Win: Tom Kolb (7-6) Loss: Art Luzinski (5-2)
Save: Ken Keatley (21)
Inning: 1 Houston Art Luzinski pitching. Bob Eyre walks. Bob Eyre steals second. Scott Chance walks. John Marrow walks. Paul Belle walks. Bob Eyre scores. Matt Morrison flies out to the left fielder. Ralph Smith strikes out. Will Sisk flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 1 Chicago Tom Kolb pitching. Roxey Lock grounds out to the second baseman. George Cox strikes out. Mark Nevers grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston John McGilvray grounds out to the second baseman. Tom Kolb flies out to the left fielder. Bob Eyre grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Chicago John Soto strikes out. Chick Gandil flies out to the center fielder. Terry Howell singles to right field. Keefe McRae walks. Kenji Takamiya walks. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Terry Howell scores. Art Luzinski grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Houston Scott Chance flies out to the left fielder. John Marrow grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Paul Belle lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Chicago Roxey Lock grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). George Cox lines out to the shortstop. Mark Nevers grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Matt Morrison pops out to the second baseman. Ralph Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Will Sisk grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Chicago John Soto walks. Chick Gandil pops out to the second baseman. Terry Howell pops out to the second baseman. Keefe McRae singles to left field. John Soto aggressively advances to third on the hit. Kenji Takamiya walks. Art Luzinski strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Houston John McGilvray singles to right field. Tom Kolb lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bob Eyre grounds out to the shortstop. Scott Chance walks. John Marrow reached on a fielding error by Art Luzinski. Ted Fredrickson 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. Paul Belle singles past the second baseman. John McGilvray scores. Scott Chance scores. Matt Morrison hits a home run. John Marrow scores. Paul Belle scores. Ralph Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Chicago Roxey Lock grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). George Cox is hit by a pitch. Mark Nevers doubles to left field. John Soto singles to left field. George Cox scores. Mark Nevers scores. Chick Gandil singles to left field. John Soto is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder. Terry Howell walks. Keefe McRae strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Houston Cory Moore comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Will Sisk strikes out. John McGilvray flies out to the center fielder. Tom Kolb flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Chicago Kenji Takamiya strikes out. Cory Moore flies out to the center fielder. Roxey Lock pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Bob Eyre flies out to the right fielder. Scott Chance singles to right field. John Marrow pops out to the shortstop. Paul Belle singles to right field. Matt Morrison strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Chicago Jim Chambers comes in from the bullpen to pitch. George Cox triples. Mark Nevers grounds out to the second baseman. John Soto flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, George Cox scores. Chick Gandil strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Ralph Smith hits a home run. Will Sisk grounds out to the third baseman. John McGilvray singles to center field. Shad Reninger comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Randy Sadler is pinch hitting for Jim Chambers. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Randy Sadler strikes out. Bob Eyre grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Chicago Phil Williams pitching. Terry Howell flies out to the center fielder. Phil Kenney is pinch hitting for Keefe McRae. Phil Kenney hits an infield single to the pitcher. Oscar Moford is pinch hitting for Kenji Takamiya. Oscar Moford pops out to the shortstop. Shad Reninger strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Ed Stairs enters the game as a defensive replacement for Oscar Moford at RF. Scott Chance flies out to the center fielder. John Marrow strikes out. Paul Belle flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Chicago Ken Keatley comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Roxey Lock pops out to the shortstop. George Cox strikes out. Mark Nevers strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners LOB: 6 Chicago total runners LOB: 8
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Chuck Davis did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Edgar Kattungen did not respond to coaching in control Jack Palmer did not respond to coaching in control Marcus Gannon improves in range Terry Fordyce did not respond to coaching in RF
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Gary Young did not respond to coaching in range Jake Kavanagh did not respond to coaching in velocity Dan Ward did not respond to coaching in control John Lee did not respond to coaching in arm John Lee did not respond to coaching in SS