Inning: 1 Houston Steve Small pitching. Fred Lord grounds out to the shortstop. Alex Tavener strikes out. Purnal Bates walks. Earl Stanceu grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Purnal Bates is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Arizona Randy Dilauro pitching. Rabbit Slattery grounds out to the shortstop. William Smith walks. Rocky Fasano pops out to the first baseman. William Smith steals second. Juan Dessens hits a home run. William Smith scores. Sam Merloni strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Gene Maurer strikes out. Ron Gonzalez grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Gaw strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Arizona Mikio Mitsui grounds out to the third baseman. Jason Heman reached on a fielding error by Earl Stanceu. Ossee Felix walks. Steve Small lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Rabbit Slattery strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Houston Bob Weilman grounds out to the second baseman. Randy Dilauro flies out to the left fielder. Fred Lord strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Arizona William Smith flies out to the center fielder. Rocky Fasano singles to left field. Juan Dessens singles to right field. Rocky Fasano aggressively advances to third on the hit. Sam Merloni doubles to right field. Rocky Fasano scores. Juan Dessens uses his aggressiveness and scores. Mikio Mitsui strikes out. Jason Heman grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Alex Tavener grounds out to the second baseman. Purnal Bates strikes out. Earl Stanceu flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Arizona Ossee Felix triples. Steve Small singles to left field. Ossee Felix scores. Steve Small steals second. Rabbit Slattery grounds out to the shortstop. William Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Rocky Fasano walks. Juan Dessens hits an infield single to the shortstop. Sam Merloni grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Houston Gene Maurer strikes out. Ron Gonzalez pops out to the first baseman. Bob Gaw flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Arizona Vic Nold comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mikio Mitsui strikes out. Jason Heman flies out to the right fielder. Ossee Felix grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Bob Weilman walks. Vic Nold lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Fred Lord grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Bob Weilman advances to third on the play. Alex Tavener grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Arizona Steve Small flies out to the center fielder. Rabbit Slattery flies out to the center fielder. William Smith singles to center field. William Smith is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Purnal Bates lines out to the first baseman. Earl Stanceu strikes out. Gene Maurer grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Arizona Rocky Fasano pops out to the second baseman. Juan Dessens grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Sam Merloni strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Ron Gonzalez strikes out. Harry Valdes is pinch hitting for Bob Gaw. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Harry Valdes strikes out. Bob Weilman grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Arizona Mikio Mitsui singles to right field. Jason Heman strikes out. March McColl is pinch hitting for Ossee Felix. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. March McColl strikes out. Steve Small strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Cy Brumley is pinch hitting for Vic Nold. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Cy Brumley doubles to center field. Fred Lord strikes out. Alex Tavener flies out to the right fielder. Purnal Bates grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Houston total runners left on base: 3 Arizona total runners left on base: 7
Batting:2B - Sam Merloni (11).3B - Ossee Felix (1).HR - Juan Dessens (2). Baserunning: SB - William Smith (13), Steve Small (1).CS - William Smith (5).
Game Notes Steve Small is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Gene Hopp did not respond to coaching in speed Tim Harrington improves in contact_vs_righty Dolan Valdivielso did not respond to coaching in control Brian Tanner did not respond to coaching in velocity Tim Harrington did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Mark Paulette improves in speed Bobby White did not respond to coaching in C
Arizona Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Al Hodge did not respond to coaching in velocity Allen Naton did not respond to coaching in velocity Woody Kearns improves in contact_vs_lefty Gibby Holtgrave did not respond to coaching in speed Allen Naton did not respond to coaching in velocity Woody Kearns improves in contact_vs_righty Sam Cuyler did not respond to coaching in C