Win: Dallas Lennon (2-0) Loss: Kazuhiro Yokomatsu (1-2)
Inning: 1 Houston Kazuhiro Yokomatsu pitching. Monte Kinsella hits a home run. Wingo Ivie strikes out. Purnal Vance grounds out to the pitcher. Mike Hartley flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Dallas Lennon pitching. Doyt Miller grounds out to the shortstop. Naoyuki Shigemura strikes out. Bill Gilks grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Pete Kennedy doubles to right field. Gene Driscoll flies out to the center fielder. Brad Hilton flies out to the center fielder. Rich Reyes grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Phil Walberg grounds out to the shortstop. Bert Lowdermilk walks. Bert Lowdermilk steals second. Maurice Turner singles to center field. Bert Lowdermilk scores. Doc Beasley singles to center field. Maurice Turner advances to third on the hit. McKay Brittin pops out to the pitcher. Kazuhiro Yokomatsu flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Houston Dallas Lennon grounds out to the second baseman. Monte Kinsella is hit by a pitch. Wingo Ivie pops out to the first baseman. Purnal Vance strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Doyt Miller strikes out. Naoyuki Shigemura strikes out. Bill Gilks grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Mike Hartley singles past the first baseman. Pete Kennedy pops out to the third baseman. Gene Driscoll flies out to the right fielder. Brad Hilton grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Mike Hartley is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Phil Walberg grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Bert Lowdermilk walks. Maurice Turner grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Rich Reyes grounds out to the second baseman. Dallas Lennon strikes out. Monte Kinsella grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Doc Beasley flies out to the center fielder. McKay Brittin grounds out to the second baseman. Kazuhiro Yokomatsu grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Wingo Ivie strikes out. Purnal Vance pops out to the catcher. Mike Hartley grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Doyt Miller singles to center field. Naoyuki Shigemura strikes out. Bill Gilks grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Doyt Miller is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Phil Walberg grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Pete Kennedy reached on a fielding error by Doc Beasley. Gene Driscoll bunts for a base hit. Tim Fairly comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Brad Hilton doubles to center field. Pete Kennedy scores. Gene Driscoll uses his aggressiveness and scores. Rich Reyes grounds out to the shortstop. Dallas Lennon pops out to the shortstop. Monte Kinsella singles to right field. Brad Hilton scores. Wingo Ivie flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Bert Lowdermilk grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Maurice Turner walks. Doc Beasley singles to right field. Maurice Turner aggressively advances to third on the hit. McKay Brittin strikes out. Dale Nichols is pinch hitting for Tim Fairly. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Dale Nichols singles past the second baseman. Maurice Turner scores. Doyt Miller strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Houston Gene Thompson pitching. Purnal Vance grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Hartley strikes out. Pete Kennedy flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Naoyuki Shigemura strikes out. Bill Gilks singles to center field. Phil Walberg grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Bill Gilks is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Phil Walberg steals second. Bert Lowdermilk flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Gene Driscoll grounds out to the shortstop. Brad Hilton walks. Rich Reyes flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Dallas Lennon strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Maurice Turner flies out to the center fielder. Doc Beasley grounds out to the third baseman. McKay Brittin grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners LOB: 5 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 6
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Dan Preibisch did not respond to coaching in control Billy Wilson did not respond to coaching in velocity Tim Mack did not respond to coaching in velocity Andy McLaughlin did not respond to coaching in control Mike Shilling did not respond to coaching in speed Wayne Davis did not respond to coaching in control
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Mel Pascual did not respond to coaching in control Jerry Burk did not respond to coaching in arm Garry Steels did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill Bieser improves in range Freddie Woodson did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Jack Solomon improves in power_vs_lefty Ralph Johnston did not respond to coaching in SS