Win: Brian Tanner (5-4) Loss: Dick Perry (2-3)
Save: Mike Oster (1)
Inning: 1 Houston Fred Casale pitching. Fred Lord grounds out to the second baseman. Gene Hopp grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Earl Stanceu lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Arizona Brian Tanner pitching. Homer Ritterson strikes out. Sam Cuyler lines out to the third baseman. William Smith flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Archie Griffin strikes out. Dick Rettig walks. Dick Rettig steals second. Cy Brumley grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dick Rettig advances to third on the play. Bill Taff grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Arizona Rabbit Slattery flies out to the left fielder. Mikio Mitsui flies out to the center fielder. Hirofumi Yamanaka doubles to center field. Ed Calderon strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Purnal Bates singles to center field. Brian Tanner lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Fred Lord strikes out. Gene Hopp grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Arizona Curt Mason singles to left field. Fred Casale lays down a bunt. The catcher 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). Homer Ritterson grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Earl Stanceu flies out to the right fielder. Archie Griffin singles to right field. Dick Rettig flies out to the left fielder. Cy Brumley flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Arizona Sam Cuyler strikes out. William Smith singles to center field. Rabbit Slattery grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Bill Taff singles to left field. Bill Taff steals second. Purnal Bates strikes out. Brian Tanner strikes out. Fred Lord grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Arizona Mikio Mitsui bunts for a base hit. Hirofumi Yamanaka strikes out. Mikio Mitsui steals second. Ed Calderon grounds out to the second baseman. Mikio Mitsui advances to third on the play. Curt Mason strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Gene Hopp strikes out. Earl Stanceu grounds out to the second baseman. Archie Griffin grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Arizona Fred Casale strikes out. Homer Ritterson singles to center field. Sam Cuyler singles to center field. William Smith strikes out. Rabbit Slattery lines out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Houston Dick Rettig grounds out to the second baseman. Cy Brumley singles to right field. Bill Taff walks. Purnal Bates strikes out. Brian Tanner pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Arizona Mikio Mitsui singles to left field. Hirofumi Yamanaka grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mikio Mitsui advances to second on the play. Ed Calderon grounds out to the shortstop. Curt Mason singles to left field. Mikio Mitsui is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Fred Lord flies out to the left fielder. Gene Hopp pops out to the second baseman. Earl Stanceu hits a home run. Archie Griffin flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Arizona Susumu Tokumoto is pinch hitting for Fred Casale. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Susumu Tokumoto flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Homer Ritterson walks. Sam Cuyler doubles to left field. Homer Ritterson uses his aggressiveness and scores. William Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Rabbit Slattery strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Dick Perry pitching. Dick Rettig grounds out to the second baseman. Cy Brumley doubles to center field. Bill Taff reached on a 2-base throwing error by Curt Mason. Cy Brumley scores. Purnal Bates reached on a fielding error by Curt Mason. Bob Werber is pinch hitting for Brian Tanner. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Bob Werber grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Taff scores. Purnal Bates advances to second on the play. Fred Lord flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Arizona Mike Oster pitching. Mikio Mitsui hits a home run. Hirofumi Yamanaka grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Calderon grounds out to the second baseman. Curt Mason flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners LOB: 7 Arizona total runners LOB: 6
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Hal Wilson did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Tom Czajkowski improves in contact_vs_lefty Chuck Hargis did not respond to coaching in control Jack McDowell did not respond to coaching in range Mark Paulette did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Tom Lee improves in contact_vs_lefty
Arizona Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Leo Lombardo did not respond to coaching in velocity Kelly Stewart improves in speed Ping Green improves in speed Ron Merriman did not respond to coaching in speed Jeff Daily did not respond to coaching in control Bernie Corridon improves in contact_vs_righty