Inning: 1 Cincinnati German Thoney pitching. Shawn Quirico grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Reilly strikes out. Rick Silva singles to center field. Danny Brohamer grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Houston Steve Kelly pitching. Akihiro Nagabuchi singles to left field. Shigeo Yoshitoshi strikes out. Joe Bullard reached on a fielding error by Rick Silva. Paul Marion walks. Bert Darrow grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Tetsuya Yamaguchi singles to center field. Clarence Crowley grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Sal Jonnard strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Donell Weiss singles to center field. Skeeter Shannon strikes out. Donell Weiss is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Shinji Morikawa lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Jeff Betcher pops out to the catcher. Steve Kelly lines out to the first baseman. Shawn Quirico walks. Joe Reilly walks. Rick Silva singles to left field. Shawn Quirico scores. Joe Reilly advances to third on the hit. Danny Brohamer grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Houston German Thoney singles past the first baseman. German Thoney is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Akihiro Nagabuchi singles to left field. Shigeo Yoshitoshi flies out to the right fielder. Joe Bullard walks. Paul Marion walks. Bert Darrow flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Tetsuya Yamaguchi grounds out to the third baseman. Clarence Crowley singles to left field. Sal Jonnard reached on a fielding error by Paul Marion. Jeff Betcher grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Clarence Crowley is out at third base. Steve Kelly strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Houston Donell Weiss grounds out to the second baseman. Skeeter Shannon flies out to the left fielder. Shinji Morikawa grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Shawn Quirico walks. Shawn Quirico steals second. Joe Reilly reached on a fielding error by Skeeter Shannon. Rick Silva grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Shawn Quirico scores. Danny Brohamer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston German Thoney grounds out to the shortstop. Akihiro Nagabuchi singles to right field. Shigeo Yoshitoshi grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Akihiro Nagabuchi is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Joe Bullard singles to center field. Paul Marion singles past the third baseman. Shigeo Yoshitoshi scores. Joe Bullard advances to third on the hit. Rollie Herrmann comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bert Darrow reached on a fielding error by Rick Silva. Joe Bullard scores. Donell Weiss grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Bert Darrow is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Tetsuya Yamaguchi walks. Clarence Crowley strikes out. Tetsuya Yamaguchi steals second. Sal Jonnard lines out to the pitcher. Jeff Betcher grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Skeeter Shannon grounds out to the pitcher. Shinji Morikawa grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). German Thoney grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Don Mincher is pinch hitting for Rollie Herrmann. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Don Mincher walks. Shawn Quirico singles to right field. Don Mincher advances to third on the hit. Brian Powers 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. Joe Reilly singles to center field. Don Mincher scores. Rick Silva pops out to the first baseman. Danny Brohamer grounds out to the third baseman. Shawn Quirico advances to third on the play. Joe Reilly advances to second on the play. Tetsuya Yamaguchi walks. Clarence Crowley strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Houston Johnny Lee pitching. Akihiro Nagabuchi grounds out to the third baseman. Shigeo Yoshitoshi grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Bullard singles to right field. Paul Marion walks. Bert Darrow grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Sal Jonnard walks. Jeff Betcher walks. Bob Standridge is pinch hitting for Johnny Lee. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bob Standridge doubles to center field. Sal Jonnard scores. Jeff Betcher uses his aggressiveness and scores. Marty Kelly comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Shawn Quirico singles to left field. Joe Reilly singles to left field. Bob Standridge scores. Shawn Quirico gets picked off second (1-4). Rick Silva flies out to the right fielder. Danny Brohamer doubles to center field. Joe Reilly uses his aggressiveness and scores. Tetsuya Yamaguchi flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Tetsuro Kinugasa pitching. Donell Weiss strikes out. Skeeter Shannon strikes out. Shinji Morikawa flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Alex Phelps comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Clarence Crowley singles to center field. Sal Jonnard flies out to the right fielder. Jeff Betcher reached on a fielding error by Skeeter Shannon. Hap Davis is pinch hitting for Tetsuro Kinugasa. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Hap Davis grounds out to the pitcher. Clarence Crowley advances to third on the play. Jeff Betcher advances to second on the play. Shawn Quirico flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Houston Frank Conigliaro pitching. Joe Gorecki is pinch hitting for Alex Phelps. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Joe Gorecki singles to center field. Akihiro Nagabuchi strikes out. Shigeo Yoshitoshi singles to right field. Joe Gorecki advances to third on the hit. Joe Bullard grounds into a 5-4-3 double play - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 12 Houston total runners LOB: 10