Inning: 1 Houston Salome Alberto pitching. Jack Hooper pops out to the catcher. Edgar Cooper strikes out. Danny Kremmel grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cincinnati John Pertica pitching. Spike Schmidt strikes out. Billy Hibbs grounds out to the second baseman. Loren Maguire strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Les Forsch flies out to the left fielder. Ivy Aragon strikes out. John Kaline flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Bill Householder grounds out to the shortstop. Ron Gilbert grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Williams pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Toshihiro Nishio flies out to the center fielder. Nate Carroll reached on a 2-base fielding error by Billy Hibbs. John Pertica grounds out to the pitcher. Jack Hooper hits a home run. Nate Carroll scores. Edgar Cooper hits a home run. Danny Kremmel strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Francisco Hepler singles to center field. Dave Settlemire grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Salome Alberto grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Les Forsch grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ivy Aragon flies out to the center fielder. John Kaline strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Spike Schmidt reached on a 2-base fielding error by Jack Hooper. Billy Hibbs walks. Loren Maguire grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Billy Hibbs is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Bill Householder walks. Ron Gilbert pops out to the shortstop. Bill Williams flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Houston Toshihiro Nishio pops out to the second baseman. Nate Carroll singles to center field. John Pertica lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jack Hooper grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Francisco Hepler singles to center field. Dave Settlemire grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Salome Alberto pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Edgar Cooper strikes out. Danny Kremmel grounds out to the third baseman. Les Forsch singles to center field. Ivy Aragon grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Les Forsch is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Spike Schmidt singles to left field. Billy Hibbs walks. Loren Maguire doubles to center field. Spike Schmidt scores. Bill Householder walks. Ron Gilbert strikes out. Bill Williams reached on a fielding error by John Pertica. Billy Hibbs scores. Bert Allen 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. Francisco Hepler singles to right field. Loren Maguire scores. Bill Householder scores. Dave Settlemire grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Williams advances to third on the play. Francisco Hepler advances to second on the play. Salome Alberto flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Houston John Kaline flies out to the center fielder. Toshihiro Nishio walks. Nate Carroll walks. Andy Drews is pinch hitting for Bert Allen. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Andy Drews walks. Johnnie Latham 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. Jack Hooper singles to center field. Toshihiro Nishio scores. Nate Carroll scores. Edgar Cooper hits a home run. Andy Drews scores. Jack Hooper scores. Jack Augustine comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Danny Kremmel singles to center field. Pablo Keller is pinch hitting for Les Forsch. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Pablo Keller grounds out to the third baseman. Danny Kremmel advances to second on the play. Ivy Aragon singles to center field. Emmett St.Claire is pinch hitting for John Kaline. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Emmett St.Claire strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Billy Hayward pitching. Spike Schmidt grounds out to the second baseman. Billy Hibbs flies out to the left fielder. Loren Maguire strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Jim Kosco is pinch hitting for Toshihiro Nishio. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jim Kosco flies out to the left fielder. Nate Carroll hits a home run. Andy Kimball is pinch hitting for Billy Hayward. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Andy Kimball doubles to right field. Jack Hooper flies out to the right fielder. Edgar Cooper walks. Danny Kremmel flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Steve Alomar pitching. Bill Householder grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ron Gilbert grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Williams pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Pablo Keller strikes out. Ivy Aragon pops out to the first baseman. Emmett St.Claire singles to right field. Jim Kosco flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Francisco Hepler singles past the second baseman. Francisco Hepler steals second. Dave Settlemire grounds out to the third baseman. George Nourse is pinch hitting for Jack Augustine. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. George Nourse strikes out. Spike Schmidt grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Houston total runners LOB: 7 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 6
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Vernon Irwin did not respond to coaching in range Dutch Shirey improves in power_vs_righty Pinky Christensen improves in power_vs_righty Bill Decker improves in range
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Frank Smith improves in velocity Frank Smith did not respond to coaching in velocity Joe Zachry did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Les Varsho improves in contact_vs_righty