Win: Lefty English (6-3) Loss: Jim Cort (2-2)
Save: Aaron Clark (13)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati Jim Cort pitching. Jose Guerrero flies out to the left fielder. Rusty Triandos grounds out to the shortstop. Buster Walls doubles to right field. Ed Boyd hits a home run. Buster Walls scores. Paul Sutherland hits a home run. Bob Bailey singles to center field. Phil Auerbach flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Houston Lefty English pitching. Fred Lord grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Archie Griffin flies out to the right fielder. Gene Hopp grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Dave McLaughlin strikes out. Lefty English flies out to the right fielder. Jose Guerrero grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Bob Gaw flies out to the right fielder. Bobby White grounds out to the third baseman. Ed Lutenberg walks. Bob Weilman flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Rusty Triandos flies out to the right fielder. Buster Walls flies out to the right fielder. Ed Boyd flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Dick Rettig singles to left field. Jim Cort lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Dick Rettig forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Fred Lord doubles to right field. Archie Griffin strikes out. Gene Hopp singles to left field. Jim Cort scores. Bob Gaw flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Paul Sutherland pops out to the third baseman. Bob Bailey singles to left field. Phil Auerbach grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Bob Bailey is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Dave McLaughlin strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Bobby White grounds out to the third baseman. Ed Lutenberg lines out to the second baseman. Bob Weilman walks. Dick Rettig strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Lefty English strikes out. Jose Guerrero grounds out to the shortstop. Rusty Triandos grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Jim Cort flies out to the left fielder. Fred Lord grounds out to the second baseman. Archie Griffin grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Buster Walls grounds out to the shortstop. Ed Boyd singles to right field. Paul Sutherland strikes out. Bob Bailey grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Ed Boyd is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Gene Hopp strikes out. Bob Gaw pops out to the first baseman. Bobby White walks. Ed Lutenberg strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Phil Auerbach singles to left field. Dave McLaughlin flies out to the right fielder. Lefty English fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Lefty English grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Phil Auerbach advances to second on the play. 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. Jose Guerrero doubles to center field. Phil Auerbach scores. Rusty Triandos strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Bob Weilman lines out to the third baseman. Dick Rettig hits an infield single to the catcher. 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 grounds out to the second baseman. Dick Rettig advances to second on the play. Fred Lord grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Hisao Watanabe pitching. Buster Walls pops out to the shortstop. Ed Boyd grounds out to the second baseman. Paul Sutherland flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Curt Heredia enters the game as a defensive replacement for Phil Auerbach at 3B. Archie Griffin grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Gene Hopp doubles to left field. Bob Gaw pops out to the second baseman. Bobby White flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Bob Bailey pops out to the shortstop. Curt Heredia grounds out to the second baseman. Dave McLaughlin reached on a fielding error by Bob Gaw. Bert Harris is pinch hitting for Lefty English. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Dave McLaughlin steals second. Bert Harris pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Aaron Clark pitching. Ed Lutenberg singles to center field. Bob Weilman grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Dick Rettig singles to center field. Earl Stanceu is pinch hitting for Hisao Watanabe. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Earl Stanceu flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 5 Houston total runners LOB: 8
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Hank Sparks improves in speed Doug Cancel improves in power_vs_righty Doug Cancel improves in contact_vs_righty Butch Coolidge did not respond to coaching in arm March Odenwald did not respond to coaching in velocity Jack Platte did not respond to coaching in velocity Hank Sparks did not respond to coaching in 1B
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ray Maloney did not respond to coaching in speed Ray Maloney did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Chuck Hargis did not respond to coaching in control Fritz Gleaton did not respond to coaching in velocity Chris Mangum improves in power_vs_righty Ray Maloney improves in power_vs_lefty