Win: Johnnie LaRue Loss: George Begley
Save: Buddy Morton
Inning: 1 Atlanta Johnnie LaRue pitching. Sammy Baker walks. Dave Blair grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Sammy Baker is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Bill Watson singles to right field. Gene Nold pops out to the second baseman. Red Naktenis grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Bill Watson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Houston George Begley pitching. Kiyokazu Shioya doubles to center field. Scoops Treadaway flies out to the left fielder. Hank Stimac grounds out to the third baseman. Walter Connolly flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Atlanta Willie Sample grounds out to the third baseman. Ernie Ancker grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Stanton grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Chris Malloy grounds out to the shortstop. Dominic Gallia doubles to center field. Mike Wetteland grounds out to the shortstop. Bobby Hudson grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Atlanta George Begley pops out to the third baseman. Sammy Baker flies out to the left fielder. Dave Blair flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Johnnie LaRue strikes out. Kiyokazu Shioya grounds out to the third baseman. Scoops Treadaway flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Atlanta Bill Watson flies out to the left fielder. Gene Nold singles to center field. Red Naktenis walks. Willie Sample singles to right field. Ernie Ancker grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Houston Hank Stimac hits a home run. Walter Connolly hits a home run. Chris Malloy strikes out. Dominic Gallia hits a home run. Mike Wetteland pops out to the first baseman. Bobby Hudson flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Atlanta Frank Stanton hits a home run. George Begley pops out to the shortstop. Sammy Baker strikes out. Dave Blair singles to right field. Bill Watson singles to left field. Dave Blair advances to third on the hit. Bill Watson steals second. Gene Nold strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Houston Johnnie LaRue grounds out to the third baseman. Kiyokazu Shioya flies out to the left fielder. Scoops Treadaway flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Atlanta Red Naktenis strikes out. Willie Sample flies out to the right fielder. Ernie Ancker walks. Frank Stanton walks. George Begley strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Houston Hank Stimac doubles to right field. Walter Connolly walks. Chris Malloy walks. Dominic Gallia singles to right field. Hank Stimac scores. Walter Connolly is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Chris Malloy advances to third on the play. Mike Wetteland walks. Bobby Hudson hits a home run. Chris Malloy scores. Dominic Gallia scores. Mike Wetteland scores. Johnnie LaRue grounds out to the third baseman. Kiyokazu Shioya flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Atlanta Sammy Baker doubles to left field. Dave Blair strikes out. Bill Watson grounds out to the second baseman. Sammy Baker advances to third on the play. Gene Nold pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Scoops Treadaway singles to right field. Scoops Treadaway is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Hank Stimac singles to right field. Hank Stimac steals second. Hank Stimac gets picked off second (1-4). Walter Connolly pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Atlanta Red Naktenis pops out to the shortstop. Matt Hughes is pinch hitting for Willie Sample. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Matt Hughes strikes out. Wayne Whitted is pinch hitting for Ernie Ancker. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Wayne Whitted flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Hank Crosby comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is pulled because he is getting hammered (Starting pitcher has given up 8 or more earned runs, he is tired, and the team is losing by more than 5 runs). Chris Malloy singles to left field. Dominic Gallia pops out to the shortstop. Mike Wetteland reached on a fielding error by Bill Watson. Bobby Hudson flies out to the center fielder. Johnnie LaRue strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Atlanta Frank Stanton hits a home run. Tim Blanks is pinch hitting for Hank Crosby. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Tim Blanks grounds out to the second baseman. Sammy Baker singles to left field. Jim Uecker is pinch hitting for Dave Blair. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jim Uecker hits a home run. Sammy Baker scores. Bill Watson singles to center field. Gene Nold hits a home run. Bill Watson scores. Buddy Morton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Red Naktenis strikes out. Matt Hughes strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Atlanta total runners left on base: 9 Houston total runners left on base: 4