Win: Shovel Upton (4-3) Loss: Dave Mack (3-4)
Save: Bill Strohmayer (9)
Inning: 1 Houston Dave Mack pitching. Fred Lord singles to right field. Gene Hopp walks. Bobby White grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Gene Hopp is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Earl Stanceu flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Fred Lord scores. Bob Weilman strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Colorado Shovel Upton pitching. Joe Murray flies out to the center fielder. Roy McRae flies out to the left fielder. Curt Heredia strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Archie Griffin pops out to the third baseman. Bob Gaw grounds out to the shortstop. Dick Rettig strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Colorado Lamar Richards singles to left field. Pretzel Martinez strikes out. Bert Harris flies out to the left fielder. Harry Baldwin strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Shovel Upton flies out to the left fielder. Fred Lord singles to center field. Gene Hopp grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Colorado Hank Plummer hits a home run. Dave Mack strikes out. Joe Murray strikes out. Roy McRae strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Bobby White grounds out to the shortstop. Earl Stanceu flies out to the left fielder. Bob Weilman grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Colorado Curt Heredia hits a home run. Lamar Richards grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Pretzel Martinez hits a home run. Bert Harris grounds out to the shortstop. Harry Baldwin grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Archie Griffin hits a home run. Bob Gaw singles to left field. Dick Rettig grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Gaw advances to second on the play. Shovel Upton strikes out. Passed ball. Bob Gaw advances to third. Fred Lord singles to left field. Bob Gaw scores. Gene Hopp strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Colorado Hank Plummer grounds out to the third baseman. Dave Mack grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Murray grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Bobby White pops out to the first baseman. Earl Stanceu grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Bob Weilman strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Colorado Roy McRae grounds out to the second baseman. Curt Heredia grounds out to the third baseman. Lamar Richards walks. Pretzel Martinez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Archie Griffin flies out to the center fielder. Bob Gaw walks. Bob Gaw steals second. Dick Rettig pops out to the third baseman. Shovel Upton flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Colorado Bert Harris strikes out. Harry Baldwin strikes out. Hank Plummer reached on a 2-base throwing error by Bob Gaw. Dave Mack strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Fred Lord doubles to left field. Bill Huffman 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. Gene Hopp walks. Bobby White grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Gene Hopp is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Earl Stanceu hits a home run. Fred Lord scores. Bobby White scores. George Rafter comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bob Weilman strikes out. Archie Griffin grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Colorado Purnal Bates enters the game as a defensive replacement for Bobby White at C. Joe Murray grounds out to the third baseman. Roy McRae pops out to the third baseman. Curt Heredia flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Bob Gaw flies out to the left fielder. Dick Rettig strikes out. Bill Taff is pinch hitting for Shovel Upton. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Bill Taff flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Colorado Bill Strohmayer pitching. Lamar Richards triples. Pretzel Martinez flies out to the center fielder. Bert Harris grounds out to the second baseman. Lamar Richards scores. Guillermo Tyriver is pinch hitting for Harry Baldwin. Guillermo Tyriver strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners LOB: 3 Colorado total runners LOB: 3
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jack McDowell improves in arm Charlie Hernandez did not respond to coaching in speed Chris Mangum improves in speed Charlie Umbricht did not respond to coaching in speed Charlie Umbricht did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Jim Cort did not respond to coaching in velocity
Colorado Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Alan Durst did not respond to coaching in velocity Mark Lanahan improves in control Mike Richard improves in contact_vs_lefty Gerald Perez did not respond to coaching in control Ed Thompson did not respond to coaching in control Mike Richard improves in power_vs_lefty