Win: Mark Gardner (4-6) Loss: Floyd Spicoli (2-5)
Save: Joe Price (12)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati Floyd Spicoli pitching. Mike Laga strikes out. Robin Yount singles to right field. Robin Yount gets picked off first. Angel Escobar walks. Byron Dumoulin strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Houston Mark Gardner pitching. Monte Heving strikes out. Emil Bragan grounds out to the shortstop. Charlie Warhop grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Jose Uribe strikes out. Moe Thacker pops out to the first baseman. Jermaine Allensworth strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston King Blackburn flies out to the center fielder. Dick Crist flies out to the center fielder. Eddie Milner pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Kevin Roman singles to center field. Kevin Roman steals second. Mark Gardner fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Mark Gardner strikes out. Mike Laga walks. Robin Yount walks. The defense is playing the infield in. Angel Escobar flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Kevin Roman scores. Byron Dumoulin grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Houston Alex Gedeon singles to center field. Carlos Glaviano grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Floyd Spicoli flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Jose Uribe grounds out to the third baseman. Moe Thacker walks. Jermaine Allensworth grounds out to the third baseman. Moe Thacker advances to second on the play. Kevin Roman reached on a fielding error by Alex Gedeon. Mark Gardner strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Houston Monte Heving flies out to the center fielder. Emil Bragan grounds out to the third baseman. Charlie Warhop singles to right field. King Blackburn singles to right field. Dick Crist singles to left field. Charlie Warhop scores. Eddie Milner singles to left field. King Blackburn scores. Alex Gedeon grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Eddie Milner is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Mike Laga walks. Robin Yount grounds out to the third baseman. Mike Laga advances to second on the play. Angel Escobar strikes out. Byron Dumoulin doubles to center field. Mike Laga scores. Jose Uribe singles to center field. Byron Dumoulin scores. Moe Thacker flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Carlos Glaviano grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Floyd Spicoli strikes out. Monte Heving grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Jermaine Allensworth reached on a fielding error by Emil Bragan. Kevin Roman lines out to the second baseman. Mark Gardner lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Mike Laga triples. Jermaine Allensworth scores. Robin Yount strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Emil Bragan singles to right field. Charlie Warhop singles to center field. Emil Bragan advances to third on the hit. King Blackburn strikes out. Dick Crist grounds out to the third baseman. Emil Bragan scores. Charlie Warhop advances to second on the play. Eddie Milner grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Angel Escobar doubles to right field. Byron Dumoulin grounds out to the second baseman. Angel Escobar advances to third on the play. Jose Uribe triples. Angel Escobar scores. Moe Thacker flies out to the center fielder. Jermaine Allensworth flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Pete Conroy enters the game as a defensive replacement for Jermaine Allensworth at CF. Walt Dowse comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Alex Gedeon strikes out. Carlos Glaviano strikes out. Lefty Colpaert is pinch hitting for Floyd Spicoli . Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Lefty Colpaert strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Johnny Platte pitching. Kevin Roman flies out to the center fielder. Jay Youngblood is pinch hitting for Walt Dowse. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Jay Youngblood singles past the shortstop. Mike Laga pops out to the third baseman. Robin Yount singles to left field. Angel Escobar grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Houston Bill Swift pitching. Monte Heving singles past the shortstop. Emil Bragan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Monte Heving advances to second on the play. Charlie Warhop flies out to the right fielder. King Blackburn strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Byron Dumoulin flies out to the left fielder. Jose Uribe singles to left field. Moe Thacker grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Joe Price comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Dick Crist strikes out. Eddie Milner grounds out to the second baseman. Alex Gedeon doubles to left field. Carlos Glaviano grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 10 Houston total runners LOB: 5
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Chris Brock did not respond to coaching in velocity Felix Rodriguez did not respond to coaching in velocity John Johnstone did not respond to coaching in control Stan Robertson did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Benito Santiago did not respond to coaching in 1B
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bobby Morrison did not respond to coaching in speed Jake Rosenfeld did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Joe Murphy did not respond to coaching in velocity Bobby Morrison did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Walter Figueroa did not respond to coaching in 2B