Win: Roger Matthews (4-6) Loss: Daisuke Yano (2-5)
Save: George Sanchez (18)
Inning: 1 New York Herb Reynolds pitching. Kennie Lavelle grounds out to the shortstop. Wattie Decatur singles to left field. Wattie Decatur steals second. Doc White grounds out to the pitcher. Jackie Schu singles to right field. Wattie Decatur scores. Ken Wieand strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Houston Daisuke Yano pitching. Judas Priest singles to right field. Vendas El Equipo flies out to the center fielder. Russ Attreau flies out to the right fielder. Bill Kokos reached on a fielding error by Wattie Decatur. Shane Hancock singles to center field. Judas Priest scores. Chuck Bisquette flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 New York Turner Burke walks. Tim Boswell strikes out. Pete Clark singles to right field. Daisuke Yano lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Kennie Lavelle grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Houston Al Sikorski singles to left field. Buddy Curd grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Herb Reynolds lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 New York Wattie Decatur triples. Doc White walks. Jackie Schu pops out to the third baseman. Ken Wieand grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Doc White advances to second on the play. Turner Burke singles to center field. Wattie Decatur scores. Doc White scores. Tim Boswell strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Judas Priest strikes out. Vendas El Equipo flies out to the right fielder. Russ Attreau singles to right field. Bill Kokos grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 New York Pete Clark strikes out. Daisuke Yano grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Kennie Lavelle walks. Wattie Decatur strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Shane Hancock flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Chuck Bisquette singles to right field. Al Sikorski flies out to the right fielder. Buddy Curd grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 New York Doc White grounds out to the third baseman. Jackie Schu singles to center field. Ken Wieand strikes out. Turner Burke singles to center field. Tim Boswell strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Houston Tom Green is pinch hitting for Herb Reynolds. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Tom Green flies out to the left fielder. Judas Priest grounds out to the third baseman. Vendas El Equipo grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 New York Roger Matthews pitching. Pete Clark grounds out to the second baseman. Daisuke Yano strikes out. Kennie Lavelle grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Russ Attreau walks. Bill Kokos flies out to the left fielder. Shane Hancock strikes out. Chuck Bisquette strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 New York Wattie Decatur flies out to the center fielder. Doc White singles to center field. Jackie Schu grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Doc White advances to second on the play. Ken Wieand walks. Turner Burke grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Houston Al Sikorski pops out to the catcher. Buddy Curd singles to left field. Otto Nichols is pinch hitting for Roger Matthews. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Otto Nichols grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Buddy Curd is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Passed ball. Otto Nichols advances to second. Judas Priest doubles to right field. Otto Nichols scores. Vendas El Equipo reached on a fielding error by Tim Boswell. Russ Attreau triples. Judas Priest scores. Vendas El Equipo scores. Bill Kokos walks. Shane Hancock flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 New York Eduardo Wilhelm pitching. Tim Boswell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Pete Clark singles to center field. Russ Borowski is pinch hitting for Daisuke Yano. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Russ Borowski grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Harley Cornell pitching. Chuck Bisquette grounds out to the second baseman. Al Sikorski flies out to the right fielder. Buddy Curd grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 New York George Sanchez comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Kennie Lavelle flies out to the center fielder. Wattie Decatur flies out to the right fielder. Doc White pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 New York total runners left on base: 9 Houston total runners left on base: 7
Game Notes Harley Cornell is injured and is expected to be out 35 days.
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Jack Wheeler did not respond to coaching in velocity Willard Roach did not respond to coaching in range Scott Murphy improves in velocity Willard Roach did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Fritz Jackson did not respond to coaching in CF
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Vic Knight improves in speed Dizzy Callahan did not respond to coaching in range Norm Ellingsen did not respond to coaching in speed Dizzy Callahan did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Ben Bridges did not respond to coaching in 1B