Win: Paul Melvin (9-1) Loss: Corey Decker (2-5)
Save: James Arnold (23)
Inning: 1 Houston Corey Decker pitching. Greg Spongberg singles to right field. Joe Ganzel strikes out. Joe Pearce walks. Bud Siever singles to left field. Greg Spongberg scores. Joe Pearce advances to third on the hit. Pete Valdez pops out to the shortstop. Pi Ortiz walks. Jerry Alvarado flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 1 Colorado Paul Melvin pitching. Bob Gehrman singles to center field. Dave Slayton hits a home run. Bob Gehrman scores. Paul Leach doubles to center field. Bobby Cordova pops out to the third baseman. Yohan Richardt walks. Jarred Hodge grounds out to the pitcher. Paul Leach advances to third on the play. Yohan Richardt advances to second on the play. Irv Heydeman grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Houston Harland Lockhart flies out to the right fielder. Paul Melvin flies out to the left fielder. Greg Spongberg strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Colorado Jay Welteroth singles to right field. Jay Welteroth steals second. Corey Decker lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bob Gehrman walks. Dave Slayton walks. Paul Leach flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Jay Welteroth is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Houston Joe Ganzel grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Pearce flies out to the center fielder. Bud Siever grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Colorado Bobby Cordova doubles to center field. Yohan Richardt strikes out. Jarred Hodge grounds out to the shortstop. Irv Heydeman grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Pete Valdez walks. Pi Ortiz strikes out. Jerry Alvarado strikes out. Harland Lockhart strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Colorado Jay Welteroth grounds out to the third baseman. Corey Decker grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Bob Gehrman grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Paul Melvin grounds out to the third baseman. Greg Spongberg grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Ganzel walks. Joe Pearce hits a home run. Joe Ganzel scores. Bud Siever flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Colorado Dave Slayton grounds out to the shortstop. Paul Leach strikes out. Bobby Cordova singles to center field. Yohan Richardt strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Pete Valdez doubles to right field. Pi Ortiz grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Pete Valdez advances to third on the play. Jerry Alvarado doubles past the left fielder. Pete Valdez scores. Bubba Spradlin comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Harland Lockhart singles to center field. Jerry Alvarado scores. Paul Melvin fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Paul Melvin flies out to the center fielder. Greg Spongberg strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Colorado Jarred Hodge grounds out to the third baseman. Irv Heydeman strikes out. Jay Welteroth flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Bobby Stuart is pinch hitting for Joe Ganzel. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Bobby Stuart grounds out to the pitcher. Jim Witt is pinch hitting for Joe Pearce. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jim Witt walks. Bud Siever walks. 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 pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Colorado James Arnold comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Johnny Smith is pinch hitting for Bubba Spradlin. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Johnny Smith walks. Johnny Smith is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Bob Gehrman strikes out. Dave Slayton pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Ford Sullivan pitching. Jerry Alvarado walks. Harland Lockhart walks. James Arnold pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Greg Spongberg flies out to the right fielder. Bobby Stuart flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Colorado Paul Leach grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bobby Cordova grounds out to the third baseman. Yohan Richardt hits a home run. Jarred Hodge strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Jim Witt hits a home run. Bud Siever flies out to the left fielder. Jerry Rhiel strikes out. Ed Nicosia singles to right field. Jerry Alvarado grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ed Nicosia is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Colorado Irv Heydeman strikes out. Jerry Jurewicz is pinch hitting for Jay Welteroth. Jerry Jurewicz walks. Terry Aldrich is pinch hitting for Ford Sullivan. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Terry Aldrich singles to center field. Jerry Jurewicz advances to third on the hit. Bob Gehrman flies out to the right fielder. Dave Slayton grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Houston total runners LOB: 10 Colorado total runners LOB: 8
Batting:2B - Paul Leach (18), Bobby Cordova (17).HR - Dave Slayton (6), Yohan Richardt (13). Baserunning: SB - Jay Welteroth (7).CS - Johnny Smith (3).
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Russ Irwin did not respond to coaching in velocity Whitey Nichols improves in range Sailor Moran did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Howie McCarthy improves in range Howie McCarthy did not respond to coaching in SS
Colorado Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Luke Pratt improves in power_vs_righty Dave Boitano did not respond to coaching in velocity Wally Payne did not respond to coaching in velocity Dave Boitano improves in velocity Ray Dougherty did not respond to coaching in 2B