Win: Hal Garcia (7-2) Loss: John Garland (5-3)
Save: Phil Merkle (14)
Inning: 1 Florida John Garland pitching. Goat Calmus hits a home run. John McRae grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Dennis Yan grounds out to the shortstop. Jack Coan singles to right field. Takayuki Ito walks. Chris Gray strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Houston Hal Garcia pitching. Lee Jones grounds out to the pitcher. Rick McCracken flies out to the left fielder. Mamoru Abe grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Florida Ramon Washington grounds out to the third baseman. Onix Marsh singles to center field. Onix Marsh is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Hal Garcia grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Walt Breton lines out to the first baseman. Sailor Abstein flies out to the left fielder. Bort Thompson grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Florida Goat Calmus pops out to the catcher. John McRae singles to right field. Dennis Yan walks. Jack Coan hits a home run. John McRae scores. Dennis Yan scores. Takayuki Ito strikes out. Chris Gray flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Frank Sizemore flies out to the right fielder. Dom Terry grounds out to the shortstop. John Garland strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Florida Ramon Washington walks. Onix Marsh strikes out. Hal Garcia lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Goat Calmus flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Lee Jones walks. Rick McCracken grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Lee Jones is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Rick McCracken steals second. Mamoru Abe flies out to the center fielder. Walt Breton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Florida John McRae flies out to the center fielder. Dennis Yan strikes out. Jack Coan grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Sailor Abstein grounds out to the second baseman. Bort Thompson grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Sizemore strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Florida Takayuki Ito doubles to center field. Chris Gray flies out to the center fielder. Ramon Washington singles to right field. Takayuki Ito scores. Ramon Washington is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Onix Marsh strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Dom Terry doubles past the left fielder. John Garland lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Lee Jones flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Dom Terry scores. Rick McCracken flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Florida Hal Garcia strikes out. Goat Calmus grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! John McRae doubles to left field. Dennis Yan singles to center field. Jack Coan flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Houston Mamoru Abe singles to left field. Walt Breton pops out to the second baseman. Sailor Abstein doubles to center field. Mamoru Abe uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bort Thompson singles to right field. Sailor Abstein scores. Frank Sizemore grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Florida Harry Thormahlen comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Takayuki Ito doubles to left field. Chris Gray pops out to the catcher. Ramon Washington grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Takayuki Ito advances to third on the play. Onix Marsh grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Shannon Mowrey comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Dom Terry walks. Danny Chambers is pinch hitting for Harry Thormahlen. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Danny Chambers hits an infield single to the pitcher. Lee Jones lines out to the second baseman. Rick McCracken lines out to the shortstop. Mamoru Abe grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Danny Chambers is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Florida Luis Palacios pitching. Pat Heim is pinch hitting for Shannon Mowrey. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Pat Heim grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Goat Calmus flies out to the left fielder. John McRae grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Phil Merkle pitching. Phil Johnson enters the game as a defensive replacement for Chris Gray at LF. Walt Breton flies out to the left fielder. Sailor Abstein pops out to the second baseman. Bort Thompson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Florida total runners LOB: 6 Houston total runners LOB: 3
Florida Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: John Green did not respond to coaching in endurance John Gilliam did not respond to coaching in control Roland Kubinski did not respond to coaching in range John Green did not respond to coaching in velocity Sandy Johnson did not respond to coaching in control Mutz Pruett did not respond to coaching in control
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Vaughn Conners improves in power_vs_righty Jack Escobar improves in contact_vs_righty Domingo Petralli improves in power_vs_righty Willy Tavares did not respond to coaching in velocity Vaughn Conners did not respond to coaching in arm Manny Riley did not respond to coaching in arm