Win: Robin Keyser (8-9) Loss: Bill Strohmayer (6-3)
Inning: 1 Houston Bill Verdel pitching. Fred Lord singles to center field. Archie Griffin grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Fred Lord advances to second on the play. Gene Hopp grounds out to the second baseman. Fred Lord advances to third on the play. Ed Lutenberg walks. Dick Rettig pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Arizona Brian Tanner pitching. Homer Ritterson grounds out to the shortstop. Sam Cuyler strikes out. William Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Cy Brumley flies out to the center fielder. Bob Robinson singles to right field. Purnal Bates flies out to the left fielder. Brian Tanner flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Arizona Rabbit Slattery grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mikio Mitsui strikes out. Hirofumi Yamanaka hits a home run. Ed Calderon grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Fred Lord grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Archie Griffin strikes out. Gene Hopp strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Arizona Curt Mason grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Verdel strikes out. Homer Ritterson singles to left field. Sam Cuyler strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Ed Lutenberg flies out to the left fielder. Dick Rettig strikes out. Cy Brumley pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Arizona William Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Rabbit Slattery doubles to center field. Mikio Mitsui singles to left field. Rabbit Slattery scores. Hirofumi Yamanaka doubles to left field. Ed Calderon singles to left field. Mikio Mitsui scores. Curt Mason singles to center field. Hirofumi Yamanaka scores. Bill Verdel lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Homer Ritterson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Houston Bob Robinson doubles to left field. Purnal Bates grounds out to the third baseman. Brian Tanner strikes out. Fred Lord singles to left field. Bob Robinson is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Arizona Sam Cuyler strikes out. William Smith strikes out. Rabbit Slattery grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Archie Griffin flies out to the left fielder. Gene Hopp singles to center field. Ed Lutenberg grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Arizona Mikio Mitsui doubles to right field. Hirofumi Yamanaka walks. Ed Calderon lines out to the shortstop. Curt Mason strikes out. Bill Verdel strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Houston Dick Rettig grounds out to the shortstop. Cy Brumley singles to right field. Bob Robinson lines out to the pitcher. Purnal Bates grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Cy Brumley is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Arizona Bill Anderson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Homer Ritterson strikes out. Sam Cuyler pops out to the second baseman. William Smith hits a home run. Rabbit Slattery flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Bill Taff is pinch hitting for Bill Anderson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bill Taff grounds out to the shortstop. Phil Rivera is pinch hitting for Fred Lord. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Phil Rivera singles to right field. Archie Griffin singles in front of the left fielder. Phil Rivera advances to third on the hit. Gene Hopp walks. Earl Stanceu is pinch hitting for Ed Lutenberg. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Earl Stanceu pops out to the second baseman. Dick Rettig singles to right field. Phil Rivera scores. Archie Griffin scores. Gene Hopp advances to third on the hit. Dick Perry 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. Cy Brumley singles to left field. Gene Hopp scores. Dick Rettig advances to third on the hit. Bob Robinson hits a home run. Dick Rettig scores. Cy Brumley scores. Purnal Bates doubles to right field. Bill Taff grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Arizona Mike Oster pitching. Mikio Mitsui grounds out to the pitcher. Hirofumi Yamanaka strikes out. Ed Calderon strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Phil Rivera flies out to the right fielder. Archie Griffin grounds out to the second baseman. Robin Keyser comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Gene Hopp strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Arizona Bill Strohmayer comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Curt Mason strikes out. Susumu Tokumoto is pinch hitting for Robin Keyser. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Susumu Tokumoto reached on a fielding error by Earl Stanceu. Homer Ritterson hits a home run. Susumu Tokumoto scores. Houston total runners left on base: 6 Arizona total runners left on base: 5
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Tom Lee improves in contact_vs_righty Hal Wilson improves in power_vs_lefty Jimmy Hassler improves in contact_vs_lefty Jack McDowell did not respond to coaching in speed Tom Czajkowski improves in contact_vs_lefty Hal Wilson did not respond to coaching in speed
Arizona Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Mike Roettger did not respond to coaching in velocity Al Hodge improves in control George Walsh did not respond to coaching in arm Rocky Fasano did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty George Walsh improves in contact_vs_righty Ping Green improves in contact_vs_lefty