Win: John Garland (11-8) Loss: Daryl Boitano (6-15)
Save: Joe Scherbarth (31)
Inning: 1 Houston Daryl Boitano pitching. Lee Jones singles to right field. Rick McCracken grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Lee Jones is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Rick McCracken steals second. Mamoru Abe strikes out. Walt Breton grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Cincinnati John Garland pitching. Drungo Bartee grounds out to the pitcher. Louie Hill strikes out. Dave Rodriguez walks. Carlos Werts pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Manny Riley walks. Bort Thompson singles past the first baseman. Frank Sizemore strikes out. Dom Terry reached on a fielding error by Louie Hill. John Garland grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Manny Riley is out at home. Lee Jones grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Dave Connors singles to center field. Lance Parrish singles to center field. Dave Connors advances to third on the hit. Niles Harper strikes out. Kiyoshi Seto grounds out to the pitcher. Lance Parrish advances to second on the play. Daryl Boitano grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Houston Rick McCracken flies out to the center fielder. Mamoru Abe grounds out to the second baseman. Walt Breton pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Drungo Bartee pops out to the shortstop. Louie Hill doubles to left field. Dave Rodriguez singles to right field. Louie Hill scores. Dave Rodriguez steals second. Carlos Werts flies out to the right fielder. Dave Connors strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Manny Riley grounds out to the third baseman. Bort Thompson singles to right field. Frank Sizemore pops out to the first baseman. Dom Terry grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Bort Thompson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Lance Parrish grounds out to the shortstop. Niles Harper singles past the shortstop. Kiyoshi Seto grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Niles Harper is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Daryl Boitano is hit by a pitch. Drungo Bartee walks. Louie Hill grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Houston John Garland grounds out to the shortstop. Lee Jones flies out to the left fielder. Rick McCracken singles to center field. Mamoru Abe grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Dave Rodriguez flies out to the right fielder. Carlos Werts strikes out. Dave Connors strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Walt Breton singles to right field. Manny Riley grounds out to the third baseman. Walt Breton advances to second on the play. Bort Thompson singles to center field. Walt Breton scores. Frank Sizemore hits a home run. Bort Thompson scores. Dom Terry strikes out. John Garland strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Lance Parrish walks. Niles Harper grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Kiyoshi Seto grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Lee Jones strikes out. Rick McCracken grounds out to the shortstop. Mamoru Abe flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Jim Avila is pinch hitting for Daryl Boitano. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Jim Avila grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Drungo Bartee walks. Louie Hill strikes out. Dave Rodriguez flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Ed Klimkowski pitching. Walt Breton flies out to the left fielder. Manny Riley pops out to the first baseman. Bort Thompson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Carlos Werts singles to right field. Dave Connors grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Carlos Werts is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Lance Parrish grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Dave Connors is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Niles Harper lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Frank Sizemore strikes out. Dom Terry flies out to the center fielder. Danny Chambers is pinch hitting for John Garland. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Danny Chambers singles to center field. Lee Jones strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Joe Scherbarth pitching. Kiyoshi Seto strikes out. Doug Heflin is pinch hitting for Ed Klimkowski. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Doug Heflin strikes out. Drungo Bartee grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners LOB: 7 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 9
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Roger Robinson did not respond to coaching in control Domingo Petralli improves in power_vs_righty Joe Wetteland did not respond to coaching in control Lary Hand did not respond to coaching in range Rip Creeden did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Jack Escobar improves in range
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Yui Doi did not respond to coaching in control Al Kmak did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Ernesto Lopez did not respond to coaching in control Victor Diaz improves in power_vs_lefty Dave Shields did not respond to coaching in control Enrique Fuentes did not respond to coaching in arm