Win: Charlie Strands (3-0) Loss: Jim Bale (1-2)
Save: Mike Doran (6)
Inning: 1 Houston Charlie Strands pitching. Fred Lord flies out to the left fielder. Archie Griffin singles to left field. Gene Hopp strikes out. Bob Gaw singles to right field. Archie Griffin advances to third on the hit. Bobby White strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 San Francisco Jim Bale pitching. Max Umbricht grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Albert Neher strikes out. Charlie Ainge grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Ed Lutenberg singles to right field. Bob Weilman pops out to the shortstop. Dick Rettig grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Ed Lutenberg is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Jim Bale singles to center field. Fred Lord singles to center field. Dick Rettig scores. Archie Griffin walks. Gene Hopp flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 San Francisco Edison Fernandez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Mike Bradley triples. David Jones strikes out. Greg Avery doubles to left field. Mike Bradley scores. Frank Long flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Bob Gaw strikes out. Bobby White flies out to the left fielder. Ed Lutenberg flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 San Francisco Charlie Strands strikes out. Max Umbricht singles to left field. Albert Neher pops out to the third baseman. Max Umbricht gets picked off first. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Bob Weilman grounds out to the third baseman. Dick Rettig grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Bale strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 San Francisco Charlie Ainge singles to left field. Edison Fernandez grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Mike Bradley grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Fred Lord singles to right field. Archie Griffin walks. Gene Hopp grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Fred Lord advances to third on the play. Bob Gaw strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 San Francisco David Jones reached on a 2-base throwing error by Gene Hopp. Greg Avery grounds out to the second baseman. David Jones advances to third on the play. Frank Long grounds out to the second baseman. David Jones scores. Charlie Strands pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Bobby White singles to center field. Ed Lutenberg pops out to the shortstop. Bob Weilman strikes out. Bobby White steals second. Dick Rettig flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 San Francisco Max Umbricht walks. Albert Neher singles to left field. Max Umbricht advances to third on the hit. Charlie Ainge singles to center field. Max Umbricht scores. Albert Neher advances to third on the hit. Edison Fernandez grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Albert Neher scores. Mike Bradley grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Jim Bale singles past the shortstop. Fred Lord grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Jim Bale is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Archie Griffin walks. Gene Hopp grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 San Francisco David Jones strikes out. Greg Avery flies out to the center fielder. Frank Long strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Red Thurman enters the game as a defensive replacement for Charlie Ainge at RF. Ted Neubauer comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Bob Gaw pops out to the second baseman. Bobby White walks. Ed Lutenberg hits a home run. Bobby White scores. Bob Weilman strikes out. Dick Rettig doubles past the first baseman. Bill Taff is pinch hitting for Jim Bale. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Bill Taff strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 San Francisco Hisao Watanabe pitching. Walter Weaver is pinch hitting for Ted Neubauer. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Walter Weaver flies out to the right fielder. Max Umbricht grounds out to the third baseman. Albert Neher strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Mike Doran pitching. Fred Lord grounds out to the shortstop. Archie Griffin singles to right field. Archie Griffin steals second. Gene Hopp flies out to the left fielder. Bob Gaw flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Houston total runners left on base: 10 San Francisco total runners left on base: 1
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: George Bumbry did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Narciso Hopper improves in power_vs_lefty Mark Paulette did not respond to coaching in arm Charlie Hernandez improves in contact_vs_lefty Chris Mangum improves in contact_vs_righty Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance.
San Francisco Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: D Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Oliver Shaw improves in power_vs_righty Charlie Yantz improves in contact_vs_lefty Easton Raich did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jeff Latham improves in contact_vs_lefty Joe Wagner did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty John Leeds did not respond to coaching in velocity Tom Gilmore did not respond to coaching in 2B