Win: Jim Bale (4-1) Loss: Mal McGarr (6-3)
Save: Bill Strohmayer (13)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati Jim Bale pitching. Jose Guerrero flies out to the right fielder. Rusty Triandos singles to center field. Bert Harris singles to center field. Rusty Triandos aggressively advances to third on the hit. Bob Bailey strikes out. Buster Walls flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Houston Mal McGarr pitching. Fred Lord grounds out to the shortstop. Gene Hopp grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bobby White flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Phil Auerbach walks. Dave McLaughlin lines out to the third baseman. Curt Heredia strikes out. Mal McGarr pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Earl Stanceu pops out to the second baseman. Bob Weilman grounds out to the shortstop. Archie Griffin singles to left field. Bob Gaw doubles to center field. Archie Griffin uses his aggressiveness and scores. Dick Rettig pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Jose Guerrero strikes out. Rusty Triandos grounds out to the second baseman. Bert Harris doubles to center field. Bob Bailey walks. Buster Walls pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Houston Jim Bale strikes out. Fred Lord grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Gene Hopp flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Phil Auerbach grounds out to the shortstop. Dave McLaughlin grounds out to the shortstop. Curt Heredia pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Bobby White walks. Bobby White steals second. Earl Stanceu walks. Bob Weilman singles past the third baseman. Bobby White scores. Earl Stanceu is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder. Archie Griffin doubles to left field. Bob Gaw grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Weilman scores. Archie Griffin advances to third on the play. Dick Rettig flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Mal McGarr grounds out to the shortstop. Jose Guerrero walks. Jose Guerrero steals second. Rusty Triandos pops out to the catcher. Bert Harris grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Jim Bale strikes out. Fred Lord grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Gene Hopp flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Bob Bailey walks. Buster Walls strikes out. Phil Auerbach flies out to the center fielder. Dave McLaughlin strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Bobby White grounds out to the shortstop. Earl Stanceu flies out to the left fielder. Bob Weilman doubles to left field. Bob Weilman is out trying to steal third. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Curt Heredia grounds out to the second baseman. Mal McGarr is hit by a pitch. Jose Guerrero grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mal McGarr advances to second on the play. Rusty Triandos grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Archie Griffin flies out to the left fielder. Bob Gaw grounds out to the third baseman. Dick Rettig strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Purnal Bates enters the game as a defensive replacement for Bobby White at C. Bert Harris grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Bailey singles to left field. Buster Walls singles to right field. Bob Bailey advances to third on the hit. Bill Anderson 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. Phil Auerbach singles to center field. Bob Bailey scores. Dave McLaughlin strikes out. Curt Heredia grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Phil Auerbach is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Houston Bill Taff is pinch hitting for Bill Anderson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bill Taff flies out to the left fielder. Fred Lord flies out to the center fielder. Harry Barfield 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. Gene Hopp flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Bill Strohmayer pitching. Paul Sutherland is pinch hitting for Harry Barfield. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Paul Sutherland grounds out to the second baseman. Jose Guerrero walks. Jose Guerrero steals second. Rusty Triandos grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Jose Guerrero advances to third on the play. Bert Harris singles to right field. Jose Guerrero scores. Bob Bailey strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 11 Houston total runners left on base: 2
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Jack Platte did not respond to coaching in control March Odenwald did not respond to coaching in velocity Roy Foster did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Hector Rose did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Ed Ayrault did not respond to coaching in range Ed Ayrault did not respond to coaching in range Hank Sparks did not respond to coaching in 1B
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Tom Lee improves in arm Jack McDowell did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Jack McDowell did not respond to coaching in speed Jack McDowell did not respond to coaching in speed Narciso Hopper improves in contact_vs_righty Harry Valdes improves in power_vs_righty