Win: Ed Herrmann (5-3) Loss: Sam Alicea (3-9)
Save: Johnny Alderson (1)
Inning: 1 Houston Tom Allworthy pitching. Babe Miller grounds out to the second baseman. Bill McClure singles past the shortstop. Steve Brown grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Keiichi Tsuji pitching. Jim Wolcott walks. Fred Kimm hits an infield single to the shortstop. Eddie Slaughter singles to center field. Willie Moran grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Jim Wolcott scores. Fred Kimm advances to third on the play. Eddie Slaughter advances to second on the play. Masato Okawa singles to left field. Fred Kimm scores. Eddie Slaughter scores. Billy Schulze grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Curt Compton strikes out. Dan Linke singles to left field. Cam Collier singles to center field. Steve King doubles to right field. Dan Linke scores. Cam Collier uses his aggressiveness and scores. Kazuhiro Araki strikes out. Keiichi Tsuji strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Pat Tremark strikes out. Jason Taveras strikes out. Tom Allworthy grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Babe Miller hits a home run. Bill McClure grounds out to the second baseman. Steve Brown strikes out. Curt Compton grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Jim Wolcott lines out to the first baseman. Fred Kimm flies out to the right fielder. Eddie Slaughter pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Dan Linke strikes out. Cam Collier strikes out. Steve King grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Willie Moran singles to center field. Masato Okawa singles to right field. Billy Schulze grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Willie Moran advances to third on the play. Pat Tremark walks. Jason Taveras flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Houston Kazuhiro Araki strikes out. Keiichi Tsuji singles to right field. Babe Miller walks. Bill McClure singles to center field. Keiichi Tsuji scores. Babe Miller advances to third on the hit. Steve Brown singles to right field. Babe Miller scores. Bill McClure advances to third on the hit. Kyohei Fujimura comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Curt Compton doubles to left field. Bill McClure scores. Steve Brown is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Dan Linke strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Kyohei Fujimura flies out to the center fielder. Jim Wolcott flies out to the center fielder. Fred Kimm pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Cam Collier grounds out to the second baseman. Steve King pops out to the third baseman. Kazuhiro Araki flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Eddie Slaughter doubles to left field. Willie Moran singles to right field. Eddie Slaughter scores. Masato Okawa doubles to center field. Willie Moran uses his aggressiveness and scores. Scott Blair comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Billy Schulze doubles past the third baseman. Masato Okawa scores. Pat Tremark grounds out to the second baseman. Billy Schulze advances to third on the play. Jason Taveras hits a home run. Billy Schulze scores. Hal Constable comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Kyohei Fujimura pops out to the first baseman. Jim Wolcott flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Hal Constable grounds out to the shortstop. Babe Miller strikes out. Bill McClure singles to left field. Bill McClure is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Fred Kimm grounds out to the second baseman. Eddie Slaughter walks. Willie Moran triples. Eddie Slaughter scores. Sam Alicea comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Masato Okawa grounds out to the third baseman. Willie Moran scores. Billy Schulze lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Steve Brown grounds out to the second baseman. Curt Compton doubles to left field. Dan Linke singles to left field. Cam Collier flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Curt Compton scores. Steve King singles past the second baseman. Dan Linke advances to third on the hit. Kazuhiro Araki walks. Sam Alicea singles to center field. Dan Linke scores. Ed Herrmann comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Babe Miller singles to center field. Steve King scores. Kazuhiro Araki scores. Bill McClure grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Babe Miller is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Pat Tremark singles to right field. Jason Taveras walks. Larry Netzel is pinch hitting for Ed Herrmann. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Larry Netzel grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Jason Taveras is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Jim Wolcott flies out to the left fielder. Fred Kimm singles to left field. Pat Tremark scores. Larry Netzel advances to third on the hit. Leo Stueland comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Eddie Slaughter flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Houston Johnny Alderson pitching. Steve Brown lines out to the shortstop. Curt Compton pops out to the third baseman. Dan Linke flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners left on base: 4 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 4
Game Notes Steve King is injured and is expected to be out 6 days.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Tracy Melter improves in power_vs_lefty Tracy Melter improves in speed Tracy Melter improves in range Warren Dettore improves in power_vs_righty John Ortiz did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Tim Lauder did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Stan Jordan improves in LF
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Dennis Redmond did not respond to coaching in speed Marion Levy did not respond to coaching in velocity Oscar Mayer did not respond to coaching in speed Marion Levy did not respond to coaching in velocity Joey Kahle did not respond to coaching in range Tommy Barnowski did not respond to coaching in range Nadroj Goldsmith did not respond to coaching in 3B