Win: Ernie Young (10-6) Loss: Greg Stumpf (6-7)
Save: Ron Metzler (22)
Inning: 1 Houston Ernie Young pitching. Babe Miller singles past the third baseman. John Ortiz reached on a 2-base throwing error by Kirby Schurr. Jack Francona doubles to center field. Babe Miller scores. John Ortiz scores. Tim Lauder strikes out. Lefty Wallace strikes out. Bert Taylor flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Philadelphia Greg Stumpf pitching. Al Croushore grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ned Mendoza singles to left field. Gus Prudhomme singles to right field. Ned Mendoza advances to third on the hit. Kirby Schurr singles to left field. Ned Mendoza scores. Fred Dolan singles to left field. Gus Prudhomme scores. Kirby Schurr advances to third on the hit. Jimmy Sothern reached on a fielding error by Jack Francona. Kirby Schurr scores. Hub Heard grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Hiromori Miyade grounds out to the third baseman. Adolfo Marrero doubles to left field. Greg Stumpf grounds out to the second baseman. Adolfo Marrero advances to third on the play. Babe Miller walks. John Ortiz grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Philadelphia Bryan Smith walks. Ernie Young lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Al Croushore grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bryan Smith advances to third on the play. Ned Mendoza reached on a fielding error by Greg Stumpf. Bryan Smith scores. Ned Mendoza is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Jack Francona grounds out to the pitcher. Tim Lauder flies out to the center fielder. Lefty Wallace strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Philadelphia Gus Prudhomme flies out to the center fielder. Kirby Schurr flies out to the left fielder. Fred Dolan walks. Fred Dolan steals second. Jimmy Sothern singles to left field. Hub Heard grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Houston Bert Taylor singles past the first baseman. Hiromori Miyade strikes out. Bert Taylor steals second. Adolfo Marrero doubles to right field. Bert Taylor scores. Greg Stumpf strikes out. Babe Miller strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Philadelphia Bryan Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Ernie Young strikes out. Al Croushore singles to center field. Ned Mendoza doubles to center field. Al Croushore scores. Gus Prudhomme lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston John Ortiz flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Jack Francona singles to center field. Tim Lauder flies out to the left fielder. Lefty Wallace strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Philadelphia Kirby Schurr singles to right field. Fred Dolan grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Kirby Schurr is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jimmy Sothern grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Bert Taylor flies out to the center fielder. Hiromori Miyade strikes out. Adolfo Marrero singles to center field. Greg Stumpf grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Adolfo Marrero is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Philadelphia Hub Heard hits a home run. Bryan Smith grounds out to the pitcher. Ernie Young grounds out to the shortstop. Al Croushore flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Babe Miller flies out to the center fielder. John Ortiz pops out to the first baseman. Jack Francona flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Philadelphia Ned Mendoza grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Gus Prudhomme pops out to the catcher. Kirby Schurr flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston John King enters the game as a defensive replacement for Hub Heard at SS. Tim Lauder grounds out to the shortstop. Lefty Wallace grounds out to the second baseman. Bert Taylor walks. Hiromori Miyade singles to right field. Fred Rhines comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Adolfo Marrero grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Philadelphia Fred Dolan strikes out. Jimmy Sothern strikes out. John King singles to center field. Bryan Smith flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Ron Metzler comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Tony Koslofski is pinch hitting for Greg Stumpf. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Tony Koslofski strikes out. Babe Miller singles to left field. John Ortiz strikes out. Jack Francona walks. Tim Lauder flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Houston total runners left on base: 10 Philadelphia total runners left on base: 5
Batting:2B - Ned Mendoza (6).HR - Hub Heard (7).GIDP - Jimmy Sothern, Hub Heard. Baserunning: SB - Fred Dolan (5).CS - Ned Mendoza (2). Fielding: E - Kirby Schurr.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Steve Woodward did not respond to coaching in velocity Randy Reilly did not respond to coaching in speed Tadashi Hirayama did not respond to coaching in endurance Steve Woodward did not respond to coaching in control Jim Cunningham improves in contact_vs_lefty Ed Foster improves in arm Sam Jordan did not respond to coaching in RF
Philadelphia Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Evans Liefer improves in velocity Armando Partridge did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Evans Liefer did not respond to coaching in velocity Ken Williams improves in arm Mickey Strickland improves in velocity Armando Partridge did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty