Win: Kazumasa Hayashi (3-1) Loss: Al Quirk (14-12)
Save: Norm Smith (26)
Inning: 1 Houston Al Quirk pitching. Bill McClure flies out to the left fielder. Babe Miller triples. Dan Linke grounds out to the second baseman. Babe Miller scores. Stan Jordan grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 New York Vic Lukachyk pitching. Ramon Powell flies out to the center fielder. Hal Naleway singles to center field. Barry Hewitt singles to right field. Chick Daney singles past the shortstop. Hal Naleway scores. Barry Hewitt advances to third on the hit. Joe Valdez flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Barry Hewitt scores. Bob Dudra singles to left field. Chick Daney advances to third on the hit. Randy Ray grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Houston Kazuhiro Araki strikes out. Jack Francona grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Steve Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 New York Juan Jessee strikes out. Al Quirk strikes out. Ramon Powell grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Jerry Matarazzo walks. Vic Lukachyk lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bill McClure grounds out to the shortstop. Babe Miller flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 New York Hal Naleway strikes out. Barry Hewitt hits a home run. Chick Daney doubles to right field. Joe Valdez singles to center field. Chick Daney scores. Kazumasa Hayashi comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bob Dudra walks. Randy Ray walks. There goes the runner on third! Joe Valdez is out trying to steal home. Juan Jessee pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Houston Dan Linke flies out to the right fielder. Stan Jordan flies out to the right fielder. Kazuhiro Araki flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 New York Al Quirk singles to right field. Al Quirk steals second. Ramon Powell flies out to the right fielder. Hal Naleway grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Al Quirk advances to third on the play. Barry Hewitt strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Jack Francona doubles to center field. Steve Brown strikes out. Jerry Matarazzo strikes out. Kazumasa Hayashi grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 New York Chick Daney strikes out. Joe Valdez flies out to the left fielder. Bob Dudra grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Bill McClure singles to left field. Babe Miller singles past the first baseman. Dan Linke walks. Stan Jordan flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Bill McClure scores. Kazuhiro Araki hits a home run. Babe Miller scores. Dan Linke scores. R.J. Robinson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jack Francona flies out to the center fielder. Steve Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 New York Randy Ray walks. Hal Constable comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Juan Jessee flies out to the center fielder. R.J. Robinson lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ramon Powell strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Jerry Matarazzo singles to center field. Hal Constable fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Hal Constable hits an infield single to the shortstop. Bill McClure singles to right field. Babe Miller walks. Jerry Matarazzo scores. Dan Linke grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Hal Constable scores. Bill McClure advances to third on the play. Bernardo Chlupsa comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Stan Jordan flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 New York Hal Naleway hits a home run. Norm Smith comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Barry Hewitt flies out to the center fielder. Chick Daney walks. Joe Valdez grounds out to the pitcher. Chick Daney advances to second on the play. Bob Dudra lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Kazuhiro Araki grounds out to the second baseman. Jack Francona grounds out to the shortstop. Steve Brown grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 New York Randy Ray strikes out. Juan Jessee pops out to the second baseman. Jesse Veres is pinch hitting for Bernardo Chlupsa. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Jesse Veres grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Mike LeCroy pitching. Jerry Matarazzo triples. Norm Smith walks. Bill McClure flies out to the right fielder. Babe Miller grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Norm Smith advances to second on the play. Dan Linke hits a home run. Jerry Matarazzo scores. Norm Smith scores. Kiddo Crawford comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Stan Jordan walks. Kazuhiro Araki doubles to left field. Jack Francona doubles to left field. Stan Jordan scores. Kazuhiro Araki scores. Wes Cressend comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Steve Brown singles to right field. Jerry Matarazzo grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 New York Porfi Lira is pinch hitting for Ramon Powell. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Porfi Lira grounds out to the pitcher. Hal Naleway grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Barry Hewitt singles to center field. Chick Daney flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Houston total runners LOB: 5 New York total runners LOB: 8
Batting:2B - Kazuhiro Araki (35), Jack Francona 2 (27).3B - Babe Miller (13), Jerry Matarazzo (2).HR - Dan Linke (23), Kazuhiro Araki (16).SF - Stan Jordan.GIDP - Dan Linke.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: John Ortiz did not respond to coaching in speed Tracy Melter did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Tim Lauder did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Tracy Melter improves in power_vs_righty Pete Tartabull did not respond to coaching in velocity Steve King did not respond to coaching in range Tracy Melter improves in RF
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Dave Jones did not respond to coaching in control Rod Davis did not respond to coaching in velocity Vince Frazier did not respond to coaching in velocity Bernie Hale improves in velocity Rollie Busby did not respond to coaching in control Vince Frazier did not respond to coaching in control