Win: Kelly Hambright (8-2) Loss: Steve Olson (2-6)
Inning: 1 Houston Bruce Bearse pitching. Ed Lutenberg reached on a 2-base fielding error by Joe Staiger. Charlie Umbricht grounds out to the third baseman. Ed Perez walks. Vern Bare pops out to the shortstop. Fred Lord walks. Red Thurman strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 1 Chicago Lew Tiant pitching. Brian Davis strikes out. Mike Shaw walks. Kevin Dykstra grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Mike Shaw advances to second on the play. Orlando Wojna strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston John Brown grounds out to the third baseman. Ryan Burkart strikes out. Lew Tiant flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Chicago Jose Luis flies out to the center fielder. Joe Staiger grounds out to the shortstop. Chip Howard singles past the shortstop. Pascual Riggs strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Ed Lutenberg grounds out to the shortstop. Charlie Umbricht grounds out to the shortstop. Ed Perez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Chicago Bruce Bearse strikes out. Brian Davis singles to center field. Mike Shaw strikes out. Kevin Dykstra flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Vern Bare flies out to the left fielder. Fred Lord singles to right field. Red Thurman walks. John Brown singles past the second baseman. Fred Lord scores. Red Thurman advances to third on the hit. Ryan Burkart strikes out. Lew Tiant grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Chicago Orlando Wojna strikes out. Jose Luis strikes out. Joe Staiger strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Ed Lutenberg flies out to the right fielder. Charlie Umbricht singles to left field. Ed Perez grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Chicago Chip Howard grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Pascual Riggs reached on a fielding error by John Brown. Bruce Bearse lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Brian Davis hits a home run. Pascual Riggs scores. Mike Shaw pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Vern Bare strikes out. Fred Lord hits a home run. Red Thurman triples. John Brown flies out to the center fielder. Ryan Burkart walks. Lew Tiant strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Chicago Kevin Dykstra doubles to center field. Orlando Wojna flies out to the center fielder. Jose Luis flies out to the left fielder. Joe Staiger strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Ed Lutenberg flies out to the right fielder. Charlie Umbricht walks. Ed Perez strikes out. Vern Bare hits an infield single to the pitcher. Fred Lord grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Chicago Chip Howard pops out to the third baseman. Pascual Riggs walks. Bruce Bearse lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Brian Davis strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Harry Ryan is pinch hitting for Red Thurman. Harry Ryan singles to center field. John Brown grounds out to the shortstop. Harry Ryan advances to second on the play. Tom Sanders is pinch hitting for Ryan Burkart. Tom Sanders strikes out. Lew Tiant singles to right field. Harry Ryan scores. Al McGunnigle is pinch hitting for Ed Lutenberg. Al McGunnigle grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Chicago Mike Shaw singles to right field. Kevin Dykstra reached on a 2-base throwing error by John Brown. Orlando Wojna pops out to the second baseman. Steve Olson 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. Jose Luis grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Shaw scores. Kevin Dykstra advances to third on the play. Joe Staiger grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Charlie Umbricht doubles to left field. Kelly Hambright 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. Ed Perez strikes out. Vern Bare grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Charlie Umbricht advances to third on the play. Fred Lord strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Chicago Chip Howard doubles to right field. Carlos Sanchez is pinch running for Chip Howard on 2nd base. Pascual Riggs strikes out. Ryan Lawrence is pinch hitting for Kelly Hambright. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Ryan Lawrence walks. Brian Davis strikes out. Mike Shaw singles to left field. Carlos Sanchez scores. Houston total runners left on base: 11 Chicago total runners left on base: 6
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Phil Rivera improves in arm Bob Robinson improves in arm Bill Taff did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Bill Taff did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Bill Strohmayer did not respond to coaching in control Fritz Gleaton did not respond to coaching in velocity
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jack Nash did not respond to coaching in control Andy Perisho did not respond to coaching in range Bill Cronin improves in range Harry Kerr did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Jose Byrne did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jose Byrne improves in contact_vs_lefty Andy Perisho did not respond to coaching in 2B