Inning: 1 Houston Ed Smith pitching. Dick Simpson grounds out to the pitcher. Guillermo Avalos grounds out to the second baseman. Gary Bressler strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Larry Stires pitching. Jeffrey Gerken flies out to the center fielder. Bill Bauer flies out to the right fielder. Brent Neale walks. Mike Zachary singles to left field. Mike Wine grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Houston Hector Hartgraves grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Colbert pops out to the first baseman. Kazuya Ogo walks. Joe Butler strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Dominic Guillen strikes out. Herman Claset singles to right field. Alan Olson singles to center field. Ed Smith lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jeffrey Gerken singles to left field. Herman Claset scores. Alan Olson scores. Bill Bauer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Dave Cormier strikes out. Larry Stires grounds out to the pitcher. Dick Simpson grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Brent Neale walks. Mike Zachary strikes out. Mike Wine flies out to the center fielder. Dominic Guillen grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Guillermo Avalos singles to center field. Gary Bressler flies out to the right fielder. Guillermo Avalos steals second. Hector Hartgraves grounds out to the second baseman. Guillermo Avalos advances to third on the play. Bill Colbert singles to center field. Guillermo Avalos scores. Kazuya Ogo singles to center field. Bill Colbert advances to third on the hit. Joe Butler grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Herman Claset strikes out. Alan Olson singles past the shortstop. Ed Smith lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jeffrey Gerken flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Dave Cormier doubles to left field. Larry Stires fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Larry Stires strikes out. Dick Simpson grounds out to the shortstop. Guillermo Avalos singles to right field. Dave Cormier scores. Gary Bressler strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Bill Bauer strikes out. Brent Neale reached on a fielding error by Guillermo Avalos. Mike Zachary singles to left field. Mike Wine grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Mike Zachary is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Dominic Guillen grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Houston Hector Hartgraves pops out to the third baseman. Bill Colbert strikes out. Kazuya Ogo strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Herman Claset grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Alan Olson grounds out to the third baseman. Ed Smith singles to center field. Jeffrey Gerken singles to left field. Bill Bauer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Houston Joe Butler grounds out to the shortstop. Dave Cormier singles to left field. Larry Stires lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Dave Cormier forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Dick Simpson grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Larry Stires is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Brent Neale singles past the second baseman. Mike Zachary flies out to the center fielder. Brent Neale steals second. Mike Wine strikes out. Dominic Guillen strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Guillermo Avalos pops out to the first baseman. Gary Bressler pops out to the second baseman. Hector Hartgraves strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Jim Ohman comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Herman Claset strikes out. Alan Olson flies out to the center fielder. Scott Shevlin is pinch hitting for Ed Smith. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Scott Shevlin grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Frank Lobert pitching. Bill Colbert pops out to the second baseman. Kazuya Ogo flies out to the right fielder. Joe Butler lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Jeffrey Gerken walks. Bill Bauer pops out to the shortstop. Brent Neale grounds out to the third baseman. Jeffrey Gerken advances to second on the play. Mike Zachary grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Houston Dave Cormier grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Fred Beck is pinch hitting for Jim Ohman. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Fred Beck walks. Jason Shaw is pinch running for Fred Beck on 1st base. Dick Simpson bunts for a base hit. Guillermo Avalos singles to center field. Jason Shaw scores. Gary Bressler flies out to the center fielder. Hector Hartgraves walks. Bill Colbert hits a home run. Dick Simpson scores. Guillermo Avalos scores. Hector Hartgraves scores. Al Masterson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Kazuya Ogo hits an infield single to the pitcher. Joe Butler lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Cincinnati Rick Carter pitching. Mike Wine strikes out. Dominic Guillen pops out to the shortstop. Herman Claset strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners LOB: 6 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 11
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ricky Dillard did not respond to coaching in arm Garvin Rain improves in contact_vs_lefty Taylor Holm did not respond to coaching in control Joe Holman did not respond to coaching in velocity
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Billy Roberts did not respond to coaching in speed Billy Roberts improves in power_vs_righty Scott Sale did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Al Bargar did not respond to coaching in velocity Roy Winkelman improves in 1B