Win: Gene Behrman (6-1) Loss: Bill Lemongello (8-11)
Save: Herm Johnson (47)
Inning: 1 New York Bill Lemongello pitching. Tomoyoshi Minagawa walks. Bert Roberts strikes out. Brian Christensen grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Houston George Nilla pitching. Phil Motloch strikes out. Ed Toft walks. Alex Giouxs strikes out. Pedro Medeiros grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Ed Toft is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 New York John Peterson grounds out to the second baseman. Matt Cowley hits an infield single to the pitcher. Victor Munoz flies out to the center fielder. Frank Lofton strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Bob Schlotz grounds out to the pitcher. Paul Midgley grounds out to the pitcher. Octavio Sissi flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 New York Bill Quintana flies out to the left fielder. George Nilla strikes out. Tomoyoshi Minagawa walks. Bert Roberts lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Johan Moran strikes out. Bill Lemongello strikes out. Phil Motloch singles to center field. Ed Toft singles to left field. Alex Giouxs grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 New York Brian Christensen singles to right field. John Peterson flies out to the left fielder. Matt Cowley grounds out to the pitcher. Brian Christensen advances to second on the play. Victor Munoz strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Pedro Medeiros grounds out to the third baseman. Bob Schlotz doubles to right field. Paul Midgley grounds out to the third baseman. Octavio Sissi strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 New York Frank Lofton flies out to the left fielder. Bill Quintana grounds out to the second baseman. George Nilla pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Johan Moran singles to left field. Bill Lemongello lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Phil Motloch singles to left field. Johan Moran scores. Phil Motloch gets picked off first. Ed Toft grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 New York Tomoyoshi Minagawa grounds out to the shortstop. Bert Roberts strikes out. Brian Christensen grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Alex Giouxs strikes out. Pedro Medeiros singles past the shortstop. Bob Schlotz strikes out. Paul Midgley flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 New York John Peterson walks. John Peterson steals second. Matt Cowley flies out to the center fielder. Victor Munoz grounds out to the pitcher. Frank Lofton grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Greg Guise is pinch hitting for Octavio Sissi. Greg Guise grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Johan Moran grounds out to the pitcher. Bill Lemongello strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 New York Len Wilson enters the game as a defensive replacement for Greg Guise at C. Bill Quintana reached on a 2-base throwing error by Ed Toft. Harry Meyer is pinch hitting for George Nilla. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Harry Meyer reached on a fielding error by Phil Motloch. The defense is playing the corners in. Harry Meyer steals second. Tomoyoshi Minagawa pops out to the second baseman. Bert Roberts grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Quintana scores. Harry Meyer advances to third on the play. Brian Christensen strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Gene Behrman pitching. Phil Motloch strikes out. Ed Toft strikes out. Alex Giouxs grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 New York John Peterson grounds out to the pitcher. Matt Cowley doubles to center field. Victor Munoz singles to left field. Matt Cowley scores. Frank Lofton pops out to the shortstop. Bill Quintana grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Victor Munoz is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Herm Johnson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Pedro Medeiros doubles to center field. Bob Schlotz reached on a fielding error by Tomoyoshi Minagawa. Paul Midgley strikes out. Len Wilson flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Pedro Medeiros is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 1 New York total runners LOB: 6 Houston total runners LOB: 6
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Chicken Hall did not respond to coaching in velocity Ron Scott did not respond to coaching in speed Chicken Hall did not respond to coaching in control Jimmy Cox did not respond to coaching in velocity Roy Donovan improves in speed Luis Schwartz improves in arm
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Don Bronstad improves in power_vs_righty Joe Colbert improves in contact_vs_lefty Brant McDaniel improves in control Frankie Hutt did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Manny Benes did not respond to coaching in speed Chuck Watson did not respond to coaching in velocity Al Womack did not respond to coaching in 3B