Win: Tom Pitula (3-3) Loss: Tom Allworthy (3-3)
Save: Bill Wayne (8)
Inning: 1 Houston Tom Allworthy pitching. Babe Miller walks. John Ortiz pops out to the shortstop. Jack Francona pops out to the first baseman. Tim Lauder singles to left field. Bert Taylor grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Tim Lauder is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Los Angeles Tom Pitula pitching. Fred Kimm flies out to the center fielder. Humphrey Domo walks. Yosvani Castillo grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Tracy Melter grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Hiromori Miyade grounds out to the shortstop. Adolfo Marrero flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Los Angeles Oscar Mayer singles to center field. Nadroj Goldsmith strikes out. Satoshi Oiwa pops out to the third baseman. Margarita Castillo grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Tom Pitula lines out to the second baseman. Babe Miller grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). John Ortiz strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Los Angeles Roger Grimsby pops out to the third baseman. Tom Allworthy grounds out to the shortstop. Fred Kimm strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Jack Francona singles to right field. Jack Francona steals second. Tim Lauder flies out to the left fielder. Bert Taylor reached on a 2-base throwing error by Fred Kimm. Jack Francona scores. Tracy Melter strikes out. Hiromori Miyade singles to right field. Bert Taylor scores. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Adolfo Marrero triples. Hiromori Miyade scores. Tom Pitula strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Los Angeles Humphrey Domo flies out to the left fielder. Yosvani Castillo pops out to the shortstop. Oscar Mayer singles to left field. Nadroj Goldsmith strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Babe Miller grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! John Ortiz singles to right field. Jack Francona grounds into a force play to the second baseman. John Ortiz is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Tim Lauder flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Los Angeles Satoshi Oiwa strikes out. Margarita Castillo grounds out to the third baseman. Roger Grimsby grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Bert Taylor singles to left field. Tracy Melter singles to left field. Hiromori Miyade singles to left field. Bert Taylor is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Tracy Melter advances to third on the play. Adolfo Marrero flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Tracy Melter is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Los Angeles Tom Allworthy grounds out to the third baseman. Fred Kimm grounds out to the pitcher. Humphrey Domo grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Lefty Wallace is pinch hitting for Tom Pitula. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Lefty Wallace grounds out to the second baseman. Babe Miller strikes out. John Ortiz flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Los Angeles Jack Gaines pitching. Yosvani Castillo singles to left field. Oscar Mayer pops out to the second baseman. Yosvani Castillo steals second. Nadroj Goldsmith flies out to the left fielder. Satoshi Oiwa strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Donal Dreke comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Jack Francona reached on a fielding error by Fred Kimm. Tim Lauder grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jack Francona advances to second on the play. Bert Taylor strikes out. Tracy Melter flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Los Angeles Margarita Castillo walks. Margarita Castillo steals second. Roger Grimsby grounds out to the third baseman. Russell Stover is pinch hitting for Donal Dreke. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Russell Stover doubles to left field. Margarita Castillo scores. Joji Aoyama comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Fred Kimm pops out to the second baseman. Humphrey Domo pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Rick Edelen pitching. Hiromori Miyade grounds out to the second baseman. Adolfo Marrero flies out to the center fielder. Tony Koslofski is pinch hitting for Joji Aoyama. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Tony Koslofski grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Los Angeles Bill Wayne pitching. Yosvani Castillo strikes out. Oscar Mayer strikes out. Nadroj Goldsmith flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners LOB: 6 Los Angeles total runners LOB: 4
Game Notes Tom Pitula is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Yoshinori Kawagoe did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Yoshinori Kawagoe did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Sam Jordan did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty John Helms improves in power_vs_lefty Sam Jordan did not respond to coaching in range Randy Reilly improves in contact_vs_lefty John Helms did not respond to coaching in RF
Los Angeles Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Hector Hasegawa did not respond to coaching in range Koichi Egusa did not respond to coaching in control Marty Sharpe did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Placido Calhoun improves in speed Yuichi Nobira did not respond to coaching in control Naoki Kaji did not respond to coaching in control