Win: Francis Vitchard (4-3) Loss: Masahiro Okubo (7-3)
Inning: 1 Montreal Dusty Morris pitching. Phil Floyd doubles to left field. Art Kinney flies out to the center fielder. Charlie Finley singles past the shortstop. Babe Smith grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Houston Eric Flack pitching. Gary Smith singles to right field. Camilius Fly doubles to right field. Gary Smith uses his aggressiveness and scores. Hal Boone strikes out. George Foster flies out to the left fielder. Bobby Morrison strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Montreal Dan Chamberlain grounds out to the pitcher. John Beck doubles to right field. Dick Lake flies out to the center fielder. Eric McElroy grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Monte Heving flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Emil Bragan walks. Alex Gedeon singles to right field. Dusty Morris lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Gary Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Montreal Eric Flack strikes out. Phil Floyd flies out to the center fielder. Art Kinney doubles to right field. Charlie Finley singles to center field. Art Kinney scores. Babe Smith singles to center field. Dan Chamberlain walks. John Beck grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Houston Camilius Fly grounds out to the second baseman. Hal Boone strikes out. George Foster lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Montreal Dick Lake grounds out to the second baseman. Eric McElroy doubles to center field. Eric Flack grounds out to the shortstop. Phil Floyd strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Bobby Morrison pops out to the second baseman. Monte Heving strikes out. Emil Bragan grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Montreal Art Kinney doubles to right field. Charlie Finley flies out to the center fielder. Babe Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Dan Chamberlain grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Alex Gedeon singles to center field. Dusty Morris lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Gary Smith singles to right field. Alex Gedeon scores. Camilius Fly flies out to the right fielder. Hal Boone lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Montreal John Beck grounds out to the second baseman. Dick Lake walks. Eric McElroy grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Dick Lake is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Eric Flack pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston George Foster strikes out. Bobby Morrison strikes out. Monte Heving flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Montreal Phil Floyd strikes out. Pete Held comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Art Kinney flies out to the left fielder. Charlie Finley strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Emil Bragan grounds out to the pitcher. Alex Gedeon walks. King Blackburn is pinch hitting for Pete Held. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. King Blackburn singles to center field. Alex Gedeon advances to third on the hit. Gary Smith strikes out. Camilius Fly grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Montreal Francis Vitchard pitching. Babe Smith reached on a 2-base throwing error by Alex Gedeon. Dan Chamberlain walks. John Beck walks. The defense is playing the infield in. Dick Lake strikes out. The defense is playing the infield in. Paul Benton is pinch hitting for Eric McElroy. Paul Benton singles to center field. Babe Smith scores. Dan Chamberlain scores. Eric Flack fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Eric Flack lines out to the second baseman. Passed ball. John Beck advances to third. Paul Benton advances to second. Phil Floyd grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Houston Hal Boone flies out to the right fielder. George Foster flies out to the center fielder. Bobby Morrison singles to right field. Monte Heving singles to left field. Bobby Morrison advances to third on the hit. Masahiro Okubo 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. Emil Bragan pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Montreal Art Kinney pops out to the second baseman. Charlie Finley singles to center field. Charlie Finley steals second. Babe Smith strikes out. Dan Chamberlain walks. John Beck flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Houston Alex Gedeon walks. Lefty Colpaert is pinch hitting for Francis Vitchard. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Lefty Colpaert reached on a fielding error by Dan Chamberlain. Gary Smith singles to center field. Alex Gedeon scores. Lefty Colpaert advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the infield in. Camilius Fly flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Lefty Colpaert scores. Montreal total runners left on base: 12 Houston total runners left on base: 8
Batting:2B - Phil Floyd (17), Art Kinney 2 (20), John Beck (18), Eric McElroy (10).GIDP - Babe Smith. Baserunning: SB - Charlie Finley (5). Fielding: E - Dan Chamberlain.
Montreal Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ed Mallonee did not respond to coaching in control Marty Hurst did not respond to coaching in velocity Garland Price did not respond to coaching in control Jay Gerheauser did not respond to coaching in velocity
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Glen Mathews did not respond to coaching in speed Dick Kessler did not respond to coaching in control John Anderson did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Al Graham did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty