Win: Lefty Whelan (8-11) Loss: Charlie Gibson (8-10)
Save: Jose Halt (34)
Inning: 1 Houston Charlie Gibson pitching. Bill Lewis grounds out to the shortstop. Al McGunnigle strikes out. Heinie Schullstrom pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 New York Lefty Whelan pitching. Emerson Delcamp grounds out to the pitcher. Don Gazella singles to center field. Dave Hughes grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Harry Ryan singles to left field. Jimmy Howell grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. David Clay bunts for a base hit. Jim Fox grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 New York Upper Decker strikes out. Ed Davis singles past the third baseman. J.J. Briggs grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Hisanobu Inaba walks. Lefty Whelan lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, Hisanobu Inaba forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Bill Lewis singles to center field. Al McGunnigle strikes out. Heinie Schullstrom singles to left field. Lefty Whelan scores. Bill Lewis advances to third on the hit. Harry Ryan singles to right field. Bill Lewis scores. Heinie Schullstrom advances to third on the hit. Jimmy Howell strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 New York Ira Porter singles to center field. Greg Mele flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Charlie Gibson lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Ira Porter forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Emerson Delcamp singles to right field. Don Gazella lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Houston David Clay pops out to the second baseman. Jim Fox flies out to the right fielder. Hisanobu Inaba grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 New York Dave Hughes strikes out. Upper Decker grounds out to the pitcher. Ed Davis grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Lefty Whelan pops out to the second baseman. Bill Lewis singles to left field. Al McGunnigle grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Bill Lewis is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Heinie Schullstrom grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Al McGunnigle is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 New York J.J. Briggs lines out to the second baseman. Ira Porter doubles to center field. Greg Mele strikes out. Charlie Gibson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Harry Ryan flies out to the left fielder. Jimmy Howell strikes out. David Clay strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 New York Emerson Delcamp flies out to the center fielder. Don Gazella walks. Dave Hughes strikes out. Upper Decker singles to right field. Don Gazella aggressively advances to third on the hit. Ed Davis grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Houston Bill Buckalew comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Jim Fox flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Hisanobu Inaba strikes out. Lefty Whelan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 New York J.J. Briggs strikes out. Ira Porter strikes out. Greg Mele grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Greg Bell is pinch hitting for Bill Lewis. Greg Bell flies out to the center fielder. Al McGunnigle walks. Heinie Schullstrom walks. Harry Ryan flies out to the center fielder. Jimmy Howell singles to right field. Al McGunnigle scores. Heinie Schullstrom advances to third on the hit. David Clay singles to center field. Heinie Schullstrom scores. Jimmy Howell advances to third on the hit. Ricardo Nash comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jim Fox grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 New York Bob Bissonette enters the game as a defensive replacement for Greg Bell at 2B. Dennis Holly is pinch hitting for Ricardo Nash. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Dennis Holly strikes out. Emerson Delcamp flies out to the right fielder. Don Gazella doubles to center field. Vern Bare is pinch hitting for Dave Hughes. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Vern Bare strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Fred Brown pitching. Hisanobu Inaba strikes out. Lefty Whelan grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Bissonette strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 New York Upper Decker triples. Scott Reilly 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. Ed Davis grounds out to the shortstop. Upper Decker scores. J.J. Briggs flies out to the left fielder. Ira Porter doubles to center field. Jose Halt comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Greg Mele doubles to center field. Ira Porter scores. Heinie Hairs is pinch hitting for Fred Brown. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Heinie Hairs pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Houston total runners LOB: 6 New York total runners LOB: 7
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Homer Nyman improves in power_vs_righty Tom Grant did not respond to coaching in control Masaji Sogawa did not respond to coaching in range Vic Nold improves in control Jerry Zdeb did not respond to coaching in velocity Tom Grant improves in control
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Gus Samford did not respond to coaching in control Gus Samford did not respond to coaching in velocity Crese Smallwood improves in power_vs_lefty Bubba Griffin improves in velocity Ralph Scantlebury did not respond to coaching in endurance Roy Mallonee did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Roy Mallonee did not respond to coaching in SS