Win: Ernie Kennedy (14-1) Loss: Pete Barr (1-6)
Save: James Arnold (29)
Inning: 1 Milwaukee Ernie Kennedy pitching. Joe Maggert singles to left field. Joe Maggert steals second. Clay Heusser strikes out. Rich Healy grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Jimmy Breining walks. Earl Ward strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Houston Pete Barr pitching. Greg Spongberg grounds out to the third baseman. Jerry Alvarado singles to center field. Joe Ganzel singles to center field. Jerry Alvarado advances to third on the hit. Joe Pearce strikes out. Pete Valdez lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Milwaukee Sam Herrmann singles to left field. Craig Prieto grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Sam Herrmann is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Matty Stapleton strikes out. Pete Barr strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Pi Ortiz singles to left field. Harland Lockhart pops out to the third baseman. Bud Siever strikes out. Ernie Kennedy grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Pi Ortiz is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Milwaukee Joe Maggert walks. Clay Heusser singles to center field. Joe Maggert advances to third on the hit. Clay Heusser is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Rich Healy grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Maggert scores. Jimmy Breining walks. Earl Ward strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Greg Spongberg hits an infield single to the third baseman. Jerry Alvarado walks. Joe Ganzel pops out to the catcher. Joe Pearce grounds out to the shortstop. Greg Spongberg advances to third on the play. Jerry Alvarado advances to second on the play. Pete Valdez strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Milwaukee Sam Herrmann singles to left field. Craig Prieto grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Matty Stapleton singles to left field. Pete Barr grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Pi Ortiz hits a home run. Harland Lockhart singles to right field. Bud Siever strikes out. Ernie Kennedy fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Ernie Kennedy singles to left field. Harland Lockhart advances to third on the hit. Greg Spongberg walks. The defense is playing the infield in. Jerry Alvarado pops out to the shortstop. Joe Ganzel reached on a 2-base throwing error by Joe Maggert. Harland Lockhart scores. Ernie Kennedy scores. Joe Pearce strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Milwaukee Joe Maggert grounds out to the second baseman. Clay Heusser walks. Clay Heusser is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Rich Healy singles to left field. Jimmy Breining triples. Rich Healy scores. Earl Ward grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Pete Valdez grounds out to the pitcher. Pi Ortiz strikes out. Harland Lockhart pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Milwaukee Sam Herrmann pops out to the third baseman. Craig Prieto grounds out to the second baseman. Matty Stapleton strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Bud Siever flies out to the left fielder. Ernie Kennedy singles to center field. Greg Spongberg singles to right field. Ken Witt 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. Jerry Alvarado flies out to the right fielder. Joe Ganzel flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Milwaukee Chad Finney is pinch hitting for Ken Witt. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Chad Finney grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Joe Maggert grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Clay Heusser singles to center field. Rich Healy strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Bob Reed pitching. Joe Pearce pops out to the second baseman. Pete Valdez walks. Pete Valdez is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Pi Ortiz singles to center field. Harland Lockhart grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Pi Ortiz is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Milwaukee James Arnold 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. Jimmy Breining pops out to the first baseman. Earl Ward pops out to the first baseman. Babe Colton is pinch hitting for Sam Herrmann. Babe Colton reached on a fielding error by Greg Spongberg. Craig Prieto strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Kevin Mitchell enters the game as a defensive replacement for Babe Colton at C. Bud Siever grounds out to the second baseman. James Arnold grounds out to the shortstop. Greg Spongberg flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Milwaukee Matty Stapleton flies out to the right fielder. Kanji Aoki is pinch hitting for Bob Reed. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Kanji Aoki flies out to the right fielder. Joe Maggert pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Milwaukee total runners left on base: 8 Houston total runners left on base: 10
Milwaukee Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Stew Haselman did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Larry Reitz improves in power_vs_righty Joe Cooper improves in range Ron Christensen improves in range
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Willie Rossman did not respond to coaching in velocity Willie Rossman did not respond to coaching in velocity Pete Richardson improves in velocity Rick Yerkes did not respond to coaching in arm Whitey Nichols did not respond to coaching in SS