Win: Tinsley Phillips (2-7) Loss: Damian Ritter (3-2)
Save: Mike Ford (3)
Inning: 1 Houston Dick Eastwick pitching. Jack Pike singles to center field. Jack Pike steals second. Lou Mota flies out to the left fielder. Nate Smith pops out to the second baseman. Cy Brodie flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Colorado Jerry Osuna pitching. Rene Brower grounds out to the shortstop. Cookie Hearne flies out to the right fielder. Rolla Benton strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Thorny Caruthers strikes out. Sugar Fishel is hit by a pitch. Bill Schelle singles to center field. Sugar Fishel aggressively advances to third on the hit. Jason Terlecki flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Sugar Fishel scores. Jerry Osuna strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Colorado Tom Strange grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Windy Marshall walks. Marquis Sherrill flies out to the right fielder. A.J. Sixsmith singles to center field. Windy Marshall advances to third on the hit. Ramon Porter singles to center field. Windy Marshall scores. A.J. Sixsmith advances to third on the hit. Dick Eastwick pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Houston Jack Pike doubles to left field. Lou Mota flies out to the center fielder. Nate Smith strikes out. Cy Brodie singles to right field. Jack Pike scores. Thorny Caruthers singles to center field. Cy Brodie advances to third on the hit. Thorny Caruthers steals second. Sugar Fishel walks. Bill Schelle strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Colorado Rene Brower flies out to the center fielder. Cookie Hearne strikes out. Rolla Benton walks. Tom Strange singles to center field. Rolla Benton advances to third on the hit. Windy Marshall strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Houston Jason Terlecki flies out to the center fielder. Jerry Osuna grounds out to the shortstop. Jack Pike walks. Lou Mota flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Colorado Marquis Sherrill singles to right field. A.J. Sixsmith flies out to the right fielder. Ramon Porter walks. Dick Eastwick fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Dick Eastwick singles to right field. Rene Brower pops out to the first baseman. Cookie Hearne singles to right field. Marquis Sherrill scores. Rolla Benton strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Houston Nate Smith flies out to the right fielder. Cy Brodie strikes out. Thorny Caruthers grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Colorado Tom Strange singles to right field. Windy Marshall grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Marquis Sherrill walks. Ezra Schmulbach comes in from the bullpen to pitch. A.J. Sixsmith is hit by a pitch. Ramon Porter flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Houston Sugar Fishel flies out to the center fielder. Bill Schelle strikes out. Jason Terlecki strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Colorado Dick Eastwick strikes out. Rene Brower grounds out to the shortstop. Cookie Hearne grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Pep Grabarkewitz is pinch hitting for Ezra Schmulbach. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Pep Grabarkewitz singles to center field. Pep Grabarkewitz gets picked off first. Jack Pike is hit by a pitch. Jack Pike steals second. Damian Ritter 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. Lou Mota flies out to the center fielder. Nate Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Colorado Tinsley Phillips pitching. Rolla Benton grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Tom Strange strikes out. Windy Marshall strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Cy Brodie pops out to the shortstop. Thorny Caruthers grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Sugar Fishel doubles to right field. Bill Schelle flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Colorado Marquis Sherrill grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). A.J. Sixsmith pops out to the third baseman. Ramon Porter flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Jason Terlecki strikes out. Don Martinez is pinch hitting for Tinsley Phillips. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Don Martinez walks. Jack Pike singles to center field. Lou Mota hits a home run. Don Martinez scores. Jack Pike scores. Geraldo Flinn comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Nate Smith strikes out. Cy Brodie strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Colorado John Brock pitching. Lou Cox is pinch hitting for Geraldo Flinn. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Lou Cox flies out to the left fielder. Rene Brower strikes out. Cookie Hearne singles to right field. Rolla Benton doubles to right field. Cookie Hearne uses his aggressiveness and scores. Mike Ford comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tom Strange strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Houston total runners LOB: 8 Colorado total runners LOB: 10
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Charlie McDougal did not respond to coaching in control Ramon Heine did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Joe Doyle did not respond to coaching in endurance Al Butler improves in power_vs_lefty Al Butler did not respond to coaching in 1B
Colorado Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Larry Bonds did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jim Bigbee did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Joe Patton did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Jacob Koy did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Tommy Cacek did not respond to coaching in 3B