Inning: 1 Houston Dale Cisco pitching. Tiny Easler reached on a fielding error by Dale Cisco. Snuffy Palacios grounds out to the catcher. Tiny Easler advances to second on the play. Strick Jester grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tiny Easler advances to third on the play. Steve Brown singles to right field. Tiny Easler scores. Rogers Birkofer singles to center field. Steve Brown advances to third on the hit. Mel Dreifort hits a home run. Steve Brown scores. Rogers Birkofer scores. Jim Demaree grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Hideaki Murata pitching. Eddie Slaughter doubles to center field. Jim Wolcott strikes out. Pat Tremark flies out to the left fielder. Gary Bell pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Bill McClure walks. Bill McClure is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Hideaki Murata strikes out. Tiny Easler singles in front of the center fielder. Snuffy Palacios grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Rich Bell flies out to the left fielder. Craig Naranjo singles to center field. Doc Fuchs grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Strick Jester singles to center field. Steve Brown hits a home run. Strick Jester scores. Rogers Birkofer grounds out to the second baseman. Mel Dreifort grounds out to the pitcher. Jim Demaree reached on a fielding error by Bill Langston. Bill McClure grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jim Demaree is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Bill Langston doubles to center field. Dale Cisco lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball and Bill Langston is thrown out at third. Eddie Slaughter grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Hideaki Murata grounds out to the shortstop. Tiny Easler grounds out to the shortstop. Snuffy Palacios singles past the shortstop. Strick Jester flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Jim Wolcott strikes out. Pat Tremark flies out to the right fielder. Gary Bell strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Steve Brown grounds out to the second baseman. Rogers Birkofer strikes out. Mel Dreifort grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Rich Bell singles to left field. Craig Naranjo strikes out. Doc Fuchs singles to center field. Rich Bell advances to third on the hit. Bill Langston strikes out. Dale Cisco grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Houston Jim Demaree strikes out. Bill McClure walks. Hideaki Murata lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Tiny Easler grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Eddie Slaughter strikes out. Jim Wolcott grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Pat Tremark singles to left field. Gary Bell triples. Pat Tremark scores. Rich Bell hits a home run. Gary Bell scores. Craig Naranjo pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Snuffy Palacios strikes out. Strick Jester singles to right field. Steve Brown strikes out. Rogers Birkofer reached on a 2-base throwing error by Craig Naranjo. Mel Dreifort flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Doc Fuchs grounds out to the pitcher. Bill Langston grounds out to the second baseman. Davey Tremper is pinch hitting for Dale Cisco. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Davey Tremper grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Gene Foutz pitching. Jim Demaree walks. Jim Demaree steals second. Bill McClure walks. Hideaki Murata lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Tiny Easler walks. Snuffy Palacios walks. Jim Demaree scores. John Fisher comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Strick Jester flies out to the right fielder. Steve Brown grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Eddie Slaughter flies out to the center fielder. Jim Wolcott walks. Pat Tremark singles past the first baseman. Buddy Smith 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. Gary Bell flies out to the left fielder. Rich Bell strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Houston Rogers Birkofer strikes out. Mel Dreifort lines out to the third baseman. Jim Demaree flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Craig Naranjo flies out to the right fielder. Jason Taveras is pinch hitting for Doc Fuchs. Jason Taveras hits a home run. Norm Smith comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Langston pops out to the second baseman. Sam Leifield is pinch hitting for John Fisher. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Sam Leifield grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners LOB: 9 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 5
Batting:2B - Eddie Slaughter (15), Bill Langston (6).3B - Gary Bell (2).HR - Rich Bell (11), Jason Taveras (6).GIDP - Eddie Slaughter, Doc Fuchs. Fielding: E - Craig Naranjo, Bill Langston, Dale Cisco.
Game Notes Bill Langston is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Curt Compton did not respond to coaching in speed Jerry Matarazzo did not respond to coaching in arm Jerry Matarazzo did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jason Dresser did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Mickey Motton did not respond to coaching in speed Johnny Wheeler did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Curt Compton did not respond to coaching in CF
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Danny Hall did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Jim Frye did not respond to coaching in velocity Peyton Stovall improves in power_vs_lefty Jeff Cary improves in power_vs_lefty Cy Knight improves in speed Larry Netzel improves in arm