Inning: 1 Houston Scott Carreno pitching. Eddie Houser lines out to the shortstop. Mickey McDavid grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Larry Thomas grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Ted Pless pitching. Phil Kotsay walks. Takashi Kawahara pops out to the shortstop. Roscoe Troy grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Hector Nichting flies out to the left fielder. Woody Macwhorter strikes out. Brandon Woods reached on a 2-base fielding error by Gene Proeser. Les Blankenship grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Carl Moronko singles to center field. Carlos Calana strikes out. Carl Moronko is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Gene Proeser flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Harry Lillard grounds out to the second baseman. Ted Pless pops out to the first baseman. Eddie Houser flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Earl Musial grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Maddux singles to left field. Scott Carreno fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Scott Carreno singles to right field. Bob Maddux advances to third on the hit. Scott Carreno steals second. Phil Kotsay grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Maddux scores. Scott Carreno advances to third on the play. Takashi Kawahara hits a home run. Scott Carreno scores. Roscoe Troy strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Mickey McDavid flies out to the right fielder. Larry Thomas singles past the second baseman. Hector Nichting hits a home run. Larry Thomas scores. Woody Macwhorter flies out to the center fielder. Brandon Woods doubles to left field. Les Blankenship singles to center field. Brandon Woods scores. Harry Lillard pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Carl Moronko pops out to the third baseman. Carlos Calana hits a home run. Gene Proeser walks. Earl Musial lines out to the second baseman. Bob Maddux grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Ted Pless reached on a 2-base fielding error by Bob Maddux. Eddie Houser walks. Mickey McDavid grounds out to the second baseman. Ted Pless advances to third on the play. Eddie Houser advances to second on the play. Larry Thomas grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ted Pless scores. Eddie Houser advances to third on the play. Hector Nichting walks. Woody Macwhorter singles to right field. Eddie Houser scores. Hector Nichting is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Scott Carreno grounds out to the third baseman. Phil Kotsay grounds out to the shortstop. Takashi Kawahara flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Brandon Woods strikes out. Les Blankenship pops out to the second baseman. Harry Lillard strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Roscoe Troy grounds out to the shortstop. Carl Moronko grounds out to the shortstop. Carlos Calana flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Ted Pless flies out to the center fielder. Eddie Houser grounds out to the shortstop. Mickey McDavid strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Gene Proeser flies out to the left fielder. Earl Musial doubles to center field. Bob Maddux walks. Rick Leopold is pinch hitting for Scott Carreno. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Rick Leopold grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Bob Maddux is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Phil Kotsay flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Houston Gary Kobel pitching. Larry Thomas doubles to left field. Hector Nichting singles to left field. Larry Thomas scores. Woody Macwhorter walks. Brandon Woods walks. Rube Grimsley comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Les Blankenship singles to left field. Hector Nichting scores. Woody Macwhorter scores. Brandon Woods advances to third on the hit. Harry Lillard walks. Ted Pless grounds out to the third baseman. Brandon Woods scores. Les Blankenship advances to third on the play. Harry Lillard advances to second on the play. Eddie Houser singles to left field. Les Blankenship scores. Harry Lillard scores. Rick Shellenback comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mickey McDavid singles to left field. Eddie Houser advances to third on the hit. Larry Thomas pops out to the third baseman. Hector Nichting strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Takashi Kawahara flies out to the left fielder. Roscoe Troy flies out to the right fielder. Carl Moronko singles to left field. Carlos Calana flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Ben Waner is pinch hitting for Woody Macwhorter. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ben Waner flies out to the center fielder. Rankin Virgil is pinch hitting for Brandon Woods. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Rankin Virgil walks. Les Blankenship flies out to the right fielder. Harry Lillard walks. Ted Pless grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Harry Lillard is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Gene Proeser flies out to the right fielder. Earl Musial grounds out to the third baseman. Bob Maddux grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners LOB: 7 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 4