Win: Jim King (3-2) Loss: Rey Loiazza (3-3)
Save: Whitey Werts (15)
Inning: 1 Houston Kid Craps pitching. Darrell Aragon grounds out to the pitcher. Walt Henrich strikes out. Rex Ripley strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Chicago Babe Hale pitching. Lyle Flood grounds out to the second baseman. Tom Bergen flies out to the left fielder. Michel Alvarez flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Cap Gordon grounds out to the third baseman. Jack Parkman flies out to the center fielder. Andy Collins flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Chicago Pedro Uribe strikes out. Moonlight Woods grounds out to the shortstop. Phil W Jones strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Tom Karkovice grounds out to the second baseman. Tommy Shofner singles to center field. Tommy Shofner steals second. Babe Hale singles to left field. Tommy Shofner scores. Darrell Aragon grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Chicago Frank Jacobs walks. Julio Cali flies out to the left fielder. Kid Craps fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Kid Craps flies out to the center fielder. Lyle Flood strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Walt Henrich strikes out. Rex Ripley walks. Cap Gordon grounds out to the third baseman. Rex Ripley advances to second on the play. Jack Parkman pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Chicago Tom Bergen flies out to the right fielder. Michel Alvarez walks. Pedro Uribe hits a home run. Michel Alvarez scores. Moonlight Woods singles to center field. Phil W Jones singles to right field. Frank Jacobs triples. Moonlight Woods scores. Phil W Jones scores. Julio Cali flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Frank Jacobs scores. Kid Craps strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Andy Collins singles past the third baseman. Tom Karkovice flies out to the center fielder. Tommy Shofner walks. Babe Hale lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Darrell Aragon flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Chicago Lyle Flood walks. Tom Bergen singles to left field. Lyle Flood advances to third on the hit. Michel Alvarez singles past the third baseman. Lyle Flood scores. Pedro Uribe pops out to the catcher. Moonlight Woods flies out to the left fielder. Phil W Jones lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Houston Walt Henrich doubles to center field. Rex Ripley walks. Cap Gordon grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Walt Henrich advances to third on the play. Jack Parkman singles to center field. Walt Henrich scores. Jack Parkman is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Chicago Frank Jacobs grounds out to the pitcher. Julio Cali grounds out to the shortstop. Kid Craps strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Andy Collins singles to left field. Wally Sumner is pinch hitting for Tom Karkovice. Wally Sumner grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Andy Collins is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Tommy Shofner grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Chicago Jim Leyritz enters the game as a defensive replacement for Wally Sumner at C. Tomoyuki Fukumoto comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Lyle Flood grounds out to the third baseman. Tom Bergen flies out to the center fielder. Michel Alvarez grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Shinji Ota is pinch hitting for Tomoyuki Fukumoto. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Shinji Ota strikes out. Darrell Aragon doubles to right field. Aurelio Lopez comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Walt Henrich flies out to the left fielder. Rex Ripley singles to right field. Darrell Aragon scores. Cap Gordon walks. Jack Parkman singles to left field. Rex Ripley scores. Cap Gordon advances to third on the hit. Andy Collins singles to right field. Cap Gordon scores. Jack Parkman advances to third on the hit. Rey Loiazza comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jim Leyritz singles to left field. Jack Parkman scores. Andy Collins advances to third on the hit. Jim Leyritz steals second. Tommy Shofner grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Chicago Jim King pitching. Pedro Uribe flies out to the right fielder. Moonlight Woods grounds out to the second baseman. Phil W Jones singles to center field. Frank Jacobs flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Joe Welch is pinch hitting for Jim King. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Joe Welch reached on a 2-base fielding error by Pedro Uribe. Darrell Aragon pops out to the shortstop. Walt Henrich walks. Rex Ripley flies out to the right fielder. Cap Gordon is hit by a pitch. Jack Parkman singles to right field. Joe Welch scores. Walt Henrich scores. Cap Gordon advances to third on the hit. Andy Collins strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Chicago Whitey Werts pitching. Julio Cali grounds out to the third baseman. Rocky Colavito is pinch hitting for Rey Loiazza. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Rocky Colavito walks. Lyle Flood grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Rocky Colavito is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Tom Bergen pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Houston total runners LOB: 7 Chicago total runners LOB: 5
Batting:2B - Darrell Aragon (9), Walt Henrich (10).GIDP - Darrell Aragon, Cap Gordon, Tommy Shofner.HBP - Cap Gordon (2). Baserunning: SB - Jim Leyritz (1), Tommy Shofner (7).CS - Jack Parkman (7).
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Norm Campbell improves in contact_vs_lefty Shawn Davis did not respond to coaching in range Ben Castillo did not respond to coaching in velocity Joe Gerhart did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jesse Acosta improves in contact_vs_lefty Cactus K Keltner improves in speed Jesse Acosta improves in power_vs_righty Sonny Kahola improves in contact_vs_righty Cactus K Keltner did not respond to coaching in 3B