Inning: 1 Houston Masafumi Sasaki pitching. Bill Lee walks. Clay Cruz singles to center field. Bill Lee is thrown out trying to advance to third by the center fielder. Yosuke Harada singles to left field. Hironobu Yamashita strikes out. Tex Torrez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Amby Black pitching. Curt Rettger hits a home run. Ed Gunning doubles to center field. Ricky Maggert singles to center field. Pete Moser lines out to the shortstop. Ted Beecher singles to right field. Ed Gunning scores. Ricky Maggert advances to third on the hit. Harvey Hegan singles to right field. Ricky Maggert scores. Ted Beecher advances to third on the hit. Buddy Brillheart grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Brian Heming flies out to the left fielder. Von Hayes grounds out to the second baseman. Hidetaka Nakamura grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Kozo Takahashi walks. Masafumi Sasaki lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Kozo Takahashi forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Curt Rettger grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Amby Black grounds out to the pitcher. Bill Lee singles to left field. Clay Cruz grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Bill Lee is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Yosuke Harada strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Ed Gunning walks. Ricky Maggert singles to right field. Ed Gunning advances to third on the hit. Ike Rizzuto comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pete Moser singles to center field. Ed Gunning scores. Ricky Maggert advances to third on the hit. Ted Beecher grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ricky Maggert scores. Pete Moser advances to second on the play. Harvey Hegan strikes out. Buddy Brillheart grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Hironobu Yamashita walks. Tex Torrez flies out to the right fielder. Hironobu Yamashita steals second. Brian Heming strikes out. Von Hayes singles to center field. Hironobu Yamashita scores. Hidetaka Nakamura singles to right field. Von Hayes advances to third on the hit. Ike Rizzuto grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Kozo Takahashi grounds out to the shortstop. Masafumi Sasaki grounds out to the third baseman. Curt Rettger walks. Ed Gunning grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Curt Rettger is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Bill Lee strikes out. Clay Cruz hits an infield single to the second baseman. Yosuke Harada singles to center field. Clay Cruz aggressively advances to third on the hit. Yosuke Harada steals second. Hironobu Yamashita flies out to the left fielder. Tex Torrez singles to left field. Clay Cruz scores. Brian Heming strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Ricky Maggert strikes out. Pete Moser strikes out. Ted Beecher singles to right field. Harvey Hegan singles to center field. Ted Beecher advances to third on the hit. Buddy Brillheart strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Houston Von Hayes grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Hidetaka Nakamura singles to left field. Ike Rizzuto lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bill Lee singles to right field. Hidetaka Nakamura uses his aggressiveness and scores. Clay Cruz hits a home run. Bill Lee scores. Roberto Huffman comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Yosuke Harada walks. Hironobu Yamashita reached on a fielding error by Ed Gunning. Tex Torrez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Kozo Takahashi grounds out to the shortstop. Ollie Irelan is pinch hitting for Roberto Huffman. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Ollie Irelan reached on a 2-base throwing error by Clay Cruz. Curt Rettger grounds out to the pitcher. Ed Gunning doubles to left field. Ollie Irelan scores. Ricky Maggert singles to right field. Ed Gunning scores. Shag Cronin comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pete Moser reached on a 2-base fielding error by Von Hayes. Ted Beecher strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Houston Tomochika Yamada pitching. Brian Heming reached on a fielding error by Ed Gunning. Von Hayes flies out to the left fielder. Hidetaka Nakamura strikes out. Lenny Moore is pinch hitting for Shag Cronin. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Lenny Moore singles to center field. Bill Lee triples. Brian Heming scores. Lenny Moore scores. Clay Cruz reached on a 2-base throwing error by Ed Gunning. Bill Lee scores. Yosuke Harada grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Harry Yeager pitching. Harvey Hegan strikes out. Buddy Brillheart grounds out to the second baseman. Kozo Takahashi singles to right field. Dale Hollahan is pinch hitting for Tomochika Yamada. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Dale Hollahan flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Larry Steinbach pitching. Hironobu Yamashita lines out to the third baseman. Tex Torrez grounds out to the second baseman. Brian Heming grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Curt Rettger singles to left field. Ed Gunning singles to left field. Curt Rettger advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the corners in. Ricky Maggert singles to center field. Curt Rettger scores. Pete Moser flies out to the left fielder. Ted Beecher grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ed Gunning advances to third on the play. Ricky Maggert advances to second on the play. Harvey Hegan flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Houston Von Hayes triples. The defense is playing the infield in. Hidetaka Nakamura grounds out to the shortstop. The defense is playing the infield in. John Groth is pinch hitting for Harry Yeager. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. John Groth strikes out. Bill Lee grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Bobby Wanninger pitching. Buddy Brillheart walks. Kozo Takahashi walks. Mike Bradley is pinch hitting for Larry Steinbach. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Mike Bradley walks. The defense is playing the infield in. Curt Rettger strikes out. The defense is playing the infield in. Ed Gunning singles to left field. Buddy Brillheart scores. Houston total runners left on base: 11 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 10