Win: Tom Hunter (2-0) Loss: Paul Melvin (1-1)
Save: Ed Brower (1)
Inning: 1 Houston Tom Hunter pitching. Masaki Arasuna flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Joe Pearce flies out to the right fielder. Joe Ganzel flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Milwaukee Paul Melvin pitching. Bob Landrum grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rich Healy singles to right field. Dave Slayton walks. Johnny Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Rich Healy advances to third on the play. Dave Slayton advances to second on the play. Joe Maggert strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Houston Pete Valdez pops out to the second baseman. Pi Ortiz singles to center field. Pi Ortiz steals second. Jerry Alvarado flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Jim Witt strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Milwaukee Bob Kelly grounds out to the shortstop. Alex Hubbard walks. Babe Colton flies out to the center fielder. Tom Hunter flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Dick Carroll flies out to the right fielder. Paul Melvin strikes out. Masaki Arasuna grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Milwaukee Bob Landrum strikes out. Rich Healy walks. Dave Slayton flies out to the left fielder. Johnny Smith flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Joe Pearce lines out to the third baseman. Joe Ganzel strikes out. Pete Valdez flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Milwaukee Joe Maggert grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Kelly flies out to the center fielder. Alex Hubbard lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Pi Ortiz strikes out. Jerry Alvarado flies out to the left fielder. Jim Witt grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Milwaukee Babe Colton grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Hunter grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Landrum walks. Rich Healy hits a home run. Bob Landrum scores. Dave Slayton strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Dick Carroll singles to center field. Paul Melvin lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Masaki Arasuna flies out to the right fielder. Joe Pearce singles to center field. Dick Carroll scores. Joe Ganzel singles past the shortstop. Joe Pearce advances to third on the hit. Pete Valdez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Milwaukee Johnny Smith walks. Joe Maggert grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Johnny Smith advances to second on the play. Bob Kelly hits a home run. Johnny Smith scores. James Arnold 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. Alex Hubbard walks. Babe Colton flies out to the center fielder. Red Spurgeon is pinch hitting for Tom Hunter. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Red Spurgeon strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Ed Brower pitching. Pi Ortiz lines out to the third baseman. Jerry Alvarado flies out to the center fielder. Jim Witt walks. Rick Yerkes is pinch hitting for Dick Carroll. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Rick Yerkes grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jim Witt is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Milwaukee Bob Landrum walks. Rich Healy doubles to center field. Bob Landrum uses his aggressiveness and scores. Dave Slayton singles past the second baseman. Rich Healy scores. Johnny Smith grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Dave Slayton is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Joe Maggert strikes out. Bob Kelly strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston James Arnold grounds out to the shortstop. Bud Siever is pinch hitting for Masaki Arasuna. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Bud Siever grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! John Marshall is pinch hitting for Joe Pearce. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. John Marshall grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Milwaukee Alex Hubbard pops out to the shortstop. Babe Colton grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Brower lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Joe Ganzel grounds out to the third baseman. Jerry Rhiel is pinch hitting for Pete Valdez. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jerry Rhiel singles to left field. Pi Ortiz strikes out. Jerry Alvarado singles to center field. Jerry Rhiel advances to third on the hit. Jim Witt flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Houston total runners left on base: 6 Milwaukee total runners left on base: 6
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Barry Correa did not respond to coaching in speed Russ Irwin did not respond to coaching in velocity Sailor Moran improves in contact_vs_righty Ed Nicosia did not respond to coaching in speed Sailor Moran did not respond to coaching in 1B
Milwaukee Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Kevin Maris did not respond to coaching in range Jim Varsho improves in contact_vs_lefty Tom Beck did not respond to coaching in control Dutch James did not respond to coaching in range