Win: Flint Low (10-2) Loss: Tim Merritt (1-8)
Save: Norm Smith (5)
Inning: 1 Houston Tim Merritt pitching. Tiny Easler strikes out. Snuffy Palacios strikes out. Strick Jester strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 New York Flint Low pitching. Jim DiPietro flies out to the left fielder. Dennis Kessler grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Ganzel grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Steve Brown hits an infield single to the pitcher. Mel Dreifort reached on a fielding error by Jim DiPietro. Broderick Johnson walks. Pedro Chappelle grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Steve Brown scores. Mel Dreifort advances to third on the play. Sam Wuestling walks. Flint Low strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 New York Danny Dyer singles past the shortstop. Jim Martin flies out to the right fielder. John Ewing singles to left field. Red Crider strikes out. Dave Gates grounds into a force play to the shortstop. John Ewing is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Houston Tiny Easler walks. Snuffy Palacios walks. Strick Jester grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Snuffy Palacios is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Steve Brown singles to center field. Tiny Easler scores. Strick Jester advances to third on the hit. Steve Brown steals second. Mel Dreifort lines out to the shortstop. Broderick Johnson pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 New York Tim Merritt strikes out. Jim DiPietro grounds out to the shortstop. Dennis Kessler grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Pedro Chappelle hits a home run. Sam Wuestling strikes out. Flint Low grounds out to the second baseman. Tiny Easler flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 New York Bill Ganzel flies out to the center fielder. Danny Dyer grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Martin strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Snuffy Palacios flies out to the right fielder. Strick Jester is hit by a pitch. Steve Brown grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Strick Jester is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Mel Dreifort singles to center field. Steve Brown advances to third on the hit. Broderick Johnson grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 New York John Ewing grounds out to the second baseman. Red Crider walks. Dave Gates doubles to right field. Red Crider uses his aggressiveness and scores. Tim Merritt strikes out. Jim DiPietro singles to center field. Jim DiPietro is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Pedro Chappelle grounds out to the third baseman. Sam Wuestling singles to right field. Flint Low lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Tiny Easler flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 New York Dennis Kessler singles to right field. Bill Ganzel grounds out to the third baseman. Dennis Kessler advances to second on the play. Dennis Kessler is out trying to steal third. Danny Dyer grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Jimmy Dunn comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Snuffy Palacios singles past the second baseman. Strick Jester walks. Steve Brown grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Snuffy Palacios advances to third on the play. Strick Jester advances to second on the play. Mel Dreifort pops out to the second baseman. Broderick Johnson pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 New York Jim Martin singles to center field. Jim Martin steals second. John Ewing strikes out. Red Crider flies out to the left fielder. Dave Gates flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Pedro Chappelle strikes out. Sam Wuestling strikes out. Flint Low walks. Tiny Easler singles to right field. Snuffy Palacios walks. Strick Jester grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 New York Tommy Jones is pinch hitting for Jimmy Dunn. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Tommy Jones grounds out to the third baseman. Jim DiPietro strikes out. Dennis Kessler walks. Dennis Kessler is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Mike Barney pitching. Steve Brown strikes out. Mel Dreifort singles in front of the right fielder. Broderick Johnson walks. Mel Dreifort is out trying to steal third. Pedro Chappelle triples. Broderick Johnson scores. Sam Wuestling grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 New York Vern Thompson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Bill Ganzel strikes out. Danny Dyer pops out to the second baseman. Jim Martin hits a home run. Norm Smith comes in from the bullpen to pitch. John Ewing walks. Red Crider flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Houston total runners LOB: 13 New York total runners LOB: 5
Batting:2B - Dave Gates (5).HR - Jim Martin (18). Baserunning: SB - Jim Martin (16).CS - Jim DiPietro (3), Dennis Kessler 2 (14). Fielding: E - Jim DiPietro.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Moose Geiger did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jim Demaree improves in range Moose Geiger improves in range Jerry Matarazzo did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jim Demaree did not respond to coaching in range Terry Ackley improves in contact_vs_lefty Bill McClure did not respond to coaching in 3B
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Gene Lovelace did not respond to coaching in control Bobby Hobbie did not respond to coaching in range Bob Chesbro did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Wes Cressend did not respond to coaching in control Fred Krause improves in power_vs_lefty Ramon Heinkel improves in speed