Inning: 1 Houston Dave Mullen pitching. Pedro Grieve walks. Masaki Arasuna grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Joe Pearce singles to left field. Pete Valdez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Chicago Tom Jackson pitching. Tony McDill strikes out. Marty Husta singles to center field. Charlie Raydon strikes out. Eddie Coco flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Joe Ganzel grounds out to the second baseman. Pi Ortiz hits a home run. Mark Hale strikes out. Martin Alley pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Chicago Stuffy McInnis strikes out. Jim Cuccinello doubles to right field. Jason Johnson grounds out to the pitcher. Masahiro Hasegawa strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Tom Jackson walks. Pedro Grieve flies out to the right fielder. Masaki Arasuna singles to center field. Tom Jackson aggressively advances to third on the hit. Joe Pearce strikes out. Pete Valdez hits a home run. Tom Jackson scores. Masaki Arasuna scores. Jack Meinke comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joe Ganzel hits a home run. Pi Ortiz walks. Mark Hale reached on a 2-base throwing error by Eddie Coco. Martin Alley strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Chicago Jack Meinke singles to center field. Tony McDill reached on a fielding error by Masaki Arasuna. Marty Husta flies out to the center fielder. Charlie Raydon flies out to the center fielder. Eddie Coco strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Houston Tom Jackson pops out to the catcher. Pedro Grieve flies out to the center fielder. Masaki Arasuna singles to center field. Masaki Arasuna steals second. Joe Pearce grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Chicago Stuffy McInnis flies out to the right fielder. Jim Cuccinello singles to left field. Jason Johnson doubles to center field. Jim Cuccinello uses his aggressiveness and scores. Masahiro Hasegawa walks. Jack Meinke lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Tony McDill strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Houston Pete Valdez grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Ganzel strikes out. Pi Ortiz grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Chicago Marty Husta lines out to the third baseman. Charlie Raydon singles to left field. Eddie Coco singles to right field. Stuffy McInnis singles to center field. Charlie Raydon scores. Jim Cuccinello walks. Jason Johnson grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Houston Mark Hale hits a home run. Martin Alley pops out to the catcher. Tom Jackson singles to center field. Pedro Grieve grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Tom Jackson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Masaki Arasuna flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Chicago Masahiro Hasegawa lines out to the pitcher. Jack Meinke flies out to the left fielder. Tony McDill walks. Marty Husta flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Joe Pearce singles to center field. Jerry Rhiel is pinch hitting for Pete Valdez. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jerry Rhiel singles to center field. Frank Sentell comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Relief Pitchers stats. Joe Ganzel singles to center field. Joe Pearce scores. Pi Ortiz walks. Mark Carney is pinch hitting for Mark Hale. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Mark Carney flies out to the right fielder. Martin Alley singles in front of the center fielder. Jerry Rhiel scores. Joe Ganzel scores. Pi Ortiz advances to third on the hit. Tom Jackson grounds out to the pitcher. Martin Alley advances to second on the play. Pedro Grieve flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Chicago Charlie Raydon grounds out to the third baseman. Rip Andrews is pinch hitting for Eddie Coco. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Rip Andrews flies out to the right fielder. Stuffy McInnis lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Bud Siever is pinch hitting for Masaki Arasuna. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Bud Siever grounds out to the pitcher. Joe Pearce pops out to the catcher. Jerry Rhiel strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Chicago Kurt Bigbee 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. Jim Cuccinello flies out to the center fielder. Jason Johnson strikes out. Jimmy Burkart is pinch hitting for Masahiro Hasegawa. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jimmy Burkart grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Joe Ganzel grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Pi Ortiz singles past the shortstop. Mark Carney grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Pi Ortiz is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Mark Carney steals second. Martin Alley walks. Kurt Bigbee grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Chicago Joe Afenir is pinch hitting for Frank Sentell. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Joe Afenir walks. Tony McDill grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Joe Afenir is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Marty Husta pops out to the shortstop. Charlie Raydon pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Houston total runners LOB: 9 Chicago total runners LOB: 10
Batting:HR - Pete Valdez (5), Joe Ganzel (6), Pi Ortiz (4), Mark Hale (3).GIDP - Masaki Arasuna. Baserunning: SB - Masaki Arasuna (2), Mark Carney (3). Fielding: E - Masaki Arasuna.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Paul Rebel improves in range Bobby Stuart improves in power_vs_righty Jay Grubb did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jay Grubb did not respond to coaching in range Harland Lockhart did not respond to coaching in 2B
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Nate Leach did not respond to coaching in velocity Nate Leach improves in control Antonio Hepler did not respond to coaching in velocity John Moffitt improves in power_vs_lefty