Win: Ted Smith (4-8) Loss: Jim Blosser (1-3)
Save: Jose Halt (14)
Inning: 1 Houston Mark Gorecki pitching. Bill Lewis strikes out. Al McGunnigle doubles to center field. Joe Byrne strikes out. Daijiro Tanioka grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Chicago Ted Smith pitching. Freddie Parsons hits a home run. Yordanis Perez flies out to the left fielder. Joe Kemmler pops out to the catcher. Bobby Bonura strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Heinie Schullstrom grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Harry Ryan flies out to the left fielder. Jimmy Howell hits a home run. Hisanobu Inaba grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Chicago Steve Pitler pops out to the first baseman. Darrell Money grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Doc Holcombe grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Ted Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Lewis strikes out. Al McGunnigle singles to right field. Al McGunnigle steals second. Joe Byrne walks. Daijiro Tanioka grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Joe Byrne is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Chicago Jeff Fisher strikes out. Mark Gorecki lines out to the shortstop. Freddie Parsons flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Heinie Schullstrom flies out to the right fielder. Harry Ryan singles to right field. Jimmy Howell strikes out. Harry Ryan gets picked off first. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Chicago Yordanis Perez pops out to the second baseman. Joe Kemmler walks. Bobby Bonura grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Joe Kemmler is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Steve Pitler singles to center field. Bobby Bonura advances to third on the hit. Darrell Money strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Houston Hisanobu Inaba flies out to the right fielder. Ted Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Lewis grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Chicago Doc Holcombe flies out to the center fielder. Jeff Fisher doubles to center field. Mark Gorecki flies out to the left fielder. Freddie Parsons grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Al McGunnigle flies out to the right fielder. Joe Byrne bunts for a base hit. Daijiro Tanioka lines out to the shortstop. Heinie Schullstrom flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Chicago Yordanis Perez singles to right field. Joe Kemmler lines out to the second baseman. Bobby Bonura strikes out. Steve Pitler grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Harry Ryan reached on a 2-base throwing error by Darrell Money. Jimmy Howell doubles to center field. Harry Ryan scores. Hisanobu Inaba flies out to the center fielder. Ted Smith flies out to the left fielder. Jim Blosser 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. Bill Lewis singles to left field. Jimmy Howell scores. Al McGunnigle grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Chicago Darrell Money grounds out to the pitcher. Doc Holcombe doubles to right field. Jeff Fisher walks. Jim Blosser fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Jim Blosser strikes out. Freddie Parsons doubles to right field. Doc Holcombe scores. Jeff Fisher uses his aggressiveness and scores. Yordanis Perez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Joe Byrne strikes out. Daijiro Tanioka strikes out. Heinie Schullstrom doubles to right field. Jim Fox is pinch hitting for Harry Ryan. Jim Fox hits a home run. Heinie Schullstrom scores. Dizzy Taylor comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jimmy Howell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Chicago Greg Bell enters the game as a defensive replacement for Jim Fox at CF. Joe Kemmler grounds out to the third baseman. Bobby Bonura grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Steve Pitler strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Naoji Takahashi is pinch hitting for Hisanobu Inaba. Naoji Takahashi walks. David Clay is pinch hitting for Ted Smith. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. David Clay flies out to the right fielder. Bill Lewis grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Naoji Takahashi is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Al McGunnigle lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Chicago Jose Halt pitching. Yoshihiro Oishi enters the game as a defensive replacement for Naoji Takahashi at C. Darrell Money pops out to the second baseman. Doc Holcombe strikes out. Jeff Fisher grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners LOB: 6 Chicago total runners LOB: 5
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Gene Maurer did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Homer Nyman improves in power_vs_lefty Rich Morman did not respond to coaching in arm Masaji Sogawa improves in contact_vs_lefty Jim Bowers improves in speed Masaji Sogawa did not respond to coaching in speed
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bill Cronin did not respond to coaching in speed Charles Collins did not respond to coaching in velocity George Worrell improves in contact_vs_righty Gene Velazquez improves in power_vs_lefty Bob Ging did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Pascual Riggs did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Fred Girard did not respond to coaching in 3B