Win: Andy McLaughlin (1-0) Loss: Bill Pepper (0-6)
Inning: 1 Houston Bill Pepper pitching. Kirk Fitzpatrick walks. Hank Hornsby grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Pete Kennedy singles past the shortstop. Jack Rogge doubles to left field. Pete Kennedy uses his aggressiveness and scores. Mike Shilling walks. Rip Mohart strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 San Francisco Andy McLaughlin pitching. Bill Pignatano walks. Marty Schardt lines out to the second baseman. Dave Hageman strikes out. Shane Howell flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Gene Driscoll pops out to the shortstop. Ed Erickson strikes out. Andy McLaughlin strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 San Francisco Joe Wilson walks. Bruce Isbell pops out to the shortstop. Tsuyoshi Akamine flies out to the center fielder. Lew Dees grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Kirk Fitzpatrick singles to right field. Hank Hornsby strikes out. Pete Kennedy hits a home run. Kirk Fitzpatrick scores. Jack Rogge grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mike Shilling hits a home run. Rip Mohart singles to left field. Gene Driscoll strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 San Francisco Bill Pepper grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Pignatano singles to right field. Marty Schardt reached on a fielding error by Jack Rogge. Dave Hageman singles to left field. Bill Pignatano scores. Marty Schardt advances to third on the hit. Shane Howell strikes out. Joe Wilson pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Houston Ed Erickson strikes out. Andy McLaughlin strikes out. Kirk Fitzpatrick grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 San Francisco Bruce Isbell strikes out. Tsuyoshi Akamine flies out to the left fielder. Lew Dees strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Hank Hornsby singles to center field. Pete Kennedy pops out to the catcher. Jack Rogge pops out to the second baseman. Mike Shilling singles to center field. Hank Hornsby advances to third on the hit. Hideyuki Tamura 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. Rip Mohart hits a home run. Hank Hornsby scores. Mike Shilling scores. Gene Driscoll grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 San Francisco Hideyuki Tamura walks. Bill Pignatano flies out to the right fielder. Marty Schardt flies out to the center fielder. Dave Hageman lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Ed Erickson grounds out to the third baseman. Andy McLaughlin grounds out to the second baseman. Daisuke Tanaka comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Kirk Fitzpatrick walks. Kirk Fitzpatrick is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 San Francisco Shane Howell walks. Joe Wilson grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Shane Howell is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Bruce Isbell grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Joe Wilson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Tsuyoshi Akamine grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Hank Hornsby strikes out. Pete Kennedy singles to left field. Jack Rogge walks. Mike Shilling hits a home run. Pete Kennedy scores. Jack Rogge scores. Rip Mohart hits a home run. Gene Driscoll flies out to the right fielder. Ed Erickson walks. Andy McLaughlin flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 San Francisco Lew Dees triples. Hiroaki Tanaka is pinch hitting for Daisuke Tanaka. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Hiroaki Tanaka flies out to the left fielder. Bill Pignatano grounds out to the third baseman. Lew Dees scores. Marty Schardt flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Hideki Omachi pitching. Kirk Fitzpatrick pops out to the second baseman. Hank Hornsby doubles to right field. Pete Kennedy singles to left field. Jack Rogge grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Pete Kennedy advances to second on the play. Mike Shilling singles to right field. Hank Hornsby scores. Pete Kennedy scores. Rip Mohart flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 San Francisco Hugo Perez is pinch hitting for Dave Hageman. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Hugo Perez pops out to the shortstop. Shane Howell pops out to the first baseman. Shunichi Azuma is pinch hitting for Joe Wilson. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Shunichi Azuma strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Gene Driscoll singles to center field. Ed Barker is pinch hitting for Ed Erickson. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ed Barker grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Gene Driscoll is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Andy McLaughlin lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Kirk Fitzpatrick singles to right field. Hank Hornsby grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 San Francisco Ham Dubuc is pinch hitting for Bruce Isbell. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ham Dubuc strikes out. Tsuyoshi Akamine grounds out to the second baseman. Lew Dees hits a home run. Shintaro Ohashi is pinch hitting for Hideki Omachi. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Shintaro Ohashi singles to left field. Bill Pignatano grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Houston total runners LOB: 7 San Francisco total runners LOB: 7
Game Notes Jack Rogge is injured and is expected to be out 29 days. Ed Erickson is injured and is expected to be out 29 days.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Ken Anderson did not respond to coaching in velocity Tim Couchee did not respond to coaching in velocity Billy Wilson did not respond to coaching in velocity Aaron Donnelly did not respond to coaching in control Ken Anderson did not respond to coaching in control Pete Kiely did not respond to coaching in velocity
San Francisco Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Floyd Shoffner did not respond to coaching in control Shojiro Enomoto did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Rich Rauch did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Floyd Shoffner did not respond to coaching in control Roxy Powers did not respond to coaching in velocity Stan Mauser did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty