Win: Al Dodson (1-0) Loss: Jim Yelle (0-1)
Save: Buddy Zeiser (7)
Inning: 1 Montreal Dallas Lennon pitching. Russ Mowe walks. Brian Smith singles to right field. Mike Gerlach flies out to the center fielder. Sam White walks. Masaharu Kawaguchi pops out to the first baseman. Humberto Valentine singles to center field. Russ Mowe scores. Brian Smith scores. Sam White advances to third on the hit. Humberto Valentine is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Houston Russ Breitenstein pitching. Kirk Fitzpatrick flies out to the center fielder. Hank Hornsby hits a home run. Pete Kennedy grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Shilling reached on a 2-base fielding error by Russ Mowe. Rich Reyes walks. John Thomas grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Montreal Floyd Yvars singles to center field. Deion Ontiveros strikes out. Floyd Yvars is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Russ Breitenstein grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Bert Lowdermilk grounds out to the second baseman. Roy Roberts grounds out to the shortstop. Dallas Lennon strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Montreal Russ Mowe singles to center field. Brian Smith strikes out. Mike Gerlach strikes out. Sam White flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Kirk Fitzpatrick strikes out. Hank Hornsby strikes out. Pete Kennedy walks. Mike Shilling lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Montreal Masaharu Kawaguchi singles to center field. Humberto Valentine walks. Floyd Yvars strikes out. Deion Ontiveros hits a home run. Masaharu Kawaguchi scores. Humberto Valentine scores. Russ Breitenstein flies out to the center fielder. Russ Mowe singles to left field. Russ Mowe steals second. Brian Smith flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Rich Reyes walks. John Thomas walks. Bert Lowdermilk singles to left field. Roy Roberts doubles to left field. Rich Reyes scores. John Thomas scores. Bert Lowdermilk uses his aggressiveness and scores. Oscar Adams comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dallas Lennon lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Kirk Fitzpatrick reached on a fielding error by Masaharu Kawaguchi. Roy Roberts scores. Hank Hornsby singles to right field. Pete Kennedy grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Hank Hornsby is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Mike Shilling grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Montreal Mike Gerlach walks. Mike Gerlach steals second. Sam White grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Mike Gerlach advances to third on the play. Masaharu Kawaguchi walks. Humberto Valentine flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Mike Gerlach is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Rich Reyes flies out to the right fielder. John Thomas flies out to the center fielder. Bert Lowdermilk grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Montreal Floyd Yvars grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Deion Ontiveros flies out to the center fielder. Oscar Adams flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Roy Roberts grounds out to the third baseman. Dallas Lennon grounds out to the shortstop. Kirk Fitzpatrick strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Montreal Russ Mowe flies out to the center fielder. Brian Smith strikes out. Mike Gerlach lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Hank Hornsby singles to left field. Pete Kennedy grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Hank Hornsby is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Mike Shilling singles to center field. Pete Kennedy advances to third on the hit. Rich Reyes doubles to left field. Pete Kennedy scores. Mike Shilling scores. Al Dodson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. John Thomas strikes out. Bert Lowdermilk strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Montreal Sam White flies out to the center fielder. Zeke Kohlmeier comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Masaharu Kawaguchi strikes out. Humberto Valentine strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Roy Roberts singles to center field. Rich Moriarty is pinch hitting for Zeke Kohlmeier. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Rich Moriarty singles past the shortstop. Kirk Fitzpatrick pops out to the third baseman. Hank Hornsby strikes out. Pete Kennedy singles to center field. Roy Roberts scores. Rich Moriarty advances to third on the hit. Mike Shilling strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Montreal Jim Yelle pitching. Floyd Yvars singles to center field. Deion Ontiveros strikes out. Monte Walewander is pinch hitting for Al Dodson. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Monte Walewander singles to center field. Russ Mowe triples. Floyd Yvars scores. Monte Walewander scores. Brian Smith hits a home run. Russ Mowe scores. Mike Gerlach flies out to the right fielder. Sam White singles to center field. Masaharu Kawaguchi flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Buddy Zeiser pitching. Rich Reyes flies out to the right fielder. Purnal Vance is pinch hitting for John Thomas. Purnal Vance singles to left field. Bert Lowdermilk grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Montreal total runners LOB: 5 Houston total runners LOB: 8
Montreal Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Freddy Strain improves in speed Izzy Swentor did not respond to coaching in range Lefty Thomas did not respond to coaching in control Jim Willard did not respond to coaching in endurance Francis McGlinchy did not respond to coaching in speed Jim Willard improves in control
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Charlie Pate did not respond to coaching in endurance Bob Masterson did not respond to coaching in control Jerry Graham did not respond to coaching in velocity Jerry Graham did not respond to coaching in velocity Les Lennon did not respond to coaching in control Ron Stutz did not respond to coaching in control