Win: Vance Hendryx (3-0) Loss: Ed Farnsworth (0-4)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati Bernie Daniel pitching. Bud Sweeney grounds out to the pitcher. Jim Meacham grounds out to the pitcher. Cozy Plunk flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Houston Ed Farnsworth pitching. Lafayette Melvin walks. Brian Gumbert walks. Jim Strain grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Lafayette Melvin advances to third on the play. Otis Velez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Randy Brucker strikes out. Earl Daniel pops out to the second baseman. Bruce Candaele grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Ken Munoz hits a home run. Jim Feller strikes out. Dave Cage strikes out. Don Foulke lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Chris Wheelock grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Lauterborn reached on a 2-base throwing error by Otis Velez. Ed Farnsworth singles to center field. Tom Lauterborn scores. Ed Farnsworth is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Bud Sweeney grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Bernie Daniel grounds out to the shortstop. Lafayette Melvin flies out to the right fielder. Brian Gumbert grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Jim Meacham strikes out. Cozy Plunk singles to center field. Randy Brucker doubles to right field. Cozy Plunk uses his aggressiveness and scores. Earl Daniel grounds out to the third baseman. Bruce Candaele grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Jim Strain strikes out. Otis Velez hits an infield single to the pitcher. Ken Munoz flies out to the right fielder. Jim Feller grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Chris Wheelock singles to left field. Tom Lauterborn reached on a fielding error by Otis Velez. Ed Farnsworth lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bud Sweeney strikes out. Jim Meacham grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Houston Dave Cage grounds out to the second baseman. Don Foulke grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bernie Daniel grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Cozy Plunk strikes out. Randy Brucker grounds out to the second baseman. Earl Daniel grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Lafayette Melvin walks. Brian Gumbert strikes out. Jim Strain pops out to the catcher. Otis Velez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Bruce Candaele strikes out. Chris Wheelock flies out to the right fielder. Tom Lauterborn singles to left field. Ed Farnsworth strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Ken Munoz strikes out. Hajime Negoro is pinch hitting for Jim Feller. Hajime Negoro singles to left field. Dave Cage walks. Don Foulke strikes out. Mamoru Yamashita is pinch hitting for Bernie Daniel. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Mamoru Yamashita strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Vance Hendryx pitching. Jerry Volpe enters the game as a defensive replacement for Hajime Negoro at RF. Bud Sweeney singles to center field. Bud Sweeney is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Jim Meacham grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Cozy Plunk strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Lafayette Melvin strikes out. Brian Gumbert flies out to the right fielder. Jim Strain hits a home run. Otis Velez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Randy Brucker grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Earl Daniel flies out to the left fielder. Bruce Candaele grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Ken Munoz flies out to the center fielder. Jerry Volpe strikes out. Dave Cage walks. Don Foulke flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Cincinnati Sammy Blue is pinch hitting for Chris Wheelock. Sammy Blue strikes out. Tom Lauterborn flies out to the right fielder. Ed Farnsworth strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Houston Walter Herr is pinch hitting for Vance Hendryx. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Walter Herr grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Lafayette Melvin flies out to the right fielder. Brian Gumbert doubles to right field. Todd Weihe 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. Jim Strain doubles to left field. Brian Gumbert scores. Cincinnati total runners left on base: 4 Houston total runners left on base: 6
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: F RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C- Improvements: Dutch Bennett did not respond to coaching in velocity Joe Muniz improves in velocity Doug Hisner did not respond to coaching in velocity Bob McArthur did not respond to coaching in velocity Mike Duran PHI did not respond to coaching in 2B
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Press Stephenson improves in power_vs_righty Hack Wheeler did not respond to coaching in endurance Dick Parrett did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Ed Eisenreich did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty