Win: Keiichi Tsuji (4-2) Loss: Pete Hopper (1-8)
Save: Norm Smith (17)
Inning: 1 Houston Pete Hopper pitching. Steve King grounds out to the second baseman. Bill McClure singles to center field. Ernie Devens grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 San Diego Keiichi Tsuji pitching. Bombo Kinzy flies out to the left fielder. Mike Lindeman strikes out. German Small doubles to center field. Bill Lawson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Steve Brown pops out to the third baseman. Cam Collier walks. Jason Dresser pops out to the third baseman. Moose Geiger singles to center field. Cam Collier advances to third on the hit. Rogers Birkofer hits a home run. Cam Collier scores. Moose Geiger scores. Keiichi Tsuji strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 San Diego Ab Aragon flies out to the left fielder. Mark Ford singles to left field. Larry More strikes out. Cloyd Norton grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Steve King walks. Bill McClure doubles to center field. Steve King uses his aggressiveness and scores. Ernie Devens strikes out. Steve Brown singles to left field. Bill McClure scores. Cam Collier pops out to the second baseman. Jason Dresser strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 San Diego Pete Hopper reached on a fielding error by Keiichi Tsuji. Bombo Kinzy walks. Mike Lindeman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Pete Hopper advances to third on the play. Bombo Kinzy advances to second on the play. German Small hits a home run. Pete Hopper scores. Bombo Kinzy scores. Bill Lawson walks. Ab Aragon flies out to the left fielder. Mark Ford singles past the shortstop. Bill Lawson advances to third on the hit. Larry More doubles to left field. Bill Lawson scores. Mark Ford uses his aggressiveness and scores. Cloyd Norton pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Moose Geiger grounds out to the second baseman. Rogers Birkofer hits a home run. Dick Nagy comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Keiichi Tsuji grounds out to the third baseman. Steve King strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 San Diego Dick Nagy grounds out to the second baseman. Bombo Kinzy grounds out to the pitcher. Mike Lindeman singles to right field. Mike Lindeman is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Bill McClure flies out to the right fielder. Ernie Devens flies out to the right fielder. Steve Brown flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 San Diego German Small grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Lawson strikes out. Ab Aragon walks. Ab Aragon steals second. Mark Ford hits an infield single to the pitcher. Larry More strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Houston Cam Collier grounds out to the shortstop. Jason Dresser singles to center field. Moose Geiger flies out to the center fielder. Rogers Birkofer grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Jason Dresser is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 San Diego Cloyd Norton singles to center field. Dick Nagy fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Dick Nagy strikes out. Bombo Kinzy pops out to the shortstop. Mike Lindeman singles to right field. Cloyd Norton aggressively advances to third on the hit. German Small grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Houston Keiichi Tsuji grounds out to the shortstop. Steve King singles to center field. Bill McClure flies out to the right fielder. Ernie Devens singles to right field. Steve King advances to third on the hit. Steve Brown flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 San Diego Bill Lawson grounds out to the shortstop. Ab Aragon grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mark Ford flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Cam Collier strikes out. Jason Dresser strikes out. Moose Geiger walks. Rogers Birkofer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 San Diego Larry More pops out to the third baseman. Cloyd Norton flies out to the center fielder. George Blong is pinch hitting for Dick Nagy. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. George Blong grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Omar Martinez pitching. Jerry Matarazzo is pinch hitting for Keiichi Tsuji. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Jerry Matarazzo grounds out to the shortstop. Steve King walks. Bill McClure grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 San Diego Norm Smith pitching. Bombo Kinzy singles to left field. Mike Lindeman strikes out. German Small strikes out. Bill Lawson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Houston total runners LOB: 5 San Diego total runners LOB: 8
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jack Francona did not respond to coaching in speed Warren Brantley improves in power_vs_righty Warren Dettore did not respond to coaching in speed Rich Smith did not respond to coaching in velocity Warren Brantley improves in power_vs_lefty Dan Linke did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jack Francona improves in SS
San Diego Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Hughie Vico improves in power_vs_righty Palmer Foy did not respond to coaching in speed Irv Piersall improves in arm Jim Mitchell improves in speed Kennie Statz improves in contact_vs_lefty Hughie Vico improves in power_vs_lefty