Inning: 1 Houston Tsuneo Kondo pitching. Greg Spongberg grounds out to the pitcher. Joe Ganzel grounds out to the pitcher. Joe Pearce strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Milwaukee Paul Melvin pitching. Joe Maggert strikes out. Joe Anderson grounds out to the second baseman. Pie Kleinow singles to right field. Clay Heusser strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Bud Siever grounds out to the shortstop. Pete Valdez grounds out to the second baseman. Pi Ortiz doubles to center field. Jerry Alvarado flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Milwaukee Rich Healy grounds out to the third baseman. Jimmy Breining singles to right field. Vance Jackson flies out to the left fielder. Sam Herrmann grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Harland Lockhart flies out to the center fielder. Paul Melvin reached on a fielding error by Joe Anderson. Greg Spongberg singles to right field. Joe Ganzel grounds out to the second baseman. Paul Melvin advances to third on the play. Greg Spongberg advances to second on the play. Joe Pearce grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Milwaukee Tsuneo Kondo grounds out to the pitcher. Joe Maggert singles to center field. Joe Anderson pops out to the third baseman. Pie Kleinow singles to center field. Joe Maggert advances to third on the hit. Clay Heusser grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Houston Bud Siever hits a home run. Pete Valdez hits a home run. Pi Ortiz grounds out to the second baseman. Jerry Alvarado strikes out. Harland Lockhart singles to left field. Paul Melvin singles to right field. Greg Spongberg pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Milwaukee Rich Healy flies out to the right fielder. Jimmy Breining flies out to the right fielder. Vance Jackson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Joe Ganzel grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Pearce grounds out to the shortstop. Bud Siever reached on a 2-base throwing error by Joe Maggert. Pete Valdez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Milwaukee Sam Herrmann triples. Tsuneo Kondo flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Sam Herrmann scores. Joe Maggert flies out to the center fielder. Joe Anderson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Pi Ortiz pops out to the first baseman. Jerry Alvarado singles to right field. Harland Lockhart singles to right field. Jerry Alvarado advances to third on the hit. Paul Melvin pops out to the shortstop. Greg Spongberg hits a home run. Jerry Alvarado scores. Harland Lockhart scores. Oreste Caruthers comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joe Ganzel walks. Joe Pearce singles to center field. Joe Ganzel advances to third on the hit. Bud Siever strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Milwaukee Pie Kleinow walks. Clay Heusser flies out to the right fielder. Rich Healy grounds out to the shortstop. Pie Kleinow advances to second on the play. Pie Kleinow steals third. Jimmy Breining walks. Vance Jackson strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Houston Jerry Rhiel is pinch hitting for Pete Valdez. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jerry Rhiel walks. Ed Nicosia is pinch hitting for Pi Ortiz. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ed Nicosia grounds out to the pitcher. Jerry Rhiel advances to second on the play. Jerry Alvarado walks. Harland Lockhart singles to right field. Mark Carney is pinch hitting for Paul Melvin. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Mark Carney pops out to the second baseman. Greg Spongberg grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Milwaukee Gene Thormahlen pitching. Sam Herrmann singles to left field. Chad Finney is pinch hitting for Oreste Caruthers. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Chad Finney doubles to right field. Joe Maggert grounds out to the second baseman. Sam Herrmann scores. Chad Finney advances to third on the play. Joe Anderson strikes out. Pie Kleinow doubles to right field. Chad Finney scores. Clay Heusser flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Bill Browning pitching. Bobby Stuart is pinch hitting for Joe Ganzel. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Bobby Stuart singles to right field. John Marshall is pinch hitting for Joe Pearce. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. John Marshall bunts for a base hit. Bud Siever hits a home run. Bobby Stuart scores. John Marshall scores. Bob Reed comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jerry Rhiel singles to right field. Ed Nicosia hits a home run. Jerry Rhiel scores. Dave Gentry comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jerry Alvarado pops out to the shortstop. Harland Lockhart singles to left field. Gene Thormahlen lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Greg Spongberg walks. Bobby Stuart walks. John Marshall walks. Harland Lockhart scores. Bud Siever walks. Greg Spongberg scores. Jerry Rhiel triples. Bobby Stuart scores. John Marshall scores. Bud Siever scores. Ed Nicosia grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Milwaukee Rich Healy strikes out. Jimmy Breining grounds out to the second baseman. Vance Jackson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Jerry Alvarado walks. Jerry Alvarado steals second. Harland Lockhart singles to center field. Jerry Alvarado scores. Gene Thormahlen lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Greg Spongberg grounds out to the shortstop. Bobby Stuart grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Milwaukee Kevin Mitchell is pinch hitting for Sam Herrmann. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Kevin Mitchell flies out to the right fielder. Ivan Duzen is pinch hitting for Dave Gentry. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ivan Duzen grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Maggert grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners LOB: 13 Milwaukee total runners LOB: 7
Batting:2B - Pie Kleinow (16), Chad Finney (8).3B - Sam Herrmann (2).SF - Tsuneo Kondo. Baserunning: SB - Pie Kleinow (20). Fielding: E - Joe Maggert, Joe Anderson.
Game Notes Jimmy Breining is injured and is expected to be out 4 days.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Russ Irwin did not respond to coaching in endurance Jot Burgmeier improves in range Whitey Nichols improves in arm John Monday improves in power_vs_lefty Whitey Nichols did not respond to coaching in 2B
Milwaukee Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Earl Ward improves in contact_vs_righty Al Karns improves in range Joe Cooper improves in arm John Becker did not respond to coaching in velocity Angelo Murphy did not respond to coaching in RF