Win: Daniel Bystrom (1-1) Loss: George Pipgrass (3-2)
Save: Whitey Werts (14)
Inning: 1 Houston Phil Niekro pitching. Wally Sumner flies out to the left fielder. Jack Parkman grounds out to the shortstop. Cap Gordon grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Milwaukee Babe Hale pitching. George Scott singles to right field. Elliott Maddox walks. Jack Howell flies out to the left fielder. Sig Giordano flies out to the left fielder. Hideki Matsui flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Houston Joe Welch strikes out. Gene Wise grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rex Ripley singles to right field. Rex Ripley steals second. Jimmy Young strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Milwaukee Elston Howard grounds out to the shortstop. Cliff Mapes walks. Duke Byrne strikes out. Phil Niekro grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Cliff Mapes is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Jim Leyritz pops out to the second baseman. Babe Hale grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Wally Sumner flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Milwaukee George Scott strikes out. Elliott Maddox strikes out. Jack Howell walks. Sig Giordano strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Jack Parkman pops out to the third baseman. Cap Gordon singles to center field. Cap Gordon steals second. Joe Welch singles to right field. Cap Gordon scores. Joe Welch steals second. Gene Wise grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Welch advances to third on the play. Rex Ripley lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Milwaukee Hideki Matsui flies out to the left fielder. Elston Howard strikes out. Cliff Mapes singles to center field. Duke Byrne grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Cliff Mapes is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Jimmy Young flies out to the right fielder. Jim Leyritz strikes out. Babe Hale strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Milwaukee Phil Niekro grounds out to the second baseman. George Scott triples. The defense is playing the infield in. Elliott Maddox flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, George Scott scores. Jack Howell strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Wally Sumner strikes out. Jack Parkman grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Cap Gordon strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Milwaukee Sig Giordano flies out to the center fielder. Hideki Matsui flies out to the center fielder. Elston Howard strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Joe Welch strikes out. Gene Wise flies out to the center fielder. Rex Ripley singles to right field. Jimmy Young grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Milwaukee Cliff Mapes singles in front of the right fielder. Cliff Mapes steals second. Duke Byrne strikes out. George Killebrew is pinch hitting for Phil Niekro. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. George Killebrew flies out to the right fielder. George Scott reached on a 2-base throwing error by Jack Parkman. Cliff Mapes scores. Elliott Maddox grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston George Pipgrass pitching. Jim Leyritz grounds out to the third baseman. Kevin Ward is pinch hitting for Babe Hale. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Kevin Ward singles to left field. Wally Sumner singles to center field. Kevin Ward is thrown out trying to advance to third by the center fielder. Jack Parkman grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Wally Sumner is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Milwaukee Daniel Bystrom pitching. Jack Howell pops out to the third baseman. Sig Giordano grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Hideki Matsui pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Cap Gordon grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Welch singles to left field. Gene Wise triples. Joe Welch scores. The defense is playing the infield in. Rex Ripley grounds out to the second baseman. Jimmy Young singles to right field. Gene Wise scores. Herb Pennock comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jim Leyritz grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jimmy Young is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Milwaukee Whitey Werts comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Elston Howard strikes out. Cliff Mapes flies out to the right fielder. Marcus Thames is pinch hitting for Duke Byrne. Marcus Thames grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners LOB: 5 Milwaukee total runners LOB: 6
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Andy Collins did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Shawn Davis did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Hideyuki Hino did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Queenie Roper did not respond to coaching in endurance
Milwaukee Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Chien-Ming Wang did not respond to coaching in velocity Didi Gregorius improves in contact_vs_lefty Chien-Ming Wang did not respond to coaching in control Juan Miranda improves in range Billy Butler did not respond to coaching in 1B