Win: Buddy Morton (6-12) Loss: Andy Dowell (0-1)
Save: Ad Harkness (36)
Inning: 1 Houston Ralph Cambria pitching. Kazuya Ogo hits a home run. Jason Shaw strikes out. Brad Stivetts singles to center field. Dave Cormier flies out to the center fielder. Guillermo Avalos singles to center field. Bill Colbert strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Atlanta Buddy Morton pitching. Wayne Bannister flies out to the right fielder. Scott Kosman grounds out to the second baseman. Pierce Pearson pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Fred Beck doubles to center field. Scott Archer flies out to the center fielder. Buddy Morton grounds out to the shortstop. Kazuya Ogo strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Atlanta Katsumi Mise pops out to the first baseman. Ray Heffner grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Bill Bradley hits a home run. Jim Householder singles to center field. Angel Murphy walks. Ralph Cambria grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Houston Jason Shaw flies out to the center fielder. Brad Stivetts grounds out to the shortstop. Dave Cormier strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Atlanta Wayne Bannister hits a home run. Scott Kosman reached on a 2-base fielding error by Dave Cormier. Pierce Pearson strikes out. Katsumi Mise flies out to the right fielder. Ray Heffner flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Guillermo Avalos doubles to left field. Bill Colbert singles to center field. Guillermo Avalos scores. Fred Beck grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Scott Archer singles to left field. Buddy Morton singles to left field. Kazuya Ogo grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Atlanta Bill Bradley grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Householder grounds out to the second baseman. Angel Murphy hits an infield single to the second baseman. Ralph Cambria strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Jason Shaw strikes out. Brad Stivetts strikes out. Dave Cormier pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Atlanta Wayne Bannister grounds out to the second baseman. Scott Kosman grounds out to the second baseman. Pierce Pearson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Guillermo Avalos strikes out. Bill Colbert singles to right field. Fred Beck grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Bill Colbert is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Scott Archer flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Atlanta Katsumi Mise grounds out to the second baseman. Ray Heffner grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Bradley strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Andy Dowell 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. Buddy Morton grounds out to the third baseman. Kazuya Ogo strikes out. Jason Shaw grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Atlanta Jim Householder pops out to the third baseman. Angel Murphy strikes out. Andy Dowell strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Brad Stivetts singles to center field. Dave Cormier flies out to the right fielder. Guillermo Avalos hits a home run. Brad Stivetts scores. George Jorgeson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Colbert strikes out. Fred Beck pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Atlanta Dick Simpson enters the game as a defensive replacement for Jason Shaw at RF. Hector Hartgraves enters the game as a defensive replacement for Fred Beck at 3B. Wayne Bannister flies out to the right fielder. Scott Kosman strikes out. Pierce Pearson singles to center field. Katsumi Mise singles to center field. Jim Ohman 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. Ray Heffner flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Houston Scott Archer hits a home run. Belden Chaplin is pinch hitting for Jim Ohman. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Belden Chaplin flies out to the left fielder. Kazuya Ogo strikes out. Dick Simpson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Atlanta Ad Harkness pitching. Bill Bradley flies out to the center fielder. Jim Householder grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Angel Murphy singles to center field. Charlie Jackson is pinch hitting for George Jorgeson. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Charlie Jackson grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Houston total runners LOB: 6 Atlanta total runners LOB: 7
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: George Brinkman improves in speed Al Lopez did not respond to coaching in speed Ricky Dillard improves in range Steve Hickey did not respond to coaching in endurance
Atlanta Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bill Franklin did not respond to coaching in speed Dale Roarke did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Joe West did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Bill Franklin did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jason Belcher did not respond to coaching in 3B