Inning: 1 Houston Bill Brady pitching. Vern Nagelsen grounds out to the pitcher. Gene Wise singles past the shortstop. Cap Gordon hits an infield single to the pitcher. Wayne Luecken pops out to the second baseman. Kevin Ward strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Los Angeles Tim Barkley pitching. Orlando Mulholland singles to center field. Tony Thomas walks. Blackie Carlton singles to left field. Roy Sexson grounds into a fielders choice to the third baseman. Orlando Mulholland is out at home. Brian White strikes out. Al Steevens grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Houston Walt Henrich grounds out to the shortstop. Tommy Shofner singles to right field. Tom Karkovice grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Los Angeles Tony Schepner grounds out to the third baseman. Ralph W Brow hits an infield single to the second baseman. Bill Brady fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Bill Brady grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Tim Barkley grounds out to the second baseman. Vern Nagelsen flies out to the center fielder. Gene Wise strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Los Angeles Orlando Mulholland flies out to the center fielder. Tony Thomas singles to left field. Blackie Carlton grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Cap Gordon doubles to right field. Wayne Luecken reached on a fielding error by Tony Schepner. Wayne Luecken steals second. Kevin Ward singles to right field. Cap Gordon scores. Wayne Luecken scores. Walt Henrich strikes out. Kevin Ward is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Tommy Shofner strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Los Angeles Roy Sexson grounds out to the pitcher. Brian White grounds out to the third baseman. Al Steevens grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Tom Karkovice flies out to the center fielder. Tim Barkley singles to center field. Vern Nagelsen flies out to the left fielder. Gene Wise grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Tim Barkley is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Los Angeles Tony Schepner strikes out. Ralph W Brow reached on a fielding error by Tom Karkovice. Ralph W Brow is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Bill Brady grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Cap Gordon flies out to the left fielder. Wayne Luecken walks. Kevin Ward strikes out. Walt Henrich walks. Tommy Shofner grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Walt Henrich is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Los Angeles Orlando Mulholland grounds out to the second baseman. Tony Thomas walks. Blackie Carlton grounds out to the shortstop. Tony Thomas advances to second on the play. Roy Sexson grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Tom Karkovice grounds out to the third baseman. Tim Barkley strikes out. Vern Nagelsen lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Los Angeles Brian White grounds out to the shortstop. Al Steevens strikes out. Tony Schepner walks. Ralph W Brow strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Gene Wise strikes out. Cap Gordon singles to right field. Wayne Luecken doubles to center field. Kevin Ward strikes out. Raleigh Dorn 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. Walt Henrich grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Los Angeles Jimmy Cotter enters the game as a defensive replacement for Gene Wise at CF. Polly Carter is pinch hitting for Raleigh Dorn. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Polly Carter flies out to the right fielder. Orlando Mulholland grounds out to the third baseman. Tony Thomas grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Manny Navarro pitching. Tommy Shofner flies out to the left fielder. Tom Karkovice hits a home run. Jim Leyritz is pinch hitting for Tim Barkley. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Jim Leyritz doubles to center field. Vern Nagelsen doubles to left field. Jim Leyritz scores. Carlos Jamieson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jimmy Cotter grounds out to the third baseman. Cap Gordon reached on a fielding error by Orlando Mulholland. Wayne Luecken strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Los Angeles Jim King pitching. Blackie Carlton lines out to the second baseman. Roy Sexson strikes out. Brian White is hit by a pitch. Al Steevens flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Houston total runners LOB: 9 Los Angeles total runners LOB: 6
Batting:2B - Vern Nagelsen (1), Cap Gordon (12), Wayne Luecken (1), Jim Leyritz (3).HR - Tom Karkovice (2).GIDP - Tom Karkovice. Baserunning: SB - Wayne Luecken (1).CS - Kevin Ward (3). Fielding: E - Tom Karkovice.
Game Notes Wayne Luecken is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Frank Pavlas did not respond to coaching in velocity Harry Hackman improves in contact_vs_righty Hiroshige Hirota did not respond to coaching in range Bob Cedeno did not respond to coaching in control
Los Angeles Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Pokey Arndt improves in speed Bob Johnson did not respond to coaching in velocity Chris Veltman improves in power_vs_righty Art Martin did not respond to coaching in arm Johnny Guillen did not respond to coaching in C