Inning: 1 Houston Paddy Platt pitching. Rip Henninger grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! John Ortiz grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jack Francona flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Florida Rich Smith pitching. Gustavo Arias doubles to right field. Randy Miller walks. Darrell Belle lines out to the second baseman. Bobo Hurdle hits a home run. Gustavo Arias scores. Randy Miller scores. Charlie Benson strikes out. Jack Mack flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Tracy Melter flies out to the left fielder. Tim Lauder singles to left field. Sam Jordan singles to center field. Adolfo Marrero lines out to the shortstop. Yoshinori Kawagoe grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Florida Danny Eddy doubles past the third baseman. Don Hosey singles to left field. Danny Eddy scores. Jack Gaines comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Paddy Platt lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Gustavo Arias pops out to the catcher. Randy Miller singles to center field. Don Hosey scores. Darrell Belle strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Jack Gaines grounds out to the second baseman. Rip Henninger singles to center field. Rip Henninger steals second. John Ortiz strikes out. Jack Francona strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Florida Bobo Hurdle strikes out. Charlie Benson flies out to the center fielder. Jack Mack flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Tracy Melter flies out to the center fielder. Tim Lauder grounds out to the second baseman. Sam Jordan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Florida Danny Eddy flies out to the center fielder. Don Hosey grounds out to the second baseman. Paddy Platt grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Adolfo Marrero strikes out. Yoshinori Kawagoe grounds out to the shortstop. Jack Gaines flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Florida Gustavo Arias grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Randy Miller grounds out to the pitcher. Darrell Belle grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Rip Henninger singles to center field. John Ortiz strikes out. Chuck Langford comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Rip Henninger steals second. Jack Francona flies out to the center fielder. Tracy Melter walks. Tim Lauder flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Florida Bobo Hurdle walks. Charlie Benson singles to right field. Bobo Hurdle advances to third on the hit. Jack Mack pops out to the second baseman. Danny Eddy strikes out. Don Hosey grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Houston Sam Jordan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Adolfo Marrero flies out to the right fielder. Yoshinori Kawagoe strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Florida Chuck Langford singles to center field. Luis Peitz comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Gustavo Arias grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Randy Miller singles to left field. Darrell Belle flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Luis Peitz reached on a 2-base fielding error by Darrell Belle. Rip Henninger singles to right field. Luis Peitz is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. John Ortiz flies out to the center fielder. Jack Francona grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Florida Bobo Hurdle reached on a 2-base fielding error by Rip Henninger. Brian Johns is pinch hitting for Charlie Benson. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Brian Johns reached on a fielding error by John Ortiz. Jack Mack is hit by a pitch. Danny Eddy doubles to center field. Bobo Hurdle scores. Brian Johns scores. Jack Mack uses his aggressiveness and scores. Skeeter Youngblood is pinch hitting for Don Hosey. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Skeeter Youngblood strikes out. Chuck Langford flies out to the right fielder. Gustavo Arias reached on a 2-base fielding error by Sam Jordan. Danny Eddy scores. Randy Miller grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Tracy Melter grounds out to the shortstop. Tim Lauder grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Joe Mack 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. Sam Jordan singles to left field. Adolfo Marrero grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Houston total runners left on base: 7 Florida total runners left on base: 5
Game Notes Paddy Platt is injured and is expected to be out 21 days. Randy Miller is injured and is expected to be out 25 days.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Herb Maddern did not respond to coaching in control John Helms improves in arm Emil Pemberton improves in power_vs_righty Emil Pemberton did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Bob Cedeno improves in range Ed Foster did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty John Helms did not respond to coaching in RF
Florida Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jim Burnside improves in arm Jim Conway did not respond to coaching in arm Dutch Marak improves in power_vs_righty Kirk Crow did not respond to coaching in control Sheldon Guisto did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Jack Kuhel did not respond to coaching in control