Win: Tony Donoso Loss: Fred Whitehouse
Save: Alex Amalfitano
Inning: 1 Houston Fred Whitehouse pitching. Mike Lowe grounds out to the third baseman. Paddy Foor strikes out. Don Pugh grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 New York Tony Donoso pitching. Tom McCovey singles in front of the center fielder. Orval Aleno bunts for a base hit. Bobby Kim strikes out. Mike Pence singles to left field. Tom McCovey scores. Orval Aleno aggressively advances to third on the hit. Jeff Johnson flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Orval Aleno scores. Rich Tipton flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Joe Eckert flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Frank Hopkins lines out to the pitcher. Hy Harder grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 New York Fred Raines walks. Billy Ardell reached on a fielding error by Frank Hopkins. Fred Whitehouse lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Tom McCovey grounds out to the second baseman. Fred Raines scores. Billy Ardell advances to third on the play. Orval Aleno walks. Bobby Kim grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Houston Randy Niekro grounds out to the third baseman. Howie Blair strikes out. Tony Donoso flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 New York Mike Pence strikes out. Jeff Johnson singles to right field. Rich Tipton walks. Fred Raines pops out to the pitcher. Billy Ardell strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Houston Mike Lowe flies out to the left fielder. Paddy Foor singles to left field. Don Pugh flies out to the right fielder. Joe Eckert grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Paddy Foor is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 New York Fred Whitehouse strikes out. Tom McCovey walks. Orval Aleno walks. Bobby Kim strikes out. Mike Pence strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Houston Frank Hopkins grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Hy Harder doubles to left field. Randy Niekro flies out to the left fielder. Howie Blair flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 New York Jeff Johnson strikes out. Rich Tipton reached on a 2-base throwing error by Don Pugh. Fred Raines flies out to the right fielder. Billy Ardell flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Peanuts McKelvy is pinch hitting for Tony Donoso. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Peanuts McKelvy singles to center field. Mike Lowe flies out to the center fielder. Paddy Foor singles to left field. Peanuts McKelvy advances to third on the hit. Don Pugh singles to left field. Peanuts McKelvy scores. Paddy Foor advances to third on the hit. Joe Eckert hits a home run. Paddy Foor scores. Don Pugh scores. Harry Lennox comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Frank Hopkins singles to right field. Hy Harder singles to center field. Frank Hopkins advances to third on the hit. Randy Niekro strikes out. Howie Blair grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 New York Les Ratliff pitching. Harry Lennox singles to right field. Tom McCovey grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Harry Lennox advances to second on the play. Orval Aleno pops out to the shortstop. Bobby Kim walks. Mike Pence flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Houston Lee Mossi is pinch hitting for Les Ratliff. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Lee Mossi pops out to the second baseman. Mike Lowe pops out to the second baseman. Paddy Foor hits a home run. Don Pugh singles to center field. Don Pugh steals second. Joe Eckert grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 New York Barry Nieto pitching. Jeff Johnson walks. Rich Tipton grounds out to the pitcher. Jeff Johnson advances to second on the play. Fred Raines grounds out to the pitcher. Billy Ardell triples. Jeff Johnson scores. Dennis Kaiser is pinch hitting for Harry Lennox. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Dennis Kaiser flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Bob Botelho pitching. Frank Hopkins walks. Hy Harder flies out to the left fielder. Randy Niekro grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Frank Hopkins is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Randy Niekro gets picked off first. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 New York Tom McCovey grounds out to the second baseman. Orval Aleno grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bobby Kim singles past the shortstop. Mike Pence singles to left field. Bobby Kim advances to third on the hit. Bobby Kim gets picked off third. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Howie Blair strikes out. John Erickson is pinch hitting for Barry Nieto. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. John Erickson strikes out. Mike Lowe grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 New York Alex Amalfitano pitching. Jeff Johnson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rich Tipton grounds out to the third baseman. Fred Raines singles to right field. Billy Ardell grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Fred Raines is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Houston total runners LOB: 5 New York total runners LOB: 13