Win: Hideaki Murata (14-12) Loss: Bill Foley (8-14)
Save: Norm Smith (29)
Inning: 1 Houston Bill Foley pitching. Tiny Easler walks. Snuffy Palacios grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Tiny Easler is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Moose Geiger grounds out to the shortstop. Snuffy Palacios advances to second on the play. Strick Jester strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 San Diego Hideaki Murata pitching. Bombo Kinzy grounds out to the second baseman. Fernando Minoso grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Lindeman flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Bill McClure grounds out to the third baseman. Steve Brown strikes out. Jim Demaree strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 San Diego March Greer strikes out. Chick McKee doubles to right field. Nick Linares reached on a fielding error by Bill McClure. Leon Blades lines out to the shortstop. German Small strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Houston Rogers Birkofer strikes out. Hideaki Murata flies out to the right fielder. Tiny Easler walks. Tiny Easler steals second. Snuffy Palacios grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 San Diego Bill Foley grounds out to the second baseman. Bombo Kinzy flies out to the center fielder. Fernando Minoso singles to right field. Mike Lindeman strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Moose Geiger pops out to the first baseman. Strick Jester pops out to the first baseman. Bill McClure singles to left field. Bill McClure steals second. Steve Brown grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 San Diego March Greer walks. March Greer steals second. Chick McKee hits a home run. March Greer scores. Nick Linares flies out to the left fielder. Leon Blades flies out to the left fielder. German Small strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Jim Demaree singles to center field. Rogers Birkofer hits a home run. Jim Demaree scores. Hideaki Murata strikes out. Tiny Easler grounds out to the second baseman. Snuffy Palacios pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 San Diego Bill Foley grounds out to the pitcher. Bombo Kinzy singles to center field. Fernando Minoso reached on a 2-base throwing error by Bill McClure. Mike Lindeman strikes out. March Greer walks. Chick McKee grounds into a fielders choice to the first baseman. Bombo Kinzy is out at home. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Houston Moose Geiger grounds out to the third baseman. Strick Jester singles to left field. Bill McClure strikes out. Steve Brown grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 San Diego Nick Linares grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Leon Blades doubles past the third baseman. German Small grounds out to the pitcher. Bill Foley grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Jim Demaree flies out to the right fielder. Rogers Birkofer hits a home run. Hideaki Murata strikes out. Tiny Easler lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 San Diego Bombo Kinzy strikes out. Fernando Minoso strikes out. Mike Lindeman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Snuffy Palacios walks. Moose Geiger grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Snuffy Palacios is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Strick Jester singles to right field. Moose Geiger advances to third on the hit. Joe Vargas 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. Bill McClure flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Moose Geiger scores. Steve Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 San Diego March Greer strikes out. Chick McKee singles to center field. Chick McKee steals second. Vern Thompson 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. Nick Linares grounds out to the pitcher. Leon Blades flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Jim Demaree grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rogers Birkofer grounds out to the third baseman. Tom Morehead is pinch hitting for Vern Thompson. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Tom Morehead grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 San Diego Norm Smith pitching. German Small flies out to the left fielder. Doug Lindsey is pinch hitting for Joe Vargas. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Doug Lindsey grounds out to the shortstop. Bombo Kinzy flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners LOB: 5 San Diego total runners LOB: 8
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Joe Hayes improves in power_vs_righty Joe Hayes did not respond to coaching in arm Terry Ackley did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Hal Constable did not respond to coaching in velocity Babe Miller did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Mike Brett improves in LF
San Diego Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Cloyd Norton improves in range George Blong improves in arm Chuck Dillman improves in range Homer Natal improves in power_vs_lefty Todd Smith improves in speed Larry More improves in contact_vs_righty