada comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joe Mullins strikes out. Herman Grampp singles to right field. Ed Krenchicki scores. Shinji Tagi grounds into a force play to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Herman Grampp is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Roy Depaula pitching. Bill Crabtree flies out to the center fielder. Pablo Keller is pinch hitting for Les Forsch. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Pablo Keller doubles to right field. Danny Kremmel singles to center field. Pablo Keller scores. John Kaline strikes out. Ivy Aragon strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Atlanta Frank Getzien flies out to the center fielder. Fred Cromer walks. Carl Fridley flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Larry Friedrichs flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Pete Tiant comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Jim Kosco flies out to the center fielder. By Paniagua is pinch hitting for Tamotsu Hamada. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. By Paniagua grounds out to the third baseman. Jack Hooper flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners left on base: 6 Atlanta total runners left on base: 3
Batting:2B - Ed Krenchicki (7).3B - Joe Mullins (5).HR - Fred Cromer (22).GIDP - Jason Hesketh. Baserunning: SB - Frank Getzien (15), Hiker Bathe (13).
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bob Roseboro did not respond to coaching in control Silver Nicholson improves in arm Ed Gagliano improves in power_vs_righty Pinky Christensen improves in arm
Atlanta Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: John Brown did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Charlie Moss did not respond to coaching in control Charlie Moss did not respond to coaching in velocity Jack Schell did not respond to coaching in arm