Win: Hideaki Murata (6-13) Loss: Ray Pool (17-7)
Save: Norm Smith (16)
Inning: 1 Houston Ray Pool pitching. Tiny Easler flies out to the center fielder. Snuffy Palacios walks. Tom Morehead hits a home run. Snuffy Palacios scores. Strick Jester grounds out to the second baseman. Pedro Chappelle pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 New York Hideaki Murata pitching. Dutch Coble grounds out to the shortstop. Dennis Kessler flies out to the right fielder. Jim Martin singles to right field. Red Crider bunts for a base hit. Bill Ganzel grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Jim Martin is out at third base. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Houston Mel Dreifort grounds out to the shortstop. Matt Conwell strikes out. Ed Kubiszyn grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 New York Danny Dyer grounds out to the third baseman. Dixie Hook strikes out. John Ewing grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Hideaki Murata grounds out to the shortstop. Tiny Easler grounds out to the third baseman. Snuffy Palacios pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 New York Ray Pool grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Dutch Coble singles to right field. Dutch Coble is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Dennis Kessler grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Tom Morehead singles to left field. Strick Jester flies out to the center fielder. Pedro Chappelle walks. Mel Dreifort grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Tom Morehead advances to third on the play. Pedro Chappelle advances to second on the play. Matt Conwell singles to center field. Tom Morehead scores. Pedro Chappelle scores. Ed Kubiszyn walks. Hideaki Murata flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 New York Jim Martin singles to left field. Red Crider grounds out to the third baseman. Jim Martin advances to second on the play. Bill Ganzel flies out to the center fielder. Danny Dyer singles to right field. Jim Martin scores. Dixie Hook flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Tiny Easler singles to right field. Snuffy Palacios pops out to the third baseman. Tom Morehead flies out to the center fielder. Strick Jester strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 New York John Ewing strikes out. Ray Pool flies out to the right fielder. Dutch Coble doubles to left field. Dennis Kessler strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Pedro Chappelle triples. Mel Dreifort flies out to the right fielder. Matt Conwell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Pedro Chappelle scores. Jimmy Dunn comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ed Kubiszyn flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 New York Jim Martin flies out to the right fielder. Red Crider singles past the shortstop. Bill Ganzel grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Red Crider advances to second on the play. Danny Dyer grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Hideaki Murata strikes out. Tiny Easler singles to right field. Snuffy Palacios flies out to the right fielder. Tom Morehead grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Tiny Easler is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 New York Dixie Hook pops out to the second baseman. John Ewing flies out to the right fielder. Jimmy Dunn grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Strick Jester flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Pedro Chappelle walks. Mel Dreifort pops out to the third baseman. Matt Conwell grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 New York Ryan Ryan enters the game as a defensive replacement for Matt Conwell at CF. Dutch Coble singles to center field. Dutch Coble is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Dennis Kessler singles to center field. Dennis Kessler steals second. Asley Martin 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. Jim Martin pops out to the second baseman. Red Crider pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Ed Kubiszyn strikes out. Asley Martin flies out to the center fielder. Mike Barney comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Tiny Easler grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 New York Bill Ganzel strikes out. Danny Dyer singles to center field. Dixie Hook grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Danny Dyer is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. John Ewing singles to left field. Dixie Hook advances to third on the hit. Norm Smith comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Tom Berryhill is pinch hitting for Mike Barney. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Tom Berryhill grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Houston total runners LOB: 5 New York total runners LOB: 8
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Al Lansford did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Ernie Devens did not respond to coaching in range Bill McClure improves in contact_vs_righty Rogers Birkofer did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Al Lansford did not respond to coaching in range Bill McClure did not respond to coaching in speed Moose Geiger did not respond to coaching in 1B
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Mike LeMay did not respond to coaching in velocity Roy Spade did not respond to coaching in velocity Mike LeMay did not respond to coaching in control Joe Valdez improves in power_vs_righty Steve Smith improves in speed Tim Merritt did not respond to coaching in velocity