Win: Frank Orsulak (1-4) Loss: Alex Foley (1-5)
Save: Newt Kaiser (9)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati Alex Foley pitching. Joe Valdez strikes out. Shoji Narita singles to right field. Pat Clark flies out to the center fielder. Jose Moon walks. Bob Inglett singles to left field. Shoji Narita scores. Jose Moon advances to third on the hit. Juan Pennington flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Houston Frank Orsulak pitching. Joe Steinfeldt grounds out to the shortstop. Walt Sizemore singles past the third baseman. Ralph McNamara grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Walt Sizemore is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Gus Dozier grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Ralph McNamara is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Rickey Fetzer grounds out to the catcher. John Hairston singles to center field. Frank Orsulak lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Joe Valdez singles to center field. Shoji Narita singles to left field. John Hairston scores. Joe Valdez advances to third on the hit. Pat Clark singles to right field. Joe Valdez scores. Shoji Narita aggressively advances to third on the hit. Jose Moon flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Houston Troy McEnaney pops out to the second baseman. Mickey Crompton doubles to center field. John Romero pops out to the second baseman. Jay Hurst singles to center field. Mickey Crompton scores. Alex Foley flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Bob Inglett flies out to the center fielder. Juan Pennington strikes out. Rickey Fetzer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Joe Steinfeldt grounds out to the shortstop. Walt Sizemore grounds out to the pitcher. Ralph McNamara pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati John Hairston walks. Frank Orsulak fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Frank Orsulak strikes out. Joe Valdez pops out to the catcher. Shoji Narita grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Gus Dozier singles to right field. Troy McEnaney grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Gus Dozier is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Mickey Crompton walks. John Romero is hit by a pitch. Jay Hurst strikes out. Alex Foley strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Pat Clark flies out to the center fielder. Jose Moon strikes out. Bob Inglett strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Joe Steinfeldt walks. Walt Sizemore doubles to left field. Joe Steinfeldt uses his aggressiveness and scores. Ralph McNamara lines out to the third baseman. Gus Dozier grounds out to the third baseman. Troy McEnaney flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Juan Pennington grounds out to the shortstop. Rickey Fetzer hits a home run. John Hairston grounds out to the pitcher. Frank Orsulak flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Mickey Crompton grounds out to the second baseman. John Romero flies out to the left fielder. Jay Hurst flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Joe Valdez strikes out. Shoji Narita pops out to the shortstop. Pat Clark grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Connie Wynn is pinch hitting for Alex Foley. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Connie Wynn doubles to right field. Candy Vuckovich 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. Joe Steinfeldt grounds out to the pitcher. Walt Sizemore grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Connie Wynn advances to third on the play. Ralph McNamara strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Laurin Moore pitching. Jose Moon flies out to the left fielder. Bob Inglett grounds out to the pitcher. Juan Pennington flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Gus Dozier walks. Troy McEnaney singles to center field. Gus Dozier advances to third on the hit. Mickey Crompton grounds out to the shortstop. Gus Dozier scores. Troy McEnaney advances to second on the play. John Romero grounds out to the second baseman. Troy McEnaney advances to third on the play. Jay Hurst strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Rickey Fetzer grounds out to the third baseman. John Hairston strikes out. Omar Alomar is pinch hitting for Candy Vuckovich. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Omar Alomar grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Newt Kaiser pitching. Emil Hildebrand is pinch hitting for Laurin Moore. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Emil Hildebrand strikes out. Joe Steinfeldt walks. Walt Sizemore flies out to the right fielder. Ralph McNamara flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 5 Houston total runners LOB: 9
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Johnny Rowland did not respond to coaching in velocity Roy Twombly did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Patrick Johnson did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Roy Twombly did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty George Henry improves in contact_vs_lefty Johnny Rowland improves in control
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Mike Smith improves in control Billy Flowers did not respond to coaching in velocity Scott Ray did not respond to coaching in control Bob Dessau did not respond to coaching in control Jimmy Agbayani did not respond to coaching in velocity Wingo Ivie did not respond to coaching in range