Win: Herm Fanok Loss: Mike Meridith
Save: Red Giebel
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Herm Fanok pitching. Curt Rettger flies out to the left fielder. Jack Tiefenthaler lines out to the second baseman. Raul Jackson singles to center field. Harvey Hegan strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Houston Mike Meridith pitching. Kazuto Uchi singles to left field. Alex Taylor flies out to the right fielder. Tony Allison grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Kazuto Uchi is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Clay Cruz singles to right field. Tony Allison is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Shintaro Sato grounds out to the second baseman. Pete Moser singles to left field. Henry Townsend flies out to the right fielder. Chauncey Lavelle singles to center field. Pete Moser advances to third on the hit. Mike Meridith strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Houston Archi McCray strikes out. Oscar Hassler flies out to the left fielder. Brian Beltran grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Curt Rettger walks. Jack Tiefenthaler grounds out to the pitcher. Curt Rettger advances to second on the play. Raul Jackson grounds out to the second baseman. Curt Rettger advances to third on the play. Harvey Hegan singles to center field. Curt Rettger scores. Passed ball. Harvey Hegan advances to second. Shintaro Sato grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Von Hayes grounds out to the shortstop. Herm Fanok strikes out. Kazuto Uchi grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Pete Moser flies out to the center fielder. Henry Townsend singles to center field. Chauncey Lavelle flies out to the center fielder. Mike Meridith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Alex Taylor pops out to the second baseman. Tony Allison walks. Clay Cruz singles to center field. Archi McCray strikes out. Oscar Hassler doubles to right field. Tony Allison scores. Clay Cruz uses his aggressiveness and scores. Brian Beltran singles past the shortstop. Von Hayes singles to left field. Oscar Hassler scores. Herm Fanok singles to center field. Kazuto Uchi grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Curt Rettger singles to center field. Jack Tiefenthaler flies out to the left fielder. Raul Jackson grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Alex Taylor singles to center field. Tony Allison grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Alex Taylor is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Clay Cruz grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Tony Allison is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Archi McCray flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Harvey Hegan walks. Shintaro Sato flies out to the left fielder. Pete Moser pops out to the shortstop. Harvey Hegan steals second. Henry Townsend singles to center field. Harvey Hegan scores. Chauncey Lavelle walks. Amby Black comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mike Meridith strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Houston Oscar Hassler strikes out. Brian Beltran grounds out to the third baseman. Von Hayes reached on a 2-base fielding error by Pete Moser. Amby Black singles to center field. Von Hayes scores. Kazuto Uchi singles to center field. Alex Taylor doubles to center field. Amby Black scores. Kazuto Uchi uses his aggressiveness and scores. Tony Allison flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Curt Rettger grounds out to the second baseman. Jack Tiefenthaler reached on a fielding error by Von Hayes. Raul Jackson walks. Harvey Hegan flies out to the left fielder. Shintaro Sato flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Houston Clay Cruz pops out to the second baseman. Archi McCray flies out to the right fielder. Oscar Hassler flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Mike Clark is pinch hitting for Pete Moser. Mike Clark strikes out. Henry Townsend grounds out to the shortstop. Chauncey Lavelle walks. Mike Meridith grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Chauncey Lavelle is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Akio Ohno enters the game as a defensive replacement for Mike Clark at CF. Brian Beltran strikes out. Von Hayes grounds out to the third baseman. Dick Cassini is pinch hitting for Amby Black. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Dick Cassini doubles to center field. Tomochika Yamada 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. Kazuto Uchi grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Yasmany Quintana pitching. Curt Rettger singles to center field. Jack Tiefenthaler flies out to the right fielder. Raul Jackson walks. Red Giebel comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Harvey Hegan walks. Shintaro Sato grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Curt Rettger is out at home. Akio Ohno grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 13 Houston total runners left on base: 7