Win: Johnny Fries (7-4) Loss: Hisao Watanabe (4-6)
Inning: 1 Houston Dode Cromer pitching. Fred Lord singles to left field. Gene Hopp pops out to the first baseman. Bobby White grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Fred Lord is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Earl Stanceu grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 New York Shovel Upton pitching. Dave Moore reached on a 2-base throwing error by Earl Stanceu. Tom Monzant lines out to the shortstop. Bob Lyons strikes out. Lloyd Eden strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Bob Weilman singles to right field. Archie Griffin walks. Bob Gaw grounds into a force play to the catcher. Bob Weilman is out at third base. Dick Rettig strikes out. Shovel Upton pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 New York Buddy Michalak triples. Derrek Simms grounds out to the third baseman. Russ Gray strikes out. Louis Scheer pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Fred Lord grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Gene Hopp strikes out. Bobby White strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 New York Dode Cromer strikes out. Dave Moore walks. Tom Monzant is hit by a pitch. Bob Lyons grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Tom Monzant is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Lloyd Eden pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Houston Earl Stanceu singles to center field. Bob Weilman singles to left field. Archie Griffin doubles to center field. Earl Stanceu scores. Bob Gaw grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Weilman scores. Archie Griffin advances to third on the play. Dick Rettig strikes out. Shovel Upton grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 New York Buddy Michalak singles to right field. Derrek Simms grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Russ Gray strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Fred Lord singles to center field. Gene Hopp flies out to the left fielder. Bobby White grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Fred Lord is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Earl Stanceu singles to left field. Bobby White advances to third on the hit. Bob Weilman strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 New York Louis Scheer singles to center field. Dode Cromer lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Dave Moore strikes out. Tom Monzant walks. Bob Lyons walks. Lloyd Eden strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Houston Archie Griffin flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Bob Gaw singles to left field. Bob Gaw steals second. Dick Rettig flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Shovel Upton flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 New York Buddy Michalak hits a home run. Derrek Simms flies out to the center fielder. Russ Gray singles to left field. Louis Scheer triples. Russ Gray scores. John Bullett is pinch hitting for Dode Cromer. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. John Bullett pops out to the catcher. Dave Moore grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Clyde Hilly pitching. Fred Lord strikes out. Gene Hopp flies out to the center fielder. Bobby White walks. Bobby White steals second. Earl Stanceu grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 New York Tom Monzant flies out to the right fielder. Bob Lyons grounds out to the third baseman. Lloyd Eden singles to center field. Lloyd Eden steals second. Buddy Michalak strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Bob Weilman strikes out. Archie Griffin strikes out. Johnny Fries comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Bob Gaw grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 New York Derrek Simms grounds out to the third baseman. Russ Gray flies out to the left fielder. Louis Scheer grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Dick Rettig strikes out. Shovel Upton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Fred Lord strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 New York Johnny Fries grounds out to the shortstop. Dave Moore grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Monzant walks. Hisao Watanabe comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jack Koster is pinch running for Tom Monzant on 1st base. Jack Koster gets picked off first. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Houston Gene Hopp walks. Bobby White flies out to the left fielder. Earl Stanceu strikes out. Bob Weilman walks. Archie Griffin grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 10 New York Bob Lyons flies out to the center fielder. Lloyd Eden walks. Lloyd Eden steals second. Bobby White throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Buddy Michalak singles to right field. Lloyd Eden scores. Houston total runners left on base: 10 New York total runners left on base: 9
Game Notes Gene Hopp is injured and is expected to be out 25 days.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Mark Paulette improves in arm Tom Czajkowski did not respond to coaching in speed Chris Mangum did not respond to coaching in speed Ray Maloney improves in contact_vs_righty Hal Wilson improves in power_vs_lefty Jack McDowell improves in power_vs_righty
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Kelvin Hallinan did not respond to coaching in range Kelvin Hallinan did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Bill Kane did not respond to coaching in velocity John Lovrich did not respond to coaching in control Kelvin Hallinan did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Kelvin Hallinan did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Dwayne DeBarr did not respond to coaching in 1B