Win: Jim Bale (18-5) Loss: Bill Sprowl (16-7)
Save: Bill Strohmayer (49)
Inning: 1 Houston Bill Sprowl pitching. Fred Lord grounds out to the second baseman. Gene Hopp grounds out to the second baseman. Purnal Bates walks. Purnal Bates steals second. Bob Weilman grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Chicago Jim Bale pitching. Brian Davis singles to right field. Jose Byrne flies out to the right fielder. Mike Shaw grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Brian Davis is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Yutaka Yamaguchi flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Archie Griffin flies out to the left fielder. Bob Gaw strikes out. Dick Rettig flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Chicago Jack Mills flies out to the right fielder. Orlando Wojna strikes out. Billy Fletcher grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Gene Maurer doubles to left field. Jim Bale fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Jim Bale strikes out. Fred Lord singles to right field. Gene Hopp singles to right field. Gene Maurer scores. Fred Lord advances to third on the hit. Purnal Bates grounds out to the third baseman. Fred Lord scores. Gene Hopp advances to second on the play. Bob Weilman singles to center field. Gene Hopp scores. Archie Griffin strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Chicago Harry Kerr singles to center field. Bill Sprowl fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Bill Sprowl flies out to the right fielder. Brian Davis strikes out. Jose Byrne strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Bob Gaw pops out to the first baseman. Dick Rettig grounds out to the second baseman. Gene Maurer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Chicago Mike Shaw strikes out. Yutaka Yamaguchi strikes out. Jack Mills flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Jim Bale grounds out to the third baseman. Fred Lord flies out to the center fielder. Gene Hopp flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Chicago Orlando Wojna grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Billy Fletcher grounds out to the shortstop. Harry Kerr grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Purnal Bates strikes out. Bob Weilman pops out to the second baseman. Archie Griffin grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Chicago Bill Sprowl grounds out to the shortstop. Brian Davis flies out to the left fielder. Jose Byrne singles to right field. Mike Shaw singles to center field. Jose Byrne advances to third on the hit. Yutaka Yamaguchi singles to right field. Jose Byrne scores. Mike Shaw advances to third on the hit. Jack Mills walks. Orlando Wojna singles to center field. Mike Shaw scores. Yutaka Yamaguchi scores. Jack Mills advances to third on the hit. Billy Fletcher strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Houston Bob Gaw singles to center field. Bob Gaw steals second. Dick Rettig pops out to the shortstop. Gene Maurer flies out to the center fielder. Jim Bale grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Chicago Harry Kerr flies out to the center fielder. Bill Sprowl singles to center field. Brian Davis flies out to the center fielder. Jose Byrne hits an infield single to the shortstop. Mike Shaw grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Houston Fred Lord hits a home run. Gene Hopp grounds out to the second baseman. Purnal Bates flies out to the left fielder. Bob Weilman singles to center field. Archie Griffin strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Chicago Yutaka Yamaguchi strikes out. Jack Mills flies out to the left fielder. Orlando Wojna pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Bob Gaw grounds out to the pitcher. Dick Rettig grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Gene Maurer singles to right field. Bob Werber is pinch hitting for Jim Bale. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Bob Werber doubles to right field. Gene Maurer is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Chicago Bill Strohmayer pitching. Billy Fletcher flies out to the left fielder. Harry Kerr flies out to the right fielder. Bill Cronin is pinch hitting for Bill Sprowl. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Bill Cronin singles to left field. Brian Davis grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Houston total runners LOB: 5 Chicago total runners LOB: 7
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bobby White did not respond to coaching in speed Mark Paulette improves in speed Tom Czajkowski improves in arm Red Thurman improves in contact_vs_lefty Harry Valdes improves in speed Jack McDowell improves in power_vs_righty Bobby White did not respond to coaching in C
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ken Theobald improves in velocity Jim Maas did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Jim Maas improves in range Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Al Combs did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Pinky Monteleone did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Doug Hodge did not respond to coaching in SS