Win: Roy Wehner (1-0) Loss: Seiren Hanamori (0-1)
Save: Tom Pitula (1)
Inning: 1 Houston Seiren Hanamori pitching. Rip Henninger walks. John Ortiz grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rip Henninger advances to second on the play. Jack Francona flies out to the center fielder. Tracy Melter hits a home run. Rip Henninger scores. Tim Lauder singles to left field. Sam Jordan singles to center field. Adolfo Marrero strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Los Angeles Rich Smith pitching. Charlie Murakami walks. Yosvani Castillo strikes out. Deacon Fussell singles to left field. Takeo Ishii grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Tony Koslofski reached on a fielding error by Charlie Murakami. Rich Smith lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Rip Henninger reached on a fielding error by Deacon Fussell. John Ortiz grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tony Koslofski scores. Rip Henninger advances to second on the play. Jack Francona singles past the second baseman. Rip Henninger scores. Tracy Melter pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Los Angeles Oscar Mayer grounds out to the third baseman. Russell Stover singles to left field. Roger Grimsby grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Russell Stover is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Willie DeWitt singles to left field. Roger Grimsby aggressively advances to third on the hit. Seiren Hanamori grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Houston Tim Lauder strikes out. Sam Jordan strikes out. Adolfo Marrero flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Los Angeles Charlie Murakami grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Yosvani Castillo grounds out to the second baseman. Deacon Fussell strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Tony Koslofski grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rich Smith strikes out. Rip Henninger grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Los Angeles Takeo Ishii singles to right field. Takeo Ishii steals second. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Oscar Mayer singles past the third baseman. Takeo Ishii scores. Russell Stover strikes out. Roger Grimsby walks. Willie DeWitt strikes out. Seiren Hanamori strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Houston John Ortiz walks. Passed ball. John Ortiz advances to second. Jack Francona grounds out to the shortstop. Tracy Melter doubles to left field. John Ortiz scores. Tim Lauder strikes out. Sam Jordan strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Los Angeles Charlie Murakami singles to left field. Yosvani Castillo grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Charlie Murakami advances to second on the play. Deacon Fussell strikes out. Roy Wehner 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. Takeo Ishii grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Adolfo Marrero walks. Tony Koslofski flies out to the center fielder. Roy Wehner lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Rip Henninger singles to right field. Adolfo Marrero scores. John Ortiz walks. Jack Francona reached on a 2-base fielding error by Oscar Mayer. Rip Henninger scores. Tracy Melter grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Los Angeles Oscar Mayer grounds out to the second baseman. Russell Stover grounds out to the second baseman. Roger Grimsby grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston John Shields comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Tim Lauder hits a home run. Sam Jordan singles to right field. Sam Jordan steals second. Adolfo Marrero strikes out. Tony Koslofski flies out to the left fielder. Babe Miller is pinch hitting for Roy Wehner. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Babe Miller strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Los Angeles Tom Pitula pitching. Willie DeWitt flies out to the center fielder. Gary Lavelle is pinch hitting for John Shields. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Gary Lavelle walks. Charlie Murakami flies out to the right fielder. Yosvani Castillo grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Gary Lavelle is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Rick Edelen pitching. Rip Henninger grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). John Ortiz strikes out. Jack Francona strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Los Angeles Deacon Fussell strikes out. Takeo Ishii grounds out to the second baseman. Oscar Mayer grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Tracy Melter grounds out to the second baseman. Tim Lauder singles to left field. Sam Jordan grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Tim Lauder is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Adolfo Marrero strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Los Angeles Russell Stover grounds out to the shortstop. Roger Grimsby grounds out to the pitcher. Willie DeWitt flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners LOB: 8 Los Angeles total runners LOB: 7
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Tim Marshall did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Bob Cedeno did not respond to coaching in speed John Ise improves in arm Emil Pemberton improves in range Emil Pemberton improves in contact_vs_lefty John Helms did not respond to coaching in arm Emil Pemberton did not respond to coaching in LF
Los Angeles Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Bill Purdy did not respond to coaching in arm Reidel Labrada did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Bill Harper improves in contact_vs_righty Henry Burns did not respond to coaching in velocity Hikaru Shiratori improves in range Tetsuya Kobayashi did not respond to coaching in velocity