Win: George Hook (14-9) Loss: George Block (15-10)
Save: Spades Wood (19)
Inning: 1 Montreal George Hook pitching. Bud Relaford flies out to the right fielder. Gene Doljack strikes out. Jake Montague grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Houston George Block pitching. Pedro Grieve grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Masaki Arasuna flies out to the left fielder. Joe Pearce grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Montreal Joe Aponte singles to right field. Dick Speaker strikes out. Joe Mueller flies out to the center fielder. Bob Rounsaville grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Pete Valdez strikes out. Joe Ganzel singles to left field. Mark Hale flies out to the right fielder. Jerry Alvarado strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Montreal Doc Holtgrave singles to left field. George Block fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. George Block pops out to the shortstop. Bud Relaford doubles to center field. Gene Doljack flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Doc Holtgrave is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Bud Siever lines out to the third baseman. George Hook strikes out. Pedro Grieve grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Montreal Jake Montague singles to left field. Joe Aponte singles to center field. Jake Montague advances to third on the hit. Dick Speaker flies out to the center fielder. Joe Mueller singles to left field. Jake Montague scores. Bob Rounsaville flies out to the center fielder. Doc Holtgrave flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Houston Masaki Arasuna grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Pearce flies out to the left fielder. Pete Valdez flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Montreal George Block strikes out. Bud Relaford pops out to the first baseman. Gene Doljack flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Joe Ganzel singles to center field. Mark Hale pops out to the pitcher. Jerry Alvarado singles to center field. Bud Siever doubles to left field. Joe Ganzel scores. Jerry Alvarado uses his aggressiveness and scores. George Hook strikes out. Pedro Grieve doubles to center field. Bud Siever scores. Masaki Arasuna reached on a fielding error by Dick Speaker. Joe Pearce strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Montreal Jake Montague walks. Joe Aponte singles to right field. Dick Speaker singles to center field. Jake Montague scores. Joe Mueller strikes out. Bob Rounsaville grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Pete Valdez singles to left field. Joe Ganzel singles to right field. Pete Valdez advances to third on the hit. Mark Hale flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Pete Valdez scores. Jerry Alvarado grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Joe Ganzel is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Bud Siever grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Montreal Doc Holtgrave flies out to the left fielder. George Block flies out to the right fielder. Bud Relaford singles to center field. Spades Wood comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Gene Doljack flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Spades Wood strikes out. Pi Ortiz is pinch hitting for Pedro Grieve. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Pi Ortiz grounds out to the third baseman. Masaki Arasuna grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Montreal Jake Montague pops out to the second baseman. Joe Aponte singles to center field. Dick Speaker grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Joe Pearce pops out to the second baseman. Pete Valdez grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Ganzel flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Montreal Joe Mueller flies out to the left fielder. Bob Rounsaville pops out to the second baseman. Doc Holtgrave grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Montreal total runners left on base: 6 Houston total runners left on base: 4
Montreal Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Arturo Dahlen did not respond to coaching in arm Jay Niemann did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Doyle Dallessandro did not respond to coaching in control Bill Hendrickson improves in velocity Jay Niemann did not respond to coaching in 2B
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Barry Correa improves in power_vs_lefty Harland Lockhart improves in arm Kurt Bigbee did not respond to coaching in velocity Harland Lockhart improves in power_vs_lefty Harland Lockhart did not respond to coaching in 2B