Win: Shovel Upton (2-2) Loss: Ron Hurley (1-2)
Save: Bill Strohmayer (3)
Inning: 1 Houston Ron Hurley pitching. Fred Lord strikes out. Gene Hopp strikes out. Bobby White pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Shovel Upton pitching. Lee Burks grounds out to the second baseman. Jose Guerrero singles to right field. Jose Guerrero is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Rusty Triandos grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Earl Stanceu strikes out. Bob Weilman flies out to the right fielder. Archie Griffin hits an infield single to the shortstop. Archie Griffin steals second. Bob Gaw pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Paul Sutherland flies out to the center fielder. Buster Walls triples. Tony Mills strikes out. Ed Boyd flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Dick Rettig strikes out. Shovel Upton walks. Fred Lord singles to left field. Gene Hopp hits a home run. Shovel Upton scores. Fred Lord scores. Bobby White flies out to the center fielder. Earl Stanceu triples. Bob Weilman doubles to right field. Earl Stanceu scores. Rollie Hallahan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Archie Griffin strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Phil Auerbach grounds out to the second baseman. Rollie Hallahan strikes out. Lee Burks flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Bob Gaw grounds out to the third baseman. Dick Rettig flies out to the center fielder. Shovel Upton grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Jose Guerrero flies out to the right fielder. Rusty Triandos grounds out to the second baseman. Paul Sutherland pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Fred Lord singles to center field. Fred Lord steals second. Gene Hopp flies out to the center fielder. Bobby White flies out to the left fielder. Earl Stanceu strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Buster Walls grounds out to the third baseman. Tony Mills flies out to the right fielder. Ed Boyd walks. Phil Auerbach flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Bob Weilman pops out to the catcher. Archie Griffin singles to left field. Bob Gaw grounds out to the second baseman. Archie Griffin advances to second on the play. Dick Rettig flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Rollie Hallahan grounds out to the second baseman. Lee Burks grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Jose Guerrero singles to left field. Jose Guerrero steals second. Rusty Triandos grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Shovel Upton grounds out to the shortstop. Fred Lord grounds out to the second baseman. Gene Hopp strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Paul Sutherland walks. Paul Sutherland steals second. Buster Walls flies out to the left fielder. Tony Mills hits a home run. Paul Sutherland scores. Ed Boyd strikes out. Phil Auerbach grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Bobby White grounds out to the shortstop. Earl Stanceu flies out to the right fielder. Bob Weilman grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Bob Smith is pinch hitting for Rollie Hallahan. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Bob Smith flies out to the center fielder. Lee Burks walks. Jose Guerrero grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Lee Burks is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jose Guerrero steals second. Rusty Triandos walks. Mike Oster 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. Paul Sutherland grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Rusty Triandos is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Houston Aaron Clark pitching. Archie Griffin singles to center field. Bob Gaw flies out to the left fielder. Dick Rettig flies out to the center fielder. Bill Taff is pinch hitting for Mike Oster. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bill Taff grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Archie Griffin is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Bill Strohmayer pitching. Buster Walls flies out to the center fielder. Tony Mills grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Boyd strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners LOB: 5 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 5
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Narciso Hopper improves in speed Jim Cort did not respond to coaching in velocity Tom Czajkowski did not respond to coaching in speed Charlie Umbricht did not respond to coaching in speed Chris Mangum improves in power_vs_righty Harry Valdes did not respond to coaching in range
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Brian Telford improves in control Jack Platte did not respond to coaching in velocity Joe Gonzalez did not respond to coaching in velocity Hal Roach did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Hank Sparks improves in contact_vs_lefty Butch Coolidge did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Warren Rapp improves in LF