Win: Frank Marriott (8-15) Loss: Jeff Pipp (9-12)
Save: Vern Thompson (4)
Inning: 1 Houston Jeff Pipp pitching. Tiny Easler hits a home run. Jim Demaree hits a home run. Strick Jester strikes out. Steve Brown walks. Snuffy Palacios singles to center field. Steve Brown advances to third on the hit. Snuffy Palacios steals second. Mel Dreifort walks. Rogers Birkofer strikes out. Bill McClure strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 1 Philadelphia Frank Marriott pitching. Joe Simons singles to left field. Bill Schulze walks. Joe Simons steals third. Tommy Gideon is hit by a pitch. Juan Hamelin grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Joe Simons scores. Bill Schulze advances to third on the play. Gene Yoshii strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Frank Marriott grounds out to the third baseman. Tiny Easler strikes out. Jim Demaree flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Philadelphia Tim Lacy strikes out. Chick Bernier grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Wayne Henry doubles to left field. Jeff Pipp singles to center field. Wayne Henry scores. Joe Simons singles to center field. Bill Schulze strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Houston Strick Jester triples. Steve Brown grounds out to the second baseman. Strick Jester scores. Snuffy Palacios flies out to the center fielder. Mel Dreifort reached on a fielding error by Jeff Pipp. Rogers Birkofer singles to center field. Mel Dreifort advances to third on the hit. Bill McClure walks. Frank Marriott flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Philadelphia Tommy Gideon pops out to the shortstop. Juan Hamelin flies out to the left fielder. Gene Yoshii grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Tiny Easler reached on a 2-base throwing error by Tim Lacy. Jim Demaree hits a home run. Tiny Easler scores. Strick Jester lines out to the third baseman. Steve Brown grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Snuffy Palacios strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Philadelphia Tim Lacy singles to left field. Chick Bernier grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Wayne Henry flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Mel Dreifort walks. Rogers Birkofer grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Mel Dreifort is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Bill McClure doubles to right field. Rogers Birkofer uses his aggressiveness and scores. Melvin Edmondson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Frank Marriott grounds out to the second baseman. Bill McClure advances to third on the play. Tiny Easler lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Philadelphia Melvin Edmondson strikes out. Joe Simons strikes out. Bill Schulze strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Jim Demaree singles to right field. Strick Jester flies out to the center fielder. Steve Brown singles to left field. Jim Demaree advances to third on the hit. Snuffy Palacios triples. Jim Demaree scores. Steve Brown scores. Mel Dreifort flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Snuffy Palacios scores. Rogers Birkofer reached on a fielding error by Tim Lacy. Bill McClure pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Philadelphia Tommy Gideon flies out to the center fielder. Juan Hamelin flies out to the right fielder. Gene Yoshii walks. Tim Lacy flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Tom Morehead is pinch hitting for Frank Marriott. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Tom Morehead walks. Tiny Easler reached on a 2-base throwing error by Tim Lacy. Jim Demaree flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Tom Morehead scores. Strick Jester grounds out to the second baseman. Tiny Easler advances to third on the play. Steve Brown grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Philadelphia Vern Thompson pitching. Chick Bernier strikes out. Wayne Henry grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Masatoshi Nakamura is pinch hitting for Melvin Edmondson. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Masatoshi Nakamura grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Tom Guevara pitching. Snuffy Palacios strikes out. Mel Dreifort grounds out to the pitcher. Rogers Birkofer flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Philadelphia Joe Simons singles to center field. Bill Schulze strikes out. Joe Simons gets picked off first. Tommy Gideon flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Bill McClure singles to right field. Vern Thompson fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Vern Thompson pops out to the first baseman. Tiny Easler walks. Jim Demaree strikes out. Strick Jester singles to right field. Bill McClure scores. Steve Brown walks. Snuffy Palacios flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Philadelphia Juan Hamelin singles to center field. Dink Twining is pinch hitting for Gene Yoshii. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Dink Twining singles to right field. Juan Hamelin advances to third on the hit. Tim Lacy grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Juan Hamelin scores. Chick Bernier strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners LOB: 12 Philadelphia total runners LOB: 4
Batting:2B - Wayne Henry (11).GIDP - Juan Hamelin, Tim Lacy, Chick Bernier.HBP - Tommy Gideon (1). Baserunning: SB - Joe Simons (30). Fielding: E - Tim Lacy 3, Jeff Pipp.
Game Notes Tom Guevara is injured and is expected to be out 56 days.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Larry Holshouser did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Sam Wuestling did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jerry Matarazzo improves in contact_vs_righty Roy Roseman did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Mickey Motton did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Sam Wuestling did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Mickey Motton did not respond to coaching in 1B
Philadelphia Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Neal Stephenson did not respond to coaching in control John Pena did not respond to coaching in control Johnny Kieschnick did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Mike Tessmer did not respond to coaching in velocity Fred Johnson did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty John Pena did not respond to coaching in control Andy Schwarz did not respond to coaching in CF