Win: Mal Blake Loss: Hideo Sasaki
Save: Dick Drake
Inning: 1 Miami Hideo Sasaki pitching. Rico Smith strikes out. George Sodowsky grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Les Kunkel flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Houston Mal Blake pitching. Akihiro Nagabuchi strikes out. Tom Perranoski grounds out to the second baseman. Shigeo Yoshitoshi flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Miami Hal Spiers strikes out. Frank Pike flies out to the center fielder. Brownie Koecher singles to center field. John Fisher grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Brownie Koecher is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Joe Bullard strikes out. Paul Marion singles to right field. Bump Curtright pops out to the second baseman. Bert Darrow grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Miami Ira Smith pops out to the shortstop. Mal Blake grounds out to the shortstop. Rico Smith singles to left field. George Sodowsky strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Skeeter Shannon grounds out to the shortstop. Hideo Sasaki grounds out to the shortstop. Akihiro Nagabuchi grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Miami Les Kunkel singles to left field. Hal Spiers strikes out. Les Kunkel steals second. Frank Pike grounds out to the third baseman. Brownie Koecher is hit by a pitch. John Fisher strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Houston Tom Perranoski reached on a 2-base throwing error by John Fisher. Shigeo Yoshitoshi grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Bullard flies out to the left fielder. Paul Marion walks. Bump Curtright pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Miami Ira Smith pops out to the shortstop. Mal Blake pops out to the third baseman. Rico Smith pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Bert Darrow singles to right field. Skeeter Shannon flies out to the left fielder. Hideo Sasaki lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Akihiro Nagabuchi grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Miami George Sodowsky strikes out. Les Kunkel singles to right field. Hal Spiers singles to right field. Les Kunkel advances to third on the hit. Frank Pike flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Les Kunkel scores. Brownie Koecher doubles to left field. John Fisher grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Houston Tom Perranoski singles to center field. Shigeo Yoshitoshi singles to center field. Joe Bullard flies out to the center fielder. Paul Marion grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Miami Ira Smith flies out to the right fielder. Mal Blake strikes out. Rico Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Bump Curtright strikes out. Bert Darrow strikes out. Skeeter Shannon singles to left field. Joe Gorecki is pinch hitting for Hideo Sasaki. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Skeeter Shannon steals second. Gene Brown 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 Gorecki strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Miami Harry Raffo pitching. George Sodowsky walks. Les Kunkel walks. Hal Spiers flies out to the center fielder. Frank Pike flies out to the left fielder. Brownie Koecher strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Houston Akihiro Nagabuchi strikes out. Tom Perranoski grounds out to the shortstop. Shigeo Yoshitoshi grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Miami John Fisher singles to center field. John Fisher steals second. Ira Smith singles to left field. John Fisher scores. Joe Arnovich comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Matt Mitchell is pinch hitting for Gene Brown. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ira Smith is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Matt Mitchell flies out to the center fielder. Rico Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Dick Drake pitching. Joe Bullard grounds out to the shortstop. Paul Marion grounds out to the shortstop. Bump Curtright strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Miami total runners LOB: 8 Houston total runners LOB: 6