Win: Bill Davis (4-1) Loss: Cal Garcia (7-4)
Save: Tinsley Phillips (12)
Inning: 1 Montreal Moose Esasky pitching. Gale Harris singles to center field. Herman Walden strikes out. Bill Eckert singles to center field. Gale Harris advances to third on the hit. Bill Eckert steals second. Oscar Lyons singles to center field. Gale Harris scores. Bill Eckert scores. Eddie Rounsaville grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Houston Cal Garcia pitching. Jack Pike strikes out. Lou Mota strikes out. Cy Brodie grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Montreal Leron Blazier flies out to the center fielder. Ray Fordyce flies out to the right fielder. Jim Wiley singles past the second baseman. Jim Wiley is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Pep Grabarkewitz grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Jason Terlecki strikes out. Thorny Caruthers strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Montreal Cal Garcia reached on a fielding error by Sugar Fishel. Gale Harris grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Cal Garcia is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Herman Walden hits a home run. Gale Harris scores. Bill Eckert grounds out to the shortstop. Oscar Lyons lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Patsy Hutchinson doubles to center field. Patsy Hutchinson is out trying to steal third. Sugar Fishel flies out to the right fielder. Moose Esasky flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Montreal Eddie Rounsaville singles to center field. Leron Blazier strikes out. Ray Fordyce grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Jack Pike singles to center field. Lou Mota strikes out. Cy Brodie grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jack Pike advances to second on the play. Pep Grabarkewitz grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Montreal Jim Wiley strikes out. Cal Garcia grounds out to the third baseman. Gale Harris lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Jason Terlecki strikes out. Thorny Caruthers walks. Thorny Caruthers is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Patsy Hutchinson doubles to center field. Sugar Fishel singles to right field. Patsy Hutchinson scores. Dutton James is pinch hitting for Moose Esasky. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Dutton James grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Sugar Fishel is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Montreal Sam Shaner pitching. Herman Walden flies out to the center fielder. Bill Eckert walks. Oscar Lyons singles to left field. Bill Eckert is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder. Eddie Rounsaville singles to right field. Oscar Lyons advances to third on the hit. Leron Blazier strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Houston Jack Pike walks. Lou Mota flies out to the left fielder. Cy Brodie walks. Pep Grabarkewitz grounds out to the third baseman. Jack Pike advances to third on the play. Cy Brodie advances to second on the play. Jason Terlecki flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Montreal Ray Fordyce lines out to the third baseman. Jim Wiley singles to left field. Cal Garcia fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Cal Garcia strikes out. Gale Harris singles to center field. Jim Wiley advances to third on the hit. Herman Walden grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Houston Thorny Caruthers pops out to the second baseman. Patsy Hutchinson strikes out. Sugar Fishel singles to center field. Bill Schelle is pinch hitting for Sam Shaner. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Sugar Fishel steals second. Bill Schelle grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Montreal Bill Davis pitching. Bill Eckert grounds out to the third baseman. Oscar Lyons flies out to the left fielder. Eddie Rounsaville walks. Leron Blazier grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Eddie Rounsaville is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Paul Mokan enters the game as a defensive replacement for Bill Eckert at 1B. Larry Bamberger enters the game as a defensive replacement for Leron Blazier at LF. Bud Hernandez enters the game as a defensive replacement for Ray Fordyce at RF. Jack Pike doubles to left field. Lou Mota walks. Cy Brodie walks. Pep Grabarkewitz hits a home run. Jack Pike scores. Lou Mota scores. Cy Brodie scores. Ed Gettman comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jason Terlecki singles to left field. Thorny Caruthers strikes out. Patsy Hutchinson strikes out. Sugar Fishel strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Montreal Tinsley Phillips comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Bud Hernandez grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Wiley grounds out to the shortstop. Boots Allen is pinch hitting for Ed Gettman. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Boots Allen pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Montreal total runners left on base: 5 Houston total runners left on base: 6
Montreal Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Jimmy Vowinkel did not respond to coaching in control Dutch Lisi did not respond to coaching in velocity Rich Kucks improves in velocity Mitsuru Kato did not respond to coaching in arm Ed Hughes did not respond to coaching in RF
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bob Howard did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Chick Dawkins improves in power_vs_righty Sam Fried did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Ramon Heine improves in range Al Butler did not respond to coaching in 1B