Inning: 1 Houston Neal Stephenson pitching. Steve King flies out to the center fielder. Rogers Birkofer flies out to the right fielder. Bill McClure grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Philadelphia Kazumasa Hayashi pitching. Andy Schwarz triples. Bob Chesbro walks. Ross James pops out to the first baseman. Bryan Russo singles to left field. Andy Schwarz scores. Tommy Gideon flies out to the center fielder. Johnny Kieschnick grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Bob Chesbro is out at third base. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Houston Kazuhiro Araki pops out to the second baseman. Takashi Ichihashi flies out to the right fielder. Moose Geiger strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Philadelphia John Sullivan pops out to the shortstop. Stephen Verble grounds out to the shortstop. Neal Stephenson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Ernie Devens grounds out to the pitcher. Johnny Wheeler strikes out. Kazumasa Hayashi flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Philadelphia Andy Schwarz flies out to the right fielder. Bob Chesbro lines out to the third baseman. Ross James grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Steve King singles to center field. Rogers Birkofer singles to right field. Bill McClure singles to left field. Steve King is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Rogers Birkofer advances to third on the play. Kazuhiro Araki strikes out. Takashi Ichihashi singles to left field. Rogers Birkofer scores. Bill McClure advances to third on the hit. Moose Geiger flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Philadelphia Bryan Russo grounds out to the pitcher. Tommy Gideon strikes out. Johnny Kieschnick singles to center field. Johnny Kieschnick steals second. John Sullivan strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Ernie Devens grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Johnny Wheeler strikes out. Kazumasa Hayashi strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Philadelphia Stephen Verble singles to center field. Neal Stephenson fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Neal Stephenson flies out to the right fielder. Andy Schwarz flies out to the center fielder. Bob Chesbro walks. Ross James pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Houston Steve King singles to right field. Steve King steals second. Rogers Birkofer strikes out. Bill McClure singles to left field. Steve King scores. Kazuhiro Araki grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Philadelphia Bryan Russo grounds out to the third baseman. Tommy Gideon lines out to the third baseman. Johnny Kieschnick walks. John Sullivan singles to center field. Johnny Kieschnick advances to third on the hit. Stephen Verble strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Houston Takashi Ichihashi strikes out. Moose Geiger strikes out. Ernie Devens strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Philadelphia Ernie McGarr is pinch hitting for Neal Stephenson. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Ernie McGarr singles to center field. Andy Schwarz flies out to the center fielder. Bob Chesbro strikes out. Ross James hits a home run. Ernie McGarr scores. Bryan Russo walks. Tommy Gideon walks. Hal Constable 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. Johnny Kieschnick lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Houston Pete Wertz pitching. Johnny Wheeler strikes out. Hal Constable lines out to the pitcher. Steve King doubles to right field. Rogers Birkofer doubles past the third baseman. Steve King scores. Bill McClure doubles to center field. Rogers Birkofer scores. Kazuhiro Araki flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Philadelphia John Sullivan triples. Stephen Verble flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, John Sullivan scores. Leo Stueland comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pete Wertz strikes out. Andy Schwarz flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Cam Collier is pinch hitting for Takashi Ichihashi. Cam Collier pops out to the third baseman. Moose Geiger strikes out. Ernie Devens flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Philadelphia Bob Chesbro flies out to the center fielder. Ross James strikes out. Bryan Russo strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Houston Johnny Wheeler flies out to the right fielder. Leo Stueland singles to center field. David Lindsay is pinch running for Leo Stueland on 1st base. Steve King strikes out. Rogers Birkofer pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Philadelphia Otto Neumeier pitching. Tommy Gideon strikes out. Johnny Kieschnick flies out to the right fielder. John Sullivan pops out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 11 Houston Bill McClure strikes out. Kazuhiro Araki flies out to the center fielder. Cam Collier grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 11 Philadelphia Stephen Verble singles to right field. Pete Wertz lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Andy Schwarz flies out to the center fielder. Bob Chesbro doubles past the third baseman. Stephen Verble scores. Houston total runners left on base: 4 Philadelphia total runners left on base: 9
Batting:2B - Bob Chesbro (20).3B - Andy Schwarz (11), John Sullivan (1).HR - Ross James (11).SF - Stephen Verble. Baserunning: SB - Johnny Kieschnick (7).
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Mickey Motton improves in arm Art Jimenez improves in arm Dan Linke did not respond to coaching in arm Too few eligible players, Missed Improvement Chance. Ineligible players: Rich Smith. Stan Jordan did not respond to coaching in range Mike Brett did not respond to coaching in speed Stan Jordan did not respond to coaching in LF
Philadelphia Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Al Croushore improves in arm Tom Bell did not respond to coaching in velocity Al Croushore improves in power_vs_lefty Billy Sykes did not respond to coaching in control Jimmy Sothern did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Ron Metzler did not respond to coaching in control Al Croushore did not respond to coaching in 2B