Inning: 1 Houston Steve Small pitching. Fred Lord grounds out to the second baseman. Gene Hopp grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bobby White flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Arizona Randy Dilauro pitching. Rabbit Slattery flies out to the center fielder. William Smith singles to center field. Sam Cuyler grounds out to the shortstop. William Smith advances to second on the play. Juan Dessens grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Earl Stanceu strikes out. Bob Weilman flies out to the right fielder. Archie Griffin walks. Bob Gaw strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Arizona Sam Merloni pops out to the first baseman. Mikio Mitsui flies out to the left fielder. Jason Heman walks. March McColl grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Jason Heman is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Dick Rettig strikes out. Randy Dilauro strikes out. Fred Lord flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Arizona Steve Small singles to left field. Rabbit Slattery grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Steve Small is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Rabbit Slattery steals second. William Smith singles to right field. Rabbit Slattery scores. Sam Cuyler grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Gene Hopp pops out to the catcher. Bobby White flies out to the left fielder. Earl Stanceu grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Arizona Juan Dessens grounds out to the third baseman. Sam Merloni singles past the shortstop. Mikio Mitsui singles to right field. Jason Heman grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Bob Weilman grounds out to the shortstop. Archie Griffin pops out to the first baseman. Bob Gaw grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Arizona March McColl pops out to the first baseman. Steve Small singles to center field. Rabbit Slattery strikes out. William Smith grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Dick Rettig grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Randy Dilauro singles to center field. Fred Lord walks. Gene Hopp strikes out. Bobby White grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Fred Lord is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Arizona Sam Cuyler grounds out to the shortstop. Juan Dessens pops out to the first baseman. Sam Merloni grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Earl Stanceu singles to center field. Bob Weilman flies out to the left fielder. Archie Griffin grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Earl Stanceu advances to second on the play. Bob Gaw strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Arizona Mikio Mitsui grounds out to the shortstop. Jason Heman singles to center field. March McColl pops out to the shortstop. Jason Heman steals second. Bill Anderson 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. Steve Small grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Dick Rettig singles to left field. Bill Taff is pinch hitting for Bill Anderson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bill Taff pops out to the first baseman. Fred Lord singles to center field. Dick Rettig advances to third on the hit. Gene Hopp reached on a fielding error by Sam Cuyler. Dick Rettig scores. Bobby White strikes out. Earl Stanceu grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Gene Hopp is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Arizona Hisao Watanabe pitching. Rabbit Slattery walks. William Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Rabbit Slattery advances to second on the play. Sam Cuyler grounds out to the shortstop. Juan Dessens flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Bob Weilman strikes out. Archie Griffin strikes out. Bob Gaw flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Arizona Sam Merloni walks. Mikio Mitsui singles to right field. Sam Merloni advances to third on the hit. Jason Heman flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Sam Merloni scores. Houston total runners left on base: 6 Arizona total runners left on base: 6
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Harry Valdes improves in arm Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Walter Jean did not respond to coaching in velocity Hal Wilson improves in contact_vs_lefty Max Franklin improves in contact_vs_righty Jim Cort improves in velocity
Arizona Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jim Lucier improves in contact_vs_righty Herb Hickman improves in speed Steve Steineder did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Steve Steineder improves in arm Bill Whitehill improves in control Al Hodge did not respond to coaching in control