Win: Phil Riggs (19-5) Loss: Sam Valentine (5-15)
Save: Norm Smith (12)
Inning: 1 Houston Sam Valentine pitching. Tiny Easler walks. Tiny Easler is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Snuffy Palacios grounds out to the shortstop. Ernie Brockett strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 San Diego Phil Riggs pitching. Buck Thomas walks. John Brown grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Buck Thomas advances to second on the play. Bombo Kinzy walks. Brent Aspromonte singles to left field. Buck Thomas is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Bombo Kinzy advances to third on the play. Harry Minor strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Houston Strick Jester reached on a fielding error by Buck Thomas. Pedro Chappelle grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Strick Jester is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Mel Dreifort walks. Ziggy Lane strikes out. Ed Kubiszyn singles to center field. Pedro Chappelle scores. Mel Dreifort advances to third on the hit. Phil Riggs strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 San Diego March Greer singles to center field. March Greer steals second. Fernando Minoso walks. Kid Church grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Fernando Minoso is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Sam Valentine strikes out. Buck Thomas grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Houston Tiny Easler grounds out to the third baseman. Snuffy Palacios singles past the second baseman. Ernie Brockett doubles to left field. Snuffy Palacios uses his aggressiveness and scores. Strick Jester flies out to the right fielder. Pedro Chappelle walks. Mel Dreifort walks. Ziggy Lane singles to left field. Ernie Brockett scores. Pedro Chappelle scores. Mel Dreifort advances to third on the hit. Ed Kubiszyn pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 San Diego John Brown singles to center field. Bombo Kinzy grounds into a force play to the first baseman. John Brown is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Brent Aspromonte grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Phil Riggs strikes out. Tiny Easler grounds out to the shortstop. Snuffy Palacios grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 San Diego Harry Minor flies out to the right fielder. March Greer grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Fernando Minoso walks. Kid Church singles to center field. Fernando Minoso advances to third on the hit. Sam Valentine grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Houston Ernie Brockett walks. Strick Jester flies out to the left fielder. Pedro Chappelle singles to center field. Ernie Brockett advances to third on the hit. Pedro Chappelle steals second. Mel Dreifort grounds out to the third baseman. Ziggy Lane flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 San Diego Buck Thomas flies out to the center fielder. John Brown walks. John Brown is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Bombo Kinzy strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Ed Kubiszyn strikes out. Phil Riggs flies out to the right fielder. Tiny Easler grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 San Diego Brent Aspromonte flies out to the left fielder. Harry Minor grounds out to the pitcher. March Greer flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Snuffy Palacios walks. Snuffy Palacios steals second. Ernie Brockett flies out to the left fielder. Strick Jester grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Snuffy Palacios advances to third on the play. Pedro Chappelle grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 San Diego Fernando Minoso flies out to the left fielder. Kid Church grounds out to the second baseman. Sam Valentine strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Mel Dreifort strikes out. Ziggy Lane strikes out. Ed Kubiszyn walks. Tom Morehead is pinch hitting for Phil Riggs. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Tom Morehead reached on a 2-base fielding error by Fernando Minoso. Johnny Figueroa 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. Tiny Easler walks. Snuffy Palacios flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 San Diego Asley Martin pitching. Buck Thomas strikes out. John Brown grounds out to the third baseman. Bombo Kinzy walks. Brent Aspromonte reached on a 2-base fielding error by Ziggy Lane. Harry Minor singles to right field. Bombo Kinzy scores. Brent Aspromonte scores. Harry Minor is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Ernie Brockett grounds out to the second baseman. Strick Jester strikes out. Pedro Chappelle singles to center field. Mel Dreifort singles to left field. Ziggy Lane pops out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 San Diego Norm Smith comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. March Greer strikes out. Fernando Minoso singles to left field. Chick McKee is pinch hitting for Kid Church. Chick McKee grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners LOB: 12 San Diego total runners LOB: 6
Batting:GIDP - Brent Aspromonte, Chick McKee. Baserunning: SB - March Greer (16).CS - John Brown (7), Harry Minor (10). Fielding: E - Buck Thomas, Fernando Minoso.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jerry Matarazzo improves in range Jim Demaree did not respond to coaching in arm Al Lansford improves in range Steve King did not respond to coaching in arm Rogers Birkofer improves in speed Roy Roseman improves in arm Moose Geiger did not respond to coaching in 1B
San Diego Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Frank Bass did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Frank Bass improves in power_vs_lefty Ab Aragon improves in power_vs_lefty Jim Hayden did not respond to coaching in control Todd Smith did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty German Small improves in range Bill Lawson did not respond to coaching in LF