Win: John Sturdivant (19-7) Loss: Bruce Hoskins (3-18)
Save: Keith Embree (44)
Inning: 1 San Francisco Bruce Hoskins pitching. Steve Niehaus strikes out. Ray Gunning flies out to the center fielder. John Springer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Houston John Sturdivant pitching. Jack Pike grounds out to the second baseman. Lou Mota strikes out. Cy Brodie singles to center field. Nate Smith grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 San Francisco George Jackson doubles to right field. Joel Smith reached on a 2-base throwing error by Thorny Caruthers. George Jackson scores. Effie Coggins strikes out. Elmer Nagy strikes out. Ed Brown singles to center field. Joel Smith scores. John Sturdivant strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Phil Oquist strikes out. Thorny Caruthers walks. Patsy Hutchinson singles to center field. Sugar Fishel flies out to the left fielder. Bruce Hoskins pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 San Francisco Steve Niehaus grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ray Gunning walks. John Springer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ray Gunning advances to second on the play. George Jackson walks. Joel Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Houston Jack Pike grounds out to the second baseman. Lou Mota grounds out to the shortstop. Cy Brodie grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 San Francisco Effie Coggins walks. Elmer Nagy lines out to the third baseman. Ed Brown walks. John Sturdivant lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Steve Niehaus flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Houston Nate Smith strikes out. Phil Oquist strikes out. Thorny Caruthers flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 San Francisco Ray Gunning walks. John Springer reached on a 2-base fielding error by Cy Brodie. George Jackson singles to center field. Ray Gunning scores. John Springer scores. Joel Smith strikes out. Effie Coggins singles to right field. George Jackson advances to third on the hit. Elmer Nagy flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, George Jackson scores. Ed Brown flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Patsy Hutchinson flies out to the right fielder. Sugar Fishel strikes out. Bruce Hoskins grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 San Francisco John Sturdivant strikes out. Steve Niehaus singles to center field. Ray Gunning strikes out. John Springer reached on a fielding error by Patsy Hutchinson. George Jackson singles to center field. Steve Niehaus scores. Joel Smith singles past the second baseman. John Springer is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Jack Pike strikes out. Lou Mota pops out to the second baseman. Cy Brodie grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 San Francisco Effie Coggins grounds out to the third baseman. Elmer Nagy hits a home run. Ed Brown walks. John Sturdivant fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. John Sturdivant pops out to the catcher. Steve Niehaus grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Nate Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Phil Oquist reached on a fielding error by Ray Gunning. Thorny Caruthers grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 San Francisco Ray Gunning grounds out to the third baseman. Lou Cox is pinch hitting for John Springer. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Lou Cox doubles to right field. George Jackson singles past the third baseman. Lou Cox scores. George Jackson steals second. Joel Smith strikes out. Charlie Smith is pinch hitting for Effie Coggins. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Charlie Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Pep Grabarkewitz is pinch hitting for Patsy Hutchinson. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Pep Grabarkewitz strikes out. Sugar Fishel grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Don Martinez is pinch hitting for Bruce Hoskins. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Don Martinez singles to center field. Jack Pike grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 San Francisco Ezra Schmulbach pitching. Elmer Nagy walks. Ed Brown strikes out. John Sturdivant lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Elmer Nagy forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Jim Jones is pinch hitting for Steve Niehaus. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jim Jones lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Lou Mota grounds out to the third baseman. Guy Norman is pinch hitting for Cy Brodie. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Guy Norman strikes out. Nate Smith singles to left field. Phil Oquist walks. Thorny Caruthers singles to left field. Pep Grabarkewitz walks. Nate Smith scores. Sugar Fishel singles to right field. Phil Oquist scores. Thorny Caruthers scores. Bill Schelle is pinch hitting for Ezra Schmulbach. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Bill Schelle walks. Keith Embree comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Jack Pike singles to left field. Pep Grabarkewitz scores. Sugar Fishel scores. Lou Mota flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 San Francisco total runners LOB: 10 Houston total runners LOB: 6
San Francisco Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: A+ RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Hank Barone improves in range Joe McCall improves in arm Howard Martina did not respond to coaching in control Lou Saunders improves in power_vs_lefty Tim Barry did not respond to coaching in 1B
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ramon Heine improves in power_vs_righty Joe Doyle improves in velocity Bob Howard did not respond to coaching in arm Al Butler did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Al Butler improves in 1B