Win: Phil Riggs (11-9) Loss: Roscoe McGuire (18-6)
Inning: 1 Houston Roscoe McGuire pitching. Tiny Easler strikes out. Snuffy Palacios strikes out. Strick Jester flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Brooklyn Phil Riggs pitching. Sandy Young grounds out to the second baseman. Rhy Ryan grounds out to the second baseman. Wilson Spalding singles to left field. Alan Liddle singles to center field. Wilson Spalding advances to third on the hit. John Markell strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Houston Steve Brown strikes out. Mel Dreifort singles past the shortstop. Bill McClure strikes out. Rogers Birkofer grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Brooklyn Bobby Hillman walks. Chick Giambi singles to left field. Bobby Hillman advances to third on the hit. Doc Lyons grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Bobby Hillman scores. Roscoe McGuire strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Jim Demaree flies out to the center fielder. Phil Riggs flies out to the center fielder. Tiny Easler grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Brooklyn Sandy Young singles to left field. Sandy Young is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Rhy Ryan flies out to the left fielder. Wilson Spalding grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Snuffy Palacios grounds out to the third baseman. Strick Jester flies out to the right fielder. Steve Brown reached on a fielding error by Sandy Young. Mel Dreifort pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Brooklyn Alan Liddle flies out to the center fielder. John Markell flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Bobby Hillman strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Bill McClure walks. Bill McClure steals second. Rogers Birkofer hits a home run. Bill McClure scores. Jim Demaree grounds out to the pitcher. Phil Riggs grounds out to the pitcher. Tiny Easler flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Brooklyn Chick Giambi doubles to center field. Doc Lyons strikes out. Roscoe McGuire strikes out. Sandy Young grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Snuffy Palacios singles to right field. Strick Jester flies out to the center fielder. Steve Brown strikes out. Mel Dreifort strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Brooklyn Rhy Ryan strikes out. Wilson Spalding strikes out. Alan Liddle grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Bill McClure strikes out. Rogers Birkofer grounds out to the pitcher. Jim Demaree singles to right field. Phil Riggs strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Brooklyn John Markell grounds out to the third baseman. Bobby Hillman singles to center field. Chick Giambi pops out to the second baseman. Doc Lyons walks. Roscoe McGuire strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Houston Tiny Easler singles to center field. Snuffy Palacios singles to center field. Tiny Easler advances to third on the hit. Dave W Stafford 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. Strick Jester singles to right field. Tiny Easler scores. Snuffy Palacios advances to third on the hit. Steve Brown singles to left field. Snuffy Palacios scores. Strick Jester advances to third on the hit. Mel Dreifort singles to left field. Strick Jester scores. Steve Brown advances to third on the hit. Bill McClure singles to left field. Steve Brown scores. Mel Dreifort advances to third on the hit. Hub Ralston comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rogers Birkofer walks. Jim Demaree singles to center field. Mel Dreifort scores. Bill McClure scores. Rogers Birkofer advances to third on the hit. Tom Morehead is pinch hitting for Phil Riggs. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Tom Morehead flies out to the right fielder. Tiny Easler strikes out. Passed ball. Rogers Birkofer scores. Jim Demaree advances to second. Snuffy Palacios flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Brooklyn Vern Thompson pitching. Al White is pinch hitting for Sandy Young. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Al White singles to left field. Rhy Ryan strikes out. Duffy Perez is pinch hitting for Wilson Spalding. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Duffy Perez is hit by a pitch. Alan Liddle grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Strick Jester singles to center field. Strick Jester steals second. Steve Brown grounds out to the second baseman. Strick Jester advances to third on the play. Mel Dreifort walks. Bill McClure grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Strick Jester scores. Mel Dreifort advances to second on the play. Rogers Birkofer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Brooklyn John Markell flies out to the right fielder. Bobby Hillman pops out to the second baseman. Chick Giambi singles to center field. Doc Lyons grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Chick Giambi is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Houston total runners LOB: 6 Brooklyn total runners LOB: 7
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Cam Collier improves in contact_vs_lefty Ernie Devens did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Sam Wuestling did not respond to coaching in speed Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Sam Wuestling did not respond to coaching in arm Takashi Ichihashi did not respond to coaching in arm Takashi Ichihashi did not respond to coaching in 1B
Brooklyn Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Valerio Blyleven did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Gil Roberts did not respond to coaching in endurance Allan Hernandez improves in contact_vs_righty Wally World Smith did not respond to coaching in control Abe Stocker did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Abe Stocker improves in power_vs_righty