Win: Gene Shanks (14-7) Loss: Hal Gautreaux (1-11)
Inning: 1 Houston Hal Gautreaux pitching. Walt Breton grounds out to the pitcher. Dean Throneberry flies out to the center fielder. Scott Jackson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Florida Gene Shanks pitching. Takayuki Ito singles to center field. Takayuki Ito steals second. Pat Heim strikes out. Jack Coan hits a home run. Takayuki Ito scores. John McRae doubles to center field. Leonys Luis grounds out to the pitcher. Byron Potts grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Vic Wehrmeister walks. Jose Orador singles to center field. Sailor Abstein grounds out to the shortstop. Vic Wehrmeister advances to third on the play. Jose Orador advances to second on the play. Joe McManus hits a home run. Vic Wehrmeister scores. Jose Orador scores. Frank Sizemore walks. Gene Shanks lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Walt Breton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Florida Roland Kubinski doubles past the third baseman. Roger Williams strikes out. Hal Gautreaux strikes out. Takayuki Ito grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Dean Throneberry strikes out. Scott Jackson strikes out. Vic Wehrmeister flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Florida Pat Heim strikes out. Jack Coan flies out to the right fielder. John McRae strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Jose Orador strikes out. Sailor Abstein walks. Joe McManus strikes out. Frank Sizemore flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Florida Leonys Luis strikes out. Byron Potts grounds out to the second baseman. Roland Kubinski grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Minoru Suzuki 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 Shanks walks. Walt Breton grounds out to the second baseman. Gene Shanks advances to second on the play. Dean Throneberry singles to left field. Gene Shanks scores. Scott Jackson flies out to the left fielder. Dean Throneberry steals second. Vic Wehrmeister is hit by a pitch. Jose Orador pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Florida Roger Williams grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Minoru Suzuki flies out to the left fielder. Takayuki Ito strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Sailor Abstein triples. Joe McManus singles to center field. Sailor Abstein scores. Frank Vandagrift comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Frank Sizemore pops out to the first baseman. Gene Shanks lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Walt Breton strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Florida Pat Heim strikes out. Jack Coan grounds out to the shortstop. John McRae doubles to center field. Leonys Luis flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Dean Throneberry grounds out to the third baseman. Scott Jackson flies out to the right fielder. Vic Wehrmeister hits a home run. Jose Orador singles to right field. Sailor Abstein grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Florida Byron Potts grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Roland Kubinski grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Roger Williams singles to right field. Frank Vandagrift pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Joe McManus strikes out. Frank Sizemore singles to center field. Gene Shanks lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Walt Breton singles to left field. Frank Sizemore scores. Stan Humphreys comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dean Throneberry reached on a 2-base fielding error by Leonys Luis. Scott Jackson singles to center field. Walt Breton scores. Dean Throneberry is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Florida Goat Calmus is pinch hitting for Takayuki Ito. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Goat Calmus grounds out to the pitcher. Pat Heim hits a home run. Jack Coan singles to center field. John McRae grounds out to the second baseman. Jack Coan advances to second on the play. Clarence Petty comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Leonys Luis grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Vic Wehrmeister flies out to the right fielder. Jose Orador grounds out to the third baseman. Sailor Abstein flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Florida Byron Potts singles to right field. Roland Kubinski pops out to the second baseman. Roger Williams walks. Onix Marsh is pinch hitting for Stan Humphreys. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Onix Marsh flies out to the right fielder. Goat Calmus flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Houston total runners LOB: 7 Florida total runners LOB: 7
Batting:2B - John McRae 2 (6), Roland Kubinski (12).HR - Pat Heim (17), Jack Coan (23). Baserunning: SB - Takayuki Ito (26). Fielding: E - Leonys Luis.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Danny Chambers improves in power_vs_righty Ernesto Lopez improves in velocity Jackson Tulsa did not respond to coaching in control Ernesto Lopez improves in velocity Dana Brottem did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Ernesto Lopez did not respond to coaching in velocity
Florida Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Mike Ojala did not respond to coaching in control Kohei Kurimoto did not respond to coaching in speed Phil Johnson did not respond to coaching in arm Hiroyasu Utsumi did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Ed Bell did not respond to coaching in arm Bill Rolison did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty