Win: Herb Zak (2-1) Loss: Junior Smith (2-1)
Save: Jeffrey Spaulding (4)
Inning: 1 Chicago Junior Smith pitching. Joe Titus walks. Mike Rawley pops out to the third baseman. Roy McCaffery grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Houston Herb Zak pitching. Al Womack walks. Al Womack is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Tom McLean bunts for a base hit. Bob Schlotz grounds out to the shortstop. Tom McLean advances to second on the play. Shane Chiwitt walks. Phil Motloch flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Chicago Alan Habyan strikes out. Darrell Thomas bunts for a base hit. Jim Sosa grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Darrell Thomas advances to second on the play. Akiyoshi Inoue hits a home run. Darrell Thomas scores. Rogers Hague singles to center field. Herb Zak strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Bill Vedder doubles to left field. Bob Boehmer singles past the second baseman. Bill Vedder scores. Johan Moran singles to left field. Junior Smith lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball and Bob Boehmer is thrown out at third. Johan Moran advances to second on the play. Johan Moran advances to second on the play. Al Womack grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Junior Smith is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Tom McLean walks. Bob Schlotz strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Chicago Joe Titus grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mike Rawley grounds out to the pitcher. Roy McCaffery grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Shane Chiwitt flies out to the right fielder. Phil Motloch hits a home run. Bill Vedder flies out to the left fielder. Bob Boehmer flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Chicago Alan Habyan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Darrell Thomas flies out to the center fielder. Jim Sosa pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Johan Moran strikes out. Junior Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Al Womack pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Chicago Akiyoshi Inoue flies out to the center fielder. Rogers Hague strikes out. Herb Zak grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Tom McLean grounds out to the pitcher. Bob Schlotz grounds out to the shortstop. Shane Chiwitt pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Chicago Joe Titus walks. Mike Rawley strikes out. Roy McCaffery walks. Alan Habyan pops out to the third baseman. Darrell Thomas singles to right field. Jim Sosa singles to center field. Joe Titus scores. Roy McCaffery scores. Chuck Watson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Akiyoshi Inoue grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Houston Phil Motloch flies out to the left fielder. Bill Vedder flies out to the center fielder. Bob Boehmer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Chicago Rogers Hague reached on a 2-base fielding error by Johan Moran. Herb Zak lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball and Rogers Hague is thrown out at third. Joe Titus grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Herb Zak is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Mike Rawley hits a home run. Joe Titus scores. Roy McCaffery pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Johan Moran singles to right field. Joe Colbert is pinch hitting for Chuck Watson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Joe Colbert strikes out. Johan Moran steals second. Al Womack strikes out. Tom McLean grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Chicago Lefty Smith pitching. Alan Habyan flies out to the right fielder. Darrell Thomas strikes out. Jim Sosa walks. Akiyoshi Inoue strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Bob Schlotz flies out to the right fielder. Shane Chiwitt flies out to the center fielder. Phil Motloch strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Chicago Rogers Hague strikes out. Herb Zak grounds out to the pitcher. Joe Titus singles to center field. Mike Rawley singles to center field. Roy McCaffery strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Houston Bill Vedder singles past the second baseman. Bob Boehmer singles to right field. Bill Vedder advances to third on the hit. Jeffrey Spaulding comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Johan Moran flies out to the right fielder. Octavio Sissi is pinch hitting for Lefty Smith. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Octavio Sissi reached on a fielding error by Alan Habyan. Bill Vedder scores. Al Womack walks. Tom McLean singles to left field. Bob Boehmer scores. Bob Schlotz grounds out to the shortstop. Octavio Sissi scores. Al Womack advances to third on the play. Tom McLean advances to second on the play. Shane Chiwitt strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Chicago total runners LOB: 6 Houston total runners LOB: 8
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Case Leppert did not respond to coaching in velocity Case Leppert did not respond to coaching in control Tony Birmingham did not respond to coaching in range Darryl Graves did not respond to coaching in control Darryl Graves did not respond to coaching in control Sammy Jordan did not respond to coaching in control
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Mike Tauscher improves in speed Tom Gomez did not respond to coaching in control Tom Gomez did not respond to coaching in control Mike Tauscher improves in speed Ralph Kimmick did not respond to coaching in velocity Max Goodfellow improves in power_vs_righty Doug Fowler did not respond to coaching in 3B