Win: Del Moriarty (6-8) Loss: Mickey Bressler (13-7)
Save: Carlos Miller (30)
Inning: 1 Houston Del Moriarty pitching. Rey Munoz grounds out to the third baseman. Rick McCracken triples. Mamoru Abe strikes out. Walt Breton walks. Sailor Abstein strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Mickey Bressler pitching. Doug Heflin strikes out. Dave Connors strikes out. Lance Parrish walks. Hugh Federoff singles to left field. Drungo Bartee reached on a 2-base throwing error by Rey Munoz. Lance Parrish scores. Louie Hill strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Houston Bort Thompson singles to right field. Frank Sizemore strikes out. Dom Terry grounds out to the second baseman. Bort Thompson advances to second on the play. Mickey Bressler singles to right field. Bort Thompson uses his aggressiveness and scores. Rey Munoz pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Pete Bowers flies out to the right fielder. Carlos Werts strikes out. Del Moriarty grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Rick McCracken flies out to the left fielder. Mamoru Abe doubles to left field. Walt Breton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mamoru Abe advances to third on the play. Sailor Abstein flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Doug Heflin grounds out to the pitcher. Dave Connors singles to right field. Lance Parrish strikes out. Hugh Federoff flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Bort Thompson singles to left field. Frank Sizemore flies out to the right fielder. Dom Terry strikes out. Mickey Bressler grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Drungo Bartee strikes out. Louie Hill walks. Louie Hill steals second. Pete Bowers pops out to the third baseman. Carlos Werts singles to left field. Louie Hill scores. Del Moriarty strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Rey Munoz grounds out to the second baseman. Rick McCracken doubles to right field. Mamoru Abe flies out to the left fielder. Walt Breton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Doug Heflin grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dave Connors strikes out. Lance Parrish flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Sailor Abstein walks. Sailor Abstein steals second. Bort Thompson grounds out to the pitcher. Frank Sizemore grounds out to the shortstop. Dom Terry hits an infield single to the shortstop. Mickey Bressler grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Hugh Federoff flies out to the right fielder. Drungo Bartee flies out to the center fielder. Louie Hill singles past the shortstop. Pete Bowers pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Rey Munoz flies out to the right fielder. Rick McCracken walks. Mamoru Abe grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Rick McCracken is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Ed Klimkowski 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 1st. Walt Breton singles to right field. Sailor Abstein strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Carlos Werts walks. Kiyoshi Seto is pinch hitting for Ed Klimkowski. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Kiyoshi Seto walks. Doug Heflin flies out to the left fielder. Dave Connors flies out to the left fielder. Lance Parrish grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Kiyoshi Seto is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Houston Carlos Miller pitching. Bort Thompson flies out to the left fielder. Frank Sizemore doubles to center field. Dom Terry flies out to the left fielder. Danny Chambers is pinch hitting for Mickey Bressler. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Danny Chambers flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Jake The Snake Kendall pitching. Hugh Federoff doubles past the third baseman. Drungo Bartee singles past the second baseman. Hugh Federoff scores. Louie Hill pops out to the first baseman. Pete Bowers grounds out to the second baseman. Drungo Bartee advances to second on the play. Carlos Werts strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Rey Munoz singles past the second baseman. Rick McCracken flies out to the left fielder. Mamoru Abe walks. Walt Breton singles to center field. Rey Munoz scores. Sailor Abstein grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mamoru Abe advances to third on the play. Walt Breton advances to second on the play. Bort Thompson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Houston total runners left on base: 13 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 8
Game Notes Ed Klimkowski is injured and is expected to be out 27 days.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Rip Creeden did not respond to coaching in speed Roger Robinson did not respond to coaching in control Charlie Sullivan improves in power_vs_righty Lary Hand did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Steve Santangelo did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Rip Creeden did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Al Kmak did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Enrique Fuentes improves in contact_vs_righty Ernesto Lopez did not respond to coaching in control Andy Staggs did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Andy Blackwell did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty John McNair did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty