Win: Larry Stires (10-3) Loss: Will Harley (7-9)
Save: Ad Harkness (22)
Inning: 1 New York Larry Stires pitching. Al Wilson grounds out to the third baseman. Curt Thomas grounds out to the pitcher. Eddie Zwilling flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Houston Will Harley pitching. Bill Herbert strikes out. Jason Shaw strikes out. Brad Stivetts flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 New York Dave Abernathy flies out to the left fielder. Tom Robertson grounds out to the shortstop. Grover Garagozzo walks. Frank Clancy strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Dave Cormier flies out to the center fielder. Joe Butler strikes out. Guillermo Avalos strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 New York Nippy Mossi grounds out to the third baseman. Will Harley flies out to the right fielder. Al Wilson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Bill Colbert doubles to left field. Fred Beck flies out to the center fielder. Larry Stires singles to right field. Bill Herbert singles to left field. Bill Colbert scores. Larry Stires advances to third on the hit. Bill Herbert steals second. Jason Shaw flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Larry Stires is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 New York Curt Thomas grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Eddie Zwilling triples. Dave Abernathy grounds out to the pitcher. Tom Robertson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Brad Stivetts singles to right field. Dave Cormier flies out to the center fielder. Brad Stivetts steals second. Joe Butler grounds out to the pitcher. Guillermo Avalos pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 New York Grover Garagozzo grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Frank Clancy grounds out to the second baseman. Nippy Mossi singles to center field. Will Harley grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Bill Colbert strikes out. Fred Beck doubles to left field. Larry Stires grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Herbert strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 New York Al Wilson grounds out to the shortstop. Curt Thomas singles to center field. Eddie Zwilling grounds out to the third baseman. Curt Thomas advances to second on the play. Dave Abernathy flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Jason Shaw grounds out to the second baseman. Brad Stivetts pops out to the first baseman. Dave Cormier strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 New York Tom Robertson strikes out. Grover Garagozzo grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Frank Clancy strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Joe Butler strikes out. Guillermo Avalos singles to left field. Bill Colbert strikes out. Guillermo Avalos is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 New York Scott Archer enters the game as a defensive replacement for Jason Shaw at RF. Hector Hartgraves enters the game as a defensive replacement for Fred Beck at 3B. Nippy Mossi strikes out. Charlie Ward is pinch hitting for Will Harley. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Charlie Ward pops out to the second baseman. Al Wilson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Bill Carlyle pitching. Hector Hartgraves grounds out to the second baseman. Larry Stires singles to center field. Bill Herbert lines out to the shortstop. Scott Archer walks. Brad Stivetts strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 New York Curt Thomas singles to right field. Eddie Zwilling walks. 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. Dave Abernathy flies out to the right fielder. Tom Robertson strikes out. Grover Garagozzo walks. Frank Clancy grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Curt Thomas is out at home. Runners left on base: 3 New York total runners left on base: 7 Houston total runners left on base: 5
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Joe Barron did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Mickey Skinner improves in contact_vs_lefty Mickey Skinner improves in range Mike Vail improves in contact_vs_righty
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ricky Dillard did not respond to coaching in arm Joe Holman did not respond to coaching in velocity Garvin Rain improves in contact_vs_lefty Babe Patterson did not respond to coaching in arm Al Lopez did not respond to coaching in 1B