Win: Ace Mantle (4-3) Loss: Gary Sukla (2-5)
Save: Jim Lee (13)
Inning: 1 Houston Gary Sukla pitching. Ed Lutenberg pops out to the second baseman. Harry Ryan grounds out to the shortstop. Ed Perez walks. Ed Perez is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Colorado Ace Mantle pitching. Dale Castleman strikes out. Tatsunori Muto strikes out. Howdy Stewart doubles to center field. Barry Snyder flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Cy Brumley strikes out. Bob Weilman walks. John Poindexter grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Bob Weilman is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. John Poindexter steals second. Fred Lord singles to left field. John Poindexter scores. Purnal Bates strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Colorado Dave Ferrell strikes out. Greg Fogarty strikes out. Bob Mrozinski singles to left field. Carlos Saez flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Ace Mantle strikes out. Ed Lutenberg strikes out. Harry Ryan pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Colorado Gary Sukla grounds out to the third baseman. Dale Castleman strikes out. Tatsunori Muto walks. Howdy Stewart pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Ed Perez flies out to the center fielder. Cy Brumley grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Weilman walks. John Poindexter pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Colorado Barry Snyder grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dave Ferrell strikes out. Greg Fogarty flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Fred Lord grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Purnal Bates grounds out to the shortstop. Ace Mantle flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Colorado Bob Mrozinski flies out to the right fielder. Carlos Saez grounds out to the shortstop. Gary Sukla singles to center field. Dale Castleman strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Ed Lutenberg walks. Ed Lutenberg gets picked off first. Harry Ryan lines out to the first baseman. Ed Perez grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Colorado Tatsunori Muto singles to center field. Howdy Stewart strikes out. Barry Snyder grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Tatsunori Muto is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Dave Ferrell flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Cy Brumley grounds out to the third baseman. Bob Weilman grounds out to the shortstop. John Poindexter grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Colorado Greg Fogarty walks. Bob Mrozinski strikes out. Carlos Saez flies out to the center fielder. Frank Gibson is pinch hitting for Gary Sukla. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Frank Gibson walks. Dale Castleman strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Houston Steve Sheckard pitching. Gene Maurer is pinch hitting for Fred Lord. Gene Maurer hits a home run. Nemo Tate comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Charlie Umbricht is pinch hitting for Purnal Bates. Charlie Umbricht flies out to the right fielder. Ace Mantle strikes out. John Brown is pinch hitting for Ed Lutenberg. John Brown grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Colorado Red Thurman enters the game as a defensive replacement for Gene Maurer at CF. Bob Robinson enters the game as a defensive replacement for Charlie Umbricht at C. Tatsunori Muto grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Howdy Stewart flies out to the center fielder. Barry Snyder pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Harry Ryan strikes out. Ed Perez singles to center field. Ed Perez is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Cy Brumley lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Colorado Jim Lee comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Dave Ferrell singles to center field. Greg Fogarty grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Bob Mrozinski grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners LOB: 2 Colorado total runners LOB: 7
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Bill Strohmayer did not respond to coaching in velocity Phil Rivera did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Bob Gaw did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Archie Griffin did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Earl Stanceu improves in speed Gene Hopp improves in range