Win: John Garland (4-2) Loss: Masanori Arai (2-5)
Save: Joe Scherbarth (13)
Inning: 1 Houston Masanori Arai pitching. Lee Jones singles to left field. Rick McCracken pops out to the shortstop. Joe McManus grounds out to the pitcher. Lee Jones advances to second on the play. Walt Breton grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Cincinnati John Garland pitching. Drungo Bartee grounds out to the shortstop. Dave Connors singles to left field. Louie Hill flies out to the center fielder. Hugh Federoff grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Dave Connors is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Sailor Abstein flies out to the right fielder. Bort Thompson strikes out. Frank Sizemore strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Dave Rodriguez flies out to the right fielder. Carlos Werts strikes out. Bob Salvo singles to left field. Lance Parrish grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Bob Salvo is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Dom Terry flies out to the left fielder. John Garland singles in front of the right fielder. Lee Jones grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Masanori Arai flies out to the center fielder. Drungo Bartee flies out to the left fielder. Dave Connors grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Rick McCracken singles past the second baseman. Joe McManus lines out to the shortstop. Rick McCracken steals second. Rick McCracken steals third. Walt Breton flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Rick McCracken scores. Sailor Abstein grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Louie Hill singles to center field. Hugh Federoff singles to left field. Louie Hill advances to third on the hit. Dave Rodriguez pops out to the shortstop. Carlos Werts flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Louie Hill scores. Bob Salvo flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Bort Thompson singles to center field. Frank Sizemore grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Dom Terry grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Lance Parrish strikes out. Masanori Arai grounds out to the third baseman. Drungo Bartee flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston John Garland strikes out. Lee Jones walks. Lee Jones steals second. Rick McCracken strikes out. Joe McManus flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Dave Connors flies out to the center fielder. Louie Hill grounds out to the third baseman. Hugh Federoff pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Walt Breton singles to right field. Sailor Abstein pops out to the first baseman. Bort Thompson strikes out. Frank Sizemore grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Dave Rodriguez pops out to the first baseman. Carlos Werts doubles to left field. Bob Salvo flies out to the center fielder. Lance Parrish grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Dom Terry hits a home run. Danny Chambers is pinch hitting for John Garland. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Danny Chambers singles to right field. Hideki Shimizu 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 1st. Lee Jones flies out to the center fielder. Rick McCracken grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Danny Chambers is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Joe McManus singles to left field. Rick McCracken advances to third on the hit. Walt Breton singles past the first baseman. Rick McCracken scores. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Sailor Abstein singles to center field. Joe McManus scores. Walt Breton scores. Steve Richert comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bort Thompson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Harry Thormahlen pitching. Niles Harper is pinch hitting for Steve Richert. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Niles Harper reached on a 2-base throwing error by Lee Jones. Drungo Bartee singles past the shortstop. Niles Harper scores. Dave Connors singles to center field. Drungo Bartee advances to third on the hit. Louie Hill strikes out. Hugh Federoff flies out to the right fielder. Dave Connors is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Yui Doi pitching. Frank Sizemore strikes out. Dom Terry grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Upham is pinch hitting for Harry Thormahlen. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bill Upham grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Joe Scherbarth pitching. Dave Rodriguez lines out to the second baseman. Carlos Werts grounds out to the third baseman. Bob Salvo grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners LOB: 4 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 5
Batting:HR - Dom Terry (5).SF - Walt Breton.GIDP - Lee Jones, Frank Sizemore. Baserunning: SB - Lee Jones (11), Rick McCracken 2 (9). Fielding: E - Lee Jones.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Domingo Petralli improves in power_vs_righty Steve Santangelo improves in power_vs_righty Charlie Sullivan improves in power_vs_lefty Charlie Rice improves in range Lary Hand improves in contact_vs_righty Rip Creeden did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Patsy Norton improves in contact_vs_lefty Ernesto Lopez did not respond to coaching in control Rafael Aber did not respond to coaching in velocity Frank Jorgensen did not respond to coaching in endurance Enrique Fuentes did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Ernesto Lopez did not respond to coaching in velocity