Win: Charlie Duser (3-3) Loss: Walter Turner (1-4)
Inning: 1 Houston Walter Turner pitching. Roy Alvarez strikes out. Lou Mota walks. Pep Grabarkewitz walks. Al Butler grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Colorado Charlie Duser pitching. Slim Hutchinson strikes out. Ed Hamrick pops out to the second baseman. Swat Foor walks. Kevin Cook lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Thorny Caruthers strikes out. Jay Cihocki walks. Jay Cihocki steals second. Jason Terlecki grounds out to the shortstop. Sugar Fishel walks. Charlie Duser grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Colorado Joe Patton grounds out to the second baseman. Tommy Cacek grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rene Brower strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Roy Alvarez strikes out. Lou Mota grounds out to the shortstop. Pep Grabarkewitz flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Colorado Larry Bonds grounds out to the third baseman. Walter Turner grounds out to the third baseman. Slim Hutchinson hits a home run. Ed Hamrick grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Al Butler doubles to center field. Thorny Caruthers strikes out. Jay Cihocki grounds out to the second baseman. Al Butler advances to third on the play. Jason Terlecki flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Colorado Swat Foor singles to center field. Kevin Cook strikes out. Joe Patton grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Swat Foor is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Tommy Cacek grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Sugar Fishel walks. Charlie Duser lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Roy Alvarez grounds out to the shortstop. Lou Mota strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Colorado Rene Brower grounds out to the shortstop. Larry Bonds grounds out to the shortstop. Walter Turner singles to right field. Slim Hutchinson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Pep Grabarkewitz grounds out to the shortstop. Al Butler strikes out. Thorny Caruthers grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Colorado Ed Hamrick pops out to the third baseman. Swat Foor singles to center field. Kevin Cook flies out to the left fielder. Joe Patton flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Jay Cihocki flies out to the left fielder. Jason Terlecki singles past the shortstop. Sugar Fishel walks. Damian Ritter 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. Don Martinez is pinch hitting for Charlie Duser. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Don Martinez strikes out. Roy Alvarez walks. Lou Mota singles to right field. Jason Terlecki scores. Sugar Fishel scores. Roy Alvarez advances to third on the hit. Lou Mota steals second. Pep Grabarkewitz walks. Al Butler triples. Roy Alvarez scores. Lou Mota scores. Pep Grabarkewitz scores. Geraldo Flinn comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Thorny Caruthers hits an infield single to the pitcher. Al Butler scores. Thorny Caruthers is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Colorado Sam Shaner pitching. Tommy Cacek grounds out to the pitcher. Rene Brower grounds out to the pitcher. Larry Bonds grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Jay Cihocki singles to right field. Jason Terlecki walks. Sugar Fishel flies out to the left fielder. Nate Smith is pinch hitting for Sam Shaner. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Nate Smith singles to center field. Jay Cihocki scores. Roy Alvarez flies out to the center fielder. Yoshinari Morioka comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Lou Mota grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Jason Terlecki is out at third base. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Colorado Bill Davis pitching. Yoshinari Morioka strikes out. Slim Hutchinson strikes out. Ed Hamrick singles to center field. Swat Foor singles to right field. Ed Hamrick advances to third on the hit. Kevin Cook singles to center field. Ed Hamrick scores. Swat Foor advances to third on the hit. John Brock comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joe Patton strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Houston Pep Grabarkewitz grounds out to the second baseman. Al Butler walks. Thorny Caruthers pops out to the shortstop. Jay Cihocki doubles to right field. Al Butler uses his aggressiveness and scores. Jason Terlecki grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Colorado Tommy Cacek doubles to right field. Walter Heilmann is pinch hitting for Rene Brower. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Walter Heilmann flies out to the left fielder. Larry Bonds singles to right field. Tommy Cacek scores. Ezra Schmulbach comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Yoshinari Morioka lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Larry Bonds forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Slim Hutchinson grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Yoshinari Morioka is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Houston total runners LOB: 8 Colorado total runners LOB: 7
Batting:2B - Al Butler (5), Jay Cihocki (4).3B - Al Butler (3).GIDP - Al Butler. Baserunning: SB - Lou Mota (3), Jay Cihocki (5).CS - Thorny Caruthers (2).
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Charlie McDougal did not respond to coaching in control Sam Fried did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Adam Mejias improves in speed Earl Davis did not respond to coaching in speed Chick Dawkins improves in 2B
Colorado Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bob Freeman did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill Brown improves in speed Mike Thompson did not respond to coaching in control Mike Thompson improves in endurance