Win: Red Smith (2-0) Loss: Luis Hulen (0-1)
Save: Lenny Anderson (4)
Inning: 1 Houston Red Smith pitching. Duane Eaves singles to center field. Ty Sanders strikes out. Brian Gumbert grounds out to the shortstop. Duane Eaves advances to second on the play. Jim Feller singles to center field. Duane Eaves is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Atlanta Luis Hulen pitching. Clark Benton grounds out to the catcher. Mark Graceless strikes out. Gene Bejma flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Eli Brown walks. Jim Strain strikes out. Rob Podres singles to left field. Yoasan Aguilera pops out to the shortstop. Luis Hulen pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Atlanta Benny Archer singles to left field. Kelly Pounds flies out to the left fielder. Mike Shannon singles to left field. Scott Allison flies out to the left fielder. Winn Dixie singles to left field. Benny Archer is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Duane Eaves strikes out. Ty Sanders grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Brian Gumbert grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Atlanta Red Smith flies out to the right fielder. Clark Benton grounds out to the pitcher. Mark Graceless walks. Gene Bejma strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Jim Feller singles to right field. Eli Brown singles to right field. Jim Strain grounds into a 3-6-3 double play - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Jim Feller advances to third on the play. Rob Podres strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Atlanta Benny Archer singles to left field. Kelly Pounds strikes out. Mike Shannon walks. Scott Allison pops out to the first baseman. Winn Dixie flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Houston Yoasan Aguilera walks. Luis Hulen lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Duane Eaves pops out to the catcher. Ty Sanders pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Atlanta Red Smith pops out to the third baseman. Clark Benton walks. Clark Benton is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Mark Graceless singles to right field. Gene Bejma hits a home run. Mark Graceless scores. Benny Archer singles to right field. Kelly Pounds grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Brian Gumbert strikes out. Jim Feller flies out to the center fielder. Eli Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Atlanta Mike Shannon grounds out to the second baseman. Scott Allison strikes out. Winn Dixie grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Jim Strain strikes out. Yoshimi Munechika 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. Rob Podres flies out to the center fielder. Yoasan Aguilera grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Atlanta Bruce Cable is pinch hitting for Yoshimi Munechika. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bruce Cable flies out to the left fielder. Clark Benton flies out to the left fielder. Mark Graceless singles to center field. Gene Bejma pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Tug Suter pitching. Mamoru Yamashita is pinch hitting for Luis Hulen. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Mamoru Yamashita walks. Duane Eaves grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Ty Sanders grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Atlanta Mike Hopkins pitching. Benny Archer flies out to the center fielder. Kelly Pounds strikes out. Mike Shannon flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Lenny Anderson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Brian Gumbert strikes out. Jim Feller hits an infield single to the pitcher. Eli Brown strikes out. Jim Strain flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Houston total runners left on base: 6 Atlanta total runners left on base: 6
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Joe Davis improves in control Steve Taveras did not respond to coaching in velocity Leo Tatum improves in speed Rico Spence improves in control Dave Cage did not respond to coaching in RF
Atlanta Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Shane McCurdy improves in speed Fred Ducey did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Fred Ducey improves in range Jose Devens did not respond to coaching in velocity