Inning: 1 Houston Andon Titian pitching. Wally Sumner grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Jack Parkman walks. Cap Gordon flies out to the right fielder. Joe Welch strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Brooklyn Babe Hale pitching. Kenny Law flies out to the left fielder. Terry Parrish flies out to the center fielder. Bobby Bailles singles to center field. Alton Whittaker singles to center field. Bobby Bailles advances to third on the hit. Pete Delgado strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Houston Walt Henrich flies out to the left fielder. Tom Karkovice strikes out. Rex Ripley grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Brooklyn Oscar Pettiford flies out to the center fielder. Kenneth Archimides grounds out to the second baseman. Edwin Dominica grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Jimmy Young flies out to the center fielder. Babe Hale flies out to the left fielder. Wally Sumner triples. Jack Parkman singles to center field. Wally Sumner scores. Cap Gordon is hit by a pitch. Joe Welch strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Brooklyn Andon Titian strikes out. Kenny Law is hit by a pitch. Terry Parrish grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Kenny Law is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Bobby Bailles strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Walt Henrich flies out to the center fielder. Tom Karkovice singles to center field. Tom Karkovice steals second. Rex Ripley singles past the third baseman. Tom Karkovice is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Rex Ripley steals second. Jimmy Young pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Brooklyn Alton Whittaker strikes out. Pete Delgado singles in front of the left fielder. Pete Delgado is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Oscar Pettiford doubles to left field. Kenneth Archimides singles to center field. Oscar Pettiford scores. Edwin Dominica singles to right field. Kenneth Archimides advances to third on the hit. Andon Titian strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Houston Babe Hale grounds out to the pitcher. Wally Sumner singles past the second baseman. Wally Sumner steals second. Jack Parkman walks. Cap Gordon singles to center field. Wally Sumner scores. Joe Welch singles to right field. Jack Parkman scores. Walt Henrich singles to left field. Cap Gordon is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Joe Welch advances to third on the play. Tom Karkovice grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Brooklyn Kenny Law strikes out. Terry Parrish grounds out to the shortstop. Bobby Bailles flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Katsushi Mochizuki comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Rex Ripley strikes out. Jimmy Young grounds out to the second baseman. Babe Hale singles to left field. Wally Sumner flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Brooklyn Alton Whittaker strikes out. Pete Delgado pops out to the first baseman. Oscar Pettiford hits a home run. Kenneth Archimides strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Jack Parkman walks. Cap Gordon flies out to the right fielder. Joe Welch strikes out. Walt Henrich strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Brooklyn Edwin Dominica grounds out to the third baseman. Darnell Parthian is pinch hitting for Katsushi Mochizuki. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Darnell Parthian grounds out to the second baseman. Kenny Law flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Karl Best pitching. Tom Karkovice strikes out. Rex Ripley lines out to the shortstop. Jimmy Young singles to right field. Kevin Ward is pinch hitting for Babe Hale. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Kevin Ward strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Brooklyn Whitey Werts pitching. Terry Parrish singles past the second baseman. Bobby Bailles singles in front of the center fielder. Daniel Bystrom comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Alton Whittaker doubles to left field. Terry Parrish scores. The defense is playing the infield in. Pete Delgado singles to left field. Bobby Bailles scores. Alton Whittaker scores. Nate Cornejo comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Oscar Pettiford hits a home run. Pete Delgado scores. Joe Wheeler comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Kenneth Archimides reached on a fielding error by Jimmy Young. Edwin Dominica strikes out. Karl Best lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Kenny Law walks. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Terry Parrish flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Houston Wally Sumner singles to center field. Jack Parkman flies out to the left fielder. Wally Sumner is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Cap Gordon flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners left on base: 9 Brooklyn total runners left on base: 7
Batting:3B - Wally Sumner (3).HBP - Cap Gordon (2). Baserunning: SB - Wally Sumner (5), Tom Karkovice (1), Rex Ripley (4).CS - Wally Sumner (4). Fielding: E - Jimmy Young.
Game Notes Walt Henrich is injured and is expected to be out 49 days.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Shawn Davis did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Darrell Aragon did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Joe Scott did not respond to coaching in velocity Frank Pavlas did not respond to coaching in control Andy Collins improves in RF
Brooklyn Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ronnie Queets did not respond to coaching in arm Ronnie Queets did not respond to coaching in range Sherry Burns did not respond to coaching in arm Elmer Heiser improves in arm Ronnie Queets improves in LF