Win: Bo Newell Loss: Les Fiore
Save: Julio Hickman
Inning: 1 Houston Les Fiore pitching. Steve Morris grounds out to the shortstop. Jot Tipple grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Hal Fontenot strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Miami Bo Newell pitching. Sandy Bryant grounds out to the second baseman. Don Seelbach strikes out. Frank Bennett flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Rick Miller singles to right field. Irv Heltzel walks. George Faeth flies out to the center fielder. Frank Reidy grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Rick Miller is out at third base. John Leach walks. Bo Newell reached on a fielding error by Frank Bennett. Irv Heltzel scores. Steve Morris flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Miami Duke Zak grounds out to the second baseman. John Cross flies out to the center fielder. Earl Cairo grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Jot Tipple flies out to the right fielder. Hal Fontenot hits an infield single to the pitcher. Rick Miller singles to right field. Irv Heltzel grounds out to the third baseman. Hal Fontenot advances to third on the play. Rick Miller advances to second on the play. George Faeth singles to right field. Hal Fontenot scores. Rick Miller is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Miami Vic Shantz hits a home run. Darin Hansen strikes out. Les Fiore strikes out. Sandy Bryant strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Frank Reidy strikes out. John Leach triples. Bo Newell flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, John Leach scores. Roy Ryan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Steve Morris flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Miami Don Seelbach singles to right field. Frank Bennett grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Duke Zak grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Jot Tipple walks. Hal Fontenot singles to left field. Jot Tipple advances to third on the hit. Hal Fontenot steals second. Rick Miller flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Jot Tipple scores. Irv Heltzel flies out to the left fielder. Hal Fontenot steals third. George Faeth doubles to center field. Hal Fontenot scores. Robert Hardy comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Frank Reidy grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Miami John Cross flies out to the right fielder. Earl Cairo flies out to the center fielder. Vic Shantz flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston John Leach grounds out to the pitcher. Bo Newell singles past the shortstop. Steve Morris strikes out. Jot Tipple strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Miami Darin Hansen flies out to the center fielder. Robert Hardy flies out to the right fielder. Sandy Bryant grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Hal Fontenot flies out to the right fielder. Rick Miller grounds out to the second baseman. Irv Heltzel strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Miami Don Seelbach strikes out. Frank Bennett singles to center field. Duke Zak doubles past the first baseman. John Cross reached on a 2-base throwing error by John Leach. Frank Bennett scores. Duke Zak scores. Earl Cairo flies out to the center fielder. Vic Shantz flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Eiji Watabe is pinch hitting for George Faeth. Eiji Watabe lines out to the pitcher. Frank Reidy walks. John Leach grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Frank Reidy is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Lou Uecker is pinch hitting for Bo Newell. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. John Leach steals second. Lou Uecker grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Miami Rupert Fondy pitching. Jim Tebeau enters the game as a defensive replacement for Eiji Watabe at 1B. Darin Hansen walks. Ron Mantilla is pinch hitting for Robert Hardy. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Ron Mantilla singles to center field. Darin Hansen advances to third on the hit. Sandy Bryant singles to right field. Darin Hansen scores. Ron Mantilla is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Julio Hickman comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Sandy Bryant steals second. Don Seelbach flies out to the right fielder. Frank Bennett strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Harry Knowlson pitching. Steve Morris singles to left field. Steve Morris is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Jot Tipple walks. Hal Fontenot grounds out to the catcher. Jot Tipple advances to second on the play. Rick Miller strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Miami Duke Zak flies out to the left fielder. John Cross grounds out to the shortstop. Earl Cairo grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners LOB: 8 Miami total runners LOB: 2