Inning: 1 Colorado Gary Sukla pitching. Tom Petty grounds out to the third baseman. Les Almada lines out to the shortstop. Howdy Stewart grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Houston Tom Denman pitching. Ed Perez strikes out. Al McGunnigle flies out to the right fielder. Gene Maurer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Colorado Bob Mrozinski singles to left field. Barry Snyder strikes out. Donn Hernandez flies out to the left fielder. Larry Green pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Harry Ryan walks. Vern Bare flies out to the right fielder. Harry Ryan steals second. Tom Sanders doubles to left field. Harry Ryan scores. Yoshihiro Oishi grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tom Sanders advances to third on the play. Glenn Chamberlain strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Colorado Dave Ferrell strikes out. Tom Denman pops out to the shortstop. Tom Petty grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Gary Sukla grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Perez singles to left field. Al McGunnigle grounds out to the third baseman. Ed Perez advances to second on the play. Gene Maurer grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Colorado Les Almada singles to right field. Howdy Stewart grounds out to the third baseman. Les Almada advances to second on the play. Bob Mrozinski singles to left field. Les Almada scores. Barry Snyder grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Bob Mrozinski is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Donn Hernandez flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Harry Ryan walks. Vern Bare strikes out. Tom Sanders grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Colorado Larry Green grounds out to the second baseman. Dave Ferrell strikes out. Tom Denman grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Yoshihiro Oishi grounds out to the shortstop. Glenn Chamberlain pops out to the second baseman. Gary Sukla strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Colorado Tom Petty flies out to the center fielder. Les Almada walks. Howdy Stewart grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Les Almada is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Bob Mrozinski hits a home run. Howdy Stewart scores. Barry Snyder grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Ed Perez singles to right field. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Al McGunnigle pops out to the pitcher. Gene Maurer flies out to the center fielder. Harry Ryan singles to right field. Ed Perez scores. Harry Ryan is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Colorado Donn Hernandez singles to left field. Larry Green singles to center field. Dave Ferrell flies out to the center fielder. Tom Denman lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Tom Petty grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Houston Vern Bare grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Tom Sanders singles to center field. Yoshihiro Oishi strikes out. Glenn Chamberlain flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Colorado Les Almada strikes out. Howdy Stewart singles to center field. Bob Mrozinski grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Greg Bell is pinch hitting for Gary Sukla. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Greg Bell hits a home run. Masaji Sogawa is pinch hitting for Ed Perez. Masaji Sogawa strikes out. Al McGunnigle singles to right field. Morrie Blankenship comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Al McGunnigle steals second. Gene Maurer singles to center field. Al McGunnigle scores. Harry Ryan walks. Vern Bare singles to center field. Tom Sanders grounds out to the second baseman. Gene Maurer scores. Harry Ryan advances to third on the play. Vern Bare advances to second on the play. Roy Groom comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ryan Burkart is pinch hitting for Yoshihiro Oishi. Ryan Burkart pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Colorado Steve Olson pitching. Bill Lewis enters the game as a defensive replacement for Masaji Sogawa at 2B. Bob Bissonette enters the game as a defensive replacement for Ryan Burkart at 3B. Barry Snyder grounds out to the pitcher. Donn Hernandez strikes out. Larry Green walks. Dave Ferrell singles to left field. Larry Green advances to third on the hit. Bernie York is pinch hitting for Roy Groom. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Bernie York singles to center field. Larry Green scores. Tom Petty doubles to right field. Dave Ferrell scores. Bernie York uses his aggressiveness and scores. Tanyon Surhoff comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Les Almada pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Bill Welch pitching. Glenn Chamberlain doubles to left field. Tanyon Surhoff lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. The defense is playing the infield in. Bill Lewis singles to right field. Glenn Chamberlain scores. Ernie Cunningham comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Al McGunnigle strikes out. Gene Maurer reached on a 2-base throwing error by Bob Mrozinski. Harry Ryan strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 10 Colorado Howdy Stewart flies out to the center fielder. Bob Mrozinski grounds out to the pitcher. Barry Snyder grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Houston Vern Bare triples. The defense is playing the infield in. Tom Sanders flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Vern Bare scores. Colorado total runners left on base: 5 Houston total runners left on base: 7
Batting:2B - Tom Sanders (17), Glenn Chamberlain (15).3B - Vern Bare (3).HR - Greg Bell (8).SF - Tom Sanders.GIDP - Tom Sanders. Baserunning: SB - Al McGunnigle (36), Harry Ryan (29).CS - Harry Ryan (13).
Colorado Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Joe Brenly improves in power_vs_righty Zak Wright did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Bill Wertz improves in power_vs_lefty Bill Wertz did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Bill Wertz did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Joe Murray improves in contact_vs_righty Dale Castleman did not respond to coaching in 1B
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Charlie Umbricht improves in arm Ned Rafter did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Vic Nold did not respond to coaching in control Bob Weilman improves in contact_vs_lefty Purnal Bates did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Bob Robinson improves in contact_vs_righty