Inning: 1 Houston Mike Sawyer pitching. Greg Spongberg strikes out. Joe Ganzel strikes out. Jerry Alvarado flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Colorado Paul Melvin pitching. Bob Gehrman flies out to the center fielder. Irv Heydeman grounds out to the second baseman. Yohan Richardt lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Pi Ortiz flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Joe Pearce flies out to the center fielder. Pete Valdez grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Colorado Bobby Cordova flies out to the right fielder. Jim Drake walks. Steve Faszholz walks. Jay Welteroth grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Bud Siever grounds out to the second baseman. Harland Lockhart walks. Paul Melvin lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Greg Spongberg singles to left field. Harland Lockhart is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Colorado Terry Aldrich singles to center field. Mike Sawyer lays a bunt down the third base line. The pitcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. (SS covering 2nd). Bob Gehrman flies out to the left fielder. Irv Heydeman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Joe Ganzel singles to right field. Jerry Alvarado flies out to the center fielder. Pi Ortiz flies out to the center fielder. Joe Pearce flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Colorado Yohan Richardt flies out to the center fielder. Bobby Cordova grounds out to the third baseman. Jim Drake grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Pete Valdez grounds out to the third baseman. Bud Siever grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Harland Lockhart doubles to center field. Paul Melvin pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Colorado Steve Faszholz grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jay Welteroth grounds out to the shortstop. Terry Aldrich walks. Mike Sawyer singles to left field. Bob Gehrman doubles to right field. Terry Aldrich scores. Irv Heydeman strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Houston Greg Spongberg doubles to left field. Joe Ganzel strikes out. Jerry Alvarado strikes out. Pi Ortiz flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Colorado Yohan Richardt grounds out to the second baseman. Bobby Cordova flies out to the left fielder. Jim Drake grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Joe Pearce doubles to left field. Pete Valdez grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Pearce advances to third on the play. The defense is playing the infield in. Bud Siever strikes out. Harland Lockhart flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Colorado Steve Faszholz singles to right field. Dave Slayton is pinch hitting for Jay Welteroth. Dave Slayton reached on a 2-base throwing error by Pi Ortiz. Kurt Bigbee comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Terry Aldrich grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Steve Faszholz scores. Dave Slayton advances to third on the play. Mike Sawyer grounds out to the shortstop. Dave Slayton scores. Bob Gehrman grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Jarred Hodge enters the game as a defensive replacement for Dave Slayton at LF. Kurt Bigbee grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Greg Spongberg singles to center field. Barry Correa is pinch hitting for Joe Ganzel. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Greg Spongberg steals second. Barry Correa grounds out to the second baseman. Greg Spongberg advances to third on the play. Jerry Alvarado flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Colorado Irv Heydeman grounds out to the second baseman. Yohan Richardt strikes out. Bobby Cordova singles past the shortstop. Bobby Cordova steals second. Jim Drake strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Ed Nicosia is pinch hitting for Pi Ortiz. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ed Nicosia strikes out. Jim Witt is pinch hitting for Joe Pearce. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jim Witt flies out to the left fielder. Jerry Rhiel is pinch hitting for Pete Valdez. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jerry Rhiel flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners left on base: 6 Colorado total runners left on base: 5
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: A- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Sailor Moran did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Paul Rebel did not respond to coaching in arm Russ Irwin did not respond to coaching in velocity Sailor Moran did not respond to coaching in speed Whitey Nichols did not respond to coaching in 2B
Colorado Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: D+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Mike Parsons did not respond to coaching in control Howie Lewis improves in contact_vs_righty Dave Boitano improves in endurance Masaaki Iwasaki did not respond to coaching in control Luke Pratt did not respond to coaching in 2B