Win: Bucky Vickers (2-2) Loss: Jim Parrish (1-1)
Save: Wally Anderson (1)
Inning: 1 Houston Jitsuo Handa pitching. Hank Hornsby grounds out to the second baseman. Kirk Fitzpatrick lines out to the shortstop. Rip Mohart grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Bill Currence pitching. Harry Jones flies out to the left fielder. Doyt Miller flies out to the left fielder. Ralph Johnston grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Pete Kennedy strikes out. Rich Reyes walks. Bert Lowdermilk strikes out. Gene Driscoll doubles to center field. Rich Reyes uses his aggressiveness and scores. Ed Barker singles to right field. Gene Driscoll scores. Bill Currence strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Oscar Gaston grounds out to the pitcher. Em Wolf strikes out. Naoyuki Shigemura hits a home run. Phil Walberg strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Hank Hornsby singles to center field. Kirk Fitzpatrick singles to left field. Rip Mohart pops out to the catcher. Pete Kennedy grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Kirk Fitzpatrick is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Rich Reyes grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Jerry Burk walks. Jitsuo Handa fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Jitsuo Handa strikes out. Harry Jones walks. Doyt Miller flies out to the center fielder. Ralph Johnston strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Houston Bert Lowdermilk pops out to the second baseman. Gene Driscoll grounds out to the shortstop. Ed Barker flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Oscar Gaston strikes out. Em Wolf strikes out. Naoyuki Shigemura walks. Phil Walberg grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Bill Currence grounds out to the third baseman. Hank Hornsby strikes out. Kirk Fitzpatrick singles to right field. Kirk Fitzpatrick steals second. Rip Mohart grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Jerry Burk grounds out to the shortstop. Jitsuo Handa grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Harry Jones strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Pete Kennedy walks. Rich Reyes grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Pete Kennedy is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Bert Lowdermilk flies out to the right fielder. Gene Driscoll strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Doyt Miller grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ralph Johnston grounds out to the third baseman. Oscar Gaston pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Ed Barker flies out to the center fielder. Bill Currence grounds out to the third baseman. Hank Hornsby hits an infield single to the third baseman. Kirk Fitzpatrick grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Hank Hornsby is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Em Wolf reached on a 2-base throwing error by Rip Mohart. Naoyuki Shigemura singles to left field. Em Wolf scores. Phil Walberg flies out to the center fielder. Naoyuki Shigemura steals second. Jerry Burk grounds out to the shortstop. Josh Brown is pinch hitting for Jitsuo Handa. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Josh Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Jim Parrish pitching. Rip Mohart flies out to the left fielder. Pete Kennedy triples. The defense is playing the infield in. Rich Reyes strikes out. Roy Roberts is pinch hitting for Bert Lowdermilk. Roy Roberts singles to right field. Pete Kennedy scores. Gene Driscoll grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Roy Roberts is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Harry Jones singles to center field. 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. Doyt Miller walks. Ralph Johnston strikes out. Oscar Gaston flies out to the left fielder. Em Wolf singles past the second baseman. Harry Jones scores. Naoyuki Shigemura grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Houston Ed Barker grounds out to the second baseman. 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 doubles to center field. Hank Hornsby doubles to right field. Mike Shilling scores. Jose Humphreys comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Kirk Fitzpatrick flies out to the center fielder. Rip Mohart grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Wally Anderson pitching. Phil Walberg walks. Jerry Burk flies out to the left fielder. Terry Roth is pinch hitting for Jose Humphreys. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Terry Roth strikes out. Harry Jones pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Houston total runners LOB: 8 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 7
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ron Stutz did not respond to coaching in velocity Les Lennon did not respond to coaching in control Buddy Walker improves in velocity Les Lennon did not respond to coaching in velocity Joey Howell did not respond to coaching in velocity Chris Heath improves in velocity
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: A- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: George Hines did not respond to coaching in speed Freddie Woodson did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Arnold Stanka did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Tom Laudner did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Bill Sterrett improves in power_vs_lefty Tom Bird improves in speed