Inning: 1 Houston Zeb Caminiti pitching. Tiny Easler pops out to the shortstop. Snuffy Palacios grounds out to the shortstop. Strick Jester singles to left field. Matt Conwell flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Hideaki Murata pitching. Eddie Slaughter grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Wolcott walks. Davey Tremper triples. Jim Wolcott scores. Joe Godby strikes out. Rich Bell pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Rogers Birkofer grounds out to the third baseman. Moose Geiger strikes out. Takashi Ichihashi strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Jason Taveras flies out to the center fielder. Riley Hayward flies out to the left fielder. Bill Langston strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Bill McClure singles to left field. Hideaki Murata fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Hideaki Murata pops out to the catcher. Tiny Easler flies out to the center fielder. Snuffy Palacios flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Zeb Caminiti strikes out. Eddie Slaughter strikes out. Jim Wolcott flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Strick Jester strikes out. Matt Conwell grounds out to the second baseman. Rogers Birkofer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Davey Tremper flies out to the right fielder. Joe Godby flies out to the center fielder. Rich Bell grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Moose Geiger walks. Takashi Ichihashi strikes out. Bill McClure singles to left field. Moose Geiger advances to third on the hit. Hideaki Murata grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Jason Taveras walks. Riley Hayward walks. Bill Langston flies out to the left fielder. Zeb Caminiti fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Zeb Caminiti strikes out. Eddie Slaughter flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Houston Tiny Easler grounds out to the shortstop. Snuffy Palacios doubles to center field. Strick Jester strikes out. Matt Conwell walks. Rogers Birkofer hits a home run. Snuffy Palacios scores. Matt Conwell scores. Moose Geiger grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Jim Wolcott singles to left field. Davey Tremper walks. Joe Godby doubles to left field. Jim Wolcott scores. Davey Tremper uses his aggressiveness and scores. Rich Bell hits a home run. Joe Godby scores. Monte Warhop comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jason Taveras flies out to the right fielder. Riley Hayward strikes out. Bill Langston hits a home run. Les Berger comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pat Tremark is pinch hitting for Zeb Caminiti. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Pat Tremark walks. Eddie Slaughter singles to center field. Jim Wolcott doubles to left field. Pat Tremark scores. Eddie Slaughter uses his aggressiveness and scores. Norm Smith comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Davey Tremper pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Gene Foutz pitching. Takashi Ichihashi walks. Bill McClure singles to left field. Takashi Ichihashi advances to third on the hit. Norm Smith reached on a fielding error by Jim Wolcott. Takashi Ichihashi scores. Tiny Easler singles to center field. Bill McClure scores. Norm Smith advances to third on the hit. Masatoshi Motoyashiki comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Snuffy Palacios strikes out. Strick Jester doubles to left field. Norm Smith scores. Tiny Easler uses his aggressiveness and scores. Matt Conwell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Strick Jester advances to third on the play. Rogers Birkofer flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Joe Godby strikes out. Rich Bell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jason Taveras grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Moose Geiger grounds out to the shortstop. Takashi Ichihashi lines out to the third baseman. Bill McClure grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Riley Hayward pops out to the second baseman. Bill Langston triples. Sam Leifield is pinch hitting for Masatoshi Motoyashiki. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Sam Leifield singles to left field. Bill Langston scores. Shigeru Niimi comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Eddie Slaughter grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston John Fisher pitching. Tom Morehead is pinch hitting for Shigeru Niimi. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Tom Morehead walks. Tiny Easler walks. Snuffy Palacios walks. Strick Jester flies out to the center fielder. Matt Conwell singles to center field. Tom Morehead scores. Tiny Easler scores. Snuffy Palacios advances to third on the hit. Hal Cooper comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rogers Birkofer strikes out. Moose Geiger grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Vern Thompson pitching. Jim Wolcott singles to center field. Davey Tremper grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Joe Godby singles past the second baseman. Rich Bell singles to left field. Jason Taveras grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Rich Bell is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 10 Houston Takashi Ichihashi grounds out to the third baseman. Bill McClure grounds out to the pitcher. Vern Thompson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Cincinnati Riley Hayward doubles to center field. Asley Martin comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Langston grounds out to the third baseman. Harry Radke is pinch hitting for Hal Cooper. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Harry Radke singles to center field. Riley Hayward scores. Houston total runners left on base: 6 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 6
Batting:2B - Jim Wolcott (8), Joe Godby (9), Riley Hayward (2).3B - Davey Tremper (2), Bill Langston (2).HR - Rich Bell (8), Bill Langston (3).GIDP - Eddie Slaughter, Davey Tremper. Fielding: E - Jim Wolcott.
Game Notes Moose Geiger is injured and is expected to be out 31 days.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Mickey Motton improves in range Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Cam Collier improves in contact_vs_righty Curt Compton improves in speed Vic Lukachyk did not respond to coaching in velocity Curt Compton did not respond to coaching in CF
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Cy Knight did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Dennis Redmond improves in contact_vs_righty Jeff Cary improves in contact_vs_righty Jim Frye did not respond to coaching in control Cy Knight improves in power_vs_lefty Willie Moran did not respond to coaching in arm