Win: David Maddux (9-13) Loss: Ernie Kennedy (24-8)
Inning: 1 Houston David Maddux pitching. Mark Hale flies out to the left fielder. Joe Pearce flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Pedro Grieve singles to center field. Bud Siever is hit by a pitch. Pete Valdez grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Florida Ernie Kennedy pitching. Al Parks strikes out. Ed Wathan strikes out. Jerry Brown hits a home run. Pedro Santana walks. Jim Brewer flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Joe Ganzel strikes out. Jerry Alvarado grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Pi Ortiz reached on a 2-base throwing error by Al Parks. Ernie Kennedy pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Florida Jim Quinn walks. Ivan Duzen walks. Bill Berger hits a home run. Jim Quinn scores. Ivan Duzen scores. David Maddux strikes out. Al Parks flies out to the center fielder. Ed Wathan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Mark Hale grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Pearce hits a home run. Pedro Grieve flies out to the right fielder. Bud Siever strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Florida Jerry Brown strikes out. Pedro Santana singles to center field. Jim Brewer singles to left field. Jim Quinn singles to right field. Ivan Duzen reached on a fielding error by Pi Ortiz. Pedro Santana scores. Bill Berger strikes out. David Maddux singles to right field. Jim Brewer scores. Jim Quinn scores. Al Parks pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Houston Pete Valdez flies out to the left fielder. Joe Ganzel singles to right field. Jerry Alvarado singles to left field. Joe Ganzel advances to third on the hit. Pi Ortiz singles to right field. Joe Ganzel scores. Ernie Kennedy lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Mark Hale walks. Joe Pearce strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Florida Ed Wathan strikes out. Jerry Brown strikes out. Pedro Santana strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Pedro Grieve doubles to left field. Bud Siever grounds out to the shortstop. Pete Valdez flies out to the left fielder. Joe Ganzel grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Florida Jim Brewer singles to right field. Jim Quinn singles to right field. Jim Brewer steals third. Ivan Duzen hits a home run. Jim Brewer scores. Jim Quinn scores. Bill Berger walks. David Maddux lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Al Parks grounds out to the shortstop. Ed Wathan grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Jerry Alvarado grounds out to the catcher. Pi Ortiz hits a home run. Ernie Kennedy strikes out. Mark Hale flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Florida Jerry Brown grounds out to the shortstop. Pedro Santana strikes out. Jim Brewer pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Joe Pearce pops out to the shortstop. Pedro Grieve grounds out to the third baseman. Bud Siever grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Florida Jim Quinn flies out to the center fielder. Ivan Duzen walks. Bill Berger singles to right field. David Maddux lays down a bunt. The first baseman fields the ball, throws to third for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. Bill Berger advances to second on the play. Bill Berger advances to second on the play. Al Parks grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Houston Pete Valdez strikes out. Joe Ganzel walks. Jerry Alvarado flies out to the center fielder. Pi Ortiz flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Florida Kurt Bigbee comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Ed Wathan grounds out to the second baseman. Jerry Brown flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Pedro Santana strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Martin Alley is pinch hitting for Kurt Bigbee. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Martin Alley lines out to the pitcher. Mark Carney is pinch hitting for Mark Hale. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Mark Carney flies out to the center fielder. Joe Pearce flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners left on base: 8 Florida total runners left on base: 6
Game Notes Pedro Grieve is injured and is expected to be out 37 days. Jim Brewer is injured and is expected to be out 34 days.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Rick Yerkes improves in power_vs_righty Jim Witt did not respond to coaching in arm Jerry Rhiel improves in range Sailor Moran improves in power_vs_righty Harland Lockhart did not respond to coaching in SS
Florida Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Chase Williams did not respond to coaching in control Dave Williams improves in contact_vs_lefty Dave Williams improves in contact_vs_righty Max Melton did not respond to coaching in velocity Ed Baichley did not respond to coaching in 1B