Win: Mike Spiers (7-3) Loss: Ed Smith (7-3)
Save: Andrew Higgins (1)
Inning: 1 Houston Ed Smith pitching. Kazuya Ogo lines out to the shortstop. Guillermo Avalos reached on a fielding error by Ed Smith. Guillermo Avalos steals second. Dick Simpson strikes out. Joe Butler strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Mike Spiers pitching. Jeffrey Gerken flies out to the center fielder. Bill Bauer walks. Cy McGraw grounds out to the pitcher. Bill Bauer advances to second on the play. Frank Keller strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Fred Beck strikes out. Dave Cormier strikes out. Brad Stivetts strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Mike Wine doubles to center field. Dominic Guillen pops out to the first baseman. Herman Claset grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Wine advances to third on the play. Alan Olson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Bill Colbert grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Spiers flies out to the center fielder. Kazuya Ogo grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Ed Smith singles to left field. Jeffrey Gerken pops out to the shortstop. Bill Bauer grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Guillermo Avalos strikes out. Dick Simpson strikes out. Joe Butler grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Cy McGraw walks. Frank Keller pops out to the second baseman. Cy McGraw is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Mike Wine grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Fred Beck pops out to the shortstop. Dave Cormier walks. Brad Stivetts singles to left field. Bill Colbert walks. The defense is playing the infield in. Mike Spiers singles to right field. Dave Cormier scores. Kazuya Ogo walks. Brad Stivetts scores. Guillermo Avalos singles to left field. Bill Colbert scores. Dick Simpson strikes out. Joe Butler pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Dominic Guillen grounds out to the third baseman. Herman Claset flies out to the center fielder. Alan Olson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Fred Beck grounds out to the shortstop. Dave Cormier grounds out to the shortstop. Brad Stivetts pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Ed Smith grounds out to the pitcher. Jeffrey Gerken walks. Bill Bauer doubles to center field. Jeffrey Gerken scores. Cy McGraw strikes out. Frank Keller reached on a 2-base throwing error by Guillermo Avalos. Bill Bauer scores. Mike Wine flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Bill Colbert grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Mike Spiers reached on a 2-base throwing error by Cy McGraw. Kazuya Ogo strikes out. Guillermo Avalos grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Dominic Guillen strikes out. Herman Claset flies out to the left fielder. Alan Olson singles to right field. Scott Shevlin is pinch hitting for Ed Smith. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Scott Shevlin flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Frank Lobert pitching. Dick Simpson pops out to the first baseman. Joe Butler grounds out to the shortstop. Fred Beck grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Scott Archer enters the game as a defensive replacement for Dick Simpson at RF. Hector Hartgraves enters the game as a defensive replacement for Fred Beck at 3B. Jeffrey Gerken doubles past the left fielder. Ad Harkness 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. Bill Bauer flies out to the center fielder. Cy McGraw flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Passed ball. Jeffrey Gerken advances to third. Frank Keller strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Dave Cormier singles to left field. Dave Cormier steals second. Brad Stivetts doubles to left field. Dave Cormier scores. Bill Colbert singles to left field. Gary Bressler is pinch hitting for Ad Harkness. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Gary Bressler lines out to the second baseman. Kazuya Ogo doubles to left field. Brad Stivetts scores. Walt Covington comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Guillermo Avalos flies out to the left fielder. Scott Archer pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Rick Carter pitching. Mike Wine singles to right field. Dominic Guillen walks. Herman Claset doubles past the right fielder. Mike Wine scores. Alan Olson lines out to the third baseman. Howie Karpel is pinch hitting for Walt Covington. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Howie Karpel grounds out to the shortstop. Dominic Guillen scores. Herman Claset advances to third on the play. Andrew Higgins comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jeffrey Gerken strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Houston total runners LOB: 7 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 6
Batting:2B - Jeffrey Gerken (8), Bill Bauer (12), Mike Wine (10), Herman Claset (1).GIDP - Bill Bauer. Baserunning: CS - Cy McGraw (1). Fielding: E - Cy McGraw, Ed Smith.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: George Brinkman improves in power_vs_lefty Belden Chaplin did not respond to coaching in speed Ricky Dillard improves in contact_vs_righty Joe Holman did not respond to coaching in velocity Al Lopez did not respond to coaching in 1B
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Terry Toms improves in velocity Scott Sale improves in power_vs_righty Al Bargar improves in velocity Terry Toms did not respond to coaching in velocity Roy Winkelman did not respond to coaching in 1B