Win: Dave Coolbaugh (2-2) Loss: Tomoyuki Fukumoto (0-1)
Save: Fritz Hafey (2)
Inning: 1 Houston Dave Coolbaugh pitching. Cap Gordon flies out to the right fielder. Darrell Aragon flies out to the left fielder. Wally Sumner grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Miami Tim Barkley pitching. Gary Susce singles to right field. Gary Susce steals second. Haywood Springer singles to center field. Gary Susce is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Bob Grant singles to left field. Rene Nevin flies out to the center fielder. Joe Chavez walks. John Thomas reached on a fielding error by Tommy Shofner. Haywood Springer scores. Joe Olivo grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Houston Luis Leon strikes out. Walt Henrich grounds out to the second baseman. Jack Parkman grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Miami Bud Cowens grounds out to the third baseman. Dave Coolbaugh pops out to the second baseman. Gary Susce walks. Haywood Springer walks. Bob Grant strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Houston Tom Karkovice grounds out to the second baseman. Tommy Shofner singles to left field. Tim Barkley fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Tim Barkley grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Tommy Shofner is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Cap Gordon grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Tim Barkley is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Miami Rene Nevin singles to center field. Rene Nevin is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Joe Chavez doubles to right field. John Thomas walks. Joe Olivo flies out to the center fielder. Bud Cowens strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Houston Darrell Aragon strikes out. Wally Sumner hits a home run. Luis Leon strikes out. Walt Henrich flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Miami Dave Coolbaugh pops out to the second baseman. Gary Susce flies out to the center fielder. Haywood Springer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Jack Parkman flies out to the center fielder. Tom Karkovice flies out to the right fielder. Tommy Shofner pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Miami Bob Grant strikes out. Rene Nevin grounds out to the pitcher. Joe Chavez walks. John Thomas strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Tim Barkley flies out to the right fielder. Cap Gordon strikes out. Darrell Aragon walks. Darrell Aragon is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Miami Joe Olivo grounds out to the second baseman. Bud Cowens singles to left field. Dave Coolbaugh lays a bunt down the third base line. The third baseman fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first for the 5-6-4 double play (2B covering 1st). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Wally Sumner strikes out. Luis Leon pops out to the first baseman. Walt Henrich flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Miami Tomoyuki Fukumoto comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Gary Susce singles to left field. Haywood Springer doubles to right field. The defense is playing the infield in. Bob Grant strikes out. Rene Nevin strikes out. Joe Chavez singles to right field. Gary Susce scores. John Thomas flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Houston Jack Parkman flies out to the left fielder. Shinji Ota is pinch hitting for Tom Karkovice. Shinji Ota strikes out. Tommy Shofner pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Miami Jim Leyritz enters the game as a defensive replacement for Shinji Ota at C. Joe Olivo strikes out. Bud Cowens walks. Vincent Sun is pinch hitting for Dave Coolbaugh. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Bud Cowens steals second. Vincent Sun hits a home run. Bud Cowens scores. Gary Susce walks. Haywood Springer flies out to the center fielder. Gary Susce is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Fritz Hafey pitching. Eddie Fullis enters the game as a defensive replacement for Gary Susce at 3B. Scrappy Hennigan enters the game as a defensive replacement for Haywood Springer at RF. Joe Welch is pinch hitting for Tomoyuki Fukumoto. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Joe Welch strikes out. Cap Gordon walks. Darrell Aragon grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Cap Gordon is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Wally Sumner hits a home run. Darrell Aragon scores. Luis Leon strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners left on base: 1 Miami total runners left on base: 10
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Donnie Clemensen did not respond to coaching in velocity Hiroshige Hirota did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jimmy Cotter improves in contact_vs_righty Harry Hackman improves in power_vs_righty
Miami Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Greg Kiner did not respond to coaching in velocity Ed Johnson did not respond to coaching in control Luke Costo did not respond to coaching in range Ron Hummel improves in arm Fred Niarhos did not respond to coaching in 1B