Inning: 1 Houston Kyohei Fujimura pitching. Babe Miller strikes out. Moose Geiger grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Bill McClure hits a home run. Curt Compton strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Vic Lukachyk pitching. Jordan Goldsmith flies out to the center fielder. Larry Netzel singles to center field. Eddie Slaughter walks. Willie Moran grounds out to the shortstop. Larry Netzel advances to third on the play. Eddie Slaughter advances to second on the play. Jason Taveras hits a home run. Larry Netzel scores. Eddie Slaughter scores. Masato Okawa singles to right field. Pat Tremark singles to right field. Jim Wolcott grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Pat Tremark is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Houston Cam Collier walks. Steve King singles to left field. Cam Collier advances to third on the hit. Terry Ackley doubles to center field. Cam Collier scores. Kazuhiro Araki strikes out. Vic Lukachyk strikes out. Babe Miller grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Kyohei Fujimura grounds out to the second baseman. Jordan Goldsmith walks. Jordan Goldsmith steals second. Larry Netzel strikes out. Eddie Slaughter flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Moose Geiger flies out to the right fielder. Bill McClure doubles to left field. Curt Compton strikes out. Cam Collier walks. Steve King flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Willie Moran walks. Willie Moran steals second. Jason Taveras strikes out. Masato Okawa grounds out to the shortstop. Willie Moran is out trying to steal third. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Terry Ackley grounds out to the shortstop. Kazuhiro Araki singles to center field. Vic Lukachyk fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Vic Lukachyk strikes out. Babe Miller strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Pat Tremark walks. Jim Wolcott grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Pat Tremark is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Jim Wolcott is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Kyohei Fujimura doubles to left field. Jordan Goldsmith flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Moose Geiger walks. Bill McClure singles to right field. Moose Geiger advances to third on the hit. Curt Compton singles to center field. Moose Geiger scores. Cam Collier flies out to the center fielder. Steve King singles to right field. Bill McClure scores. Curt Compton advances to third on the hit. Tippy Canoe comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Terry Ackley hits a home run. Curt Compton scores. Steve King scores. Kazuhiro Araki walks. Vic Lukachyk fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Vic Lukachyk grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Kazuhiro Araki is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Babe Miller grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Larry Netzel grounds out to the second baseman. Eddie Slaughter strikes out. Willie Moran strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Moose Geiger strikes out. Bill McClure grounds out to the pitcher. Curt Compton walks. Cam Collier grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Jason Taveras strikes out. Masato Okawa grounds out to the pitcher. Pat Tremark flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Steve King walks. Gene Foutz comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Relief Pitchers stats. Steve King is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Terry Ackley pops out to the third baseman. Kazuhiro Araki grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Jim Wolcott doubles past the right fielder. Asaya Idezuki is pinch hitting for Gene Foutz. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Asaya Idezuki grounds out to the shortstop. Jordan Goldsmith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jim Wolcott advances to third on the play. Larry Netzel grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Jim Frye pitching. Vic Lukachyk singles to left field. Babe Miller grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Vic Lukachyk advances to second on the play. Moose Geiger doubles to right field. Vic Lukachyk scores. Bill McClure singles to right field. Moose Geiger scores. Ed Herrmann comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Curt Compton strikes out. Cam Collier doubles to left field. Bill McClure uses his aggressiveness and scores. Steve King grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Eddie Slaughter pops out to the first baseman. Billy Schulze is pinch hitting for Willie Moran. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Billy Schulze flies out to the right fielder. Jason Taveras singles to center field. Masato Okawa doubles to left field. Jason Taveras uses his aggressiveness and scores. Jeff Cary is pinch hitting for Pat Tremark. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jeff Cary singles to center field. Masato Okawa scores. Kazumasa Hayashi comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jim Wolcott grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Jeff Cary is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Terry Ackley hits an infield single to the pitcher. Kazuhiro Araki strikes out. Kazumasa Hayashi lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Babe Miller doubles to center field. Terry Ackley scores. Moose Geiger walks. Bill McClure pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Ed Herrmann grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jordan Goldsmith flies out to the center fielder. Fred Kimm is pinch hitting for Larry Netzel. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Fred Kimm strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners LOB: 10 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 6
Batting:2B - Babe Miller (24), Moose Geiger (32), Bill McClure (34), Cam Collier (17), Terry Ackley (5).HR - Bill McClure (15), Terry Ackley (6). Baserunning: CS - Steve King (7).
Game Notes Jim Wolcott is injured and is expected to be out 28 days.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Hiromori Miyade did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Hiromori Miyade improves in speed Jim Morris did not respond to coaching in speed Luis Peitz did not respond to coaching in velocity Adolfo Marrero did not respond to coaching in arm Luis Peitz did not respond to coaching in velocity John Ortiz improves in 1B
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Mel Vin improves in range Nadroj Goldsmith did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Russell Stover improves in range Nadroj Goldsmith did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Marion Levy did not respond to coaching in control Bengie Molina did not respond to coaching in speed Nadroj Goldsmith did not respond to coaching in 3B