Win: Larry Stires (1-0) Loss: Tom Brown (0-1)
Save: Ad Harkness (1)
Inning: 1 Houston Tom Brown pitching. Bill Herbert reached on a fielding error by Masaaki Kawana. Guillermo Avalos doubles to right field. Bill Herbert uses his aggressiveness and scores. Dave Cormier pops out to the third baseman. Brad Stivetts strikes out. Joe Butler strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Milwaukee Larry Stires pitching. Dave Scharein doubles to center field. Jimmy Vaughn strikes out. Reuben Flack strikes out. Drake Edwards strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Dick Simpson grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Colbert grounds out to the pitcher. Johnny Gossage grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Milwaukee Masaaki Kawana flies out to the right fielder. Killer Khan grounds out to the catcher - great play by the catcher to prevent a single! Buck Jackson grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Larry Stires strikes out. Bill Herbert flies out to the right fielder. Guillermo Avalos strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Milwaukee Matty Munninghoff strikes out. Tom Brown grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dave Scharein walks. Dave Scharein steals second. Jimmy Vaughn flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Dave Cormier singles to left field. Brad Stivetts grounds into a force play to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Dave Cormier is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Joe Butler strikes out. Dick Simpson singles to center field. Bill Colbert grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Brad Stivetts is out at third base. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Milwaukee Reuben Flack grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Drake Edwards flies out to the center fielder. Masaaki Kawana strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Johnny Gossage grounds out to the shortstop. Larry Stires singles to left field. Bill Herbert flies out to the center fielder. Guillermo Avalos flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Milwaukee Killer Khan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Buck Jackson grounds out to the pitcher. Matty Munninghoff pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Dave Cormier singles to center field. Brad Stivetts strikes out. Joe Butler strikes out. Dick Simpson pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Milwaukee Tom Brown strikes out. Dave Scharein grounds out to the shortstop. Jimmy Vaughn flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Bill Colbert grounds out to the third baseman. Johnny Gossage singles to right field. Larry Stires lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, Johnny Gossage forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Bill Herbert is hit by a pitch. Guillermo Avalos singles to right field. Larry Stires scores. Bill Herbert advances to third on the hit. Dave Cormier singles past the shortstop. Bill Herbert scores. Ike Holmes 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. Brad Stivetts walks. Joe Butler grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Milwaukee Reuben Flack doubles to right field. Drake Edwards strikes out. Masaaki Kawana strikes out. Killer Khan lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Dick Simpson strikes out. Bill Colbert strikes out. Johnny Gossage singles to center field. Larry Stires grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Johnny Gossage is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Milwaukee Buck Jackson grounds out to the third baseman. Matty Munninghoff strikes out. Jack North is pinch hitting for Ike Holmes. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jack North singles to right field. Jack North steals second. Dave Scharein doubles to center field. Jack North scores. Jimmy Vaughn grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Joe Nordhagen pitching. Bill Herbert grounds out to the shortstop. Guillermo Avalos singles to right field. Dave Cormier singles to center field. Guillermo Avalos advances to third on the hit. Brad Stivetts grounds out to the third baseman. Guillermo Avalos scores. Dave Cormier advances to second on the play. Joe Butler strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Milwaukee Ad Harkness comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Reuben Flack walks. Drake Edwards strikes out. Masaaki Kawana flies out to the right fielder. Killer Khan grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Reuben Flack is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Houston total runners LOB: 10 Milwaukee total runners LOB: 5
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Al Lopez did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Al Lopez did not respond to coaching in range George Brinkman improves in range Yoshinori Uchinokura did not respond to coaching in velocity
Milwaukee Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: D+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Chance Rohn improves in range Jim Freeman did not respond to coaching in speed Mike Kubinski did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Felix Giard did not respond to coaching in control Bobby Polley did not respond to coaching in RF