Win: Ben McVey Loss: Kevin Cox
Save: Jimmy Shoffner
Inning: 1 Houston Kevin Cox pitching. Pat McDonough walks. A.J. Layton grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Rikio Umehara singles to center field. Dave Sims triples. Rikio Umehara scores. Arnold Cox singles past the second baseman. Dave Sims scores. Rod Inglett strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Arizona Ben McVey pitching. Terry Splittorff flies out to the left fielder. Jim Smith hits a home run. Jim McRae grounds out to the second baseman. Ernie Cocanower flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Ginger Gajkowski strikes out. Marv White grounds out to the third baseman. Ben McVey singles to right field. Pat McDonough walks. A.J. Layton grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Ben McVey is out at third base. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Arizona Jim Rusteck strikes out. Dickie Mowry doubles to center field. Hank Russell doubles to left field. Dickie Mowry scores. Jim Arft strikes out. Kevin Cox strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Rikio Umehara flies out to the left fielder. Dave Sims grounds out to the shortstop. Arnold Cox singles to center field. Arnold Cox steals second. Rod Inglett flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Arizona Terry Splittorff singles past the second baseman. Terry Splittorff steals second. Jim Smith singles to right field. Terry Splittorff scores. Jim McRae strikes out. Ernie Cocanower grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Ginger Gajkowski grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Marv White walks. Ben McVey lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Pat McDonough pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Arizona Jim Rusteck walks. Dickie Mowry walks. Hank Russell grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Jim Rusteck advances to third on the play. Jim Arft grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston A.J. Layton reached on a fielding error by Kevin Cox. Rikio Umehara pops out to the first baseman. Dave Sims singles past the second baseman. A.J. Layton advances to third on the hit. Arnold Cox walks. Rod Inglett strikes out. Ginger Gajkowski strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Arizona Kevin Cox pops out to the third baseman. Terry Splittorff strikes out. Jim Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Marv White singles to right field. Ben McVey fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Ben McVey grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Marv White is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Pat McDonough flies out to the left fielder. A.J. Layton hits a home run. Ben McVey scores. John Hibbs comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rikio Umehara singles to right field. Dave Sims strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Arizona Jim McRae grounds out to the second baseman. Ernie Cocanower pops out to the third baseman. Jim Rusteck grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Arnold Cox flies out to the left fielder. Rod Inglett walks. Ginger Gajkowski pops out to the shortstop. Marv White triples. Rod Inglett scores. Ben McVey lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Arizona Dickie Mowry grounds out to the third baseman. Hank Russell walks. Hank Russell is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Jim Arft flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Pat McDonough singles to right field. A.J. Layton singles to left field. Pat McDonough advances to third on the hit. Rikio Umehara grounds out to the shortstop. A.J. Layton advances to second on the play. Dave Sims walks. Arnold Cox strikes out. Rod Inglett strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Arizona Mike Minnehan is pinch hitting for John Hibbs. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Mike Minnehan flies out to the center fielder. Terry Splittorff doubles to left field. Bob Donovan 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. Jim Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Jim McRae grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Bob Miller pitching. Ginger Gajkowski strikes out. Marv White grounds out to the second baseman. Farmer Mullins is pinch hitting for Bob Donovan. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Farmer Mullins grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Arizona Jimmy Shoffner pitching. Ernie Cocanower flies out to the right fielder. Jim Rusteck walks. Dickie Mowry walks. Hank Russell grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Rusteck advances to third on the play. Dickie Mowry advances to second on the play. Jim Arft grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Houston total runners LOB: 13 Arizona total runners LOB: 5