Win: Candy Cooper (19-8) Loss: Denny Heise (12-15)
Save: Newt Kaiser (51)
Inning: 1 Houston Candy Cooper pitching. Hank Hornsby grounds out to the shortstop. Monte Kinsella strikes out. Connie Wynn flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Denny Heise pitching. Harry Jones pops out to the first baseman. Doyt Miller singles to center field. Rickey Fetzer hits a home run. Doyt Miller scores. Em Wolf walks. Em Wolf steals second. Naoyuki Shigemura singles to center field. Em Wolf scores. Bill Gilks strikes out. Phil Walberg lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Wingo Ivie singles to center field. Purnal Vance grounds out to the third baseman. Wingo Ivie advances to second on the play. Roy Roberts flies out to the right fielder. Pete Kennedy grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Bert Lowdermilk grounds out to the second baseman. Candy Cooper grounds out to the shortstop. Harry Jones strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Ray Lang flies out to the right fielder. Denny Heise singles to center field. Hank Hornsby grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Doyt Miller flies out to the left fielder. Rickey Fetzer strikes out. Em Wolf grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Monte Kinsella hits an infield single to the first baseman. Connie Wynn doubles to right field. Wingo Ivie hits a home run. Monte Kinsella scores. Connie Wynn scores. Purnal Vance grounds out to the second baseman. Roy Roberts pops out to the second baseman. Pete Kennedy strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Naoyuki Shigemura hits a home run. Bill Gilks walks. Phil Walberg flies out to the left fielder. Bert Lowdermilk strikes out. Candy Cooper singles to center field. Bill Gilks advances to third on the hit. Harry Jones flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Houston Ray Lang pops out to the second baseman. Denny Heise grounds out to the shortstop. Hank Hornsby grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Doyt Miller doubles to center field. Rickey Fetzer flies out to the center fielder. Em Wolf walks. Naoyuki Shigemura pops out to the catcher. Bill Gilks singles to center field. Doyt Miller scores. Em Wolf advances to third on the hit. Phil Walberg walks. Bert Lowdermilk grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Houston Monte Kinsella strikes out. Connie Wynn singles to right field. Wingo Ivie singles to left field. Connie Wynn aggressively advances to third on the hit. Purnal Vance strikes out. Roy Roberts grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Candy Cooper flies out to the left fielder. Harry Jones doubles to left field. Doyt Miller flies out to the center fielder. Rickey Fetzer grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Pete Kennedy grounds out to the second baseman. Ray Lang grounds out to the shortstop. Brad Hilton is pinch hitting for Denny Heise. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Brad Hilton grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Morris Smith pitching. Em Wolf walks. Naoyuki Shigemura flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Bill Gilks pops out to the first baseman. Phil Walberg triples. Em Wolf scores. Bert Lowdermilk grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Hank Hornsby strikes out. Monte Kinsella flies out to the left fielder. Connie Wynn grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati McKay Brittin is pinch hitting for Candy Cooper. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. McKay Brittin strikes out. Harry Jones singles to right field. Harry Jones steals second. Doyt Miller flies out to the center fielder. Rickey Fetzer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Newt Kaiser pitching. Wingo Ivie hits a home run. Purnal Vance grounds out to the shortstop. Roy Roberts singles to left field. Pete Kennedy pops out to the shortstop. Ray Lang grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Roy Roberts is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Houston total runners left on base: 4 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 9
Batting:2B - Harry Jones (34), Doyt Miller (32).3B - Phil Walberg (4).HR - Rickey Fetzer (18), Naoyuki Shigemura (27). Baserunning: SB - Harry Jones (27), Em Wolf (12).
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bill Currence did not respond to coaching in velocity Wally Anderson did not respond to coaching in control Ron Stutz did not respond to coaching in control Buddy Walker did not respond to coaching in velocity Wayne Davis did not respond to coaching in control Wayne Davis did not respond to coaching in velocity
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Garry Steels did not respond to coaching in control Don Causey did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Garry Steels did not respond to coaching in velocity Rick Jones did not respond to coaching in velocity Oscar Gaston improves in contact_vs_righty Harry Ludwig did not respond to coaching in control Ralph Johnston did not respond to coaching in SS