Win: Roy Wehner (2-0) Loss: Seiren Hanamori (1-3)
Save: Tom Pitula (3)
Inning: 1 Los Angeles Rich Smith pitching. Charlie Murakami grounds out to the second baseman. Yosvani Castillo grounds out to the pitcher. Deacon Fussell walks. Takeo Ishii grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Houston Seiren Hanamori pitching. John Ortiz flies out to the center fielder. Jack Francona lines out to the first baseman. Tracy Melter grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Los Angeles Oscar Mayer grounds out to the shortstop. Russell Stover strikes out. Hugh Holly flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Tim Lauder flies out to the left fielder. Sam Jordan flies out to the left fielder. John Helms pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Los Angeles Willie DeWitt walks. Seiren Hanamori lays a bunt down the third base line. The third baseman fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first for the 5-6-4 double play (2B covering 1st). Charlie Murakami grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Adolfo Marrero flies out to the right fielder. Yoshinori Kawagoe flies out to the right fielder. Rich Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Los Angeles Yosvani Castillo flies out to the left fielder. Deacon Fussell singles to center field. Passed ball. Deacon Fussell advances to second. Takeo Ishii walks. Oscar Mayer grounds into a force play to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Deacon Fussell is out at third base. Russell Stover pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Houston John Ortiz grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Jack Francona flies out to the center fielder. Tracy Melter grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Los Angeles Hugh Holly singles to right field. Willie DeWitt walks. Seiren Hanamori lays down a bunt. The first baseman fields the ball, throws to third for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. Willie DeWitt advances to second on the play. Willie DeWitt advances to second on the play. Charlie Murakami flies out to the right fielder. Yosvani Castillo lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Houston Tim Lauder grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Sam Jordan grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! John Helms flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Los Angeles Deacon Fussell flies out to the left fielder. Takeo Ishii doubles to left field. Oscar Mayer reached on a 2-base fielding error by John Helms. Takeo Ishii scores. 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. Russell Stover singles to left field. Oscar Mayer scores. Hugh Holly walks. Willie DeWitt flies out to the left fielder. Seiren Hanamori flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Houston Adolfo Marrero flies out to the right fielder. Yoshinori Kawagoe singles to right field. Babe Miller is pinch hitting for Roy Wehner. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Babe Miller singles to right field. Yoshinori Kawagoe advances to third on the hit. John Ortiz singles to left field. Yoshinori Kawagoe scores. Babe Miller advances to third on the hit. Jack Francona singles to left field. Babe Miller scores. John Ortiz advances to third on the hit. Tracy Melter hits an infield single to the second baseman. John Ortiz scores. Tim Lauder grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Los Angeles Jack Gaines pitching. Charlie Murakami grounds out to the shortstop. Yosvani Castillo grounds out to the second baseman. Deacon Fussell flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Sam Jordan singles to center field. John Helms walks. Adolfo Marrero hits a home run. Sam Jordan scores. John Helms scores. John Shields comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Yoshinori Kawagoe singles to right field. Jack Gaines lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. John Ortiz grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Yoshinori Kawagoe advances to third on the play. Jack Francona grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Los Angeles Bert Taylor enters the game as a defensive replacement for John Helms at LF. Takeo Ishii flies out to the center fielder. Oscar Mayer doubles to right field. Russell Stover doubles to right field. Oscar Mayer scores. Tom Pitula comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Gary Lavelle is pinch hitting for Hugh Holly. Gary Lavelle flies out to the center fielder. Willie DeWitt grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Roger Grimsby enters the game as a defensive replacement for Gary Lavelle at C. Tracy Melter hits a home run. Tim Lauder flies out to the center fielder. Sam Jordan flies out to the left fielder. Bert Taylor strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Los Angeles Laser Pointer is pinch hitting for John Shields. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Laser Pointer grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Charlie Murakami walks. Yosvani Castillo strikes out. Charlie Murakami is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Los Angeles total runners left on base: 8 Houston total runners left on base: 2
Los Angeles Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Marty Sharpe did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Marty Sharpe improves in arm Bryan Kelley improves in power_vs_lefty Ike Davis did not respond to coaching in velocity Hardy Kruger did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Scott Walker did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Tommie Ashby did not respond to coaching in control Ed Foster improves in arm Gary Gantenbein did not respond to coaching in arm Masaru Iwashita did not respond to coaching in speed Rip Henninger improves in contact_vs_lefty Jeff Moehler improves in contact_vs_lefty Jeff Moehler improves in LF