Win: Jack Gharrity (5-6) Loss: Brad Malkmus (4-9)
Save: Joe Scherbarth (21)
Inning: 1 Houston Brad Malkmus pitching. Lee Jones grounds out to the shortstop. Rick McCracken singles to center field. Bort Thompson strikes out. Rick McCracken steals second. Sailor Abstein singles to right field. Rick McCracken scores. Sailor Abstein steals second. Kyle Barry Larkin walks. Walt Breton grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Kyle Barry Larkin is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Atlanta Jack Gharrity pitching. Jimmy McClellan lines out to the shortstop. Jerry Doyle doubles to left field. Tom Wieghaus walks. Ryan Voyles walks. Brian Hendricks walks. Jerry Doyle scores. Gil Dorgan grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Houston Frank Sizemore doubles to center field. Dom Terry grounds out to the shortstop. Jack Gharrity walks. Lee Jones flies out to the center fielder. Rick McCracken grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Atlanta Dustin Martz doubles past the right fielder. Elmer Hamlin pops out to the shortstop. Brad Malkmus flies out to the center fielder. Jimmy McClellan strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Bort Thompson grounds out to the pitcher. Sailor Abstein lines out to the shortstop. Kyle Barry Larkin strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Atlanta Jerry Doyle strikes out. Tom Wieghaus flies out to the center fielder. Ryan Voyles singles to right field. Brian Hendricks grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Ryan Voyles is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Walt Breton singles to left field. Frank Sizemore strikes out. Dom Terry flies out to the left fielder. Jack Gharrity flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Atlanta Gil Dorgan singles to center field. Gil Dorgan steals second. Dustin Martz flies out to the right fielder. Elmer Hamlin strikes out. Brad Malkmus walks. Jimmy McClellan grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Brad Malkmus is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Houston Lee Jones flies out to the right fielder. Rick McCracken singles to center field. Bort Thompson grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Rick McCracken is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Sailor Abstein singles to left field. Bort Thompson is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Atlanta Jerry Doyle singles to right field. Jerry Doyle is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Tom Wieghaus flies out to the left fielder. Ryan Voyles strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Kyle Barry Larkin singles to right field. Walt Breton doubles to left field. Frank Sizemore grounds out to the third baseman. Dom Terry grounds out to the second baseman. Kyle Barry Larkin scores. Walt Breton advances to third on the play. Jack Gharrity strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Atlanta Brian Hendricks doubles to left field. Gil Dorgan flies out to the right fielder. Dustin Martz flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Elmer Hamlin strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Lee Jones grounds out to the third baseman. Rick McCracken flies out to the left fielder. Bort Thompson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Atlanta Brad Malkmus singles to right field. Jimmy McClellan walks. Luis Palacios 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. Jerry Doyle strikes out. Tom Wieghaus flies out to the left fielder. Ryan Voyles grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Houston Sailor Abstein grounds out to the shortstop. Kyle Barry Larkin grounds out to the shortstop. Walt Breton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Atlanta Brian Hendricks pops out to the second baseman. Gil Dorgan pops out to the second baseman. Dustin Martz flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Frank Sizemore walks. Dom Terry strikes out. Joe McManus is pinch hitting for Luis Palacios. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Joe McManus doubles to right field. Frank Sizemore is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Yorkis Tomer comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Lee Jones flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Atlanta Joe Scherbarth pitching. Elmer Hamlin strikes out. German Fornieles is pinch hitting for Yorkis Tomer. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. German Fornieles walks. Jimmy McClellan flies out to the right fielder. German Fornieles steals second. Jerry Doyle grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Houston total runners LOB: 8 Atlanta total runners LOB: 10
Batting:2B - Jerry Doyle (11), Brian Hendricks (10), Dustin Martz (2).GIDP - Gil Dorgan. Baserunning: SB - Gil Dorgan (3), German Fornieles (1).CS - Jerry Doyle (4).
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Domingo Petralli improves in range Alexander 'The Great' Malleta did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Manny Riley improves in speed Don McMillan did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Manny Riley improves in speed Willy Tavares did not respond to coaching in velocity
Atlanta Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Mike Springer did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Gus Pattee improves in power_vs_righty Tito Wise did not respond to coaching in control John Graham improves in power_vs_lefty Gene Cole did not respond to coaching in control John Graham improves in range