Win: Shovel Bell (3-0) Loss: Tomoyuki Fukumoto (0-2)
Save: Fritz Hafey (3)
Inning: 1 Houston Mel Callahan pitching. Cap Gordon flies out to the center fielder. Darrell Aragon strikes out. Wally Sumner grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Miami Daniel Bystrom pitching. Gary Susce grounds out to the shortstop. Haywood Springer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Grant walks. Rene Nevin singles to left field. Eddie Fullis strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Houston Rex Ripley lines out to the first baseman. Walt Henrich flies out to the center fielder. Jack Parkman strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Miami Mack Jeltz strikes out. Joe Olivo strikes out. Bud Cowens reached on a fielding error by Cap Gordon. Bud Cowens steals second. Mel Callahan doubles to right field. Bud Cowens scores. Gary Susce pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Tom Karkovice grounds out to the shortstop. Tommy Shofner singles to left field. Daniel Bystrom lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Cap Gordon walks. Darrell Aragon pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Miami Haywood Springer grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Grant grounds out to the catcher. Rene Nevin strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Wally Sumner strikes out. Rex Ripley strikes out. Walt Henrich flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Miami Eddie Fullis flies out to the right fielder. Mack Jeltz flies out to the center fielder. Joe Olivo flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Jack Parkman grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Karkovice singles to center field. Tom Karkovice steals second. Tommy Shofner pops out to the shortstop. Bob K Stapleton 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. Daniel Bystrom grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Miami Bud Cowens grounds out to the shortstop. Vincent Sun is pinch hitting for Bob K Stapleton. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Vincent Sun walks. Vincent Sun steals second. Gary Susce strikes out. Haywood Springer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Shovel Bell pitching. Cap Gordon doubles to left field. Darrell Aragon flies out to the right fielder. Wally Sumner walks. Rex Ripley strikes out. Walt Henrich strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Miami Bob Grant grounds out to the shortstop. Rene Nevin flies out to the left fielder. Eddie Fullis flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Jack Parkman doubles to left field. Shinji Ota is pinch hitting for Tom Karkovice. Shinji Ota strikes out. Tommy Shofner pops out to the third baseman. Joe Welch is pinch hitting for Daniel Bystrom. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Joe Welch doubles to center field. Jack Parkman scores. Cap Gordon grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Miami Tomoyuki Fukumoto pitching. Jim Leyritz enters the game as a defensive replacement for Shinji Ota at C. Mack Jeltz grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Olivo walks. Joe Olivo is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Bud Cowens walks. Scrappy Hennigan is pinch hitting for Shovel Bell. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Scrappy Hennigan triples. Bud Cowens scores. Gary Susce grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Fritz Hafey pitching. Darrell Aragon grounds out to the shortstop. Wally Sumner singles to right field. Rex Ripley flies out to the center fielder. Walt Henrich walks. Jack Parkman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Miami Haywood Springer hits a home run. Bob Grant flies out to the right fielder. Rene Nevin bunts for a base hit. Rene Nevin steals second. Eddie Fullis singles to center field. Rene Nevin uses his aggressiveness and scores. Mack Jeltz grounds out to the shortstop. Eddie Fullis advances to second on the play. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Joe Olivo grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Jim Leyritz singles to right field. Jim Leyritz is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Tommy Shofner walks. Gene Wise is pinch hitting for Tomoyuki Fukumoto. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Gene Wise strikes out. Cap Gordon flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Houston total runners left on base: 9 Miami total runners left on base: 6
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Shawn Davis improves in power_vs_lefty Al McFarlane improves in contact_vs_lefty Donnie Clemensen did not respond to coaching in control Jack Stoner improves in control
Miami Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Will Nolan did not respond to coaching in control Pat Sanford improves in power_vs_lefty Ed Johnson did not respond to coaching in control Juan Reynoso did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Fred Niarhos did not respond to coaching in 1B