Win: Paul Melvin (13-3) Loss: Dane Hemphill (4-15)
Save: Spades Wood (6)
Inning: 1 Montreal Paul Melvin pitching. Pete Cox walks. Doc Holtgrave flies out to the left fielder. Gene Doljack strikes out. Joe Mueller strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Houston Dane Hemphill pitching. Masaki Arasuna singles to right field. Mark Hale grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Masaki Arasuna advances to second on the play. Joe Pearce strikes out. Joe Ganzel grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Montreal Pat Grampp grounds out to the pitcher. Pop-Boy Cannizzaro pops out to the catcher. Jay Niemann grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Pete Valdez hits a home run. Pi Ortiz pops out to the first baseman. Jerry Alvarado grounds out to the third baseman. Greg Spongberg flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Montreal Steve Haad flies out to the right fielder. Dane Hemphill strikes out. Pete Cox flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Paul Melvin singles to left field. Masaki Arasuna doubles to left field. Paul Melvin uses his aggressiveness and scores. Mark Hale walks. Joe Pearce walks. Joe Ganzel walks. Masaki Arasuna scores. Pete Valdez hits a home run. Mark Hale scores. Joe Pearce scores. Joe Ganzel scores. Pi Ortiz strikes out. Jerry Alvarado flies out to the left fielder. Greg Spongberg grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Montreal Doc Holtgrave walks. Gene Doljack grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Joe Mueller grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Paul Melvin strikes out. Masaki Arasuna grounds out to the second baseman. Mark Hale strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Montreal Pat Grampp walks. Pop-Boy Cannizzaro grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Jay Niemann singles to right field. Steve Haad flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Joe Pearce grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Ganzel grounds out to the shortstop. Pete Valdez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Montreal Dane Hemphill singles to left field. Pete Cox strikes out. Dane Hemphill steals second. Doc Holtgrave grounds out to the shortstop. Gene Doljack hits a home run. Dane Hemphill scores. Joe Mueller strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Pi Ortiz hits a home run. Jerry Alvarado flies out to the center fielder. Greg Spongberg singles to left field. Dick Carroll is pinch hitting for Paul Melvin. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Dick Carroll flies out to the center fielder. Greg Spongberg steals second. Masaki Arasuna grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Montreal Spades Wood pitching. Pat Grampp strikes out. Jerry Brown is pinch hitting for Pop-Boy Cannizzaro. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jerry Brown singles to right field. Jay Niemann flies out to the center fielder. Steve Haad grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Jerry Brown is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Mark Carney is pinch hitting for Mark Hale. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Mark Carney grounds out to the second baseman. John Marshall is pinch hitting for Joe Pearce. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. John Marshall grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Ganzel grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Montreal Van Courtright is pinch hitting for Dane Hemphill. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Van Courtright walks. Van Courtright is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Pete Cox strikes out. Doc Holtgrave singles to right field. Louie Reynolds is pinch hitting for Gene Doljack. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Louie Reynolds singles past the shortstop. Doc Holtgrave advances to third on the hit. Kelly Johnson is pinch hitting for Joe Mueller. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Kelly Johnson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Houston Doyle Dallessandro pitching. Pete Valdez strikes out. Pi Ortiz strikes out. Jerry Alvarado is hit by a pitch. Greg Spongberg strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Montreal Pat Grampp singles past the shortstop. Jerry Brown singles to center field. Pat Grampp advances to third on the hit. Jay Niemann singles to center field. Pat Grampp scores. Steve Haad grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Jerry Brown advances to third on the play. Bud Relaford is pinch hitting for Doyle Dallessandro. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Bud Relaford flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Montreal total runners left on base: 6 Houston total runners left on base: 3
Game Notes Greg Spongberg is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
Montreal Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Steve Washington did not respond to coaching in range Herb Walling improves in arm Earl Ward improves in power_vs_righty Gene Batiste did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Barry Correa improves in power_vs_righty Sailor Moran improves in speed Harland Lockhart did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Paul Rebel did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Sailor Moran improves in 1B