Win: Bill Currence (1-1) Loss: Terry Ullrich (0-1)
Inning: 1 Houston Julio Tubbs pitching. Hank Hornsby grounds out to the shortstop. Kirk Fitzpatrick flies out to the right fielder. Rip Mohart walks. Pete Kennedy walks. Gene Driscoll grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 San Francisco Bill Currence pitching. Bruce Isbell hits a home run. Hiroaki Tanaka flies out to the right fielder. Tsutomu Yamauchi doubles to left field. Dave Hageman pops out to the second baseman. Shintaro Ohashi doubles to right field. Tsutomu Yamauchi scores. Marty Schardt grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Purnal Vance strikes out. Rich Reyes singles to right field. Ed Barker flies out to the center fielder. Bill Currence strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 San Francisco Shane Howell strikes out. Lew Dees singles to center field. Julio Tubbs fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Julio Tubbs grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Hank Hornsby grounds out to the third baseman. Kirk Fitzpatrick flies out to the center fielder. Rip Mohart doubles to right field. Pete Kennedy flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 San Francisco Bruce Isbell flies out to the right fielder. Hiroaki Tanaka pops out to the third baseman. Tsutomu Yamauchi grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Gene Driscoll grounds out to the third baseman. Purnal Vance pops out to the second baseman. Rich Reyes walks. Ed Barker grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Rich Reyes is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 San Francisco Dave Hageman walks. Dave Hageman is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Shintaro Ohashi strikes out. Marty Schardt strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Bill Currence grounds out to the shortstop. Hank Hornsby grounds out to the third baseman. Kirk Fitzpatrick flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 San Francisco Shane Howell strikes out. Lew Dees grounds out to the third baseman. Julio Tubbs singles to right field. Bruce Isbell singles to right field. Hiroaki Tanaka strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Houston Rip Mohart singles to right field. Pete Kennedy walks. Terry Ullrich 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. Gene Driscoll walks. Purnal Vance triples. Rip Mohart scores. Pete Kennedy scores. Gene Driscoll scores. Rich Reyes flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Purnal Vance scores. Hideyuki Tamura comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ed Barker flies out to the right fielder. Bill Currence flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 San Francisco Tsutomu Yamauchi grounds out to the shortstop. Dave Hageman singles to center field. Shintaro Ohashi strikes out. Marty Schardt grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Dave Hageman is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Hank Hornsby grounds out to the shortstop. Kirk Fitzpatrick strikes out. Rip Mohart grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 San Francisco Shane Howell singles to center field. Lew Dees grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Shane Howell is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Hugo Perez is pinch hitting for Hideyuki Tamura. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Hugo Perez hits an infield single to the second baseman. Bucky Vickers 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 1st. Bruce Isbell walks. Hiroaki Tanaka grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Houston Joe Matteson pitching. Pete Kennedy grounds out to the second baseman. Gene Driscoll flies out to the right fielder. Purnal Vance grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 San Francisco Roy Roberts enters the game as a defensive replacement for Rip Mohart at 2B. Bert Lowdermilk enters the game as a defensive replacement for Purnal Vance at LF. Tsutomu Yamauchi walks. Dave Hageman flies out to the left fielder. Shintaro Ohashi grounds out to the third baseman. Tsutomu Yamauchi advances to second on the play. Marty Schardt grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Rich Reyes walks. Ed Barker strikes out. Mike Shilling is pinch hitting for Bucky Vickers. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Mike Shilling grounds out to the catcher - great play by the catcher to prevent a single! Rich Reyes advances to second on the play. Hank Hornsby walks. Kirk Fitzpatrick singles to center field. Rich Reyes scores. Hideki Omachi comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Roy Roberts walks. Pete Kennedy singles past the second baseman. Hank Hornsby scores. Kirk Fitzpatrick scores. Roy Roberts advances to third on the hit. Gene Driscoll grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 San Francisco Zeke Kohlmeier pitching. Shunichi Azuma is pinch hitting for Shane Howell. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Shunichi Azuma flies out to the center fielder. Lew Dees hits an infield single to the second baseman. Tsuyoshi Akamine is pinch hitting for Hideki Omachi. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Tsuyoshi Akamine flies out to the right fielder. Bruce Isbell singles to right field. Hiroaki Tanaka strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Houston total runners LOB: 7 San Francisco total runners LOB: 9
Game Notes Julio Tubbs is injured and is expected to be out 33 days.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Joe Cannon did not respond to coaching in speed Ron Miller did not respond to coaching in control Joe Cannon did not respond to coaching in range Buddy Walker did not respond to coaching in velocity Ron Miller did not respond to coaching in control Joe Cannon improves in arm
San Francisco Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Walt Wall did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Tim Browne improves in velocity Roxy Powers did not respond to coaching in control Cory Taylor did not respond to coaching in arm Kip Templeton improves in contact_vs_righty Floyd Shoffner did not respond to coaching in control