Win: Salome Alberto (12-2) Loss: Shiro Yamauchi (8-5)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati Shiro Yamauchi pitching. Les Varsho grounds out to the third baseman. Gabby Moreno strikes out. Spike Schmidt singles to center field. Yale Ostendorf flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Houston Salome Alberto pitching. Ed Gagliano grounds out to the pitcher. Emmett St.Claire grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Nate Carroll singles to left field. Silver Nicholson pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Bill Williams singles to center field. Ron Gilbert singles to right field. Austin Wells singles to left field. Phil Willis grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Williams scores. Ron Gilbert advances to third on the play. Austin Wells advances to second on the play. Salome Alberto singles to center field. Ron Gilbert scores. Austin Wells scores. Takashi Kawana comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Les Varsho strikes out. Gabby Moreno strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Harry Garoni grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Jack Hooper grounds out to the shortstop. Pinky Christensen singles to center field. Dutch Shirey grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Spike Schmidt strikes out. Yale Ostendorf flies out to the right fielder. Bill Williams flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Takashi Kawana strikes out. Ed Gagliano grounds out to the second baseman. Emmett St.Claire singles to center field. Nate Carroll flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Ron Gilbert strikes out. Austin Wells strikes out. Phil Willis walks. Salome Alberto flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Silver Nicholson walks. Harry Garoni grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Jack Hooper flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Les Varsho flies out to the right fielder. Gabby Moreno strikes out. Al Morgan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Spike Schmidt grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Pinky Christensen grounds out to the shortstop. Dutch Shirey singles to right field. Al Morgan lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ed Gagliano is hit by a pitch. Emmett St.Claire strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Yale Ostendorf strikes out. Bill Williams singles to center field. Bill Williams steals second. Ron Gilbert bunts for a base hit. Austin Wells doubles to right field. Bill Williams scores. Ron Gilbert uses his aggressiveness and scores. Phil Willis is hit by a pitch. Salome Alberto lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Les Varsho grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Houston Nate Carroll grounds out to the second baseman. Silver Nicholson singles to right field. Harry Garoni flies out to the left fielder. Jack Hooper pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Gabby Moreno grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Spike Schmidt singles to right field. Yale Ostendorf hits a home run. Spike Schmidt scores. Bill Williams pops out to the first baseman. Ron Gilbert grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Pinky Christensen strikes out. Dutch Shirey singles to left field. Al Morgan lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ed Gagliano singles to center field. Dutch Shirey scores. Emmett St.Claire grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Austin Wells strikes out. Phil Willis flies out to the center fielder. Salome Alberto pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Nate Carroll flies out to the center fielder. Silver Nicholson lines out to the first baseman. Harry Garoni hits a home run. Jack Hooper grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Les Varsho flies out to the right fielder. Jeffrey White comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Gabby Moreno pops out to the second baseman. Spike Schmidt hits an infield single to the pitcher. Yale Ostendorf strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Jerry Smith is pinch hitting for Pinky Christensen. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jerry Smith grounds out to the pitcher. Gary Weiss is pinch hitting for Dutch Shirey. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Gary Weiss reached on a 2-base throwing error by Ron Gilbert. Vernon Irwin is pinch hitting for Jeffrey White. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Vernon Irwin grounds out to the third baseman. Ed Gagliano singles to right field. Gary Weiss scores. Ken Johnstone comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Emmett St.Claire strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 6 Houston total runners LOB: 8
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Luis Smith did not respond to coaching in arm Bob Bruett did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Greg Brissie improves in power_vs_lefty Ed Figueroa did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Tim Ball did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Lee Hurley did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Bob Krug improves in arm Tink Wynegar did not respond to coaching in arm