Win: Curt Smith Loss: Amby Black
Save: Masafumi Sasaki
Inning: 1 Houston Curt Smith pitching. Tex Torrez singles to right field. Hironobu Yamashita flies out to the right fielder. Bill Lee singles to left field. Tex Torrez is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder. Clay Cruz flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Amby Black pitching. Ed Gunning strikes out. Curt Rettger singles to center field. Harvey Hegan grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Archi McCray grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jack Henderson flies out to the left fielder. Randy Erstad strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Pete Moser strikes out. Ted Beecher flies out to the center fielder. Hideo Kanzaki grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Alex Taylor strikes out. Amby Black grounds out to the second baseman. Tex Torrez flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Buddy Brillheart doubles to right field. Charlie Smith flies out to the center fielder. Curt Smith strikes out. Ed Gunning strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Hironobu Yamashita strikes out. Bill Lee grounds out to the second baseman. Clay Cruz grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Curt Rettger hits a home run. Harvey Hegan strikes out. Pete Moser doubles past the first baseman. Ted Beecher strikes out. Hideo Kanzaki strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Archi McCray is hit by a pitch. Jack Henderson strikes out. Randy Erstad singles to center field. Alex Taylor grounds into a force play to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Archi McCray is out at third base. Amby Black grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Buddy Brillheart lines out to the third baseman. Charlie Smith strikes out. Curt Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Tex Torrez grounds out to the second baseman. Hironobu Yamashita pops out to the second baseman. Bill Lee is hit by a pitch. Clay Cruz flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Ed Gunning walks. Curt Rettger walks. Harvey Hegan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ed Gunning advances to third on the play. Curt Rettger advances to second on the play. Pete Moser walks. Ted Beecher flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Ed Gunning scores. Hideo Kanzaki pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Houston Archi McCray grounds out to the pitcher. Jack Henderson singles to right field. Randy Erstad grounds out to the third baseman. Jack Henderson advances to second on the play. Alex Taylor grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Buddy Brillheart pops out to the first baseman. Charlie Smith strikes out. Curt Smith singles to center field. Ed Gunning singles past the first baseman. Curt Smith advances to third on the hit. Curt Rettger grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Houston Larry Riley is pinch hitting for Amby Black. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Larry Riley singles to left field. Larry Riley steals second. Tex Torrez grounds out to the second baseman. Larry Riley advances to third on the play. Masafumi Sasaki 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. Hironobu Yamashita pops out to the first baseman. Bill Lee flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Red Giebel pitching. Harvey Hegan flies out to the center fielder. Pete Moser singles to left field. Ted Beecher singles to left field. Pete Moser advances to third on the hit. Hideo Kanzaki strikes out. Buddy Brillheart doubles to left field. Pete Moser scores. Ted Beecher is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Clay Cruz strikes out. Archi McCray grounds out to the shortstop. Jack Henderson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners left on base: 6 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 7