Win: Dave Lukner (1-1) Loss: Takuya Yoshida (0-1)
Save: Ted Owens (2)
Inning: 1 Houston Dave Lukner pitching. Bob Schlotz flies out to the center fielder. Ed Toft walks. Octavio Sissi strikes out. Alex Giouxs strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Arizona Takuya Yoshida pitching. Bill Gaines hits a home run. Bill Johnson doubles to left field. Mike Halicki flies out to the right fielder. Bill Hoff walks. Ed Sulik hits a home run. Bill Johnson scores. Bill Hoff scores. Dick Nyman grounds out to the third baseman. Frank Carlson pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Greg Guise strikes out. Phil Motloch flies out to the left fielder. Al Womack doubles to left field. Manny Benes strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Arizona Leif Elveford singles to center field. Dave Lukner fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Dave Lukner flies out to the right fielder. Bill Gaines singles to left field. Leif Elveford advances to third on the hit. Bill Johnson singles to left field. Leif Elveford scores. Bill Gaines advances to third on the hit. Chuck Watson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mike Halicki grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Bill Johnson advances to second on the play. Bill Hoff strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Houston Chuck Watson singles to left field. Bob Schlotz singles to right field. Chuck Watson advances to third on the hit. Bob Schlotz is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Ed Toft hits a home run. Chuck Watson scores. Octavio Sissi strikes out. Alex Giouxs walks. Greg Guise strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Arizona Ed Sulik singles to right field. Dick Nyman grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Ed Sulik is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Frank Carlson singles to right field. Dick Nyman advances to third on the hit. Leif Elveford flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Dick Nyman scores. Dave Lukner grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Frank Carlson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Phil Motloch flies out to the right fielder. Al Womack walks. Manny Benes singles to left field. Al Womack advances to third on the hit. Chuck Watson hits an infield single to the shortstop. Al Womack scores. Bob Schlotz lines out to the pitcher. Ed Toft walks. Octavio Sissi lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Arizona Bill Gaines singles to right field. Bill Gaines is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Bill Johnson singles to left field. Mike Halicki strikes out. Bill Hoff singles to left field. Jim Kotos comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ed Sulik singles to right field. Bill Johnson scores. Dick Nyman flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Houston Alex Giouxs strikes out. Greg Guise singles to center field. Phil Motloch flies out to the right fielder. Al Womack strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Arizona Frank Carlson triples. Leif Elveford grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Carlson scores. Eddie Terry comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dave Lukner strikes out. Bill Gaines doubles to right field. Bill Johnson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Manny Benes singles to center field. Luke Klawitter comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Manny Benes steals second. Eddie Terry lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bob Schlotz hits a home run. Manny Benes scores. Ed Toft strikes out. Octavio Sissi singles to center field. Alex Giouxs strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Arizona Mike Halicki grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Hoff strikes out. Ed Sulik flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Ivan Randall enters the game as a defensive replacement for Bill Hoff at LF. Greg Guise is hit by a pitch. Phil Motloch doubles to left field. Al Womack walks. Manny Benes strikes out. Bob Boehmer is pinch hitting for Eddie Terry. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bob Boehmer strikes out. Bob Schlotz grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Arizona Lefty Smith pitching. Dick Nyman strikes out. Frank Carlson strikes out. Leif Elveford walks. Jerrod Whitcher is pinch hitting for Luke Klawitter. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jerrod Whitcher walks. Bill Gaines walks. Bill Johnson strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Houston Hoge Yount pitching. Ed Toft grounds out to the shortstop. Octavio Sissi walks. Alex Giouxs grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Arizona Mike Halicki singles to right field. Ivan Randall grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Ed Sulik strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Ted Owens comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Greg Guise grounds out to the second baseman. Phil Motloch grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Al Womack flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners left on base: 11 Arizona total runners left on base: 9
Batting:2B - Bill Gaines (1), Bill Johnson (1).3B - Frank Carlson (1).HR - Bill Gaines (1), Ed Sulik (2).SF - Leif Elveford.GIDP - Ivan Randall. Baserunning: CS - Bill Gaines (2).
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bob Everitt did not respond to coaching in range Mike Lieber improves in power_vs_righty Ralph Kimmick did not respond to coaching in velocity Max Goodfellow improves in arm Jerry Tipton did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Clint Georgy did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Clint Georgy did not respond to coaching in LF
Arizona Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Mike Arocha improves in power_vs_righty George Smith improves in control Edgar Hinsley did not respond to coaching in control Pete Patterson did not respond to coaching in velocity Paul Mahler did not respond to coaching in speed Mike Arocha improves in arm