Win: Buster Clarke Loss: Doc Morris
Save: Pedro Pruitt
Inning: 1 Houston Jocko Tartabull pitching. Clarence Nixon grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Eddie Houser lines out to the second baseman. Mickey McDavid grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Kerry Cox pitching. Bob Park walks. Bill Roush grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Jim Ortiz grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Larry Thomas walks. Hector Nichting singles past the shortstop. Larry Thomas advances to third on the hit. Joe Bonner walks. Woody Macwhorter strikes out. Brandon Woods flies out to the right fielder. Kerry Cox strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Jim Camnitz strikes out. Steve Brower grounds out to the third baseman. Gil Martel strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Clarence Nixon strikes out. Eddie Houser strikes out. Mickey McDavid grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Alfonso Gonzalez flies out to the center fielder. Rafael Toth walks. Jocko Tartabull lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bob Park walks. Bill Roush bunts for a base hit. Jim Ortiz lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Houston Larry Thomas doubles to left field. Hector Nichting flies out to the center fielder. Joe Bonner singles to left field. Larry Thomas scores. Woody Macwhorter singles to center field. Joe Bonner advances to third on the hit. Brandon Woods singles to right field. Joe Bonner scores. Kerry Cox fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Kerry Cox grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Woody Macwhorter is out at third base. Clarence Nixon singles to center field. Brandon Woods scores. Kerry Cox advances to third on the hit. Eddie Houser grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Jim Camnitz strikes out. Steve Brower hits a home run. Gil Martel strikes out. Alfonso Gonzalez singles to right field. Rafael Toth grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Mickey McDavid hits a home run. Larry Thomas strikes out. Hector Nichting strikes out. Joe Bonner flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Jocko Tartabull pops out to the second baseman. Bob Park strikes out. Bill Roush walks. Jim Ortiz hits a home run. Bill Roush scores. Jim Camnitz flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Woody Macwhorter pops out to the first baseman. Brandon Woods flies out to the right fielder. Kerry Cox grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Steve Brower strikes out. Gil Martel singles in front of the center fielder. Alfonso Gonzalez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Gil Martel advances to second on the play. Rafael Toth flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Clarence Nixon singles to right field. Eddie Houser singles to left field. Clarence Nixon advances to third on the hit. Mickey McDavid strikes out. Jeff Bonham 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. Larry Thomas pops out to the second baseman. Hector Nichting flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Ray Bilbrey is pinch hitting for Jeff Bonham. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ray Bilbrey flies out to the center fielder. Bob Park flies out to the right fielder. Bill Roush walks. Bill Roush is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Buster Clarke pitching. Joe Bonner strikes out. Woody Macwhorter pops out to the first baseman. Brandon Woods hits a home run. Les Blankenship is pinch hitting for Kerry Cox. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Les Blankenship doubles past the third baseman. Clarence Nixon lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Doc Morris pitching. Jim Ortiz doubles to right field. Jim Camnitz singles to right field. Jim Ortiz scores. Steve Brower hits a home run. Jim Camnitz scores. Gil Martel grounds out to the shortstop. Alfonso Gonzalez walks. Rafael Toth singles to right field. Cecilio Wisner is pinch hitting for Buster Clarke. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Cecilio Wisner flies out to the right fielder. Bob Park pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Houston Pedro Pruitt pitching. Eddie Houser grounds out to the second baseman. Mickey McDavid singles to center field. Mickey McDavid steals second. Larry Thomas grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mickey McDavid advances to third on the play. Hector Nichting walks. Joe Bonner strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Houston total runners left on base: 10 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 7