Inning: 1 Houston Ross Grimsley pitching. Carlos Guillen pops out to the shortstop. Rigo Eddy grounds out to the second baseman. Tony Taylor strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Frank Shilling pitching. Tatsuya Arai flies out to the right fielder. Dutch Daley singles to left field. Kevin Morris walks. Les Schwenk singles to left field. Dutch Daley is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Kevin Morris advances to third on the play. Red Spongberg grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Houston Johnny Callison flies out to the center fielder. Art Chech strikes out. Roy Sievers flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Ed Armbrister strikes out. Dennis Menke walks. Butch Chartak strikes out. Ross Grimsley strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Dave Cabrera grounds out to the second baseman. Eric McAllester flies out to the center fielder. Frank Shilling strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Tatsuya Arai grounds out to the second baseman. Dutch Daley grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Kevin Morris walks. Kevin Morris is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Carlos Guillen singles to left field. Carlos Guillen steals second. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Rigo Eddy grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Carlos Guillen scores. Tony Taylor grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Johnny Callison lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Les Schwenk strikes out. Red Spongberg hits a home run. Ed Armbrister strikes out. Dennis Menke grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Art Chech singles to center field. Roy Sievers pops out to the second baseman. Dave Cabrera flies out to the left fielder. Eric McAllester strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Butch Chartak singles to center field. Ross Grimsley lays a bunt down the third base line. He is safe at first. Runners advance. Tatsuya Arai grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Ross Grimsley is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Tatsuya Arai steals second. Dutch Daley strikes out. Kevin Morris singles to left field. Butch Chartak scores. Tatsuya Arai is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Frank Shilling strikes out. Carlos Guillen grounds out to the pitcher. Rigo Eddy walks. Tony Taylor strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Les Schwenk flies out to the right fielder. Red Spongberg singles to center field. Ed Armbrister singles to right field. Red Spongberg aggressively advances to third on the hit. Dennis Menke doubles to center field. Red Spongberg scores. Butch Chartak flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Ed Armbrister scores. Ross Grimsley pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Johnny Callison flies out to the right fielder. Art Chech flies out to the center fielder. Roy Sievers flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Carl Benzinger comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tatsuya Arai singles to right field. Dutch Daley grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tatsuya Arai advances to second on the play. Kevin Morris flies out to the right fielder. Les Schwenk strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Dave Cabrera walks. Eric McAllester pops out to the third baseman. Tony Gonzalez is pinch hitting for Carl Benzinger. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Tony Gonzalez singles to left field. Art Bernhard 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. Carlos Guillen flies out to the right fielder. Rigo Eddy reached on a fielding error by Red Spongberg. Tony Taylor singles to center field. Dave Cabrera scores. Tony Gonzalez scores. Rigo Eddy advances to third on the hit. Johnny Callison grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Jerry Garvin pitching. Red Spongberg singles to left field. Ed Armbrister walks. Kevin Banks comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dennis Menke lines out to the third baseman. Nat Johnson is pinch hitting for Butch Chartak. Nat Johnson pops out to the shortstop. Steve Gwynn is pinch hitting for Art Bernhard. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Steve Gwynn singles to center field. Ben Makowski is pinch running for Steve Gwynn on 1st base. Tatsuya Arai strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Houston Bob Adams pitching. Joe Reed enters the game as a defensive replacement for Nat Johnson at C. Art Chech hits a home run. Roy Sievers walks. Dave Cabrera pops out to the third baseman. Eric McAllester singles to center field. Roy Sievers advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the infield in. Darrel Paige is pinch hitting for Kevin Banks. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Darrel Paige hits a home run. Roy Sievers scores. Eric McAllester scores. George Scott comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Carlos Guillen flies out to the left fielder. Rigo Eddy doubles to center field. Tony Taylor singles to center field. Rigo Eddy scores. Johnny Callison lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Charles Gill pitching. Dutch Daley grounds out to the shortstop. Kevin Morris strikes out. Les Schwenk strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners LOB: 5 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 9
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Mike Berger improves in range John Garrelts improves in contact_vs_lefty Bill Gwynn improves in power_vs_righty Polly Bargar did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: D Improvements: Don Marshall improves in range Rod Buice improves in contact_vs_lefty Rod Buice improves in power_vs_lefty Don Marshall improves in contact_vs_lefty Julio Grant did not respond to coaching in 1B