Win: Yamil Ramirez (9-8) Loss: Robert Womack (11-5)
Save: Aaron Clark (7)
Inning: 1 Houston Yamil Ramirez pitching. Fred Lord singles to center field. Archie Griffin pops out to the second baseman. Gene Hopp singles to right field. Fred Lord advances to third on the hit. Bob Gaw walks. Purnal Bates grounds out to the second baseman. Fred Lord scores. Gene Hopp advances to third on the play. Bob Gaw advances to second on the play. Ed Lutenberg pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Robert Womack pitching. Lee Burks strikes out. Jose Guerrero doubles to left field. Rusty Triandos grounds out to the shortstop. Paul Sutherland pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Bob Weilman grounds out to the second baseman. Dick Rettig flies out to the left fielder. Robert Womack grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Tony Mills flies out to the right fielder. Ed Boyd doubles to center field. Bob Smith strikes out. Trevor Veras grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Fred Lord grounds out to the pitcher. Archie Griffin flies out to the center fielder. Gene Hopp walks. Bob Gaw singles to left field. Purnal Bates strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Yamil Ramirez reached on a fielding error by Bob Weilman. Lee Burks grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Yamil Ramirez is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jose Guerrero flies out to the left fielder. Rusty Triandos hits a home run. Lee Burks scores. Paul Sutherland grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Ed Lutenberg lines out to the third baseman. Bob Weilman flies out to the right fielder. Dick Rettig singles to right field. Robert Womack reached on a fielding error by Bob Smith. Fred Lord grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Tony Mills grounds out to the third baseman. Ed Boyd flies out to the center fielder. Bob Smith doubles to center field. Trevor Veras flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Archie Griffin strikes out. Gene Hopp strikes out. Bob Gaw walks. Purnal Bates strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Yamil Ramirez strikes out. Lee Burks walks. Jose Guerrero hits an infield single to the pitcher. Rusty Triandos grounds out to the pitcher. Lee Burks advances to third on the play. Jose Guerrero advances to second on the play. Paul Sutherland flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Houston Ed Lutenberg grounds out to the third baseman. Bob Weilman doubles to right field. Dick Rettig grounds out to the shortstop. Robert Womack singles to left field. Bob Weilman is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Tony Mills grounds out to the third baseman. Ed Boyd grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Smith walks. Trevor Veras flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Fred Lord flies out to the center fielder. Archie Griffin grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Gene Hopp strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Len Zimmer is pinch hitting for Yamil Ramirez. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Len Zimmer walks. Lee Burks flies out to the left fielder. Jose Guerrero grounds out to the second baseman. Len Zimmer advances to second on the play. John Brower 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. Rusty Triandos flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Harry Barfield pitching. Tom Rohdes enters the game as a defensive replacement for Rusty Triandos at CF. Bob Gaw singles to right field. Bob Gaw is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Purnal Bates flies out to the right fielder. Ed Lutenberg singles to right field. Ed Lutenberg steals second. Bob Weilman lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Paul Sutherland walks. Paul Sutherland is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Tony Mills flies out to the center fielder. Ed Boyd hits a home run. Fritz Gleaton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bob Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Aaron Clark comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Dick Rettig singles to right field. Earl Stanceu is pinch hitting for Fritz Gleaton. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Earl Stanceu walks. Fred Lord strikes out. Archie Griffin strikes out. Gene Hopp pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Houston total runners left on base: 11 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 7
Batting:2B - Jose Guerrero (11), Ed Boyd (7), Bob Smith (7).HR - Rusty Triandos (7), Ed Boyd (17). Baserunning: CS - Paul Sutherland (10). Fielding: E - Bob Smith.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Max Franklin improves in arm Jimmy Hassler did not respond to coaching in speed Phil Rivera did not respond to coaching in arm Bobby White did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Phil Rivera did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Bill Schillings improves in contact_vs_lefty Bobby White did not respond to coaching in C
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Lloyd Smith did not respond to coaching in velocity Roy Foster improves in speed Rollie Hallahan did not respond to coaching in velocity Butch Coolidge improves in contact_vs_lefty Hal Roach improves in contact_vs_lefty Cal Hamilton did not respond to coaching in velocity Roy Foster did not respond to coaching in 3B