Win: Heath Vader (14-12) Loss: Randy Dilauro (11-19)
Save: Yancey Cravat (43)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati Randy Dilauro pitching. Len Zimmer hits an infield single to the pitcher. Len Zimmer steals second. Tom Rohdes bunts for a base hit. Will Clark pops out to the third baseman. Tony Mills singles to right field. Len Zimmer scores. Tom Rohdes advances to third on the hit. Bill Appier flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Tom Rohdes is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Houston Heath Vader pitching. Ed Lutenberg strikes out. Charlie Umbricht strikes out. Cy Brumley grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Bob Smith strikes out. Masanobu Tanaka grounds out to the second baseman. Kensuke Fujita pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Ed Perez grounds out to the second baseman. Vern Bare grounds out to the shortstop. Al McGunnigle grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Heath Vader flies out to the right fielder. Len Zimmer flies out to the center fielder. Tom Rohdes strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Purnal Bates strikes out. Fred Lord strikes out. Randy Dilauro strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Will Clark singles to left field. Tony Mills flies out to the left fielder. Bill Appier doubles to right field. Will Clark uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bob Smith lines out to the shortstop. Masanobu Tanaka doubles to right field. Bill Appier scores. Kensuke Fujita grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Ed Lutenberg hits an infield single to the shortstop. Charlie Umbricht grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ed Lutenberg is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Cy Brumley strikes out. Charlie Umbricht steals second. Ed Perez doubles to right field. Charlie Umbricht scores. Vern Bare grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Heath Vader strikes out. Len Zimmer grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Rohdes singles to center field. Will Clark flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Al McGunnigle grounds out to the shortstop. Purnal Bates hits a home run. Fred Lord grounds out to the pitcher. Randy Dilauro singles to center field. Ed Lutenberg strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Tony Mills flies out to the left fielder. Bill Appier flies out to the right fielder. Bob Smith pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Charlie Umbricht grounds out to the second baseman. Cy Brumley flies out to the left fielder. Ed Perez grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Masanobu Tanaka strikes out. Kensuke Fujita singles to center field. Heath Vader lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. John Brower 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. Len Zimmer grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Vern Bare flies out to the left fielder. Al McGunnigle strikes out. Purnal Bates flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Tom Rohdes walks. Will Clark triples. Tom Rohdes scores. Tony Mills singles to right field. Will Clark scores. Vic Nold comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Appier singles to center field. Tony Mills aggressively advances to third on the hit. Bill Appier is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Bob Smith strikes out. Masanobu Tanaka grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Dave Brinkman enters the game as a defensive replacement for Tony Mills at 1B. Gene Maurer is pinch hitting for Fred Lord. Gene Maurer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tom Sanders is pinch hitting for Vic Nold. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Tom Sanders strikes out. John Brown is pinch hitting for Ed Lutenberg. John Brown grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Jerry Zdeb pitching. Harry Ryan enters the game as a defensive replacement for Gene Maurer at CF. Kensuke Fujita singles to center field. Damon Fahr is pinch hitting for Heath Vader. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Damon Fahr strikes out. Len Zimmer walks. Tom Rohdes flies out to the right fielder. Will Clark grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Houston Yancey Cravat pitching. Charlie Umbricht singles to center field. Cy Brumley flies out to the center fielder. Ed Perez strikes out. Charlie Umbricht steals second. Vern Bare pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 7 Houston total runners LOB: 3
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Joe Butler improves in arm Ed Boyd improves in power_vs_righty Shinya Mizusawa did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Lou Smith did not respond to coaching in velocity Curt Mason did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Paul Sutherland did not respond to coaching in speed Paul Sutherland did not respond to coaching in 2B
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Bobby White improves in contact_vs_righty Bobby White improves in range Brian Tanner did not respond to coaching in control Bill Taff improves in contact_vs_righty Gene Hopp did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Bobby White improves in contact_vs_righty