Win: Shiro Yamauchi (4-1) Loss: Salome Alberto (3-1)
Inning: 1 Houston Salome Alberto pitching. Ed Gagliano singles to right field. Emmett St.Claire singles to left field. Nate Carroll strikes out. Silver Nicholson singles to left field. Ed Gagliano scores. Emmett St.Claire advances to third on the hit. Jim Tietje strikes out. Jack Hooper singles to center field. Emmett St.Claire scores. Pinky Christensen grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Shiro Yamauchi pitching. Spike Schmidt hits an infield single to the third baseman. Gabby Moreno grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Les Varsho walks. Katsumi Kanamori strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Andy Drews grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Shiro Yamauchi grounds out to the third baseman. Ed Gagliano singles to right field. Emmett St.Claire strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Yale Ostendorf grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Williams grounds out to the pitcher. George Thayer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Nate Carroll grounds out to the second baseman. Silver Nicholson singles to center field. Jim Tietje flies out to the center fielder. Jack Hooper walks. Pinky Christensen hits a home run. Silver Nicholson scores. Jack Hooper scores. Bill Kelly comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Andy Drews strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Ray Rowe singles to left field. Bill Kelly lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Spike Schmidt singles to right field. Ray Rowe scores. Gabby Moreno grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Shiro Yamauchi flies out to the center fielder. Ed Gagliano flies out to the center fielder. Emmett St.Claire singles to right field. Nate Carroll flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Les Varsho grounds out to the pitcher. Katsumi Kanamori bunts for a base hit. Katsumi Kanamori steals second. Yale Ostendorf grounds out to the second baseman. Katsumi Kanamori advances to third on the play. Bill Williams flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Silver Nicholson doubles to right field. Jim Tietje flies out to the right fielder. Jack Hooper singles to right field. Pinky Christensen strikes out. Andy Drews reached on a 2-base throwing error by Les Varsho. Silver Nicholson scores. Shiro Yamauchi singles to left field. Jack Hooper scores. Andy Drews scores. Ed Gagliano walks. Emmett St.Claire grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Ed Gagliano is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cincinnati George Thayer flies out to the right fielder. Ray Rowe singles past the second baseman. Bill Kelly lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Spike Schmidt grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Nate Carroll pops out to the first baseman. Silver Nicholson grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Tietje walks. Jack Hooper doubles to right field. Pinky Christensen grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Gabby Moreno doubles to center field. Les Varsho singles to center field. Gabby Moreno scores. Les Varsho is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Katsumi Kanamori strikes out. Yale Ostendorf strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Andy Drews flies out to the center fielder. Shiro Yamauchi strikes out. Ed Gagliano pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Bill Williams flies out to the center fielder. George Thayer flies out to the right fielder. Ray Rowe walks. Phil Willis is pinch hitting for Bill Kelly. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Phil Willis grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Ray Rowe is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Scott Samuls pitching. Emmett St.Claire flies out to the right fielder. Nate Carroll strikes out. Silver Nicholson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Spike Schmidt flies out to the center fielder. Gabby Moreno grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Les Varsho singles to right field. Katsumi Kanamori grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Cecil Swoboda is pinch hitting for Jim Tietje. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Cecil Swoboda grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jack Hooper singles to left field. Jerry Smith is pinch hitting for Pinky Christensen. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jerry Smith reached on a fielding error by Les Varsho. Andy Drews singles to center field. Jack Hooper scores. Vernon Irwin is pinch hitting for Shiro Yamauchi. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Vernon Irwin strikes out. Ed Gagliano singles to left field. Jerry Smith scores. Andy Drews is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Joe Cunningham pitching. Yale Ostendorf hits a home run. Bill Williams pops out to the second baseman. George Thayer singles to right field. Ralph Moore is pinch hitting for Ray Rowe. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ralph Moore grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners LOB: 9 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 5
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Earl Wanninger improves in range Rene Rumler improves in contact_vs_lefty Rene Rumler improves in power_vs_righty Ken Buchanan did not respond to coaching in arm
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Lenny Neill did not respond to coaching in velocity Luis Smith improves in range Carl Scott improves in range Ed Figueroa did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty