Inning: 1 Cincinnati Denny Heise pitching. Harry Jones pops out to the third baseman. Doyt Miller grounds out to the third baseman. Ralph Johnston singles to center field. Oscar Gaston grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ralph Johnston is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Houston Jitsuo Handa pitching. Hank Hornsby grounds out to the shortstop. Monte Kinsella hits an infield single to the pitcher. Wingo Ivie hits a home run. Monte Kinsella scores. Purnal Vance triples. Roy Roberts pops out to the second baseman. Pete Kennedy flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Em Wolf singles to center field. Naoyuki Shigemura hits a home run. Em Wolf scores. Jerry Burk singles past the third baseman. Jack Solomon strikes out. Jitsuo Handa lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Harry Jones grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Ray Winningham grounds out to the second baseman. Ike Egan walks. Denny Heise pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Hank Hornsby grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Ike Egan is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Doyt Miller flies out to the right fielder. Ralph Johnston strikes out. Oscar Gaston strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Monte Kinsella strikes out. Wingo Ivie singles to right field. Purnal Vance strikes out. Roy Roberts singles to right field. Wingo Ivie advances to third on the hit. Pete Kennedy grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Em Wolf strikes out. Naoyuki Shigemura singles to center field. Naoyuki Shigemura steals second. Jerry Burk hits a home run. Naoyuki Shigemura scores. Jack Solomon singles to center field. Jitsuo Handa lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Harry Jones doubles to left field. Jack Solomon scores. Doyt Miller walks. Ralph Johnston hits a home run. Harry Jones scores. Doyt Miller scores. Oscar Gaston doubles to right field. Em Wolf flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Ray Winningham flies out to the left fielder. Ike Egan strikes out. Denny Heise doubles to right field. Hank Hornsby singles to left field. Monte Kinsella walks. Wingo Ivie strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Naoyuki Shigemura strikes out. Jerry Burk singles to left field. Jack Solomon flies out to the left fielder. Jitsuo Handa strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Purnal Vance flies out to the right fielder. Roy Roberts grounds out to the pitcher. Pete Kennedy strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Harry Jones flies out to the right fielder. Doyt Miller strikes out. Ralph Johnston flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Ray Winningham singles to center field. Ike Egan grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Denny Heise strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Oscar Gaston flies out to the center fielder. Em Wolf singles to center field. Naoyuki Shigemura singles to right field. Em Wolf advances to third on the hit. Jerry Burk grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Naoyuki Shigemura advances to second on the play. Jack Solomon strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Houston Hank Hornsby flies out to the right fielder. Monte Kinsella flies out to the right fielder. Wingo Ivie pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Bill Brewer comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is pulled because he is getting hammered (Starting pitcher has given up 8 or more earned runs, he is tired, and the team is losing by more than 5 runs). Jitsuo Handa walks. Harry Jones grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Doyt Miller grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Jack McEvoy is pinch hitting for Purnal Vance. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jack McEvoy pops out to the shortstop. Roy Roberts flies out to the center fielder. Rich Moriarty is pinch hitting for Pete Kennedy. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Rich Moriarty singles to center field. Ray Winningham grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Rich Moriarty is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Ralph Johnston singles past the shortstop. Jess Lovullo is pinch hitting for Oscar Gaston. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jess Lovullo hits a home run. Ralph Johnston scores. Em Wolf flies out to the center fielder. Naoyuki Shigemura walks. Jerry Burk flies out to the left fielder. Naoyuki Shigemura steals second. Jack Solomon strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Ike Egan grounds out to the third baseman. Rip Mohart is pinch hitting for Bill Brewer. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Rip Mohart grounds out to the shortstop. Hank Hornsby singles to center field. Brad Hilton is pinch hitting for Monte Kinsella. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Brad Hilton flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 7 Houston total runners LOB: 9
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Mel Pascual improves in velocity George Hines improves in range Bill Bieser did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Terry Roth did not respond to coaching in range Francis McGlinchy improves in speed Don Ragan did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Steve Brown did not respond to coaching in 2B
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Elston Kurowski did not respond to coaching in velocity Ron Miller did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill Currence did not respond to coaching in velocity Bob Masterson did not respond to coaching in control Bob Masterson did not respond to coaching in velocity Bob Masterson improves in control