Win: Shovel Upton (6-4) Loss: Fred Casale (5-5)
Save: Bill Strohmayer (20)
Inning: 1 Arizona Shovel Upton pitching. Rabbit Slattery grounds out to the third baseman. William Smith strikes out. Sam Cuyler flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Houston Fred Casale pitching. Fred Lord grounds out to the second baseman. Gene Hopp flies out to the left fielder. Bobby White strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Arizona Juan Dessens singles to right field. Juan Dessens steals second. Mikio Mitsui strikes out. Jason Heman flies out to the right fielder. March McColl singles to left field. Curt Mason grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Houston Earl Stanceu pops out to the third baseman. Bob Weilman grounds out to the pitcher. Archie Griffin walks. Bob Gaw grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Archie Griffin is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Arizona Fred Casale strikes out. Rabbit Slattery strikes out. William Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Dick Rettig grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Shovel Upton flies out to the center fielder. Fred Lord singles to right field. Gene Hopp singles to left field. Bobby White strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Arizona Sam Cuyler is hit by a pitch. Juan Dessens flies out to the left fielder. Mikio Mitsui is hit by a pitch. Jason Heman grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Earl Stanceu grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Weilman strikes out. Archie Griffin singles to right field. Bob Gaw grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Archie Griffin is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Arizona March McColl grounds out to the pitcher. Curt Mason grounds out to the pitcher. Fred Casale grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Dick Rettig grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Shovel Upton grounds out to the second baseman. Fred Lord walks. Gene Hopp singles to left field. Bobby White flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Arizona Rabbit Slattery pops out to the shortstop. William Smith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Sam Cuyler grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Earl Stanceu grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Weilman strikes out. Archie Griffin singles to left field. Bob Gaw strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Arizona Juan Dessens walks. Juan Dessens steals second. Mikio Mitsui pops out to the first baseman. Jason Heman grounds out to the third baseman. March McColl pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Dick Rettig grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Shovel Upton walks. Fred Lord grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Shovel Upton is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Fred Lord steals second. Gene Hopp singles to right field. Fred Lord scores. Gene Hopp steals second. Jason Heman throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Jake Morgan 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. Bobby White grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Arizona Curt Mason strikes out. Ernie Flaherty is pinch hitting for Jake Morgan. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Ernie Flaherty singles to center field. Rabbit Slattery grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Robin Keyser pitching. Earl Stanceu reached on a fielding error by Robin Keyser. Bob Weilman grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Earl Stanceu advances to second on the play. Archie Griffin grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Earl Stanceu advances to third on the play. Bob Gaw doubles to right field. Earl Stanceu scores. Dick Rettig strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Arizona Bill Strohmayer comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. William Smith flies out to the left fielder. Sam Cuyler strikes out. Juan Dessens singles to right field. Mikio Mitsui pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Arizona total runners left on base: 5 Houston total runners left on base: 9
Batting:GIDP - Rabbit Slattery, Jason Heman.HBP - Sam Cuyler (3), Mikio Mitsui (2). Baserunning: SB - Juan Dessens 2 (2). Fielding: E - Jason Heman, Robin Keyser.
Arizona Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bill Whitehill improves in velocity Pat Sprinz improves in contact_vs_lefty Rocky Fasano improves in power_vs_lefty Rocky Fasano did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Ron Merriman improves in range Jim Lucier improves in range
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Max Franklin did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Narciso Hopper did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Chris Mangum improves in range Harry Valdes improves in contact_vs_lefty Tom Czajkowski did not respond to coaching in arm Jim Cort did not respond to coaching in velocity