Win: Putsy Haas (4-8) Loss: Carl McClure (1-3)
Save: Alan Embre (1)
Inning: 1 Houston Frank Bergman pitching. Charlie Warhop grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Bancroft singles past the shortstop. King Blackburn grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 San Francisco Jim Miller pitching. Frank Leyritz doubles to right field. Tex Rogers singles to right field. Frank Leyritz scores. Tommy Sutherland strikes out. Dewey Smith grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Tex Rogers is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Neil Williams strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston George Foster hits a home run. Alex Gedeon singles to right field. Hal Boone doubles to right field. Alex Gedeon uses his aggressiveness and scores. Vladimir Fossas flies out to the center fielder. Steve Pirtle hits a home run. Hal Boone scores. Jim Miller walks. Charlie Warhop flies out to the right fielder. Joe Bancroft walks. King Blackburn grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Joe Bancroft is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 San Francisco Steve McGwire grounds out to the third baseman. Lorenzo Haney hits a home run. Catfish Robinson flies out to the left fielder. Frank Bergman grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston George Foster flies out to the center fielder. Alex Gedeon singles to left field. Hal Boone grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 San Francisco Frank Leyritz walks. Tex Rogers walks. Tommy Sutherland singles to center field. Frank Leyritz scores. Dewey Smith strikes out. Neil Williams grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Tommy Sutherland is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Steve McGwire strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Houston Vladimir Fossas strikes out. Steve Pirtle singles to center field. Jim Miller lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Charlie Warhop flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 San Francisco Lorenzo Haney pops out to the shortstop. Catfish Robinson pops out to the first baseman. Frank Bergman singles to center field. Frank Leyritz flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Joe Bancroft hits a home run. King Blackburn reached on a 2-base throwing error by Dewey Smith. George Foster strikes out. Alex Gedeon walks. Hal Boone flies out to the right fielder. Vladimir Fossas reached on a 2-base fielding error by Tex Rogers. King Blackburn scores. Eddie Ward comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Steve Pirtle grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 San Francisco Tex Rogers singles past the first baseman. Tommy Sutherland pops out to the shortstop. Dewey Smith walks. Neil Williams singles to center field. Tex Rogers scores. Steve McGwire walks. Lorenzo Haney flies out to the right fielder. Francis Vitchard comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Catfish Robinson singles to center field. Dewey Smith scores. Neil Williams is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Spud Lodigiani is pinch hitting for Francis Vitchard. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Spud Lodigiani grounds out to the third baseman. Charlie Warhop grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Bancroft grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 San Francisco Johnny Platte pitching. Eddie Ward flies out to the left fielder. Frank Leyritz grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Tex Rogers pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston King Blackburn flies out to the center fielder. George Foster grounds out to the third baseman. Alex Gedeon strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 San Francisco Tommy Sutherland flies out to the right fielder. Dewey Smith singles to right field. Neil Williams singles past the shortstop. Dewey Smith advances to third on the hit. Steve McGwire doubles past the center fielder. Dewey Smith scores. Neil Williams is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Lorenzo Haney flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Hal Boone flies out to the right fielder. Vladimir Fossas grounds out to the second baseman. Steve Pirtle singles to center field. Jim Fohl is pinch hitting for Johnny Platte. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Steve Pirtle is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 San Francisco Putsy Haas pitching. Catfish Robinson flies out to the right fielder. Kurt Florence is pinch hitting for Eddie Ward. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Kurt Florence singles to left field. Kurt Florence is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Frank Leyritz flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Carl McClure pitching. Emil Bragan is pinch hitting for Putsy Haas. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Emil Bragan strikes out. Charlie Warhop singles past the second baseman. Joe Bancroft singles to left field. Charlie Warhop advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the infield in. King Blackburn grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Bancroft advances to second on the play. George Foster singles to center field. Charlie Warhop scores. Joe Bancroft scores. Manabu Oda comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Alex Gedeon flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 San Francisco Alan Embre pitching. Tex Rogers hits a home run. Tommy Sutherland flies out to the right fielder. Dewey Smith flies out to the left fielder. Neil Williams grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners LOB: 6 San Francisco total runners LOB: 6
Batting:2B - Hal Boone (20).HR - Joe Bancroft (16), George Foster (6), Steve Pirtle (5).GIDP - King Blackburn, Hal Boone. Baserunning: CS - Steve Pirtle (1).
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Stan Langston did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Stan Langston improves in contact_vs_lefty Ed Brown did not respond to coaching in arm Scott James did not respond to coaching in control
San Francisco Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Minnie Torres did not respond to coaching in speed Chad Dillhoefer improves in arm Del Robinson improves in contact_vs_righty Mike Sunkel did not respond to coaching in velocity