Win: Phil Riggs (9-9) Loss: Bill Foley (14-8)
Save: Vern Thompson (20)
Inning: 1 Houston Bill Foley pitching. Tiny Easler flies out to the right fielder. Snuffy Palacios flies out to the left fielder. Jerry Worrell lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 San Diego Phil Riggs pitching. Fernando Minoso bunts for a base hit. Buck Thomas flies out to the center fielder. Bombo Kinzy grounds out to the second baseman. Fernando Minoso advances to second on the play. March Greer grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Rogers Birkofer singles to right field. Mel Dreifort grounds out to the shortstop. Rogers Birkofer advances to second on the play. Steve Brown flies out to the left fielder. Jim Demaree strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 San Diego John Brown grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Lindeman pops out to the third baseman. Medric MacDonald strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Bill McClure singles to right field. Bill McClure steals second. Phil Riggs lays down a bunt. The first baseman fields the ball and Bill McClure is thrown out at third. Tiny Easler walks. Snuffy Palacios grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 San Diego Kid Church singles to right field. Bill Foley fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Bill Foley grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Fernando Minoso flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Jerry Worrell strikes out. Rogers Birkofer strikes out. Mel Dreifort walks. Steve Brown flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 San Diego Buck Thomas strikes out. Bombo Kinzy grounds out to the second baseman. March Greer reached on a fielding error by Snuffy Palacios. John Brown flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Jim Demaree flies out to the left fielder. Bill McClure strikes out. Phil Riggs grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 San Diego Mike Lindeman strikes out. Medric MacDonald grounds out to the second baseman. Kid Church strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Tiny Easler singles to right field. Tiny Easler steals second. Snuffy Palacios walks. Jerry Worrell grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Tiny Easler advances to third on the play. Rogers Birkofer pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 San Diego Bill Foley strikes out. Fernando Minoso grounds out to the second baseman. Buck Thomas walks. Bombo Kinzy flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Mel Dreifort walks. Steve Brown singles to left field. Mel Dreifort aggressively advances to third on the hit. Jim Demaree singles to right field. Mel Dreifort scores. Steve Brown advances to third on the hit. Bill McClure flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Steve Brown scores. Jim Demaree steals second. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Phil Riggs pops out to the second baseman. Tiny Easler walks. Snuffy Palacios grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 San Diego March Greer flies out to the center fielder. John Brown pops out to the third baseman. Mike Lindeman strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Jerry Worrell singles to left field. Rogers Birkofer grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jerry Worrell is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Mel Dreifort doubles to left field. Rogers Birkofer uses his aggressiveness and scores. Joe Vargas 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. Steve Brown strikes out. Jim Demaree grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 San Diego Ed Kubiszyn enters the game as a defensive replacement for Steve Brown at C. Medric MacDonald walks. Kid Church grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Bernie Ford is pinch hitting for Joe Vargas. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bernie Ford grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Jim Hayden pitching. Bill McClure singles to left field. Tom Morehead is pinch hitting for Phil Riggs. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Tom Morehead strikes out. Tiny Easler grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 San Diego Buddy Smith pitching. Fernando Minoso grounds out to the second baseman. Buck Thomas walks. Bombo Kinzy strikes out. March Greer hits a home run. Buck Thomas scores. Vern Thompson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. John Brown lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners LOB: 7 San Diego total runners LOB: 3
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Sam Wuestling did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Terry Ackley did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Les Berger improves in control Terry Ackley improves in contact_vs_lefty Larry Holshouser did not respond to coaching in speed Curt Compton did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Moose Geiger improves in LF
San Diego Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Brent Aspromonte did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Bill Lawson improves in range George Blong improves in contact_vs_righty Ab Aragon did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Ab Aragon did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Todd Smith improves in contact_vs_righty