Inning: 1 Houston Ray Pool pitching. Tiny Easler singles to right field. Strick Jester walks. Ernie Brockett strikes out. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Mel Dreifort pops out to the first baseman. Passed ball. Tiny Easler scores. Strick Jester advances to third. Snuffy Palacios strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 New York Al Acosta pitching. Dennis Kessler grounds out to the pitcher. Red Crider strikes out. Max Castillo strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Ryan Ryan flies out to the center fielder. Sam Wuestling walks. Pedro Chappelle walks. Al Acosta lays down a bunt. He is safe at first. Runners advance. Tiny Easler singles to left field. Sam Wuestling scores. Pedro Chappelle scores. Strick Jester grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Al Acosta advances to third on the play. Tiny Easler advances to second on the play. Ernie Brockett grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 New York Bill Ganzel grounds out to the second baseman. Danny Dyer singles to right field. Jim Martin lines out to the shortstop. Danny Dyer is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Mel Dreifort flies out to the right fielder. Snuffy Palacios strikes out. Ryan Ryan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 New York Ray Zepp grounds out to the second baseman. Jim DiPietro singles to center field. Ray Pool lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Dennis Kessler pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Sam Wuestling is hit by a pitch. Pedro Chappelle singles past the shortstop. Al Acosta pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Tiny Easler walks. Strick Jester flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Sam Wuestling is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 New York Red Crider singles to left field. Passed ball. Red Crider advances to second. Max Castillo strikes out. Bill Ganzel walks. Danny Dyer hits a home run. Red Crider scores. Bill Ganzel scores. Jim Martin flies out to the left fielder. Ray Zepp grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Ernie Brockett singles to left field. Mel Dreifort singles to center field. Ernie Brockett advances to third on the hit. Snuffy Palacios walks. Ryan Ryan walks. Ernie Brockett scores. Sam Wuestling flies out to the left fielder. Pedro Chappelle flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Mel Dreifort scores. Frank Ens comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Al Acosta grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Ryan Ryan is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 New York Jim DiPietro singles to right field. Frank Ens lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Dennis Kessler flies out to the right fielder. Red Crider strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Tiny Easler pops out to the first baseman. Strick Jester doubles to left field. Ernie Brockett strikes out. Mel Dreifort grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 New York Max Castillo strikes out. Bill Ganzel singles to center field. Bill Ganzel is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Danny Dyer singles to center field. Jim Martin singles to right field. Danny Dyer advances to third on the hit. Ray Zepp walks. Jim DiPietro flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Houston Snuffy Palacios walks. Ryan Ryan singles to right field. Sam Wuestling singles to center field. Snuffy Palacios scores. Ryan Ryan advances to third on the hit. Pedro Chappelle doubles to center field. Ryan Ryan scores. Sam Wuestling scores. Jeff Householder comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tom Morehead is pinch hitting for Al Acosta. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Tom Morehead reached on a 2-base throwing error by Jeff Householder. Pedro Chappelle scores. Tiny Easler pops out to the shortstop. Strick Jester walks. Ernie Brockett grounds out to the third baseman. Tom Morehead advances to third on the play. Strick Jester advances to second on the play. Mel Dreifort pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 New York Vern Thompson pitching. Jeff Householder singles to center field. Dennis Kessler doubles to left field. Red Crider strikes out. Tommy Jones is pinch hitting for Max Castillo. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Tommy Jones singles to right field. Jeff Householder scores. Dennis Kessler scores. Felix Allen comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tommy Jones steals second. Bill Ganzel grounds out to the shortstop. Danny Dyer pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Snuffy Palacios strikes out. Ryan Ryan flies out to the left fielder. Sam Wuestling strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 New York Jim Martin flies out to the left fielder. Ray Zepp flies out to the center fielder. Jim DiPietro walks. Dutch Coble is pinch hitting for Jeff Householder. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Dutch Coble grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Jim DiPietro is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Ozzie Lara pitching. Pedro Chappelle grounds out to the third baseman. Felix Allen grounds out to the shortstop. Tiny Easler strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 New York Dennis Kessler lines out to the first baseman. Red Crider strikes out. Tommy Jones flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners LOB: 10 New York total runners LOB: 7
Batting:2B - Dennis Kessler (15).HR - Danny Dyer (11). Baserunning: SB - Tommy Jones (6).CS - Bill Ganzel (5), Danny Dyer (8). Fielding: E - Jeff Householder.PB - Danny Dyer.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Norm Smith did not respond to coaching in velocity Al Lansford improves in contact_vs_lefty Johnny Wheeler improves in speed Ernie Devens did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Ernie Devens improves in power_vs_righty Roy Roseman improves in arm Steve Brown did not respond to coaching in C
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Mike LeMay did not respond to coaching in velocity George Hickey did not respond to coaching in control Dave Gates did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Steve Kretlow did not respond to coaching in control Mike Barney did not respond to coaching in velocity Tim Merritt did not respond to coaching in endurance