Win: Buddy Smith (6-4) Loss: Wally Bolton (3-5)
Save: Norm Smith (16)
Inning: 1 Houston Wally Bolton pitching. Tiny Easler walks. Tiny Easler steals second. Snuffy Palacios strikes out. Strick Jester walks. Moose Geiger singles to center field. Tiny Easler scores. Strick Jester advances to third on the hit. Bill McClure reached on a 2-base fielding error by Eddie Slaughter. Strick Jester scores. Jim Demaree walks. Takashi Ichihashi strikes out. Rogers Birkofer walks. Moose Geiger scores. Les Berger grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Les Berger pitching. Jordan Goldsmith grounds out to the second baseman. Eddie Slaughter flies out to the left fielder. Willie Moran singles to left field. Gary Bell hits a home run. Willie Moran scores. Craig Naranjo walks. Harry Radke grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Tiny Easler reached on a fielding error by Harry Radke. Snuffy Palacios strikes out. Strick Jester strikes out. Moose Geiger flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Pat Tremark grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Wolcott walks. Wally Bolton lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Jim Wolcott forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Jordan Goldsmith hits an infield single to the pitcher. Eddie Slaughter strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Houston Bill McClure strikes out. Jim Demaree strikes out. Takashi Ichihashi grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Willie Moran flies out to the right fielder. Gary Bell grounds out to the second baseman. Craig Naranjo grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Rogers Birkofer flies out to the right fielder. Les Berger walks. Tiny Easler singles to left field. Snuffy Palacios flies out to the left fielder. Strick Jester singles to left field. Moose Geiger grounds into a fielders choice to the third baseman. Les Berger is out at home. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Harry Radke flies out to the center fielder. Pat Tremark singles to left field. Jim Wolcott grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Pat Tremark is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Jim Wolcott is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Bill McClure strikes out. Jim Demaree singles past the third baseman. Takashi Ichihashi pops out to the second baseman. Jim Demaree gets picked off first. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Wally Bolton grounds out to the second baseman. Jordan Goldsmith flies out to the center fielder. Eddie Slaughter flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Rogers Birkofer strikes out. Les Berger grounds out to the shortstop. Tiny Easler hits a home run. Snuffy Palacios strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Willie Moran pops out to the second baseman. Gary Bell walks. Craig Naranjo grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Gary Bell is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Harry Radke is hit by a pitch. Pat Tremark singles to left field. Craig Naranjo scores. Harry Radke advances to third on the hit. Jim Wolcott flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Houston Strick Jester grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Moose Geiger is hit by a pitch. Bill McClure flies out to the left fielder. Jim Demaree grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Wally Bolton flies out to the left fielder. Jordan Goldsmith doubles to center field. Eddie Slaughter walks. Willie Moran singles past the second baseman. Jordan Goldsmith scores. Eddie Slaughter advances to third on the hit. Buddy Smith 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. Gary Bell strikes out. Craig Naranjo doubles to left field. Eddie Slaughter scores. Willie Moran uses his aggressiveness and scores. Harry Radke strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Takashi Ichihashi doubles past the left fielder. Rogers Birkofer walks. Buddy Smith pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Tiny Easler pops out to the third baseman. Snuffy Palacios singles to left field. Jim Frye comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Strick Jester walks. Takashi Ichihashi scores. Moose Geiger triples. Rogers Birkofer scores. Snuffy Palacios scores. Strick Jester scores. Bill McClure grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Pat Tremark walks. Jim Wolcott strikes out. Davey Tremper is pinch hitting for Jim Frye. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Davey Tremper grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Pat Tremark is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jordan Goldsmith flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Johnny Galvin pitching. Jim Demaree walks. Takashi Ichihashi flies out to the left fielder. Rogers Birkofer pops out to the second baseman. Steve King is pinch hitting for Buddy Smith. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Steve King grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Jim Demaree is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Norm Smith pitching. Eddie Slaughter singles to right field. Eddie Slaughter steals second. Willie Moran flies out to the right fielder. Gary Bell strikes out. Craig Naranjo strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Houston total runners LOB: 10 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 8
Batting:2B - Jordan Goldsmith (19), Craig Naranjo (19).HR - Gary Bell (15).HBP - Harry Radke (1). Baserunning: SB - Eddie Slaughter (19).CS - Jim Wolcott (2). Fielding: E - Eddie Slaughter, Harry Radke.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: David Lindsay improves in power_vs_lefty Babe Miller improves in arm Dan Linke improves in speed Mickey Motton did not respond to coaching in range Bill Veil did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Dan Linke did not respond to coaching in arm Mickey Motton did not respond to coaching in LF
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Billy Schulze improves in contact_vs_righty Pete Ter improves in power_vs_righty Carlos Goss did not respond to coaching in velocity Federico Tuseipazzo did not respond to coaching in control Zeb Caminiti did not respond to coaching in velocity Fred Kimm did not respond to coaching in speed Samiel von Weber did not respond to coaching in 1B