Win: Norm Smith (6-4) Loss: Roy Griffin (9-8)
Save: Shigeru Niimi (2)
Inning: 1 Florida Norm Smith pitching. Geoff Kerr strikes out. Orlando Kinzy grounds out to the pitcher. Bob Monteagudo grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Houston Roy Griffin pitching. Tiny Easler singles to left field. Moose Geiger grounds out to the third baseman. Tiny Easler advances to second on the play. Jerry Matarazzo hits a home run. Tiny Easler scores. Bill McClure flies out to the center fielder. Steve Brown pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Florida Bobo Crumling flies out to the center fielder. Irv Sanberg grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Tommy Bongiovanni grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Al Lansford walks. Snuffy Palacios flies out to the center fielder. Cam Collier grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Al Lansford is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Norm Smith pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Florida Bud Grzanich strikes out. Juan Luebbe walks. Roy Griffin lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Geoff Kerr singles to right field. Juan Luebbe scores. Orlando Kinzy grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Tiny Easler grounds out to the second baseman. Moose Geiger singles to left field. Jerry Matarazzo strikes out. Bill McClure triples. Moose Geiger scores. Steve Brown triples. Bill McClure scores. Al Lansford strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Florida Bob Monteagudo lines out to the shortstop. Bobo Crumling flies out to the left fielder. Irv Sanberg flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Snuffy Palacios pops out to the second baseman. Cam Collier grounds out to the second baseman. Norm Smith singles to center field. Tiny Easler grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Norm Smith is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Florida Tommy Bongiovanni flies out to the center fielder. Bud Grzanich pops out to the second baseman. Juan Luebbe strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Moose Geiger strikes out. Jerry Matarazzo grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Bill McClure doubles to left field. Steve Brown singles to right field. Bill McClure scores. Tom Susko comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Al Lansford walks. Snuffy Palacios strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Florida Tom Susko lines out to the shortstop. Geoff Kerr walks. Orlando Kinzy grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Geoff Kerr advances to second on the play. Bob Monteagudo walks. Bobo Crumling flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Houston Cam Collier strikes out. Strick Jester is pinch hitting for Norm Smith. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Strick Jester singles in front of the center fielder. Tiny Easler grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Strick Jester is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Moose Geiger singles to center field. Jerry Matarazzo grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Florida Shigeru Niimi pitching. Irv Sanberg pops out to the catcher. Tommy Bongiovanni strikes out. Bud Grzanich grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Bill McClure flies out to the right fielder. Steve Brown singles to center field. Al Lansford singles to left field. Steve Brown advances to third on the hit. Jack Ortiz comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Snuffy Palacios flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Steve Brown scores. Cam Collier grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Al Lansford is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Florida Juan Luebbe singles to right field. Juan Luebbe steals second. Jack Ortiz lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball and Juan Luebbe is thrown out at third. Geoff Kerr grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jack Ortiz is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Geoff Kerr is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Shigeru Niimi strikes out. Tiny Easler grounds out to the shortstop. Moose Geiger strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Florida Orlando Kinzy singles to left field. Bob Monteagudo flies out to the center fielder. Bobo Crumling flies out to the center fielder. Irv Sanberg strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Florida total runners left on base: 4 Houston total runners left on base: 8
Florida Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Troy Mauriello did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jeff Savransky did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Dutch Robertson did not respond to coaching in control Bobo Hurdle improves in range Dutch Robertson did not respond to coaching in velocity Carlos Smith did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: David Lindsay did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Curt Compton did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Warren Dettore improves in contact_vs_righty Curt Compton did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Adolfo Marrero improves in power_vs_lefty Babe Miller did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Mickey Motton did not respond to coaching in LF