Inning: 1 Houston Bert Doyle pitching. Greg Spongberg strikes out. Joe Ganzel flies out to the center fielder. Joe Pearce flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Milwaukee Ernie Kennedy pitching. Rich Healy grounds out to the second baseman. Dave Slayton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Johnny Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Bud Siever grounds out to the shortstop. Pete Valdez strikes out. Pi Ortiz grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Milwaukee Joe Maggert strikes out. Bob Kelly walks. Glenn Ayala strikes out. Bob Kelly steals second. Alex Hubbard strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Jerry Alvarado grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mark Carney grounds out to the shortstop. Ernie Kennedy grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Milwaukee Craig Prieto strikes out. Bert Doyle grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rich Healy grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Greg Spongberg triples. The defense is playing the infield in. Joe Ganzel hits an infield single to the pitcher. Greg Spongberg scores. Joe Pearce doubles to right field. Joe Ganzel uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bud Siever flies out to the left fielder. Pete Valdez grounds out to the shortstop. Pi Ortiz walks. Jerry Alvarado grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Milwaukee Dave Slayton grounds out to the second baseman. Johnny Smith flies out to the center fielder. Joe Maggert singles to right field. Bob Kelly singles to left field. Joe Maggert advances to third on the hit. Glenn Ayala pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Houston Mark Carney doubles to left field. Ernie Kennedy lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Greg Spongberg grounds out to the second baseman. Mark Carney scores. Joe Ganzel strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Milwaukee Alex Hubbard grounds out to the shortstop. Craig Prieto singles to center field. Bert Doyle lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Rich Healy singles to right field. Craig Prieto scores. Dave Slayton walks. Johnny Smith flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Houston Joe Pearce singles to center field. Bud Siever grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Pete Valdez flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Milwaukee Joe Maggert grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Kelly strikes out. Glenn Ayala walks. Alex Hubbard grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Glenn Ayala is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Pi Ortiz grounds out to the second baseman. Tom Hunter comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Jerry Alvarado flies out to the right fielder. Mark Carney grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Milwaukee Craig Prieto flies out to the right fielder. Red Spurgeon is pinch hitting for Tom Hunter. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Red Spurgeon grounds out to the second baseman. Rich Healy doubles to left field. Dave Slayton flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Ed Brower pitching. Dick Carroll is pinch hitting for Ernie Kennedy. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Dick Carroll singles to right field. Greg Spongberg strikes out. Joe Ganzel grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Milwaukee Kurt Bigbee pitching. Johnny Smith pops out to the shortstop. Joe Maggert singles to left field. Bob Kelly strikes out. Glenn Ayala singles to center field. Alex Hubbard strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Houston Jim Witt is pinch hitting for Joe Pearce. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jim Witt strikes out. Bud Siever walks. Jerry Rhiel is pinch hitting for Pete Valdez. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jerry Rhiel hits a home run. Bud Siever scores. Pi Ortiz triples. Jerry Alvarado walks. Mark Carney is hit by a pitch. Kurt Bigbee strikes out. Greg Spongberg flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Milwaukee Craig Prieto strikes out. Al Moreno is pinch hitting for Ed Brower. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Al Moreno grounds out to the second baseman. Rich Healy flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners LOB: 5 Milwaukee total runners LOB: 9
Batting:2B - Joe Pearce (17), Mark Carney (22).3B - Greg Spongberg (6), Pi Ortiz (7).HR - Jerry Rhiel (3).GIDP - Joe Ganzel, Bud Siever.HBP - Mark Carney (3).
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Harland Lockhart did not respond to coaching in range Jot Burgmeier improves in arm Russ Irwin improves in control Barry Correa improves in contact_vs_lefty Harland Lockhart did not respond to coaching in SS
Milwaukee Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Jeff Lowdermilk did not respond to coaching in velocity Pete Barr did not respond to coaching in control Jim Varsho improves in power_vs_righty Jeff Lowdermilk did not respond to coaching in velocity