Win: Dick Degerick Loss: Lew Ramirez
Save: Red Giebel
Inning: 1 Houston Gerry Larson pitching. Kazuto Uchi singles to right field. Tony Allison grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Chad Latham hits a home run. Dick Cassini strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Mike Tincup pitching. Shintaro Sato singles to left field. Jack Tiefenthaler grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Shintaro Sato is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Jim Porter lines out to the shortstop. Pete Moser flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Lou Goryl reached on a fielding error by Jim Porter. Lou Goryl steals second. Clay Cruz strikes out. Oscar Hassler singles to right field. Lou Goryl scores. Brian Beltran flies out to the center fielder. Mike Tincup strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Len Thompson walks. Don Derrick grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Akio Ohno grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Kazuto Uchi grounds out to the shortstop. Tony Allison flies out to the right fielder. Chad Latham walks. Dick Cassini strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Hector Shaw strikes out. Gerry Larson pops out to the second baseman. Shintaro Sato flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Lou Goryl walks. Clay Cruz grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Lou Goryl is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Oscar Hassler grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Clay Cruz is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Brian Beltran grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Oscar Hassler is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Jack Tiefenthaler strikes out. Jim Porter strikes out. Pete Moser grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Mike Tincup grounds out to the second baseman. Kazuto Uchi strikes out. Tony Allison grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Len Thompson doubles to right field. Don Derrick walks. Akio Ohno hits a home run. Len Thompson scores. Don Derrick scores. Hector Shaw strikes out. Gerry Larson singles to center field. Shintaro Sato walks. Jack Tiefenthaler pops out to the first baseman. Jim Porter singles to center field. Gerry Larson scores. Shintaro Sato advances to third on the hit. Pete Moser grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Houston Chad Latham doubles to right field. Dick Cassini flies out to the right fielder. Lou Goryl singles to right field. Chad Latham uses his aggressiveness and scores. Clay Cruz grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Lou Goryl is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Oscar Hassler lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Len Thompson flies out to the right fielder. Don Derrick singles to left field. Akio Ohno flies out to the center fielder. Hector Shaw grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Don Derrick is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Brian Beltran flies out to the center fielder. Bill Lee is pinch hitting for Mike Tincup. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Bill Lee flies out to the center fielder. Kazuto Uchi singles to left field. Kazuto Uchi steals second. Don Derrick throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Tony Allison grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Dick Degerick pitching. Gerry Larson flies out to the center fielder. Shintaro Sato singles to right field. Jack Tiefenthaler flies out to the center fielder. Jim Porter strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Chad Latham doubles to left field. Lew Ramirez 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. Dick Cassini hits a home run. Chad Latham scores. Lou Goryl walks. Clay Cruz flies out to the left fielder. Oscar Hassler grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Pete Moser flies out to the right fielder. Len Thompson flies out to the center fielder. Don Derrick flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Brian Beltran doubles to right field. Alex Taylor is pinch hitting for Dick Degerick. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Alex Taylor singles to left field. Brian Beltran scores. Mickey Millwood comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Kazuto Uchi flies out to the left fielder. Tony Allison singles to center field. Chad Latham grounds out to the pitcher. Alex Taylor advances to third on the play. Tony Allison advances to second on the play. Dick Cassini strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Red Giebel pitching. Raul Jackson is pinch hitting for Akio Ohno. Raul Jackson flies out to the left fielder. Hector Shaw grounds out to the shortstop. Curt Rettger is pinch hitting for Mickey Millwood. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Curt Rettger pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners LOB: 7 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 5