Win: Felix Lipscomb (4-1) Loss: Bob Osborne (5-8)
Save: Duke Holbrook (24)
Inning: 1 Atlanta Bob Osborne pitching. Huck Helling strikes out. Bobby Kimm singles to right field. Kevin Storti flies out to the right fielder. Bobby Kimm steals second. Pat Aldridge grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Houston Buster Lampe pitching. Ron Renteria singles to center field. Dick Babb flies out to the center fielder. Denny Coakley grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ron Renteria is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ted Chamberlain singles to right field. Gary Benn singles to center field. Denny Coakley scores. Eddy Rodriguez strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Atlanta Kanon Brudner lines out to the second baseman. Takashi Maruyama flies out to the left fielder. Harry Crumb grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Chris Smith strikes out. Mark Nilsson lines out to the shortstop. Bob Osborne flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Atlanta Kelly Winford grounds out to the second baseman. Buster Lampe grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Huck Helling grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Ron Renteria singles to center field. Ron Renteria steals second. Dick Babb flies out to the center fielder. Denny Coakley grounds out to the second baseman. Ron Renteria advances to third on the play. Ted Chamberlain grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Atlanta Bobby Kimm walks. Kevin Storti pops out to the catcher. Pat Aldridge strikes out. Kanon Brudner singles to center field. Bobby Kimm advances to third on the hit. Takashi Maruyama hits a home run. Bobby Kimm scores. Kanon Brudner scores. Harry Crumb walks. Kelly Winford flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Gary Benn grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Eddy Rodriguez singles to right field. Chris Smith flies out to the right fielder. Mark Nilsson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Atlanta Buster Lampe flies out to the right fielder. Huck Helling singles past the second baseman. Bobby Kimm strikes out. Kevin Storti flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Bob Osborne strikes out. Ron Renteria grounds out to the pitcher. Dick Babb flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Atlanta Pat Aldridge singles to left field. Kanon Brudner flies out to the right fielder. Takashi Maruyama singles to right field. Pat Aldridge is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Harry Crumb singles past the second baseman. Kelly Winford grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Houston Denny Coakley grounds out to the second baseman. Kenley Kashiwada comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Ted Chamberlain singles past the shortstop. Gary Benn grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ted Chamberlain advances to second on the play. Eddy Rodriguez doubles to right field. Ted Chamberlain scores. Ray Durham comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Chris Smith singles to right field. Mark Nilsson doubles to right field. Eddy Rodriguez scores. Chris Smith uses his aggressiveness and scores. Ray Kinsella comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bob Osborne grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Atlanta Stan Smith is pinch hitting for Ray Kinsella. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Stan Smith grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Huck Helling grounds out to the shortstop. Bobby Kimm singles to center field. Kevin Storti grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Bobby Kimm is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Felix Lipscomb pitching. Ron Renteria singles to center field. Dick Babb flies out to the center fielder. Denny Coakley flies out to the left fielder. Ted Chamberlain strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Atlanta Pat Aldridge grounds out to the second baseman. Kanon Brudner flies out to the right fielder. Takashi Maruyama doubles to center field. Harry Crumb hits a home run. Takashi Maruyama scores. Kevin Gaspar comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Kelly Winford flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Gary Benn grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Eddy Rodriguez walks. Chris Smith pops out to the first baseman. Mark Nilsson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Atlanta Norm Rose is pinch hitting for Felix Lipscomb. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Norm Rose singles past the shortstop. Huck Helling grounds out to the shortstop. Norm Rose advances to second on the play. Norm Rose steals third. Bobby Kimm walks. Kevin Storti flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Norm Rose scores. Pat Aldridge grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Duke Holbrook pitching. John Bollweg is pinch hitting for Kevin Gaspar. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. John Bollweg walks. Ron Renteria flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Dick Babb walks. Denny Coakley strikes out. Ted Chamberlain singles past the shortstop. John Bollweg scores. Gary Benn flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Atlanta total runners LOB: 7 Houston total runners LOB: 9
Atlanta Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Ed Giovanola did not respond to coaching in control Garry Schultz improves in arm Carl Pilarcik did not respond to coaching in velocity Hod Handrahan improves in arm Garry Schultz did not respond to coaching in 3B
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: George Molyneaux did not respond to coaching in control Tom Dotter did not respond to coaching in velocity Russ Winford improves in velocity Jose Mamaux did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Mark Stanton did not respond to coaching in 2B