Win: Steve Holden (17-6) Loss: Dallas Lennon (5-13)
Save: Pete Akers (37)
Inning: 1 Houston Steve Holden pitching. Roy Roberts strikes out. Kirk Fitzpatrick grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Pete Kennedy flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Dallas Lennon pitching. Doyt Miller strikes out. Ralph Johnston strikes out. Naoyuki Shigemura strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Jack Rogge flies out to the right fielder. Monte Kinsella grounds out to the second baseman. Wingo Ivie grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Phil Walberg singles past the third baseman. Phil Walberg steals second. Jerry Burk grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Phil Walberg advances to third on the play. Jess Lovullo hits a home run. Phil Walberg scores. Bill Gilks walks. Bert Lowdermilk strikes out. Steve Holden strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Brad Hilton singles to center field. Ike Egan grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Dallas Lennon strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Doyt Miller grounds out to the pitcher. Ralph Johnston walks. Naoyuki Shigemura singles to left field. Phil Walberg walks. Jerry Burk strikes out. Jess Lovullo grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Houston Roy Roberts grounds out to the second baseman. Kirk Fitzpatrick strikes out. Pete Kennedy strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Bill Gilks grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bert Lowdermilk singles to right field. Steve Holden lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Doyt Miller walks. Ralph Johnston grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Houston Jack Rogge walks. Monte Kinsella hits a home run. Jack Rogge scores. Wingo Ivie strikes out. Brad Hilton hits a home run. Ike Egan walks. Dallas Lennon fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Dallas Lennon grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Naoyuki Shigemura walks. Phil Walberg walks. Naoyuki Shigemura steals third. Ike Egan throws the ball into left field for an error. Runners advance a base. Naoyuki Shigemura scores. Jerry Burk grounds out to the second baseman. Phil Walberg advances to third on the play. Jess Lovullo reached on a 2-base fielding error by Wingo Ivie. Phil Walberg scores. Bill Gilks singles to left field. Jess Lovullo scores. Bert Lowdermilk doubles to center field. Steve Holden strikes out. Doyt Miller flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Houston Roy Roberts strikes out. Kirk Fitzpatrick grounds out to the pitcher. Pete Kennedy strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Ralph Johnston flies out to the center fielder. Naoyuki Shigemura grounds out to the second baseman. Phil Walberg strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Jack Rogge grounds out to the second baseman. Monte Kinsella grounds out to the pitcher. Wingo Ivie grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Jerry Burk singles to right field. Jess Lovullo hits a home run. Jerry Burk scores. Bill Gilks strikes out. Bert Lowdermilk flies out to the right fielder. Steve Holden flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Brad Hilton grounds out to the third baseman. Ike Egan flies out to the left fielder. Rich Moriarty is pinch hitting for Dallas Lennon. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Rich Moriarty walks. Roy Roberts flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Morris Smith pitching. Doyt Miller walks. Ralph Johnston pops out to the first baseman. Naoyuki Shigemura walks. Phil Walberg singles in front of the right fielder. Doyt Miller scores. Naoyuki Shigemura advances to third on the hit. Phil Walberg steals second. Jerry Burk flies out to the center fielder. Jess Lovullo flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Houston Kirk Fitzpatrick strikes out. Pete Kennedy walks. Jack Rogge singles to center field. Monte Kinsella singles to center field. Pete Kennedy scores. Pete Akers comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Wingo Ivie strikes out. Brad Hilton flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Houston total runners left on base: 3 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 10
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Don Baldwin did not respond to coaching in endurance Chris Heath improves in velocity Ken Anderson improves in velocity Billy Wilson did not respond to coaching in velocity Chris Heath did not respond to coaching in velocity Mike Shilling improves in arm
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: George Hines improves in arm Don Ragan did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Don Ragan did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Tom Jorgensen did not respond to coaching in velocity Steve Brown did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Freddie Woodson did not respond to coaching in arm Josh Brown did not respond to coaching in SS