Inning: 1 Houston Charlie Spinks pitching. Mike Dessens walks. Enrique Bradfield singles to left field. Andres Bowler lines out to the second baseman. Judas Priest grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Mike Dessens is out at third base. Fred Howell strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 San Francisco Bill Wicker pitching. Sherman Schmutz singles to center field. Tyson Brinkman grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Sherman Schmutz is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Al Phelps walks. Pedro Hertweck flies out to the right fielder. Lance Nippert grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Houston Juan Burright lines out to the first baseman. Enos Nen grounds out to the second baseman. Buddy Curd flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 San Francisco Bill Musser strikes out. Ed Bransfield singles to left field. Larry Goodman singles to center field. Charlie Spinks lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Sherman Schmutz pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Houston Bill Wicker grounds out to the third baseman. Mike Dessens grounds out to the shortstop. Enrique Bradfield walks. Andres Bowler singles to left field. Enrique Bradfield advances to third on the hit. Judas Priest pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 San Francisco Tyson Brinkman strikes out. Al Phelps grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Pedro Hertweck walks. Tom Vernon comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Lance Nippert grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Pedro Hertweck is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Fred Howell grounds out to the shortstop. Juan Burright flies out to the left fielder. Enos Nen doubles to left field. Buddy Curd singles to right field. Enos Nen scores. Tom Vernon grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Buddy Curd is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 San Francisco Bill Musser grounds out to the third baseman. Ed Bransfield flies out to the right fielder. Larry Goodman doubles past the left fielder. Charlie Spinks doubles to center field. Larry Goodman scores. Charlie Spinks steals third. Sherman Schmutz flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Mike Dessens strikes out. Enrique Bradfield strikes out. Andres Bowler strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 San Francisco Tyson Brinkman grounds out to the second baseman. Al Phelps grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Pedro Hertweck grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Judas Priest strikes out. Fred Howell strikes out. Juan Burright grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 San Francisco Lance Nippert strikes out. Bill Musser flies out to the center fielder. Ed Bransfield flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Chuck Bisquette is pinch hitting for Enos Nen. Chuck Bisquette grounds out to the third baseman. Buddy Curd grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Vendas El Equipo is pinch hitting for Tom Vernon. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Vendas El Equipo grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 San Francisco Wally Wooten pitching. Larry Goodman strikes out. Charlie Spinks pops out to the first baseman. Sherman Schmutz flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Mike Dessens strikes out. Enrique Bradfield grounds out to the shortstop. Andres Bowler singles to center field. Judas Priest doubles to right field. Andres Bowler is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 San Francisco Tyson Brinkman singles to center field. Al Phelps flies out to the left fielder. Pedro Hertweck walks. Lance Nippert singles to left field. Tyson Brinkman is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Pedro Hertweck advances to third on the play. Lance Nippert steals second. Bill Musser flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Houston Fred Howell grounds out to the third baseman. Juan Burright grounds out to the shortstop. Chuck Bisquette singles to left field. Buddy Curd singles to right field. Jeff Knox 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. Pat Rosenberg is pinch hitting for Wally Wooten. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Pat Rosenberg doubles to center field. Chuck Bisquette scores. Mike Dessens strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 San Francisco Silhouette Deshaies pitching. Ed Bransfield strikes out. Larry Goodman pops out to the shortstop. John Blum is pinch hitting for Jeff Knox. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. John Blum singles to left field. Sherman Schmutz walks. Tyson Brinkman walks. Al Phelps flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Houston total runners LOB: 8 San Francisco total runners LOB: 11
Game Notes Larry Goodman is injured and is expected to be out 31 days.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Duff Strain did not respond to coaching in control Bob Ohka did not respond to coaching in speed Coby Mayo improves in arm Allie Cunningham did not respond to coaching in velocity Slim Smith did not respond to coaching in SS
San Francisco Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Jim Bertell did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jim Bertell improves in contact_vs_righty Jim Bertell improves in speed Bill Morrison did not respond to coaching in control Morgan Rasmussen did not respond to coaching in 3B