Inning: 1 Arizona Lew Tiant pitching. Travis Miller flies out to the left fielder. Edwards Plummer doubles to center field. Bill Smith singles past the shortstop. Edwards Plummer scores. Lester Jones strikes out. Terry Harper hits a home run. Bill Smith scores. Hal Brubaker grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Houston Walt Reed pitching. Ed Lutenberg walks. Charlie Umbricht pops out to the shortstop. Ed Perez hits a home run. Ed Lutenberg scores. Vern Bare is hit by a pitch. John Poindexter grounds out to the second baseman. Vern Bare advances to second on the play. Fred Lord walks. Red Thurman strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Arizona James Reid singles to left field. Artis Bunyard strikes out. Walt Reed lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Travis Miller grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Ryan Burkart strikes out. Lew Tiant strikes out. Ed Lutenberg singles to right field. Charlie Umbricht flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Arizona Edwards Plummer walks. Bill Smith singles to right field. Edwards Plummer advances to third on the hit. Lester Jones grounds out to the shortstop. Edwards Plummer scores. Bill Smith advances to second on the play. Terry Harper doubles to center field. Bill Smith scores. Hal Brubaker flies out to the right fielder. James Reid strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Ed Perez reached on a fielding error by Travis Miller. Vern Bare strikes out. John Poindexter hits a home run. Ed Perez scores. Fred Lord singles to center field. Red Thurman grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Fred Lord is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Ryan Burkart singles to center field. Red Thurman advances to third on the hit. Lew Tiant strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Arizona Artis Bunyard strikes out. Walt Reed grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Travis Miller walks. Travis Miller is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Ed Lutenberg reached on a 2-base fielding error by Artis Bunyard. Charlie Umbricht walks. Ed Lutenberg is out trying to steal third. Charlie Umbricht is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Ed Perez grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Arizona John Brower comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Edwards Plummer singles to center field. Edwards Plummer steals second. Bill Smith singles to right field. Edwards Plummer scores. Lester Jones grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Terry Harper singles to center field. Hal Brubaker is hit by a pitch. James Reid singles to left field. Terry Harper scores. Rip Thielman comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Artis Bunyard strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Houston Vern Bare flies out to the left fielder. John Poindexter walks. John Poindexter is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Fred Lord grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Arizona Walt Reed strikes out. Travis Miller flies out to the center fielder. Edwards Plummer grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Red Thurman doubles to center field. Steve Sipek 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. Ryan Burkart hits a home run. Red Thurman scores. Rip Thielman strikes out. Ed Lutenberg strikes out. Charlie Umbricht strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Arizona Bill Smith singles to right field. Lester Jones flies out to the center fielder. Bill Smith steals second. Terry Harper singles to center field. Bill Smith scores. Jerry Zdeb comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Hal Brubaker pops out to the first baseman. James Reid singles to center field. Terry Harper advances to third on the hit. Artis Bunyard singles past the second baseman. Terry Harper scores. James Reid advances to third on the hit. Steve Sipek grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Houston Ed Perez strikes out. Vern Bare singles to right field. John Poindexter singles to left field. Vern Bare advances to third on the hit. Fred Lord singles to right field. Vern Bare scores. Dick Perry comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Red Thurman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). John Poindexter advances to third on the play. Fred Lord advances to second on the play. Ryan Burkart flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Arizona Travis Miller grounds out to the second baseman. Edwards Plummer doubles to center field. Bill Smith flies out to the right fielder. Lester Jones singles to left field. Edwards Plummer scores. Steve Olson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Lester Jones steals second. Terry Harper hits a home run. Lester Jones scores. Hal Brubaker flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Masaji Sogawa is pinch hitting for Steve Olson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Masaji Sogawa singles to center field. John Brown is pinch hitting for Ed Lutenberg. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. John Brown grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Masaji Sogawa is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Charlie Umbricht grounds into a force play to the third baseman. John Brown is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ed Perez singles to right field. Vern Bare grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ed Perez is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Arizona Vic Nold pitching. James Reid strikes out. Artis Bunyard flies out to the right fielder. Tommy Williams is pinch hitting for Dick Perry. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Tommy Williams singles to right field. Travis Miller grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Max Duckworth pitching. John Poindexter flies out to the right fielder. Fred Lord strikes out. Red Thurman flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Arizona total runners LOB: 7 Houston total runners LOB: 9
Batting:2B - Edwards Plummer 2 (22), Terry Harper (17).HR - Terry Harper 2 (13).GIDP - Lester Jones.HBP - Hal Brubaker (3). Baserunning: SB - Edwards Plummer (13), Bill Smith (19), Lester Jones (18).CS - Travis Miller (8). Fielding: E - Travis Miller, Artis Bunyard.
Batting:2B - Red Thurman (9).HR - Ed Perez (14), John Poindexter (8), Ryan Burkart (6).HBP - Vern Bare (2). Baserunning: CS - Ed Lutenberg (4), Charlie Umbricht (6), John Poindexter (4).
Arizona Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Danny Cooper did not respond to coaching in velocity William Smith did not respond to coaching in arm Riccardo Blair did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Riccardo Blair did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jason Heman improves in range Mario Rowan did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Bill Strohmayer did not respond to coaching in control Gene Hopp did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Brian Tanner improves in velocity Brian Tanner did not respond to coaching in control Tony Maloney did not respond to coaching in velocity Bob Robinson did not respond to coaching in range