Win: Tom Allworthy (2-3) Loss: Pete Tartabull (3-1)
Inning: 1 Houston Tom Allworthy pitching. Babe Miller walks. Babe Miller steals second. John Ortiz strikes out. Warren Dettore grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Babe Miller advances to third on the play. Stan Jordan grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Pete Tartabull pitching. Satoshi Oiwa singles to left field. Fred Kimm flies out to the left fielder. Dennis Redmond flies out to the center fielder. Oscar Mayer pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Tim Lauder flies out to the left fielder. Ed Garbey grounds out to the second baseman. Dan Chaney grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Roger Grimsby flies out to the center fielder. Yosvani Castillo hits an infield single to the second baseman. Willie DeWitt walks. Juri Sakagami pops out to the third baseman. Tom Allworthy flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Houston Hiromori Miyade singles to left field. Pete Tartabull lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Babe Miller walks. John Ortiz grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Satoshi Oiwa singles to right field. Satoshi Oiwa steals second. Fred Kimm flies out to the center fielder. Dennis Redmond strikes out. Oscar Mayer flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Warren Dettore grounds out to the shortstop. Stan Jordan grounds out to the shortstop. Tim Lauder strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Roger Grimsby strikes out. Yosvani Castillo strikes out. Willie DeWitt grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Ed Garbey grounds out to the second baseman. Dan Chaney singles to left field. Hiromori Miyade singles to right field. Dan Chaney aggressively advances to third on the hit. Pete Tartabull strikes out. Babe Miller flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Juri Sakagami grounds out to the third baseman. Tom Allworthy grounds out to the pitcher. Satoshi Oiwa grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston John Ortiz pops out to the second baseman. Warren Dettore strikes out. Stan Jordan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Fred Kimm walks. Dennis Redmond flies out to the left fielder. Oscar Mayer flies out to the right fielder. Roger Grimsby walks. Yosvani Castillo singles to center field. Fred Kimm scores. Willie DeWitt singles to center field. Juri Sakagami singles to left field. Roger Grimsby scores. Yosvani Castillo scores. Willie DeWitt advances to third on the hit. Tom Allworthy singles to left field. Willie DeWitt scores. Juri Sakagami advances to third on the hit. Satoshi Oiwa strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Houston Tim Lauder grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ed Garbey strikes out. Dan Chaney walks. Hiromori Miyade grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Dan Chaney is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Fred Kimm reached on a 2-base throwing error by Ed Garbey. Hal Constable 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. Dennis Redmond strikes out. Oscar Mayer walks. Roger Grimsby flies out to the right fielder. Yosvani Castillo walks. Willie DeWitt grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Houston Donal Dreke comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Hal Constable strikes out. Babe Miller pops out to the third baseman. John Ortiz lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Juri Sakagami singles to right field. Steve Ruggiero is pinch hitting for Donal Dreke. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Steve Ruggiero flies out to the center fielder. Satoshi Oiwa flies out to the left fielder. Fred Kimm grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Tippy Canoe pitching. Warren Dettore reached on a 2-base throwing error by Satoshi Oiwa. Stan Jordan singles to center field. Warren Dettore scores. Tim Lauder doubles to center field. Mike Brett is pinch hitting for Ed Garbey. Mike Brett grounds out to the shortstop. Stan Jordan scores. Tim Lauder advances to third on the play. Dan Chaney strikes out. Hiromori Miyade flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Houston total runners left on base: 6 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 10
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Tom Pitula did not respond to coaching in velocity Joji Aoyama did not respond to coaching in velocity Dick Mahaffey did not respond to coaching in speed Lou Johnstone improves in range Tracy Melter did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Sam Jordan improves in power_vs_righty Sam Jordan did not respond to coaching in LF
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Koichi Egusa did not respond to coaching in control Koichi Egusa did not respond to coaching in velocity Mano Fujiki did not respond to coaching in arm Russell Stover did not respond to coaching in speed Hector Hasegawa improves in power_vs_lefty Charlie Murakami improves in arm