Win: Candy Cooper (10-13) Loss: Dallas Lennon (7-17)
Save: Pete Akers (49)
Inning: 1 Houston Candy Cooper pitching. Hank Hornsby singles to right field. Monte Kinsella strikes out. Kirk Fitzpatrick pops out to the first baseman. Wingo Ivie strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Dallas Lennon pitching. Harry Jones grounds out to the third baseman. Doyt Miller singles to right field. Doyt Miller steals second. Ralph Johnston hits a home run. Doyt Miller scores. Oscar Gaston flies out to the right fielder. Em Wolf strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Purnal Vance strikes out. Roy Roberts hits a home run. Pete Kennedy strikes out. Rich Reyes flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Naoyuki Shigemura walks. Phil Walberg grounds out to the third baseman. Naoyuki Shigemura advances to second on the play. Jerry Burk flies out to the left fielder. Candy Cooper strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Dallas Lennon grounds out to the third baseman. Hank Hornsby singles to center field. Monte Kinsella grounds out to the second baseman. Hank Hornsby advances to second on the play. Kirk Fitzpatrick flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Harry Jones singles to right field. Doyt Miller grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Harry Jones is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Doyt Miller steals second. Doyt Miller steals third. Ralph Johnston flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Doyt Miller scores. Oscar Gaston strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Wingo Ivie singles to center field. Purnal Vance grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Roy Roberts grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Em Wolf singles to center field. Naoyuki Shigemura strikes out. Em Wolf steals second. Rich Reyes throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Phil Walberg flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Jerry Burk grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Pete Kennedy pops out to the second baseman. Rich Reyes walks. Dallas Lennon fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Dallas Lennon pops out to the second baseman. Hank Hornsby strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Candy Cooper strikes out. Harry Jones grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Doyt Miller walks. Ralph Johnston grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Doyt Miller is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Monte Kinsella strikes out. Kirk Fitzpatrick singles to center field. Wingo Ivie walks. Purnal Vance pops out to the shortstop. Roy Roberts strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Oscar Gaston flies out to the center fielder. Em Wolf hits a home run. Naoyuki Shigemura grounds out to the shortstop. Phil Walberg walks. Jerry Burk flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Pete Kennedy singles to left field. Rich Reyes singles to center field. Pete Kennedy advances to third on the hit. Rip Mohart is pinch hitting for Dallas Lennon. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Rip Mohart grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Pete Kennedy scores. Hank Hornsby flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Zeke Kohlmeier pitching. Candy Cooper strikes out. Harry Jones singles past the second baseman. Doyt Miller strikes out. Harry Jones steals second. Ralph Johnston strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Monte Kinsella singles to left field. Kirk Fitzpatrick strikes out. Wingo Ivie grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Monte Kinsella is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Purnal Vance flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Oscar Gaston singles to center field. Em Wolf grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Oscar Gaston is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Naoyuki Shigemura singles to right field. Phil Walberg grounds out to the shortstop. Em Wolf advances to third on the play. Naoyuki Shigemura advances to second on the play. Jerry Burk pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Houston Pete Akers comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Roy Roberts hits an infield single to the shortstop. Pete Kennedy strikes out. Rich Reyes singles to center field. Roy Roberts advances to third on the hit. Jack Rogge is pinch hitting for Zeke Kohlmeier. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jack Rogge grounds out to the third baseman. Roy Roberts scores. Rich Reyes advances to second on the play. Hank Hornsby flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Houston total runners left on base: 7 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 7
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Gene Driscoll did not respond to coaching in speed Pete Kiely improves in velocity Jerry Graham did not respond to coaching in endurance Billy Wilson did not respond to coaching in velocity Ron Miller did not respond to coaching in velocity By Chiles improves in velocity
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Mose Queen did not respond to coaching in control Don Ragan did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Mel Pascual did not respond to coaching in endurance Mose Queen did not respond to coaching in velocity Carlos Robinson improves in speed Bill Sterrett improves in contact_vs_lefty Steve Brown did not respond to coaching in 2B