Win: Luis Zuber Loss: Steve Reninger
Save: Billy Crothers
Inning: 1 Houston Steve Reninger pitching. Clarence Nixon walks. Bill Sewell hits a home run. Clarence Nixon scores. Masaharu Hagiwara singles to center field. Ray Cliburn grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Masaharu Hagiwara advances to second on the play. Toshihiro Ono grounds out to the third baseman. Tom Lee singles to left field. Robinson Horsman strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Luis Zuber pitching. Ralph Maglie flies out to the center fielder. Ray Bartley pops out to the first baseman. Sam Starkel singles to right field. Vern Rightnowar grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Lariel Hocking walks. Luis Zuber lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Lariel Hocking forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Clarence Nixon grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Luis Zuber is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Clarence Nixon steals second. Bill Sewell strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Darron Vaughan strikes out. Clyde Delahanty strikes out. Jay Leibrandt strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Masaharu Hagiwara walks. Ray Cliburn grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Masaharu Hagiwara advances to second on the play. Toshihiro Ono flies out to the left fielder. Tom Lee singles to left field. Masaharu Hagiwara uses his aggressiveness and scores. Robinson Horsman singles to left field. Lariel Hocking grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh John Hernandez singles to left field. Steve Reninger fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Steve Reninger flies out to the center fielder. Ralph Maglie grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Luis Zuber strikes out. Clarence Nixon hits an infield single to the shortstop. Bill Sewell strikes out. Masaharu Hagiwara grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Ray Bartley doubles to center field. Sam Starkel strikes out. Vern Rightnowar grounds out to the shortstop. Darron Vaughan grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Ray Cliburn hits an infield single to the pitcher. Toshihiro Ono strikes out. Tom Lee flies out to the left fielder. Ray Cliburn steals second. Robinson Horsman flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Clyde Delahanty singles to center field. Jay Leibrandt grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. John Hernandez singles to center field. Steve Reninger grounds into a force play to the third baseman. John Hernandez is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Lariel Hocking strikes out. Luis Zuber strikes out. Clarence Nixon grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Ralph Maglie grounds out to the third baseman. Ray Bartley strikes out. Sam Starkel flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Jerry Jahn comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Bill Sewell strikes out. Masaharu Hagiwara walks. Ray Cliburn grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Vern Rightnowar singles to center field. Darron Vaughan singles to right field. Vern Rightnowar advances to third on the hit. Clyde Delahanty grounds out to the third baseman. Darron Vaughan advances to second on the play. Ced Lapihuska is pinch hitting for Jay Leibrandt. Ced Lapihuska walks. John Hernandez flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Vern Rightnowar scores. Arnie Bowman is pinch hitting for Jerry Jahn. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Arnie Bowman doubles to left field. Darron Vaughan scores. Ced Lapihuska is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Roger Sanford pitching. Barry Weiss enters the game as a defensive replacement for Ced Lapihuska at C. Toshihiro Ono grounds out to the second baseman. Tom Lee singles to center field. Robinson Horsman grounds into a force play to the first baseman - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Tom Lee is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Lariel Hocking walks. Luis Zuber grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Ralph Maglie singles to center field. Ray Bartley singles to left field. Sam Starkel strikes out. Vern Rightnowar strikes out. Darron Vaughan grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Houston Clarence Nixon flies out to the center fielder. Bill Sewell walks. Masaharu Hagiwara grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Billy Crothers comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Clyde Delahanty grounds out to the second baseman. Barry Weiss singles past the shortstop. John Hernandez flies out to the center fielder. Uel Curd is pinch hitting for Roger Sanford. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Uel Curd grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Houston total runners LOB: 9 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 7