Win: Yohei Nakamura (1-0) Loss: Johnny Platte (0-1)
Inning: 1 Houston Eric Flack pitching. King Blackburn grounds out to the shortstop. Charlie Warhop singles to center field. Joe Bancroft hits a home run. Charlie Warhop scores. Tom Ryan grounds out to the third baseman. George Foster singles to left field. Leo Johnson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Montreal Dusty Morris pitching. John Beck grounds out to the shortstop. Dick Lake doubles to center field. Paul Benton flies out to the center fielder. Duane Wolf grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Al Graham strikes out. Alex Gedeon pops out to the third baseman. Dusty Morris grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Montreal Red Ostrowski flies out to the right fielder. Dan Chamberlain strikes out. Buck Welch grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston King Blackburn flies out to the center fielder. Charlie Warhop grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Bancroft grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Montreal Jim Hoover flies out to the left fielder. Eric Flack strikes out. John Beck strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Tom Ryan pops out to the first baseman. George Foster strikes out. Leo Johnson walks. Al Graham grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Leo Johnson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Montreal Dick Lake strikes out. Paul Benton doubles past the left fielder. Duane Wolf grounds out to the third baseman. Red Ostrowski flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Alex Gedeon flies out to the left fielder. Dusty Morris strikes out. King Blackburn lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Montreal Dan Chamberlain grounds out to the second baseman. Buck Welch grounds out to the third baseman. Jim Hoover singles to right field. Eric Flack grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Charlie Warhop strikes out. Joe Bancroft strikes out. Tom Ryan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Montreal John Beck hits a home run. Dick Lake hits an infield single to the second baseman. Dick Lake steals second. Paul Benton walks. Duane Wolf singles to right field. Dick Lake scores. Paul Benton advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the infield in. Red Ostrowski strikes out. Dan Chamberlain walks. The defense is playing the infield in. Buck Welch strikes out. Jim Hoover singles to center field. Paul Benton scores. Eric Flack strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Houston George Foster singles to right field. Leo Johnson strikes out. Al Graham singles to right field. Alex Gedeon walks. The defense is playing the corners in. Kim Clark is pinch hitting for Dusty Morris. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Kim Clark pops out to the shortstop. King Blackburn flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Montreal Jim Miller pitching. John Beck flies out to the right fielder. Dick Lake singles to left field. Paul Benton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Dick Lake advances to second on the play. Duane Wolf singles to right field. Dick Lake scores. Red Ostrowski pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Charlie Warhop grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Bancroft walks. Tom Ryan singles to center field. Joe Bancroft advances to third on the hit. Yohei Nakamura 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. George Foster singles to center field. Joe Bancroft scores. Tom Ryan advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the corners in. Leo Johnson flies out to the left fielder. Al Graham singles to right field. Tom Ryan scores. George Foster advances to third on the hit. Alex Gedeon grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Montreal Dan Chamberlain grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Buck Welch pops out to the shortstop. Jim Hoover lines out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Steve Pirtle is pinch hitting for Jim Miller. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Steve Pirtle strikes out. King Blackburn reached on a 2-base throwing error by Jim Hoover. Charlie Warhop strikes out. Joe Bancroft strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Montreal Johnny Platte pitching. Gordon Darnell is pinch hitting for Yohei Nakamura. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Gordon Darnell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). John Beck grounds out to the shortstop. Dick Lake singles to center field. Paul Benton doubles to center field. Dick Lake scores. Houston total runners left on base: 8 Montreal total runners left on base: 7
Game Notes Joe Bancroft is injured and is expected to be out 12 days.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Mike Scharein did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Pedro Savransky improves in contact_vs_righty Tom Wyatt improves in speed Jim Hanson improves in contact_vs_lefty Mack Kilroy did not respond to coaching in 2B
Montreal Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ace Miller did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Ace Miller did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Johnny Alexander improves in contact_vs_righty Crazy Barber did not respond to coaching in velocity Fred Williams did not respond to coaching in C