Win: Candy Vuckovich (3-1) Loss: Eddie Shemo (2-2)
Inning: 1 Houston Mark Bailey pitching. Hank Hornsby strikes out. Charlie Scott strikes out. Joe Steinfeldt pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Alex Foley pitching. Joe Valdez flies out to the left fielder. Pat Clark pops out to the first baseman. Bob Inglett singles to right field. Bill DiSarcina strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Walt Sizemore strikes out. Ralph McNamara singles to right field. Gus Dozier strikes out. Mickey Crompton singles to center field. Ralph McNamara advances to third on the hit. Jay Hurst grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Juan Pennington grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Rickey Fetzer singles to right field. Wally Pactwa singles to left field. Jake Livengood strikes out. Mark Bailey grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Houston Alex Foley strikes out. Hank Hornsby strikes out. Charlie Scott grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Joe Valdez strikes out. Pat Clark pops out to the second baseman. Bob Inglett strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Joe Steinfeldt strikes out. Walt Sizemore grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Ralph McNamara flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Bill DiSarcina walks. Juan Pennington flies out to the right fielder. Rickey Fetzer grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Gus Dozier strikes out. Mickey Crompton doubles to center field. Jay Hurst flies out to the right fielder. Alex Foley grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Wally Pactwa reached on a fielding error by Mickey Crompton. Jake Livengood walks. Mark Bailey lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Joe Valdez flies out to the right fielder. Pat Clark hits a home run. Wally Pactwa scores. Jake Livengood scores. Bob Inglett singles to left field. Bob Inglett steals second. Bill DiSarcina strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Hank Hornsby pops out to the third baseman. Charlie Scott strikes out. Joe Steinfeldt grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Juan Pennington grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Rickey Fetzer grounds out to the second baseman. Wally Pactwa singles to left field. Jake Livengood flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Walt Sizemore flies out to the right fielder. Ralph McNamara singles to center field. Gus Dozier triples. Ralph McNamara scores. Mickey Crompton lines out to the shortstop. Jay Hurst hits a home run. Gus Dozier scores. John Romero is pinch hitting for Alex Foley. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. John Romero strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Laurin Moore pitching. Mark Bailey flies out to the center fielder. Joe Valdez walks. Pat Clark grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Hank Hornsby grounds out to the shortstop. Charlie Scott pops out to the second baseman. Joe Steinfeldt grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Bob Inglett singles to center field. Bill DiSarcina grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Juan Pennington triples. Rickey Fetzer singles to left field. Juan Pennington scores. Wally Pactwa strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Newt Kaiser comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Walt Sizemore flies out to the left fielder. Ralph McNamara hits a home run. Gus Dozier grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Mickey Crompton walks. Jay Hurst doubles to right field. Emil Hildebrand is pinch hitting for Laurin Moore. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Emil Hildebrand walks. Candy Vuckovich comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Hank Hornsby walks. Mickey Crompton scores. Charlie Scott strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Eddie Shemo pitching. Jake Livengood pops out to the shortstop. Carroll Sievers is pinch hitting for Candy Vuckovich. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Carroll Sievers walks. Joe Valdez hits a home run. Carroll Sievers scores. Houston total runners left on base: 6 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 6
Batting:3B - Juan Pennington (2).HR - Joe Valdez (3), Pat Clark (5).GIDP - Pat Clark, Bill DiSarcina, Rickey Fetzer. Baserunning: SB - Bob Inglett (2).
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Mike Smith did not respond to coaching in velocity Mike Smith did not respond to coaching in control Wingo Ivie improves in speed Monte Kinsella did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Bob Dessau did not respond to coaching in control Marv Roque did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ike Egan did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Arlie Dunn improves in contact_vs_righty Don Causey improves in contact_vs_righty Ike Egan improves in range Arlie Dunn did not respond to coaching in arm George Henry did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty