Win: Logan Howlett Loss: Brian Veach
Save: Larry Pittsley
Inning: 1 Chicago Brian Veach pitching. Pol Ward strikes out. Tadayoshi Togashi pops out to the catcher. John Johnston reached on a 2-base throwing error by Big Bo Peep. Syl Schmees grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Houston Logan Howlett pitching. Dick Derrington grounds out to the pitcher. Billy Seeds flies out to the center fielder. Mike Durant doubles to center field. Big Bo Peep strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Chicago Fred Phillips singles to center field. Dennis Gonzalez singles to right field. Ozzie Valera strikes out. Kazuhiko Matsui singles to left field. Fred Phillips scores. Dennis Gonzalez advances to third on the hit. Logan Howlett walks. Pol Ward singles to left field. Dennis Gonzalez scores. Tadayoshi Togashi reached on a fielding error by Billy Seeds. Kazuhiko Matsui scores. John Johnston grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Houston Paul Sanchez singles to left field. Loren Johnson flies out to the left fielder. Ed Nordhagen singles to center field. Paul Sanchez advances to third on the hit. Ed Nordhagen is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Paul McClellan grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Chicago Syl Schmees strikes out. Fred Phillips strikes out. Dennis Gonzalez singles to center field. Ozzie Valera strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Brian Veach strikes out. Dick Derrington flies out to the right fielder. Billy Seeds strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Chicago Kazuhiko Matsui singles to left field. Logan Howlett lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Pol Ward grounds out to the shortstop. Tadayoshi Togashi strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Mike Durant singles to center field. Big Bo Peep grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Mike Durant is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Paul Sanchez strikes out. Loren Johnson doubles to center field. Big Bo Peep uses his aggressiveness and scores. Ed Nordhagen singles to center field. Loren Johnson scores. Paul McClellan grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Chicago John Johnston grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Syl Schmees strikes out. Fred Phillips walks. Fred Phillips steals second. Koji Kaneko 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. Dennis Gonzalez walks. Ozzie Valera grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Houston Koji Kaneko grounds out to the shortstop. Dick Derrington flies out to the center fielder. Billy Seeds doubles to left field. Mike Durant grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Chicago Kazuhiko Matsui singles to right field. Logan Howlett lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Pol Ward grounds out to the third baseman. Tadayoshi Togashi flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Big Bo Peep flies out to the left fielder. Paul Sanchez flies out to the center fielder. Loren Johnson singles to right field. Ed Nordhagen singles to right field. Loren Johnson advances to third on the hit. Paul McClellan grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Chicago John Johnston walks. Syl Schmees singles to left field. Fred Phillips pops out to the third baseman. Dennis Gonzalez grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Aaron Cook is pinch hitting for Koji Kaneko. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Aaron Cook flies out to the right fielder. Dick Derrington flies out to the center fielder. Billy Seeds flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Chicago Dutch Shields pitching. Ozzie Valera flies out to the center fielder. Kazuhiko Matsui walks. Logan Howlett lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Pol Ward grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Mike Durant flies out to the center fielder. Big Bo Peep strikes out. Paul Sanchez flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Chicago Tadayoshi Togashi lines out to the third baseman. John Johnston flies out to the center fielder. Syl Schmees grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Larry Pittsley comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Loren Johnson grounds out to the shortstop. Ed Nordhagen walks. Ed Nordhagen steals second. Paul McClellan grounds out to the third baseman. Johnny Sunday is pinch hitting for Dutch Shields. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ed Nordhagen steals third. Johnny Sunday grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Chicago total runners LOB: 10 Houston total runners LOB: 7