Inning: 1 Houston Gene Foutz pitching. Babe Miller pops out to the catcher. Bill McClure flies out to the center fielder. Steve Brown doubles to center field. Curt Compton strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Vic Lukachyk pitching. Jordan Goldsmith grounds out to the pitcher. Larry Netzel grounds out to the catcher - great play by the catcher to prevent a single! Eddie Slaughter flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Dan Linke flies out to the right fielder. Jerry Matarazzo pops out to the second baseman. Adolfo Marrero walks. Kazuhiro Araki lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Willie Moran grounds out to the third baseman. Jason Taveras flies out to the left fielder. Masato Okawa singles to center field. Pat Tremark flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Vic Lukachyk grounds out to the shortstop. Babe Miller grounds out to the second baseman. Bill McClure doubles to right field. Steve Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Jim Wolcott grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Gene Foutz strikes out. Jordan Goldsmith singles to right field. Larry Netzel singles to center field. Eddie Slaughter doubles to right field. Jordan Goldsmith scores. Larry Netzel uses his aggressiveness and scores. Willie Moran strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Curt Compton singles to center field. Dan Linke singles to left field. Curt Compton advances to third on the hit. Jerry Matarazzo pops out to the second baseman. Adolfo Marrero singles to right field. Curt Compton scores. Kazuhiro Araki reached on a fielding error by Jim Wolcott. Vic Lukachyk grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Dan Linke scores. Adolfo Marrero advances to third on the play. Kazuhiro Araki advances to second on the play. Babe Miller grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Jason Taveras doubles to center field. Masato Okawa flies out to the left fielder. Pat Tremark grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jason Taveras advances to third on the play. Jim Wolcott flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Bill McClure triples. Steve Brown grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill McClure scores. Curt Compton strikes out. Dan Linke singles to left field. Jerry Matarazzo walks. Adolfo Marrero singles to center field. Dan Linke scores. Kyohei Fujimura comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Kazuhiro Araki grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Kyohei Fujimura grounds out to the shortstop. Jordan Goldsmith grounds out to the shortstop. Larry Netzel grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Vic Lukachyk flies out to the right fielder. Babe Miller grounds out to the second baseman. Bill McClure pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Eddie Slaughter walks. Willie Moran walks. Jason Taveras strikes out. Masato Okawa flies out to the left fielder. Pat Tremark doubles to right field. Eddie Slaughter scores. Willie Moran uses his aggressiveness and scores. Jim Wolcott grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Steve Brown strikes out. Curt Compton strikes out. Dan Linke flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Asaya Idezuki is pinch hitting for Kyohei Fujimura. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Asaya Idezuki singles to left field. Asaya Idezuki steals second. Jordan Goldsmith singles to center field. Asaya Idezuki scores. Sam Alicea comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Larry Netzel grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jordan Goldsmith advances to second on the play. Eddie Slaughter doubles to right field. Jordan Goldsmith scores. Eddie Slaughter steals third. Willie Moran grounds out to the third baseman. Eddie Slaughter scores. Scott Blair comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jason Taveras singles to left field. Masato Okawa singles to right field. Pat Tremark flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Houston Tippy Canoe pitching. Jerry Matarazzo grounds out to the second baseman. Adolfo Marrero singles to center field. Adolfo Marrero is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Kazuhiro Araki flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Jim Wolcott walks. Fred Kimm is pinch hitting for Tippy Canoe. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Fred Kimm doubles to center field. Jim Wolcott uses his aggressiveness and scores. Leo Stueland comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jordan Goldsmith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Fred Kimm advances to third on the play. Larry Netzel flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Fred Kimm scores. Eddie Slaughter triples. Willie Moran singles to right field. Eddie Slaughter scores. Norm Smith comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jason Taveras grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Willie Moran is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Johnny Alderson pitching. Moose Geiger is pinch hitting for Norm Smith. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Moose Geiger walks. Babe Miller flies out to the center fielder. Bill McClure grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners left on base: 7 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 7
Batting:2B - Eddie Slaughter 2 (21), Jason Taveras (22), Pat Tremark (14), Fred Kimm (5).3B - Eddie Slaughter (8).SF - Larry Netzel. Baserunning: SB - Eddie Slaughter (7), Asaya Idezuki (5). Fielding: E - Jim Wolcott.
Game Notes Vic Lukachyk is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Pete Tartabull improves in control Bert Taylor improves in range Jack Francona did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Chuck Donovan did not respond to coaching in control Dan Chaney did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Tim Lauder improves in range John Ortiz did not respond to coaching in LF
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Marion Levy did not respond to coaching in control Willie DeWitt did not respond to coaching in speed Humphrey Domo did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Mel Vin improves in arm Bengie Molina did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty 'Laser' Pointer did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Dennis Redmond did not respond to coaching in 3B