Win: Cliff Breazeale (18-6) Loss: Mike Schott (1-4)
Inning: 1 Houston Cliff Breazeale pitching. Emmett St.Claire flies out to the right fielder. Ed Gagliano grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Jim Tietje grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Mike Schott pitching. Spike Schmidt grounds out to the second baseman. Gabby Moreno grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Les Varsho strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Dutch Shirey doubles past the third baseman. Steve Necciai flies out to the left fielder. Silver Nicholson flies out to the center fielder. Jerry Smith flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Phil Willis flies out to the center fielder. Loren Maguire grounds out to the shortstop. Matt Kress strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Andy Drews singles to center field. Mike Schott fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Mike Schott grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Emmett St.Claire grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati George Nourse grounds out to the shortstop. Billy Hibbs singles to right field. Cliff Breazeale lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Spike Schmidt walks. Gabby Moreno flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Houston Ed Gagliano strikes out. Jim Tietje singles to left field. Dutch Shirey grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Les Varsho singles to left field. Phil Willis grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Loren Maguire doubles to center field. Matt Kress grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Steve Necciai strikes out. Silver Nicholson walks. Jerry Smith pops out to the third baseman. Andy Drews grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Silver Nicholson is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati George Nourse strikes out. Billy Hibbs strikes out. Cliff Breazeale flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Mike Schott grounds out to the second baseman. Emmett St.Claire grounds out to the pitcher. Ed Gagliano grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Spike Schmidt walks. Gabby Moreno grounds out to the pitcher. Spike Schmidt advances to second on the play. Les Varsho walks. Phil Willis lines out to the second baseman. Loren Maguire strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Houston Jim Tietje grounds out to the second baseman. Dutch Shirey grounds out to the second baseman. Steve Necciai flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Matt Kress grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! George Nourse hits a home run. Fred Enwright 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. Billy Hibbs is hit by a pitch. Cliff Breazeale fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Cliff Breazeale singles to left field. Spike Schmidt singles to left field. Gabby Moreno singles to center field. Billy Hibbs scores. Cliff Breazeale scores. Spike Schmidt advances to third on the hit. Takashi Kawana comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Les Varsho pops out to the first baseman. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Spike Schmidt scores. Phil Willis singles to right field. Gabby Moreno scores. Loren Maguire flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Pinky Christensen is pinch hitting for Silver Nicholson. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Pinky Christensen strikes out. Vernon Irwin is pinch hitting for Jerry Smith. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Vernon Irwin doubles to right field. Andy Drews strikes out. Takashi Kawana flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Matt Kress hits an infield single to the pitcher. Matt Kress steals second. George Nourse singles to left field. Matt Kress scores. Billy Hibbs flies out to the center fielder. Cliff Breazeale fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Cliff Breazeale strikes out. Joe Zachry is pinch hitting for Spike Schmidt. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Joe Zachry lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Emmett St.Claire triples. Ed Gagliano grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jim Tietje singles to center field. Emmett St.Claire scores. Dutch Shirey grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners left on base: 3 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 7
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Rene Rumler improves in contact_vs_righty Ken Buchanan did not respond to coaching in arm Patsy Fisher did not respond to coaching in velocity Luis Sisler improves in speed
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Ralph Moore did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty George Thayer improves in contact_vs_lefty Luis Smith improves in range Bob Bruett did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty