Win: Bill Naymick Loss: Mike Hart
Save: Billy Crothers
Inning: 1 Houston Mike Hart pitching. Clarence Nixon flies out to the center fielder. Bill Sewell walks. Masaharu Hagiwara grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Bill Naymick pitching. Ralph Maglie walks. Ray Bartley flies out to the center fielder. Vern Rightnowar strikes out. Clyde Delahanty walks. Don Rios grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Houston Ray Cliburn singles in front of the right fielder. Ray Cliburn steals second. Toshihiro Ono lines out to the second baseman. Johnnie Ready grounds out to the third baseman. Tom Lee walks. Robinson Horsman singles past the second baseman. Ray Cliburn scores. Tom Lee advances to third on the hit. Bill Naymick strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Jay Leibrandt flies out to the right fielder. Larry Alberts singles to center field. John Hernandez flies out to the center fielder. Mike Hart strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Clarence Nixon singles to right field. Clarence Nixon steals second. Bill Sewell doubles to left field. Clarence Nixon scores. Masaharu Hagiwara grounds out to the pitcher. Ray Cliburn strikes out. Toshihiro Ono walks. Johnnie Ready pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Ralph Maglie hits an infield single to the third baseman. Ray Bartley grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Vern Rightnowar grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Tom Lee grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Robinson Horsman strikes out. Bill Naymick flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Clyde Delahanty grounds out to the second baseman. Don Rios doubles to left field. Jay Leibrandt grounds out to the third baseman. Larry Alberts grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Clarence Nixon grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Sewell walks. Masaharu Hagiwara walks. Jack Joyce 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. Ray Cliburn reached on a 2-base fielding error by John Hernandez. Bill Sewell scores. Toshihiro Ono flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Masaharu Hagiwara scores. Johnnie Ready walks. Tom Lee grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh John Hernandez grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Jack Joyce singles to left field. Ralph Maglie reached on a fielding error by Masaharu Hagiwara. Ray Bartley singles to center field. Vern Rightnowar flies out to the center fielder. Clyde Delahanty singles to left field. Jack Joyce scores. Don Rios singles past the first baseman. Ralph Maglie scores. Ray Bartley scores. Clyde Delahanty advances to third on the hit. Jay Leibrandt strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Houston Robinson Horsman singles to right field. Bill Naymick lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first for the 1-6-4 double play (2B covering 1st). Clarence Nixon singles to right field. Bill Sewell strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Larry Alberts grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). John Hernandez pops out to the shortstop. Jack Joyce grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Masaharu Hagiwara flies out to the center fielder. Ray Cliburn singles to center field. Toshihiro Ono flies out to the right fielder. Johnnie Ready walks. Tom Lee grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Ralph Maglie flies out to the right fielder. Ray Bartley flies out to the center fielder. Vern Rightnowar pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Robinson Horsman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Naymick grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Clarence Nixon grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Clyde Delahanty flies out to the right fielder. Don Rios grounds out to the third baseman. Ced Lapihuska is pinch hitting for Jay Leibrandt. Ced Lapihuska grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Barry Weiss enters the game as a defensive replacement for Ced Lapihuska at C. Bill Sewell walks. Masaharu Hagiwara grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Sewell advances to second on the play. Ray Cliburn strikes out. Toshihiro Ono singles to right field. Bill Sewell scores. Roger Sanford comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Johnnie Ready singles to left field. Tom Lee strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Larry Alberts singles to right field. Billy Crothers 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 1st. John Hernandez flies out to the center fielder. Arnie Bowman is pinch hitting for Roger Sanford. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Arnie Bowman grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Larry Alberts is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ralph Maglie strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Houston total runners LOB: 11 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 7