Win: Ernie Kennedy (6-0) Loss: Ken Burkhart (3-5)
Save: James Arnold (7)
Inning: 1 Houston Ken Burkhart pitching. Greg Spongberg flies out to the center fielder. Joe Ganzel grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jerry Alvarado strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Milwaukee Ernie Kennedy pitching. Joe Maggert strikes out. Joe Anderson grounds out to the third baseman. Pie Kleinow walks. Clay Heusser strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Pi Ortiz doubles to center field. Joe Pearce reached on a fielding error by Clay Heusser. The defense is playing the infield in. Pete Valdez flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Pi Ortiz scores. Bud Siever strikes out. Harland Lockhart pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Milwaukee Rich Healy strikes out. Jimmy Breining singles to right field. Vance Jackson grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Jimmy Breining is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Vance Jackson steals second. Sam Herrmann strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Ernie Kennedy grounds out to the shortstop. Greg Spongberg grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Ganzel grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Milwaukee Ken Burkhart flies out to the right fielder. Joe Maggert grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Anderson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Jerry Alvarado flies out to the left fielder. Pi Ortiz strikes out. Joe Pearce singles to right field. Pete Valdez pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Milwaukee Pie Kleinow doubles to center field. Clay Heusser pops out to the third baseman. Rich Healy grounds out to the third baseman. Jimmy Breining grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Bud Siever strikes out. Harland Lockhart pops out to the third baseman. Ernie Kennedy grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Milwaukee Vance Jackson flies out to the right fielder. Sam Herrmann grounds out to the second baseman. Ken Burkhart strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Greg Spongberg strikes out. Joe Ganzel pops out to the shortstop. Jerry Alvarado singles to left field. Pi Ortiz flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Milwaukee Joe Maggert grounds out to the pitcher. Joe Anderson walks. Pie Kleinow grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Joe Anderson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Pie Kleinow steals second. Clay Heusser singles to center field. Pie Kleinow is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Joe Pearce grounds out to the third baseman. Pete Valdez flies out to the left fielder. Bud Siever strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Milwaukee Rich Healy flies out to the left fielder. Jimmy Breining flies out to the center fielder. Vance Jackson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Harland Lockhart grounds out to the pitcher. Jim Witt is pinch hitting for Ernie Kennedy. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Jim Witt grounds out to the pitcher. Greg Spongberg walks. Greg Spongberg steals second. Jim Irvine 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. Joe Ganzel singles to center field. Greg Spongberg scores. Jerry Alvarado flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Milwaukee James Arnold pitching. Chad Finney is pinch hitting for Sam Herrmann. Chad Finney strikes out. Babe Colton is pinch hitting for Jim Irvine. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Babe Colton grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Maggert pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Warren McDonald pitching. Kevin Mitchell enters the game as a defensive replacement for Chad Finney at C. Ed Nicosia is pinch hitting for Pi Ortiz. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ed Nicosia grounds out to the shortstop. John Marshall is pinch hitting for Joe Pearce. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. John Marshall singles to center field. Jerry Rhiel is pinch hitting for Pete Valdez. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jerry Rhiel strikes out. John Marshall steals second. Bud Siever strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Milwaukee Joe Anderson doubles to left field. Pie Kleinow flies out to the right fielder. Clay Heusser singles to center field. Joe Anderson scores. Rich Healy grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners LOB: 5 Milwaukee total runners LOB: 4
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Mike Mimbs improves in contact_vs_righty John Monday improves in contact_vs_righty Russ Irwin did not respond to coaching in control Russ Irwin improves in velocity Whitey Nichols did not respond to coaching in 2B
Milwaukee Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Willie Schwartz did not respond to coaching in speed Ray Rodriguez improves in power_vs_lefty Ray Rodriguez improves in arm Ferdie Sutcliffe improves in power_vs_righty