Win: Masanori Arai (1-0) Loss: Barry Fitzgerald (0-1)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati Barry Fitzgerald pitching. Doug Heflin doubles to center field. Drungo Bartee walks. Dave Connors strikes out. Hugh Federoff flies out to the center fielder. Bob Salvo doubles to left field. Doug Heflin scores. Drungo Bartee uses his aggressiveness and scores. Don Speier is hit by a pitch. Lance Parrish pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Houston Masanori Arai pitching. Walt Breton strikes out. Dean Throneberry hits a home run. Mamoru Abe grounds out to the second baseman. Bort Thompson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Dave Backman grounds out to the shortstop. Masanori Arai flies out to the right fielder. Doug Heflin walks. Drungo Bartee grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Doug Heflin is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Scott Jackson pops out to the shortstop. Sailor Abstein grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rick McCracken flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Dave Connors pops out to the third baseman. Hugh Federoff strikes out. Bob Salvo grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Dom Terry lines out to the third baseman. Barry Fitzgerald grounds out to the pitcher. Walt Breton grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Don Speier doubles to right field. Lance Parrish singles to left field. Don Speier scores. Dave Backman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Lance Parrish advances to second on the play. Masanori Arai walks. Doug Heflin doubles to right field. Lance Parrish scores. Drungo Bartee walks. Dave Connors singles to center field. Masanori Arai scores. Doug Heflin scores. Doc Bass comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Hugh Federoff singles to right field. Drungo Bartee scores. Dave Connors advances to third on the hit. Bob Salvo flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Dave Connors scores. Hugh Federoff steals second. Don Speier grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Dean Throneberry strikes out. Mamoru Abe flies out to the right fielder. Bort Thompson pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Lance Parrish hits a home run. Dave Backman flies out to the left fielder. Masanori Arai strikes out. Doug Heflin flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Scott Jackson walks. Sailor Abstein strikes out. Rick McCracken singles to left field. Scott Jackson advances to third on the hit. Dom Terry flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Scott Jackson scores. Doc Bass grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Rick McCracken is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Drungo Bartee pops out to the shortstop. Dave Connors flies out to the center fielder. Hugh Federoff grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Walt Breton lines out to the first baseman. Dean Throneberry lines out to the pitcher. Mamoru Abe flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Bob Salvo grounds out to the second baseman. Don Speier flies out to the right fielder. Luis Palacios comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Lance Parrish grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Bort Thompson hits a home run. Scott Jackson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Sailor Abstein lines out to the pitcher. Rick McCracken strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Dave Backman grounds out to the second baseman. She Taylor is pinch hitting for Masanori Arai. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. She Taylor grounds out to the third baseman. Doug Heflin grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Yukiichi Shimada pitching. Dom Terry singles to left field. Charlie Rice is pinch hitting for Luis Palacios. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Charlie Rice strikes out. Kyle Barry Larkin is pinch hitting for Walt Breton. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Kyle Barry Larkin grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Dom Terry is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Dean Throneberry singles to left field. Mamoru Abe flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Tom Guetterman pitching. Drungo Bartee grounds out to the second baseman. Dave Connors flies out to the center fielder. Hugh Federoff singles to right field. Bob Salvo flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Joe McManus is pinch hitting for Bort Thompson. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Joe McManus flies out to the right fielder. Lee Jones is pinch hitting for Scott Jackson. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Lee Jones strikes out. Sailor Abstein hits a home run. Rick McCracken hits a home run. Damien Miller comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dom Terry doubles to left field. Jose Orador is pinch hitting for Tom Guetterman. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jose Orador strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 5 Houston total runners LOB: 4
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ed Klimkowski did not respond to coaching in control John Goodwin did not respond to coaching in control John McNair did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Victor Diaz improves in speed John McNair did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Dave Rodriguez did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Barney Courtright improves in control Hector Choate did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Rey Munoz did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Lary Hand did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Vaughn Conners improves in contact_vs_lefty Arlo Gallagher did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty