Win: Heath Vader (17-12) Loss: Lew Tiant (12-20)
Save: Jim Mattimore (1)
Inning: 1 Houston Heath Vader pitching. Charlie Umbricht singles to center field. Gene Maurer hits a home run. Charlie Umbricht scores. Ed Perez singles to right field. Ed Perez steals second. Vern Bare singles to left field. John Poindexter strikes out. Vern Bare is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Tom Sanders strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Lew Tiant pitching. Will Clark grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Chick Krueger singles to right field. John Brown singles to center field. Chick Krueger advances to third on the hit. Bill Appier pops out to the third baseman. Joe Becker strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Houston Fred Lord flies out to the left fielder. John Brown flies out to the center fielder. Lew Tiant flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Robin Politte flies out to the right fielder. Damon Fahr grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Len Zimmer flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Charlie Umbricht grounds out to the shortstop. Gene Maurer pops out to the shortstop. Ed Perez doubles to right field. Vern Bare pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Heath Vader grounds out to the third baseman. Will Clark flies out to the right fielder. Chick Krueger pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston John Poindexter pops out to the shortstop. Tom Sanders strikes out. Fred Lord strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati John Brown walks. Bill Appier walks. Joe Becker walks. Robin Politte pops out to the third baseman. Damon Fahr singles to center field. John Brown scores. Bill Appier scores. Joe Becker advances to third on the hit. Len Zimmer strikes out. Heath Vader strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Houston John Brown grounds out to the third baseman. Lew Tiant singles to left field. Charlie Umbricht grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Lew Tiant is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Gene Maurer flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Will Clark strikes out. Chick Krueger reached on a fielding error by Ed Perez. John Brown hits a home run. Chick Krueger scores. Bill Appier grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Becker singles to center field. Robin Politte walks. Damon Fahr singles to center field. Joe Becker scores. Robin Politte advances to third on the hit. Len Zimmer strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Houston Ed Perez doubles past the third baseman. Vern Bare strikes out. John Poindexter walks. Tom Sanders singles to right field. Ed Perez uses his aggressiveness and scores. John Poindexter advances to third on the hit. Fred Lord strikes out. John Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Heath Vader grounds out to the pitcher. Will Clark strikes out. Chick Krueger strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Lew Tiant grounds out to the shortstop. Charlie Umbricht strikes out. Gene Maurer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati John Brown singles past the second baseman. Bill Appier strikes out. Joe Becker singles past the shortstop. John Brown aggressively advances to third on the hit. Robin Politte singles to left field. John Brown scores. Joe Becker advances to third on the hit. Harry Busby comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Damon Fahr grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Robin Politte advances to second on the play. Len Zimmer strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Houston Ed Perez strikes out. Vern Bare walks. John Poindexter pops out to the second baseman. Jim Mattimore 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. Vern Bare steals second. Tom Sanders doubles to right field. Vern Bare scores. Ryan Burkart is pinch hitting for Fred Lord. Ryan Burkart strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Harry Ryan enters the game as a defensive replacement for Ryan Burkart at CF. Jim Mattimore grounds out to the shortstop. Will Clark walks. Chick Krueger flies out to the right fielder. John Brown singles to right field. Will Clark advances to third on the hit. Bill Appier walks. Joe Becker grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Houston Masaji Sogawa is pinch hitting for John Brown. Masaji Sogawa singles past the shortstop. Al McGunnigle is pinch hitting for Harry Busby. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Al McGunnigle grounds out to the shortstop. Masaji Sogawa advances to second on the play. Charlie Umbricht reached on a fielding error by Robin Politte. Charlie Umbricht is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Gene Maurer doubles to left field. Masaji Sogawa scores. Ed Perez grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Houston total runners left on base: 7 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 11
Batting:2B - Gene Maurer (24), Ed Perez 2 (18), Tom Sanders (9).HR - Gene Maurer (19). Baserunning: SB - Ed Perez (18), Vern Bare (16).CS - Charlie Umbricht (11), Vern Bare (6). Fielding: E - Ed Perez.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Bob Robinson improves in power_vs_lefty Cy Brumley did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Bob Robinson did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Bob Weilman improves in range Phil Rivera improves in arm Bob Robinson did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bob Smith improves in arm Hans Mueller did not respond to coaching in control Ben Elko improves in speed Joe Butler improves in arm Tex Toms did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Paul Sutherland improves in arm Paul Sutherland did not respond to coaching in RF