Win: Paul Melvin (3-1) Loss: John Orrell (3-4)
Save: James Arnold (8)
Inning: 1 Houston John Orrell pitching. Joe Ganzel hits a home run. Joe Pearce strikes out. Pete Valdez strikes out. Pi Ortiz flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Milwaukee Paul Melvin pitching. Joe Maggert strikes out. Pie Kleinow strikes out. Rich Healy grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Jerry Alvarado singles to center field. Harland Lockhart flies out to the left fielder. Jerry Alvarado steals second. Bud Siever singles to left field. Jerry Alvarado scores. Bud Siever steals second. Dick Carroll singles to right field. Bud Siever is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Paul Melvin reached on a 2-base throwing error by Craig Prieto. Joe Ganzel singles to left field. Dick Carroll scores. Joe Pearce strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Milwaukee Jimmy Breining singles to left field. Craig Prieto singles to right field. Jimmy Breining advances to third on the hit. Craig Prieto steals second. Babe Colton strikes out. Ivan Duzen grounds out to the second baseman. Jimmy Breining scores. Craig Prieto advances to third on the play. Kevin Mitchell grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Pete Valdez grounds out to the pitcher. Pi Ortiz singles to left field. Jerry Alvarado grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Milwaukee John Orrell grounds out to the pitcher. Joe Maggert singles to center field. Pie Kleinow grounds out to the pitcher. Joe Maggert advances to second on the play. Rich Healy walks. Jimmy Breining singles to right field. Joe Maggert is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Harland Lockhart grounds out to the shortstop. Bud Siever strikes out. Dick Carroll singles to left field. Paul Melvin strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Milwaukee Craig Prieto singles to right field. Babe Colton grounds out to the second baseman. Craig Prieto advances to second on the play. Ivan Duzen walks. Kevin Mitchell strikes out. John Orrell strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Houston Joe Ganzel walks. Joe Pearce grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Joe Ganzel is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Joe Pearce steals second. Pete Valdez hits an infield single to the second baseman. Pi Ortiz grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Pearce scores. Pete Valdez advances to second on the play. Jerry Alvarado singles to center field. Pete Valdez scores. Harland Lockhart flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Milwaukee Joe Maggert singles to right field. Pie Kleinow flies out to the center fielder. Rich Healy grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Maggert advances to second on the play. Jimmy Breining grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Bud Siever singles to center field. Dick Carroll strikes out. Paul Melvin lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Joe Ganzel singles past the first baseman. Bud Siever is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Milwaukee Craig Prieto grounds out to the shortstop. Babe Colton grounds out to the shortstop. Ivan Duzen grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Jim Fultz comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jim Witt is pinch hitting for Joe Pearce. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jim Witt grounds out to the shortstop. Jerry Rhiel is pinch hitting for Pete Valdez. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jerry Rhiel strikes out. Ed Nicosia is pinch hitting for Pi Ortiz. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ed Nicosia grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Milwaukee Gene Thormahlen 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. Kevin Mitchell grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Chad Finney is pinch hitting for Jim Fultz. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Chad Finney singles to right field. Joe Maggert grounds out to the second baseman. Chad Finney advances to second on the play. Pie Kleinow strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Bob Reed pitching. Jerry Alvarado hits an infield single to the pitcher. Harland Lockhart singles to left field. Jerry Alvarado advances to third on the hit. Bud Siever grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Jerry Alvarado scores. Dick Carroll walks. Gene Thormahlen strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Milwaukee Rich Healy singles to left field. Jimmy Breining singles to left field. Rich Healy advances to third on the hit. Craig Prieto grounds out to the shortstop. Jimmy Breining advances to second on the play. Babe Colton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rich Healy scores. Jimmy Breining advances to third on the play. Ivan Duzen strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Dave Gentry comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bobby Stuart is pinch hitting for Joe Ganzel. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Bobby Stuart strikes out. Jim Witt walks. Jerry Rhiel grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Jim Witt is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ed Nicosia flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Milwaukee Kevin Mitchell walks. Kanji Aoki is pinch hitting for Dave Gentry. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Kanji Aoki grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Joe Maggert singles to left field. Pie Kleinow walks. James Arnold comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Rich Healy strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Houston total runners LOB: 7 Milwaukee total runners LOB: 9
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Howie McCarthy improves in power_vs_lefty Newt Moore did not respond to coaching in arm Jot Burgmeier improves in arm Russ Irwin did not respond to coaching in control Howie McCarthy did not respond to coaching in SS
Milwaukee Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Earl Ward did not respond to coaching in speed Von McAuliffe improves in power_vs_righty Joe Cooper improves in arm Willie Schwartz improves in power_vs_righty Angelo Murphy improves in RF