Win: Chris Wagner (1-2) Loss: Dolan Valdivielso (1-2)
Inning: 1 Houston Chris Wagner pitching. Fred Lord flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Gene Hopp grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Gaw pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Dolan Valdivielso pitching. Lee Burks walks. Jose Guerrero flies out to the center fielder. Lee Burks steals second. Rusty Triandos grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Buster Walls grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Bobby White singles to center field. Ed Lutenberg doubles to right field. Bobby White uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bob Weilman flies out to the center fielder. Dick Rettig strikes out. Cy Brumley grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Tony Mills strikes out. Ed Boyd singles to right field. Masanobu Tanaka grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Ed Boyd advances to second on the play. Bob Smith walks. Chris Wagner strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Houston Dolan Valdivielso singles to center field. Fred Lord strikes out. Gene Hopp strikes out. Bob Gaw strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Lee Burks hits a home run. Jose Guerrero strikes out. Rusty Triandos walks. Rusty Triandos steals second. Buster Walls hits a home run. Rusty Triandos scores. Tony Mills grounds out to the third baseman. Ed Boyd flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Bobby White flies out to the center fielder. Ed Lutenberg walks. Bob Weilman singles to left field. Ed Lutenberg advances to third on the hit. Dick Rettig doubles to left field. Ed Lutenberg scores. Bob Weilman uses his aggressiveness and scores. Cy Brumley grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Dolan Valdivielso grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Masanobu Tanaka strikes out. Bob Smith grounds out to the pitcher. Chris Wagner lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Fred Lord strikes out. Gene Hopp lines out to the third baseman. Bob Gaw flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Lee Burks grounds out to the third baseman. Jose Guerrero flies out to the right fielder. Rusty Triandos walks. Buster Walls hits a home run. Rusty Triandos scores. Bill Anderson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tony Mills grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Bobby White grounds out to the shortstop. Ed Lutenberg strikes out. Bob Weilman grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Ed Boyd strikes out. Masanobu Tanaka flies out to the left fielder. Bob Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Dick Rettig strikes out. Cy Brumley pops out to the second baseman. Bill Taff is pinch hitting for Bill Anderson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bill Taff grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Hisao Watanabe pitching. Chris Wagner singles to center field. Lee Burks flies out to the left fielder. Jose Guerrero strikes out. Rusty Triandos singles past the first baseman. Buster Walls hits a home run. Chris Wagner scores. Rusty Triandos scores. Mike Oster comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tony Mills hits a home run. Ed Boyd grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Fred Lord singles to left field. Fred Lord steals second. Gene Hopp strikes out. Phil Rivera is pinch hitting for Bob Gaw. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Phil Rivera grounds out to the third baseman. Bobby White strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Masanobu Tanaka doubles to center field. Earl Maxvill is pinch hitting for Bob Smith. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Earl Maxvill lines out to the second baseman. Billy Gonder is pinch hitting for Chris Wagner. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Billy Gonder flies out to the center fielder. Bill Strohmayer comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Lee Burks singles to right field. Masanobu Tanaka scores. Lee Burks steals second. Jose Guerrero grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Harry Barfield pitching. Earl Stanceu is pinch hitting for Ed Lutenberg. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Earl Stanceu strikes out. Bob Weilman pops out to the catcher. Dick Rettig flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners left on base: 4 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 4
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Mark Paulette did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Max Franklin did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Charlie Umbricht did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Narciso Hopper did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Hal Wilson improves in power_vs_lefty Jimmy Hassler improves in speed
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Joe Gonzalez did not respond to coaching in control Cal Hamilton did not respond to coaching in velocity Dave McLaughlin improves in power_vs_righty Jack Platte did not respond to coaching in velocity Hal Roach did not respond to coaching in speed Bob Bailey did not respond to coaching in range Roy Foster did not respond to coaching in 3B