Win: Tatsuhiko Satake (5-3) Loss: Dennis Blosser (8-3)
Inning: 1 Houston Dennis Blosser pitching. Tiny Easler singles to center field. Snuffy Palacios walks. Strick Jester hits an infield single to the pitcher. Mickey Motton strikes out. Bill McClure walks. Tiny Easler scores. Steve Brown doubles to center field. Snuffy Palacios scores. Strick Jester scores. Bill McClure is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Jim Demaree flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 San Diego Tatsuhiko Satake pitching. Bombo Kinzy pops out to the second baseman. Fernando Minoso strikes out. German Small doubles past the third baseman. March Greer grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Rogers Birkofer singles to right field. Tatsuhiko Satake lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Tiny Easler bunts for a base hit. Snuffy Palacios doubles to center field. Rogers Birkofer scores. Tiny Easler uses his aggressiveness and scores. Strick Jester reached on a 2-base fielding error by Fernando Minoso. Snuffy Palacios scores. Mickey Motton walks. Bill McClure singles to center field. Strick Jester scores. Steve Brown walks. Jim Demaree grounds out to the third baseman. Mickey Motton scores. Bill McClure advances to third on the play. Steve Brown advances to second on the play. Rogers Birkofer grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 San Diego Mike Lindeman strikes out. Leon Blades singles past the shortstop. Mark Ford walks. Nick Linares grounds out to the third baseman. Leon Blades advances to third on the play. Mark Ford advances to second on the play. Dennis Blosser singles to right field. Leon Blades scores. Mark Ford is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Al Stargell comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tatsuhiko Satake grounds out to the second baseman. Tiny Easler walks. Tiny Easler is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Snuffy Palacios singles to left field. Strick Jester walks. Mickey Motton grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 San Diego Bombo Kinzy walks. Bombo Kinzy steals second. Fernando Minoso lines out to the pitcher. German Small walks. March Greer triples. Bombo Kinzy scores. German Small scores. Mike Lindeman grounds out to the third baseman. Leon Blades grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Bill McClure pops out to the third baseman. Steve Brown flies out to the center fielder. Jim Demaree strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 San Diego Mark Ford pops out to the shortstop. Nick Linares grounds out to the shortstop. Al Stargell lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Rogers Birkofer flies out to the left fielder. Tatsuhiko Satake flies out to the left fielder. Tiny Easler strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 San Diego Bombo Kinzy flies out to the center fielder. Fernando Minoso walks. German Small singles to right field. Fernando Minoso is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. March Greer grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Snuffy Palacios grounds out to the second baseman. Strick Jester reached on a fielding error by Leon Blades. Strick Jester steals second. Mickey Motton singles to left field. Strick Jester scores. Bill McClure flies out to the center fielder. Steve Brown grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Mickey Motton is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 San Diego Mike Lindeman grounds out to the third baseman. Leon Blades flies out to the right fielder. Mark Ford hits a home run. Nick Linares singles to left field. Al Stargell grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Nick Linares is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Jim Demaree walks. Rogers Birkofer reached on a fielding error by German Small. Steve King is pinch hitting for Tatsuhiko Satake. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Steve King singles to left field. Jim Demaree scores. Rogers Birkofer aggressively advances to third on the hit. Zack Rolen comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tiny Easler grounds out to the shortstop. Steve King advances to second on the play. Snuffy Palacios strikes out. Strick Jester singles to center field. Rogers Birkofer scores. Steve King scores. Mickey Motton grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 San Diego Shigeru Niimi pitching. Bombo Kinzy grounds out to the second baseman. Fernando Minoso doubles to right field. German Small walks. March Greer pops out to the third baseman. Mike Lindeman strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Houston Bill McClure strikes out. Steve Brown grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jim Demaree singles to center field. Jim Demaree is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 San Diego Leon Blades flies out to the center fielder. Mark Ford doubles to center field. Nick Linares hits a home run. Mark Ford scores. Buddy Smith comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Wally McCall is pinch hitting for Zack Rolen. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Wally McCall strikes out. Bombo Kinzy walks. Fernando Minoso singles to center field. German Small singles to center field. Bombo Kinzy scores. Norm Smith comes in from the bullpen to pitch. March Greer grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! German Small is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Houston Bill Foley pitching. Rogers Birkofer strikes out. Norm Smith singles to center field. Tiny Easler singles to left field. Norm Smith is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder. Snuffy Palacios flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 San Diego Mike Lindeman walks. Leon Blades walks. Mark Ford grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Mike Lindeman advances to third on the play. Nick Linares grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Houston total runners LOB: 8 San Diego total runners LOB: 10
Batting:2B - Fernando Minoso (13), German Small (15), Mark Ford (5).3B - March Greer (4).HR - Mark Ford (5), Nick Linares (8).GIDP - Mark Ford. Baserunning: SB - Bombo Kinzy (5). Fielding: E - Fernando Minoso, German Small, Leon Blades.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Terry Ackley did not respond to coaching in range Babe Miller did not respond to coaching in range Mike Brett improves in arm Curt Compton did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Terry Ackley did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Vic Lukachyk did not respond to coaching in control Mike Brett did not respond to coaching in LF
San Diego Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Joe Gabrielson did not respond to coaching in arm Laddie Marolewski improves in contact_vs_lefty George Blong improves in power_vs_lefty Fred Rhines did not respond to coaching in velocity Kid Church did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Larry More improves in contact_vs_righty