Win: Tetsuaki Tamura Loss: Dave Ewing
Save: Masataka Katsuramoto
Inning: 1 Houston Art Osinski pitching. Clarence Nixon walks. Bill Sewell hits a home run. Clarence Nixon scores. Masaharu Hagiwara lines out to the shortstop. Jamie Hughes grounds out to the second baseman. Ben Hopper flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Dave Ewing pitching. Orlando Mendoza strikes out. Joe Shea walks. Roscoe Troy strikes out. Joe Shea steals second. Tim Yount grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Johnnie Ready strikes out. David Sweet walks. Toshihiro Ono strikes out. Dave Ewing lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Yo-Yo Alston pops out to the shortstop. Chick Somerville flies out to the center fielder. Luis Land grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Clarence Nixon flies out to the center fielder. Bill Sewell walks. Masaharu Hagiwara grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Bill Sewell is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Masaharu Hagiwara steals second. Jamie Hughes doubles to center field. Masaharu Hagiwara scores. Ben Hopper flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Terry Morgan strikes out. Art Osinski flies out to the center fielder. Orlando Mendoza flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Johnnie Ready flies out to the center fielder. David Sweet walks. Toshihiro Ono strikes out. Dave Ewing flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Joe Shea walks. Joe Shea steals second. Masaharu Hagiwara throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Roscoe Troy strikes out. Tim Yount grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Shea scores. Yo-Yo Alston hits a home run. Chick Somerville strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Clarence Nixon singles to center field. Bill Sewell strikes out. Masaharu Hagiwara strikes out. Jamie Hughes pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Luis Land singles to left field. Terry Morgan strikes out. Art Osinski lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Orlando Mendoza grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Ben Hopper grounds out to the shortstop. Johnnie Ready walks. David Sweet grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Johnnie Ready is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Toshihiro Ono strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Joe Shea grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Roscoe Troy flies out to the center fielder. Tim Yount singles to right field. Yo-Yo Alston flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Dave Ewing lines out to the first baseman. Clarence Nixon flies out to the right fielder. Bill Sewell singles to left field. Masaharu Hagiwara singles to center field. Bill Sewell advances to third on the hit. Tetsuaki Tamura 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. Jamie Hughes grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Chick Somerville strikes out. Luis Land walks. Terry Morgan doubles to left field. Ken Davis 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 1st. Gene Proeser is pinch hitting for Tetsuaki Tamura. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Gene Proeser singles to center field. Luis Land scores. Orlando Mendoza strikes out. Joe Shea reached on a fielding error by Johnnie Ready. Terry Morgan scores. Roscoe Troy grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Houston Dick Crouch pitching. Ben Hopper walks. Johnnie Ready pops out to the first baseman. David Sweet singles to left field. Ben Hopper advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the corners in. David Sweet steals second. Toshihiro Ono is hit by a pitch. The defense is playing the corners in. Chris Mohler is pinch hitting for Ken Davis. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Chris Mohler strikes out. Clarence Nixon grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Ben Hopper is out at home. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Doc Morris pitching. Tim Yount singles to center field. Yo-Yo Alston grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Chick Somerville grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Masataka Katsuramoto comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Bill Sewell strikes out. Masaharu Hagiwara pops out to the third baseman. Jamie Hughes strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners left on base: 10 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 5