Win: Hajime Yagi (8-6) Loss: Ryan Hickerson (2-10)
Save: Kurt Bigbee (6)
Inning: 1 Houston Ryan Hickerson pitching. Greg Spongberg strikes out. Joe Ganzel hits an infield single to the third baseman. Pete Valdez grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Milwaukee Hajime Yagi pitching. Joe Maggert pops out to the shortstop. Joe Anderson singles to left field. Joe Anderson steals second. Pie Kleinow strikes out. Rich Healy walks. Jimmy Breining singles to right field. Joe Anderson is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Pi Ortiz is hit by a pitch. Harland Lockhart singles past the shortstop. Bud Siever strikes out. Mark Carney strikes out. Jim Witt pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Milwaukee Sam Herrmann flies out to the center fielder. Babe Colton walks. Craig Prieto reached on a 2-base throwing error by Pi Ortiz. Ryan Hickerson grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Maggert grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Houston Hajime Yagi strikes out. Greg Spongberg flies out to the center fielder. Joe Ganzel strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Milwaukee Joe Anderson grounds out to the second baseman. Pie Kleinow singles to left field. Rich Healy strikes out. Jimmy Breining grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Pie Kleinow is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Pete Valdez singles to right field. Pete Valdez is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Pi Ortiz walks. Harland Lockhart flies out to the center fielder. Bud Siever doubles to center field. Pi Ortiz uses his aggressiveness and scores. Mark Carney strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Milwaukee Sam Herrmann grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Babe Colton strikes out. Craig Prieto singles to right field. Ryan Hickerson grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Jim Witt flies out to the center fielder. Hajime Yagi grounds out to the shortstop. Greg Spongberg strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Milwaukee Joe Maggert strikes out. Joe Anderson triples. Pie Kleinow flies out to the center fielder. Rich Healy flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Joe Ganzel walks. Pete Valdez pops out to the second baseman. Pi Ortiz singles to center field. Joe Ganzel advances to third on the hit. Harland Lockhart grounds out to the pitcher. Pi Ortiz advances to second on the play. Bill Browning 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. Bud Siever walks. Mark Carney strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Milwaukee Jimmy Breining strikes out. Sam Herrmann grounds out to the shortstop. Babe Colton walks. Craig Prieto flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Jim Witt flies out to the center fielder. John Marshall is pinch hitting for Hajime Yagi. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. John Marshall strikes out. Greg Spongberg singles to right field. Joe Ganzel walks. Pete Valdez grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Greg Spongberg is out at third base. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Milwaukee Kurt Bigbee pitching. Ivan Duzen is pinch hitting for Bill Browning. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ivan Duzen grounds out to the pitcher. Joe Maggert grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Anderson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Bob Reed pitching. Pi Ortiz flies out to the center fielder. Harland Lockhart singles to center field. Bud Siever hits a home run. Harland Lockhart scores. Dave Gentry comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mark Carney singles to left field. Jim Witt singles to left field. Mark Carney advances to third on the hit. Kurt Bigbee strikes out. Greg Spongberg walks. Bobby Stuart is pinch hitting for Joe Ganzel. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Bobby Stuart strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Milwaukee Pie Kleinow strikes out. Rich Healy flies out to the left fielder. Jimmy Breining grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Jerry Rhiel is pinch hitting for Pete Valdez. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jerry Rhiel strikes out. Ed Nicosia is pinch hitting for Pi Ortiz. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ed Nicosia grounds out to the shortstop. Harland Lockhart lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Milwaukee Chad Finney is pinch hitting for Sam Herrmann. Chad Finney pops out to the second baseman. Babe Colton grounds out to the pitcher. Craig Prieto walks. Kanji Aoki is pinch hitting for Dave Gentry. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Kanji Aoki singles to right field. Craig Prieto advances to third on the hit. Joe Maggert grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Houston total runners LOB: 11 Milwaukee total runners LOB: 9
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: John Monday did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Whitey Nichols improves in range Whitey Nichols improves in speed Paul Rebel did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Howie McCarthy did not respond to coaching in SS
Milwaukee Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Stew Haselman improves in power_vs_righty Billy Madden did not respond to coaching in control Joe Cooper improves in arm Earl Ward improves in range Angelo Murphy did not respond to coaching in RF