Win: Herm Fanok Loss: Dick Blakely
Save: Ike Rizzuto
Inning: 1 New York Herm Fanok pitching. Wes Redman doubles to right field. Greg Kinkade strikes out. Frank Martinez strikes out. Scott Merritt grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Houston Dick Blakely pitching. Larry Riley walks. Tex Torrez singles to left field. Larry Riley advances to third on the hit. Bill Lee pops out to the shortstop. Roy Murphy doubles to left field. Larry Riley scores. Tex Torrez uses his aggressiveness and scores. Alex Taylor strikes out. Clay Cruz grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 New York Art Sutter strikes out. Harry Spicer singles to center field. Pooky Hook pops out to the second baseman. Todd Loan singles to center field. Dick Blakely flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Houston Tony Allison flies out to the right fielder. Oscar Hassler strikes out. Herm Fanok singles to left field. Larry Riley strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 New York Wes Redman flies out to the right fielder. Greg Kinkade flies out to the center fielder. Frank Martinez grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Tex Torrez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Lee grounds out to the second baseman. Roy Murphy flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 New York Scott Merritt reached on a fielding error by Tony Allison. Art Sutter flies out to the center fielder. Harry Spicer pops out to the shortstop. Pooky Hook triples. Scott Merritt scores. Todd Loan grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Alex Taylor doubles to right field. Clay Cruz grounds out to the third baseman. Tony Allison singles to right field. Alex Taylor scores. Oscar Hassler singles to center field. Herm Fanok fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Herm Fanok grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 New York Dick Blakely singles to left field. Wes Redman flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Greg Kinkade grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Dick Blakely is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Frank Martinez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Larry Riley hits an infield single to the shortstop. Tex Torrez singles past the second baseman. Larry Riley advances to third on the hit. Bill Lee strikes out. Roy Murphy walks. Alex Taylor flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Larry Riley scores. Clay Cruz singles to left field. Tex Torrez scores. Edwin Killeen comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tony Allison strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 New York Scott Merritt grounds out to the shortstop. Art Sutter flies out to the left fielder. Harry Spicer singles to right field. Pooky Hook lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Oscar Hassler walks. Herm Fanok lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Oscar Hassler forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Larry Riley strikes out. Tex Torrez singles to center field. Herm Fanok advances to third on the hit. Bill Lee grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 New York Todd Loan strikes out. John Grabowski is pinch hitting for Edwin Killeen. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. John Grabowski pops out to the first baseman. Wes Redman strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston John Hoblitzel pitching. Roy Murphy grounds out to the third baseman. Alex Taylor singles to center field. Clay Cruz flies out to the center fielder. Tony Allison flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 New York Greg Kinkade singles to right field. Frank Martinez strikes out. Scott Merritt bunts for a base hit. Art Sutter strikes out. Harry Spicer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Houston Lenny Moore is pinch hitting for Oscar Hassler. Lenny Moore singles to left field. Von Hayes is pinch hitting for Herm Fanok. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Von Hayes strikes out. Larry Riley flies out to the right fielder. Tex Torrez singles to center field. Howie Jones comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states RP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Bill Lee walks. Roy Murphy flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 New York Red Giebel pitching. Hidetaka Nakamura enters the game as a defensive replacement for Lenny Moore at C. Pooky Hook pops out to the second baseman. Todd Loan singles to left field. Tommy Tozer is pinch hitting for Howie Jones. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Tommy Tozer singles to left field. Todd Loan advances to third on the hit. Bobby Wanninger comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Wes Redman doubles to right field. Todd Loan scores. Tommy Tozer uses his aggressiveness and scores. Greg Kinkade singles to left field. Wes Redman scores. Ike Rizzuto comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Frank Martinez walks. Scott Merritt lines out to the pitcher. Art Sutter grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 New York total runners left on base: 10 Houston total runners left on base: 11