Win: Bruce Hoskins (2-9) Loss: Ray Strobel (2-7)
Save: Tinsley Phillips (10)
Inning: 1 Colorado Bruce Hoskins pitching. Marquis Sherrill flies out to the left fielder. Yoshiki Yamamoto flies out to the right fielder. Rolla Benton strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Houston Ray Strobel pitching. Jack Pike grounds out to the shortstop. Lou Mota grounds out to the pitcher. Cy Brodie flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Colorado Windy Marshall grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Cookie Hearne strikes out. Rene Brower flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Nate Smith hits a home run. Jason Terlecki doubles to right field. Thorny Caruthers walks. Patsy Hutchinson walks. Sugar Fishel grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Jason Terlecki scores. Thorny Caruthers advances to third on the play. Bruce Hoskins grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Colorado Larry Bonds grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Patton triples. Ray Strobel grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Patton scores. Marquis Sherrill flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Jack Pike flies out to the center fielder. Lou Mota strikes out. Cy Brodie walks. Nate Smith singles past the shortstop. Cy Brodie advances to third on the hit. Jason Terlecki grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Colorado Yoshiki Yamamoto flies out to the right fielder. Rolla Benton flies out to the center fielder. Windy Marshall singles past the shortstop. Cookie Hearne doubles to center field. Windy Marshall uses his aggressiveness and scores. Rene Brower pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Thorny Caruthers strikes out. Patsy Hutchinson singles past the second baseman. Sugar Fishel triples. Patsy Hutchinson scores. Bruce Hoskins flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Sugar Fishel scores. Jack Pike walks. Jack Pike is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Colorado Larry Bonds strikes out. Joe Patton strikes out. Ray Strobel strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Lou Mota flies out to the left fielder. Cy Brodie pops out to the second baseman. Nate Smith flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Colorado Marquis Sherrill strikes out. Yoshiki Yamamoto grounds out to the second baseman. Rolla Benton singles to center field. Windy Marshall walks. Cookie Hearne strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Houston Jason Terlecki hits a home run. Geraldo Flinn comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Thorny Caruthers triples. Patsy Hutchinson pops out to the shortstop. Sugar Fishel grounds out to the shortstop. Thorny Caruthers scores. Bruce Hoskins singles to right field. Jack Pike doubles to left field. Bruce Hoskins uses his aggressiveness and scores. Damian Ritter comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Lou Mota flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Colorado Rene Brower reached on a fielding error by Sugar Fishel. Larry Bonds strikes out. Joe Patton grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Rene Brower is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Walter Heilmann is pinch hitting for Damian Ritter. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Walter Heilmann hits a home run. Joe Patton scores. Marquis Sherrill hits a home run. Yoshiki Yamamoto flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Yoshinari Morioka pitching. Cy Brodie strikes out. Nate Smith strikes out. Jason Terlecki grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Colorado Sam Shaner comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rolla Benton grounds out to the second baseman. Windy Marshall walks. Cookie Hearne singles to left field. Windy Marshall advances to third on the hit. Rene Brower grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Thorny Caruthers pops out to the second baseman. Patsy Hutchinson walks. Sugar Fishel pops out to the shortstop. Pep Grabarkewitz is pinch hitting for Sam Shaner. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Patsy Hutchinson steals second. Pep Grabarkewitz flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Colorado Tinsley Phillips pitching. Larry Bonds flies out to the left fielder. Joe Patton strikes out. Kevin Cook is pinch hitting for Yoshinari Morioka. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Kevin Cook grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Colorado total runners left on base: 4 Houston total runners left on base: 5
Game Notes Nate Smith is injured and is expected to be out 24 days.
Colorado Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Bill Sutton did not respond to coaching in velocity Charlie Gerber did not respond to coaching in control Bill Sutton improves in control Hank Carter did not respond to coaching in endurance Tommy Cacek did not respond to coaching in 3B
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Harley Davidson improves in speed Charlie McDougal did not respond to coaching in control Bob Howard improves in range Chris Baker improves in power_vs_lefty Harley Davidson did not respond to coaching in SS