Win: Brian Baichley (2-9) Loss: Vic Lukachyk (10-9)
Inning: 1 Houston Brian Baichley pitching. Tiny Easler strikes out. Moose Geiger grounds out to the shortstop. Steve King singles to right field. Bill McClure grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Steve King is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 New York Vic Lukachyk pitching. Dennis Kessler pops out to the second baseman. Joe Valdez triples. Bob Chesbro strikes out. Red Crider singles to left field. Joe Valdez scores. John Ewing pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Ernie Devens walks. Jerry Matarazzo strikes out. Steve Brown flies out to the center fielder. Cam Collier grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 New York Ramon Heinkel walks. Ramon Heinkel steals second. Bob Dudra strikes out. Dave Gates strikes out. Brian Baichley flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Vic Lukachyk strikes out. Tiny Easler walks. Moose Geiger flies out to the center fielder. Steve King singles to center field. Tiny Easler advances to third on the hit. Bill McClure singles to center field. Tiny Easler scores. Steve King advances to third on the hit. Ernie Devens grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 New York Dennis Kessler flies out to the right fielder. Joe Valdez singles to center field. Joe Valdez is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Bob Chesbro strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Jerry Matarazzo grounds out to the third baseman. Steve Brown flies out to the center fielder. Cam Collier walks. Vic Lukachyk grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Cam Collier is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 New York Red Crider grounds out to the shortstop. John Ewing grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Ramon Heinkel walks. Bob Dudra strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Tiny Easler singles to left field. Tiny Easler is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Moose Geiger strikes out. Steve King flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 New York Dave Gates strikes out. Chick Daney is pinch hitting for Brian Baichley. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Chick Daney pops out to the third baseman. Dennis Kessler singles to right field. Joe Valdez singles to left field. Dennis Kessler advances to third on the hit. Joe Valdez steals second. Bob Chesbro singles to left field. Dennis Kessler scores. Joe Valdez scores. Red Crider bunts for a base hit. John Ewing flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Houston Mike LeMay pitching. Bill McClure walks. Ernie Devens grounds out to the third baseman. Bill McClure advances to second on the play. Jerry Matarazzo walks. Steve Brown grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 New York Ramon Heinkel grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Dudra walks. Bob Dudra steals second. Dave Gates is hit by a pitch. Mike LeMay lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Dennis Kessler grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Houston Cam Collier singles to center field. Vic Lukachyk lays a bunt down the third base line. He is safe at first. Runners advance. Tiny Easler flies out to the left fielder. Moose Geiger grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Vic Lukachyk is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Steve King strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 New York Joe Valdez walks. Bob Chesbro flies out to the right fielder. Joe Valdez steals second. Red Crider pops out to the shortstop. John Ewing strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Bill McClure pops out to the first baseman. Ernie Devens pops out to the second baseman. Jerry Matarazzo hits a home run. Steve Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 New York Ramon Heinkel walks. Ramon Heinkel steals second. Bob Dudra walks. Shigeru Niimi 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. Dave Gates doubles to right field. Ramon Heinkel scores. Bob Dudra uses his aggressiveness and scores. Ramon McGill is pinch hitting for Mike LeMay. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Ramon McGill singles to left field. Dennis Kessler singles to left field. Dave Gates scores. Ramon McGill advances to third on the hit. Alex Davis comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joe Valdez doubles to right field. Ramon McGill scores. Dennis Kessler uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bob Chesbro flies out to the center fielder. Red Crider pops out to the third baseman. Joe Valdez is out trying to steal third. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Frank Cadaret pitching. Cam Collier flies out to the center fielder. Strick Jester is pinch hitting for Alex Davis. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Strick Jester walks. Tiny Easler singles to left field. Strick Jester advances to third on the hit. Moose Geiger grounds into a 3-6-3 double play - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Houston total runners left on base: 9 New York total runners left on base: 8
Batting:2B - Joe Valdez (11), Dave Gates (17).3B - Joe Valdez (5).HBP - Dave Gates (3). Baserunning: SB - Joe Valdez 2 (20), Ramon Heinkel 2 (12), Bob Dudra (19).CS - Joe Valdez 2 (6).
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jim Demaree did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Warren Dettore did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Joe Timberlake improves in range Joe Timberlake improves in speed Babe Miller did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Joe Timberlake improves in power_vs_righty Mickey Motton did not respond to coaching in LF
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Rollie Busby did not respond to coaching in velocity Roy West improves in power_vs_righty Al Quirk did not respond to coaching in control Roy West did not respond to coaching in speed Wes Cressend did not respond to coaching in control Wes Cressend did not respond to coaching in velocity