Win: Jake Sothoron (4-5) Loss: Rick McGhee (2-18)
Save: Ben Harper (1)
Inning: 1 Montreal Rick McGhee pitching. Alexei Alvarez walks. Tsuneyuki Sato strikes out. Emil Conroy strikes out. Kevin Martinez triples. Alexei Alvarez scores. Tom Tresh grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Houston Jake Sothoron pitching. Wally Sumner grounds out to the second baseman. Jack Parkman grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Cap Gordon walks. Joe Welch singles past the second baseman. Andy Cress flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Montreal Anthony Rizzo walks. Charlie Herman strikes out. Bob Smith grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Anthony Rizzo is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Jake Sothoron grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Gene Wise singles to right field. Gene Wise is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Jim Leyritz reached on a fielding error by Charlie Herman. Jimmy Young pops out to the third baseman. Rick McGhee walks. Wally Sumner walks. Jack Parkman strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Montreal Alexei Alvarez singles to center field. Passed ball. Alexei Alvarez advances to second. Tsuneyuki Sato is hit by a pitch. Emil Conroy strikes out. Kevin Martinez strikes out. Tom Tresh singles past the first baseman. Anthony Rizzo strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Houston Cap Gordon singles to left field. Cap Gordon steals second. Joe Welch pops out to the shortstop. Andy Cress grounds out to the second baseman. Cap Gordon advances to third on the play. Gene Wise singles to left field. Cap Gordon scores. Jim Leyritz grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Gene Wise is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Montreal Charlie Herman walks. Charlie Herman is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Bob Smith flies out to the center fielder. Jake Sothoron strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Jimmy Young doubles past the first baseman. Rick McGhee fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Rick McGhee grounds out to the third baseman. Wally Sumner flies out to the left fielder. Jack Parkman grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Montreal Alexei Alvarez hits a home run. Tsuneyuki Sato strikes out. Emil Conroy triples. Kevin Martinez flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Emil Conroy scores. Tom Tresh strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Cap Gordon grounds out to the pitcher. Joe Welch singles to left field. Joe Welch steals second. Andy Cress grounds out to the shortstop. Gene Wise singles to right field. Joe Welch scores. Jim Leyritz strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Montreal Anthony Rizzo grounds out to the second baseman. Charlie Herman grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Smith flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Jimmy Young walks. Rick McGhee fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Rick McGhee strikes out. Jimmy Young is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Wally Sumner grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Montreal Jake Sothoron strikes out. Alexei Alvarez singles to center field. Joe Wheeler comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tsuneyuki Sato is hit by a pitch. Emil Conroy strikes out. Kevin Martinez singles to left field. Alexei Alvarez scores. Tsuneyuki Sato advances to third on the hit. Tom Tresh singles to center field. Tsuneyuki Sato scores. Kevin Martinez advances to third on the hit. Anthony Rizzo strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Houston Jack Parkman strikes out. Cap Gordon flies out to the right fielder. Jay Lillard comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Joe Welch strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Montreal Charlie Herman flies out to the right fielder. Jake Taylor is pinch hitting for Bob Smith. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jake Taylor strikes out. Coot McBee is pinch hitting for Jay Lillard. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Coot McBee grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Ben Harper pitching. Kaiser Scioscia enters the game as a defensive replacement for Kevin Martinez at CF. Andy Cress pops out to the first baseman. Gene Wise walks. Jim Leyritz flies out to the right fielder. Jimmy Young walks. Rex Ripley is pinch hitting for Joe Wheeler. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Rex Ripley flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Montreal Nate Cornejo pitching. Alexei Alvarez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tsuneyuki Sato grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Emil Conroy flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Wally Sumner grounds out to the second baseman. Jack Parkman strikes out. Cap Gordon flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Montreal total runners LOB: 7 Houston total runners LOB: 10
Batting:3B - Emil Conroy (2), Kevin Martinez (2).HR - Alexei Alvarez (3).SF - Kevin Martinez.HBP - Tsuneyuki Sato 2 (2). Baserunning: CS - Charlie Herman (3). Fielding: E - Charlie Herman.
Montreal Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Joe Elliott improves in power_vs_lefty Frank Pierre improves in velocity John Krumsee did not respond to coaching in velocity Jerry Toporcer did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Harry Boehler did not respond to coaching in SS
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Darrell Aragon did not respond to coaching in speed Chris Gandy did not respond to coaching in range Sammy Blateric did not respond to coaching in control Shawn Davis improves in contact_vs_lefty