Inning: 1 Houston Lou Rogers pitching. Tiny Easler pops out to the third baseman. Snuffy Palacios triples. Moose Geiger singles past the third baseman. Snuffy Palacios scores. Al Lansford singles to left field. Moose Geiger advances to third on the hit. Takashi Ichihashi grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Philadelphia Tatsuhiko Satake pitching. Jim Morris hits a home run. Bill Schulze strikes out. Tommy Gideon strikes out. Chick Bernier strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Bill McClure walks. Cam Collier strikes out. Jim Demaree singles to left field. Tatsuhiko Satake fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Tatsuhiko Satake grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Philadelphia Bud Thomas pops out to the shortstop. Stephen Verble flies out to the right fielder. Jerry Grilli singles to right field. Andy Schwarz grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Tiny Easler strikes out. Snuffy Palacios lines out to the first baseman. Moose Geiger grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Philadelphia Lou Rogers grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Morris pops out to the first baseman. Bill Schulze grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Al Lansford grounds out to the second baseman. Takashi Ichihashi singles to center field. Bill McClure flies out to the left fielder. Cam Collier pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Philadelphia Tommy Gideon reached on a fielding error by Moose Geiger. Tommy Gideon steals second. Chick Bernier grounds out to the third baseman. Bud Thomas grounds out to the second baseman. Tommy Gideon advances to third on the play. Stephen Verble grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Jim Demaree grounds out to the shortstop. Tatsuhiko Satake grounds out to the second baseman. Tiny Easler grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Philadelphia Jerry Grilli walks. Andy Schwarz singles to center field. Jerry Grilli advances to third on the hit. Lou Rogers strikes out. Jim Morris flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Jerry Grilli is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Snuffy Palacios pops out to the first baseman. Moose Geiger grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Al Lansford strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Philadelphia Bill Schulze flies out to the center fielder. Tommy Gideon lines out to the shortstop. Chick Bernier grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Takashi Ichihashi hits a home run. Bill McClure singles to right field. Cam Collier pops out to the shortstop. Jim Demaree grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Philadelphia Tim Lacy is pinch hitting for Bud Thomas. Tim Lacy grounds out to the third baseman. Stephen Verble strikes out. Jerry Grilli strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Strick Jester is pinch hitting for Tatsuhiko Satake. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Strick Jester reached on a fielding error by Tim Lacy. Tiny Easler grounds out to the second baseman. Strick Jester advances to second on the play. Snuffy Palacios lines out to the second baseman. Moose Geiger walks. Al Lansford flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Philadelphia Vern Thompson pitching. Andy Schwarz doubles to right field. Juan Hamelin is pinch hitting for Lou Rogers. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Juan Hamelin doubles to left field. Andy Schwarz scores. Keiichi Tsuji comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jim Morris reached on a fielding error by Moose Geiger. Bill Schulze pops out to the second baseman. Tommy Gideon grounds out to the pitcher. Jim Morris advances to second on the play. Chick Bernier singles to right field. Juan Hamelin scores. Jim Morris scores. Tim Lacy singles to center field. Chick Bernier aggressively advances to third on the hit. Stephen Verble flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Houston Melvin Edmondson pitching. Takashi Ichihashi reached on a fielding error by Melvin Edmondson. Bill McClure pops out to the third baseman. Cam Collier walks. Jim Demaree lines out to the pitcher. Rogers Birkofer is pinch hitting for Keiichi Tsuji. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Rogers Birkofer grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Houston total runners left on base: 7 Philadelphia total runners left on base: 5
Game Notes Keiichi Tsuji is injured and is expected to be out 7 days.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Sam Alicea did not respond to coaching in velocity Hal Constable did not respond to coaching in control Warren Dettore improves in arm Babe Miller did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Johnny Wheeler did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Mike Brett improves in arm Mickey Motton did not respond to coaching in LF
Philadelphia Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: D+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Frank Castillo did not respond to coaching in velocity Johnny Ignasiak did not respond to coaching in velocity Ray Paciorek did not respond to coaching in control Ernie Young did not respond to coaching in control Ernie McGarr did not respond to coaching in range Hiroaki Tamura did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Ross James did not respond to coaching in SS