Win: Ryne Duren (1-0) Loss: Carmen Fuller (0-1)
Save: Charles Gill (1)
Inning: 1 Houston Carmen Fuller pitching. Carlos Guillen singles to center field. Carlos Guillen steals second. Dave Cabrera strikes out. Tim Cuellar triples. Carlos Guillen scores. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Tim Cuellar scores. Johnny Callison flies out to the right fielder. Tony Taylor strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Ryne Duren pitching. Tatsuya Arai grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Dutch Daley grounds out to the second baseman. Kevin Morris grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Don Hoak flies out to the center fielder. Art Chech strikes out. Eric McAllester strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Ed Armbrister flies out to the right fielder. Les Schwenk flies out to the left fielder. Carlos Loaiza strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Ryne Duren grounds out to the shortstop. Carlos Guillen is hit by a pitch. Dave Cabrera singles to center field. Carlos Guillen advances to third on the hit. Tim Cuellar strikes out. Johnny Callison strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Red Spongberg grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Reed grounds out to the shortstop. Carmen Fuller flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Tony Taylor strikes out. Don Hoak grounds out to the shortstop. Art Chech singles to right field. Eric McAllester flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Tatsuya Arai grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dutch Daley strikes out. Kevin Morris strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Ryne Duren flies out to the center fielder. Carlos Guillen singles to right field. Carlos Guillen steals second. Dave Cabrera strikes out. Tim Cuellar grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Ed Armbrister strikes out. Les Schwenk grounds out to the shortstop. Carlos Loaiza grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Johnny Callison singles past the shortstop. Tony Taylor singles to left field. Don Hoak singles to left field. Johnny Callison is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Tony Taylor advances to third on the play. Art Chech strikes out. Eric McAllester singles to left field. Tony Taylor scores. Snake Radke comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ryne Duren grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Red Spongberg grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Reed grounds out to the third baseman. Phil Dolan is pinch hitting for Snake Radke. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Phil Dolan singles to right field. Tatsuya Arai strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Chip Nagle pitching. Carlos Guillen flies out to the left fielder. Dave Cabrera grounds out to the second baseman. Tim Cuellar singles to right field. Tim Cuellar steals second. Johnny Callison bunts for a base hit. Tony Taylor flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Dutch Daley grounds out to the shortstop. Kevin Morris grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Ed Armbrister grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Don Hoak grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Art Chech singles to left field. Eric McAllester grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Art Chech advances to second on the play. Ryne Duren grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Roy Sievers enters the game as a defensive replacement for Art Chech at LF. Les Schwenk grounds out to the shortstop. Carlos Loaiza strikes out. Red Spongberg walks. Joe Reed walks. Carl Benzinger 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. Nat Johnson is pinch hitting for Chip Nagle. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Nat Johnson singles to center field. Red Spongberg is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Bob Adams pitching. Carlos Guillen flies out to the center fielder. Dave Cabrera grounds out to the third baseman. Tim Cuellar walks. Johnny Callison singles to center field. Tim Cuellar advances to third on the hit. Tony Taylor strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Charles Gill comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Tatsuya Arai strikes out. Dutch Daley singles to right field. Kevin Morris grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners LOB: 11 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 2
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Steve Manning improves in arm Polly Bargar improves in power_vs_righty Steve Manning improves in range George Lowenstein did not respond to coaching in control
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: D- Improvements: Rick Cecena did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Jeff Loviglio did not respond to coaching in arm Ernie Tollberg improves in contact_vs_righty Mike Carpenter improves in arm Don Marshall improves in 2B