Win: Larry Stires Loss: Marshall Pennington
Save: Buddy Morton
Inning: 1 Houston Marshall Pennington pitching. Hank Stimac strikes out. Mike Wetteland strikes out. Scoops Treadaway singles to right field. Scoops Treadaway steals second. Kiyokazu Shioya pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Larry Stires pitching. Joe Frailing grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Lyman Robinson strikes out. Scott Shevlin walks. Scott Shevlin is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Chris Malloy grounds out to the shortstop. Walter Connolly pops out to the catcher. Dave Cormier walks. Hiromoto Nakayama strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Brent Neale flies out to the center fielder. Sheldon Rogers flies out to the right fielder. Mike Wine singles to center field. Kazuhiko Yano flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Larry Stires flies out to the left fielder. Hank Stimac singles to right field. Mike Wetteland hits a home run. Hank Stimac scores. Scoops Treadaway strikes out. Kiyokazu Shioya grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Dominic Guillen grounds out to the shortstop. Marshall Pennington flies out to the left fielder. Joe Frailing strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Chris Malloy singles to center field. Walter Connolly singles past the third baseman. Chris Malloy advances to third on the hit. Dave Cormier flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Chris Malloy scores. Walter Connolly is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Hiromoto Nakayama hits a home run. Larry Stires strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Lyman Robinson walks. Scott Shevlin grounds out to the shortstop. Lyman Robinson advances to second on the play. Lyman Robinson steals third. Brent Neale pops out to the first baseman. Sheldon Rogers grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Hank Stimac grounds out to the third baseman. Mike Wetteland grounds out to the shortstop. Scoops Treadaway singles to center field. Scoops Treadaway steals second. Kiyokazu Shioya strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Mike Wine strikes out. Kazuhiko Yano singles to right field. Dominic Guillen grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Chris Malloy grounds out to the third baseman. Walter Connolly grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Dave Cormier grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Marshall Pennington grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Frailing singles to center field. Lyman Robinson strikes out. Joe Frailing steals second. Scott Shevlin walks. Brent Neale grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Scott Shevlin is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Houston Hiromoto Nakayama strikes out. Larry Stires grounds out to the shortstop. Hank Stimac strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Sheldon Rogers grounds out to the pitcher. Mike Wine flies out to the right fielder. Kazuhiko Yano strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Steve Graves comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Mike Wetteland singles to right field. Scoops Treadaway grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Mike Wetteland advances to second on the play. Brad Stivetts is pinch hitting for Kiyokazu Shioya. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Brad Stivetts strikes out. Paul Dagres is pinch hitting for Chris Malloy. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Paul Dagres strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Dominic Guillen singles to center field. Vic Sanders is pinch hitting for Steve Graves. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Vic Sanders strikes out. Joe Frailing singles to left field. Lyman Robinson flies out to the center fielder. Scott Shevlin singles to right field. Brent Neale walks. Dominic Guillen scores. Sheldon Rogers flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Houston Walt Covington pitching. Walter Connolly strikes out. Dave Cormier flies out to the right fielder. Hiromoto Nakayama flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Buddy Morton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Mike Wine grounds out to the third baseman. Kazuhiko Yano strikes out. Dominic Guillen strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners LOB: 4 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 7