Inning: 1 Cincinnati Lew Tiant pitching. Lee Burks strikes out. Tom Rohdes strikes out. Tony Mills hits a home run. Paul Sutherland pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Houston Yamil Ramirez pitching. Earl Stanceu lines out to the second baseman. Ron Gonzalez singles to center field. Ed Perez flies out to the center fielder. Ron Gonzalez steals second. Cy Brumley walks. Bob Weilman singles past the shortstop. John Poindexter strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Will Clark singles to left field. Len Zimmer grounds out to the third baseman. Will Clark advances to second on the play. Bob Smith flies out to the center fielder. Bill Appier walks. Yamil Ramirez strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Houston Fred Lord singles past the shortstop. Purnal Bates walks. Lew Tiant lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Earl Stanceu hits a home run. Fred Lord scores. Purnal Bates scores. Ron Gonzalez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ed Perez singles past the third baseman. Ed Perez steals second. Cy Brumley grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Lee Burks flies out to the right fielder. Tom Rohdes strikes out. Tony Mills strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Bob Weilman grounds out to the third baseman. John Poindexter grounds out to the third baseman. Fred Lord singles to center field. Purnal Bates walks. Jim Miller comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Lew Tiant flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Paul Sutherland walks. Paul Sutherland steals second. Will Clark walks. Len Zimmer strikes out. Bob Smith lines out to the first baseman. Bill Appier walks. Jim Miller grounds into a fielders choice to the first baseman. Paul Sutherland is out at home. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Houston Earl Stanceu grounds out to the shortstop. Ron Gonzalez flies out to the right fielder. Ed Perez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Lee Burks grounds out to the second baseman. Tom Rohdes bunts for a base hit. Tom Rohdes is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Tony Mills walks. Paul Sutherland singles to center field. Tony Mills advances to third on the hit. Will Clark walks. Len Zimmer walks. Tony Mills scores. Bob Smith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Houston Cy Brumley pops out to the shortstop. Bob Weilman pops out to the first baseman. John Poindexter grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Bill Appier pops out to the second baseman. Jim Miller walks. Lee Burks singles to center field. Tom Rohdes singles to center field. Vic Nold comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tony Mills strikes out. Paul Sutherland grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Houston Fred Lord walks. Purnal Bates grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Fred Lord is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Vic Nold lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Earl Stanceu hits a home run. Purnal Bates scores. Paxton Burnett comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ron Gonzalez reached on a 2-base throwing error by Bob Smith. Ed Perez singles to right field. Ron Gonzalez scores. Cy Brumley flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Will Clark flies out to the left fielder. Len Zimmer singles to center field. Bob Smith flies out to the right fielder. Len Zimmer steals second. Bill Appier pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Bob Weilman strikes out. John Poindexter strikes out. Fred Lord strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Masanobu Tanaka is pinch hitting for Paxton Burnett. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Masanobu Tanaka flies out to the center fielder. Lee Burks singles to center field. Tom Rohdes singles to left field. Lee Burks advances to third on the hit. Tony Mills grounds out to the third baseman. Lee Burks scores. Tom Rohdes advances to second on the play. John Brower comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Passed ball. Tom Rohdes advances to third. Paul Sutherland strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Jim Friday pitching. Purnal Bates grounds out to the shortstop. Gene Maurer is pinch hitting for John Brower. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Gene Maurer grounds out to the shortstop. Earl Stanceu triples. Ron Gonzalez flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Steve Olson pitching. Red Thurman enters the game as a defensive replacement for Cy Brumley at RF. Vern Bare enters the game as a defensive replacement for Bob Weilman at 1B. Will Clark grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Len Zimmer grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Smith walks. Bill Appier grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Bob Smith is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 14 Houston total runners left on base: 8
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Rusty Triandos did not respond to coaching in speed Trevor Veras did not respond to coaching in range Lefty English did not respond to coaching in velocity Lloyd Smith did not respond to coaching in velocity Jose Guerrero improves in speed Lefty English did not respond to coaching in control Jose Guerrero did not respond to coaching in SS
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Ed Hanna improves in range Dolan Valdivielso did not respond to coaching in control Bob Gaw did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Gene Hopp did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Dolan Valdivielso did not respond to coaching in control Joe McPhee did not respond to coaching in control