Win: Cowboy Hernandez (2-0) Loss: Ryan Usher (1-2)
Inning: 1 Houston Cowboy Hernandez pitching. Dick Simpson singles to left field. Galen Foss flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Brad Stivetts grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Ryan Usher pitching. Paul Grove walks. Kevin Porter singles to left field. Paul Grove advances to third on the hit. Tom Shoffner singles to left field. Paul Grove scores. Kevin Porter advances to third on the hit. Virgil French walks. Darryl Griffey singles to left field. Kevin Porter scores. Tom Shoffner scores. Virgil French advances to third on the hit. Walt Ventura triples. Virgil French scores. Darryl Griffey scores. Harold Gubanich grounds out to the second baseman. Walt Ventura scores. Cliff Tompkins strikes out. Cowboy Hernandez singles to right field. Paul Grove grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Cowboy Hernandez is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Scott Archer strikes out. Guillermo Avalos walks. Bill Herbert singles to right field. Guillermo Avalos advances to third on the hit. Dave Cormier grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Guillermo Avalos scores. Bill Herbert advances to second on the play. Hector Hartgraves flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Kevin Porter strikes out. Tom Shoffner pops out to the first baseman. Virgil French flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Ryan Usher grounds out to the pitcher. Dick Simpson walks. Dick Simpson steals second. Galen Foss singles to center field. Dick Simpson scores. Brad Stivetts grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Darryl Griffey singles past the shortstop. Walt Ventura grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Harold Gubanich walks. Cliff Tompkins strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Scott Archer strikes out. Guillermo Avalos doubles to right field. Bill Herbert lines out to the third baseman. Dave Cormier grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Cowboy Hernandez flies out to the left fielder. Paul Grove grounds out to the third baseman. Kevin Porter grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Hector Hartgraves singles to center field. Ryan Usher lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Dick Simpson flies out to the center fielder. Galen Foss grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Tom Shoffner walks. Virgil French grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Tom Shoffner is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Darryl Griffey walks. Walt Ventura singles to right field. Virgil French scores. Darryl Griffey advances to third on the hit. Harold Gubanich walks. Cliff Tompkins singles to right field. Darryl Griffey scores. Walt Ventura scores. Harold Gubanich advances to third on the hit. Cowboy Hernandez singles to center field. Harold Gubanich scores. Shigeo Fukuchi comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is pulled because he is getting hammered (Pitcher has given up 10 or more earned runs). Paul Grove flies out to the center fielder. Kevin Porter grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Cowboy Hernandez is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Houston Brad Stivetts pops out to the shortstop. Scott Archer flies out to the right fielder. Guillermo Avalos singles to left field. Bill Herbert grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Guillermo Avalos is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Tom Shoffner strikes out. Virgil French grounds out to the second baseman. Darryl Griffey singles to center field. Walt Ventura strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Dave Cormier flies out to the left fielder. Hector Hartgraves flies out to the right fielder. Kazuya Ogo is pinch hitting for Shigeo Fukuchi. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Kazuya Ogo singles to right field. Dick Simpson grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Kazuya Ogo is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Rick Carter pitching. Harold Gubanich grounds out to the third baseman. Cliff Tompkins flies out to the center fielder. Simmy Brown is pinch hitting for Cowboy Hernandez. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Simmy Brown singles to left field. Paul Grove singles to right field. Simmy Brown advances to third on the hit. Kevin Porter singles to center field. Simmy Brown scores. Paul Grove advances to third on the hit. Tom Shoffner grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Houston Ed Wegman pitching. Galen Foss walks. Gary Bressler is pinch hitting for Brad Stivetts. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Galen Foss steals second. Gary Bressler singles to center field. Galen Foss scores. Scott Archer doubles to center field. Gary Bressler uses his aggressiveness and scores. Guillermo Avalos doubles to left field. Scott Archer scores. Bill Herbert grounds out to the shortstop. Dave Cormier flies out to the right fielder. Hector Hartgraves grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Ed Nixon is pinch hitting for Virgil French. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ed Nixon grounds out to the shortstop. George Schorr is pinch hitting for Darryl Griffey. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. George Schorr walks. Walt Ventura grounds into a force play to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! George Schorr is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Harold Gubanich flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Bill Colbert is pinch hitting for Rick Carter. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Bill Colbert strikes out. Dick Simpson strikes out. Galen Foss flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners left on base: 6 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 8
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Sam Howerton did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Ricky Dillard did not respond to coaching in arm Taylor Holm did not respond to coaching in velocity Steve Hickey did not respond to coaching in control Al Lopez did not respond to coaching in 1B
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Gary Holmes improves in range Joe Carman improves in power_vs_righty Steve Blackwell did not respond to coaching in speed Randy Wiley improves in contact_vs_lefty Joe Carman did not respond to coaching in 3B