Win: Sakae Kono (1-0) Loss: Bernie Hale (0-2)
Save: Jack Gaines (2)
Inning: 1 Houston Dave Jones pitching. Babe Miller strikes out. John Ortiz grounds out to the shortstop. Jack Francona flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 New York Pete Tartabull pitching. Hal Naleway grounds out to the second baseman. Ramon Powell strikes out. Barry Hewitt strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Hiromori Miyade singles to center field. Adolfo Marrero grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Stan Jordan singles to left field. Tracy Melter strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 New York Karl Lansford flies out to the right fielder. Jim Esser flies out to the right fielder. Rube Cappuzzello singles to right field. Rube Cappuzzello steals second. Bill Loiselle flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Tim Lauder grounds out to the catcher - great play by the catcher to prevent a single! Pete Tartabull strikes out. Babe Miller strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 New York Steve Casian singles to center field. Dave Jones fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Dave Jones strikes out. Hal Naleway strikes out. Ramon Powell singles to center field. Barry Hewitt singles to left field. Steve Casian scores. Ramon Powell advances to third on the hit. Karl Lansford flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Houston John Ortiz grounds out to the catcher. Jack Francona strikes out. Hiromori Miyade strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 New York Jim Esser flies out to the center fielder. Rube Cappuzzello grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Loiselle grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Adolfo Marrero singles to right field. Stan Jordan flies out to the center fielder. Tracy Melter flies out to the right fielder. Tim Lauder flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 New York Steve Casian flies out to the right fielder. Dave Jones strikes out. Hal Naleway grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Pete Tartabull pops out to the second baseman. Babe Miller strikes out. John Ortiz strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 New York Ramon Powell grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Barry Hewitt grounds out to the third baseman. Karl Lansford grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Jack Francona singles to right field. Hiromori Miyade singles to right field. Adolfo Marrero doubles to center field. Jack Francona scores. Stan Jordan strikes out. Tracy Melter grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Hiromori Miyade scores. Adolfo Marrero advances to third on the play. Tim Lauder walks. Pete Tartabull grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 New York Jim Esser singles to left field. Rube Cappuzzello triples. Jim Esser scores. Bill Loiselle hits a home run. Rube Cappuzzello scores. Steve Casian strikes out. Dave Jones flies out to the center fielder. Hal Naleway strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Babe Miller grounds out to the shortstop. John Ortiz singles to right field. Jack Francona pops out to the third baseman. Hiromori Miyade hits a home run. John Ortiz scores. Adolfo Marrero flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 New York Ramon Powell singles to left field. Barry Hewitt strikes out. Karl Lansford grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ramon Powell advances to second on the play. Joji Aoyama 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. Jim Esser grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston R.J. Robinson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Stan Jordan grounds out to the shortstop. Tracy Melter walks. Tim Lauder singles past the second baseman. Bert Taylor is pinch hitting for Joji Aoyama. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Bert Taylor grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tracy Melter advances to third on the play. Tim Lauder advances to second on the play. Babe Miller singles to left field. Tracy Melter scores. Tim Lauder scores. Kiddo Crawford comes in from the bullpen to pitch. John Ortiz grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 New York Bill Wayne pitching. Rube Cappuzzello flies out to the right fielder. Bill Loiselle singles to left field. Steve Casian triples. Bill Loiselle scores. Sakae Kono comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jesse Veres is pinch hitting for Kiddo Crawford. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jesse Veres grounds out to the second baseman. Steve Casian scores. Hal Naleway grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Houston Bernie Hale pitching. Jack Francona doubles to left field. Hiromori Miyade singles to center field. Jack Francona scores. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Adolfo Marrero flies out to the center fielder. Stan Jordan walks. Tracy Melter strikes out. Tim Lauder hits a home run. Hiromori Miyade scores. Stan Jordan scores. Rod Davis comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Sakae Kono grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 New York Ramon Powell walks. Barry Hewitt reached on a 2-base fielding error by Babe Miller. Karl Lansford grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ramon Powell scores. Barry Hewitt advances to third on the play. Jack Gaines comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jim Esser flies out to the center fielder. Rube Cappuzzello singles to center field. Barry Hewitt scores. Bill Loiselle flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Houston total runners LOB: 5 New York total runners LOB: 5
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: John Ise did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Tadashi Hirayama did not respond to coaching in control George Cleveland did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty John Helms did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Ray Nekola improves in arm Tommie Ashby did not respond to coaching in velocity John Helms did not respond to coaching in RF
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Donn Hansen improves in power_vs_righty Donn Hansen did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty George Hansen did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Donn Hansen did not respond to coaching in arm Joe Gutierrez improves in arm Charlie Buskey improves in control