Win: Milt Castino (14-12) Loss: Junior Smith (9-13)
Inning: 1 Houston Milt Castino pitching. Walter Bacsik flies out to the left fielder. Tom McLean grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Phil Motloch grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Junior Smith pitching. Lu Keerl singles to left field. Ollie Ballou strikes out. Jerry Surkont flies out to the right fielder. John Trillo strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Bob Schlotz flies out to the left fielder. Manny Bober grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Vedder pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Mark Bowers walks. Mark Walker strikes out. Brian Christensen strikes out. Cliff Sinatro pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Bob Boehmer flies out to the right fielder. Roy Battle grounds out to the second baseman. Junior Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Milt Castino singles to center field. Lu Keerl grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Milt Castino is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ollie Ballou hits a home run. Lu Keerl scores. Jerry Surkont grounds out to the third baseman. John Trillo strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Walter Bacsik strikes out. Tom McLean walks. Phil Motloch grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Mark Bowers pops out to the shortstop. Mark Walker grounds out to the shortstop. Brian Christensen singles to center field. Cliff Sinatro grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Bob Schlotz walks. Manny Bober flies out to the right fielder. Bill Vedder strikes out. Bob Boehmer singles to right field. Bob Schlotz advances to third on the hit. Roy Battle flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Milt Castino strikes out. Lu Keerl flies out to the right fielder. Ollie Ballou singles to center field. Jerry Surkont singles to center field. Ollie Ballou advances to third on the hit. John Trillo singles to center field. Ollie Ballou scores. Jerry Surkont advances to third on the hit. Mark Bowers hits a home run. Jerry Surkont scores. John Trillo scores. Chuck Watson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mark Walker flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Chuck Watson flies out to the right fielder. Walter Bacsik flies out to the left fielder. Tom McLean grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Brian Christensen singles to left field. Cliff Sinatro reached on a fielding error by Chuck Watson. Milt Castino pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Lu Keerl grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Cliff Sinatro is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ollie Ballou grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Houston Phil Motloch strikes out. Bob Schlotz flies out to the right fielder. Manny Bober flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Jerry Surkont walks. John Trillo strikes out. Mark Bowers grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Bill Vedder grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Boehmer walks. Roy Battle singles to right field. Bob Boehmer advances to third on the hit. Shane Chiwitt is pinch hitting for Chuck Watson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Shane Chiwitt flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Bob Boehmer is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Oad Walsh pitching. Mark Walker reached on a fielding error by Phil Motloch. Ray Kirby is pinch hitting for Brian Christensen. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ray Kirby strikes out. Cliff Sinatro walks. Milt Castino lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball and Mark Walker is thrown out at third. Cliff Sinatro advances to second on the play. Cliff Sinatro advances to second on the play. Lu Keerl grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Milt Castino is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Houston Walter Bacsik flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Tom McLean strikes out. Bill Murray comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Phil Motloch singles to left field. Bob Schlotz walks. Manny Bober flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Houston total runners left on base: 5 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 7
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ken North did not respond to coaching in arm Tom Gomez improves in velocity Walt Czajkowski improves in contact_vs_righty Jerry Tipton improves in speed Charlie Wotus improves in speed Mike Phillips improves in speed Jerry Tipton did not respond to coaching in 3B
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Eric Bowman improves in power_vs_lefty Randy Demola improves in power_vs_righty Brian Rodriguez improves in contact_vs_lefty Bob Welch improves in power_vs_lefty Fabian Sheely did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Eric Bowman did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty