Inning: 1 Houston George Whipple pitching. King Blackburn flies out to the center fielder. Joe Bancroft grounds out to the second baseman. Tom Ryan grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 San Diego Bert Valle pitching. Shozo Takemoto flies out to the center fielder. Tim Minoso strikes out. Tillie Souza hits a home run. Johnny Curd grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Zak Stafford grounds out to the shortstop. George Foster flies out to the right fielder. Leo Johnson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 San Diego Bill Frasier grounds out to the second baseman. Tariq Salman singles to right field. Charlie Baughman strikes out. Sal Stockwell grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Gary Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Larry Macha walks. Bert Valle lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. King Blackburn strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 San Diego George Whipple flies out to the left fielder. Shozo Takemoto walks. Tim Minoso walks. Tillie Souza walks. Johnny Curd flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Shozo Takemoto scores. Bill Frasier pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Houston Joe Bancroft doubles to left field. Tom Ryan strikes out. Zak Stafford walks. George Foster singles past the shortstop. Joe Bancroft scores. Zak Stafford advances to third on the hit. Leo Johnson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Zak Stafford scores. George Foster advances to second on the play. Jim Mattimore comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Gary Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 San Diego Tariq Salman strikes out. Charlie Baughman grounds out to the third baseman. Sal Stockwell grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Larry Macha strikes out. Bert Valle walks. King Blackburn triples. Bert Valle scores. Joe Bancroft lines out to the second baseman. Tom Ryan grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 San Diego Jim Mattimore strikes out. Shozo Takemoto strikes out. Tim Minoso grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Zak Stafford grounds out to the pitcher. George Foster flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Leo Johnson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 San Diego Tillie Souza reached on a fielding error by Joe Bancroft. Johnny Curd flies out to the left fielder. Bill Frasier strikes out. Tariq Salman grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Tillie Souza is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Gary Smith strikes out. Larry Macha walks. Trever Woehr comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Steve Pirtle is pinch hitting for Bert Valle. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Steve Pirtle grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Larry Macha advances to second on the play. King Blackburn strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 San Diego Joe Price pitching. Red James is pinch hitting for Charlie Baughman. Red James strikes out. John Dutton is pinch hitting for Sal Stockwell. John Dutton flies out to the right fielder. George Breeden is pinch hitting for Trever Woehr. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. George Breeden singles to left field. Shozo Takemoto hits a home run. George Breeden scores. Tim Minoso hits a home run. Tillie Souza grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Joe Yvars pitching. Joe Bancroft grounds out to the pitcher. Tom Ryan strikes out. Zak Stafford flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 San Diego Johnny Curd singles to center field. Bill Frasier walks. Tariq Salman grounds out to the second baseman. Johnny Curd advances to third on the play. Bill Frasier advances to second on the play. Red James reached on a 2-base throwing error by Tom Ryan. Johnny Curd scores. Bill Frasier scores. John Dutton hits a home run. Red James scores. Joe Yvars grounds out to the second baseman. Shozo Takemoto strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston George Foster walks. Al Graham is pinch hitting for Leo Johnson. Al Graham grounds out to the shortstop. George Foster advances to second on the play. Gary Smith pops out to the first baseman. Larry Macha singles to left field. George Foster scores. Pat Bonds comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Carl Lloyd is pinch hitting for Joe Price. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Carl Lloyd singles to right field. King Blackburn lines out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Houston total runners left on base: 6 San Diego total runners left on base: 4
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Mike Scharein did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Ivy Mann improves in contact_vs_lefty Pedro Savransky improves in contact_vs_righty Don Schult did not respond to coaching in range Mack Kilroy did not respond to coaching in 2B
San Diego Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Len Noftsker did not respond to coaching in velocity Gustavo Ruiz did not respond to coaching in range Gary Renfer improves in contact_vs_lefty Bobby Olivares did not respond to coaching in speed Bill Boland did not respond to coaching in 2B