Win: Rube Semproch (3-7) Loss: Rick McGhee (4-20)
Save: Hal Sweetland (21)
Inning: 1 Houston Rube Semproch pitching. Wally Sumner flies out to the center fielder. Jack Parkman grounds out to the third baseman. Cap Gordon strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 San Diego Rick McGhee pitching. Charlie Dresser lines out to the second baseman. Billy Score grounds out to the pitcher. Gene Turner walks. Pat Lary flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Joe Welch strikes out. Gene Wise singles to left field. Tom Kenney singles to center field. Gene Wise advances to third on the hit. Andy Cress strikes out. Tom Kenney steals second. Tom Karkovice singles past the shortstop. Gene Wise scores. Tom Kenney scores. Rick McGhee strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 San Diego Hank Jeltz grounds out to the pitcher. Joe Olivo grounds out to the second baseman. Doug Swan singles to left field. Darnell Powell pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Wally Sumner walks. Jack Parkman grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Cap Gordon grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 San Diego Rube Semproch grounds out to the pitcher. Charlie Dresser pops out to the second baseman. Billy Score grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Joe Welch flies out to the center fielder. Gene Wise grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tom Kenney grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 San Diego Gene Turner hits a home run. Pat Lary singles to center field. Hank Jeltz strikes out. Joe Olivo walks. Doug Swan singles to left field. Pat Lary scores. Joe Olivo advances to third on the hit. Darnell Powell grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Olivo scores. Doug Swan advances to second on the play. Rube Semproch grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Andy Cress strikes out. Tom Karkovice grounds out to the pitcher. Rick McGhee grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 San Diego Charlie Dresser singles past the third baseman. Billy Score walks. Gene Turner grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Charlie Dresser advances to third on the play. Billy Score advances to second on the play. Pat Lary pops out to the second baseman. Hank Jeltz strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Houston Wally Sumner grounds out to the pitcher. Jack Parkman singles to right field. Jack Parkman steals second. Cap Gordon singles to left field. Joe Welch walks. Gene Wise strikes out. Tom Kenney strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 San Diego Joe Olivo doubles to center field. Doug Swan grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Olivo advances to third on the play. Darnell Powell flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Joe Olivo scores. Rube Semproch walks. Charlie Dresser singles to right field. Billy Score strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Houston Andy Cress flies out to the center fielder. Tom Karkovice flies out to the right fielder. Jimmy Young is pinch hitting for Rick McGhee. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Jimmy Young strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 San Diego Joe Wheeler pitching. Gene Turner walks. Pat Lary singles to left field. Gene Turner advances to third on the hit. Hank Jeltz grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Gene Turner scores. Pat Lary advances to second on the play. Joe Olivo strikes out. Doug Swan strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Wally Sumner flies out to the left fielder. Jack Parkman flies out to the left fielder. Cap Gordon flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 San Diego Darnell Powell grounds out to the shortstop. Charlie Skinner is pinch hitting for Rube Semproch. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Charlie Skinner flies out to the left fielder. Charlie Dresser walks. Billy Score walks. Gene Turner strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Houston Hal Sweetland pitching. Joe Welch strikes out. Gene Wise flies out to the center fielder. Tom Kenney grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners left on base: 4 San Diego total runners left on base: 10
Game Notes Jimmy Young is injured and is expected to be out 24 days.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Darrell Aragon improves in speed Charlie Hyatt did not respond to coaching in range Bob Cedeno did not respond to coaching in velocity Chris Benz did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty
San Diego Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Joey Hemphill did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Verdo Fleitas improves in speed John Banks did not respond to coaching in control Oscar Moriarity improves in contact_vs_lefty Charley Essegian did not respond to coaching in LF