Win: Adam Yingling Loss: Sparky McLain
Save: Ray Stapleton
Inning: 1 San Diego Sparky McLain pitching. Ed Tost walks. Ed Tost steals second. John Pierson singles to center field. Ed Tost scores. Rafael Mitchell singles to center field. Quinn Dreesen walks. Hiroto Kotani singles to left field. John Pierson scores. Rafael Mitchell scores. Quinn Dreesen advances to third on the hit. Charlie Sauer grounds out to the second baseman. Quinn Dreesen scores. Hiroto Kotani advances to second on the play. Greg Winkelsas comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Hiroto Kotani is out trying to steal third. Johnny Paskert walks. Vic York flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Houston Adam Yingling pitching. Todd Vinton grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Romine singles to left field. Shawn Ashford grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 San Diego Adam Yingling flies out to the right fielder. Ed Tost grounds out to the shortstop. John Pierson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Marty Rojas strikes out. Wilson Abernathy hits a home run. Irv Carroll grounds out to the shortstop. Charlie Rush flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 San Diego Rafael Mitchell strikes out. Quinn Dreesen singles to center field. Hiroto Kotani hits a home run. Quinn Dreesen scores. Charlie Sauer singles to center field. Johnny Paskert grounds out to the pitcher. Charlie Sauer advances to second on the play. Vic York flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Jon Meinert strikes out. Greg Winkelsas strikes out. Todd Vinton grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 San Diego Adam Yingling reached on a 2-base throwing error by Shawn Ashford. Ed Tost singles to left field. Adam Yingling uses his aggressiveness and scores. John Pierson grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Ed Tost is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. John Pierson steals second. Rafael Mitchell flies out to the center fielder. Quinn Dreesen strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Bob Romine hits a home run. Shawn Ashford pops out to the third baseman. Marty Rojas flies out to the center fielder. Wilson Abernathy grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 San Diego Hiroto Kotani grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Charlie Sauer walks. Johnny Paskert grounds out to the pitcher. Charlie Sauer advances to second on the play. Vic York strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Irv Carroll grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Charlie Rush grounds out to the third baseman. Jon Meinert walks. Juan Patterson is pinch hitting for Greg Winkelsas. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Juan Patterson grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Jon Meinert is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 San Diego Red Zalusky pitching. Adam Yingling pops out to the third baseman. Ed Tost flies out to the center fielder. John Pierson singles to center field. John Pierson steals second. Rafael Mitchell singles to right field. John Pierson scores. Rafael Mitchell steals second. Quinn Dreesen walks. Hiroto Kotani flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Houston Todd Vinton singles to right field. Bob Romine singles to left field. Shawn Ashford strikes out. Todd Vinton steals third. Marty Rojas flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Todd Vinton scores. Wilson Abernathy flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 San Diego Charlie Sauer singles to left field. Charlie Sauer steals second. Johnny Paskert grounds out to the shortstop. Vic York strikes out. Adam Yingling singles to left field. Ed Tost grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Houston Irv Carroll grounds out to the third baseman. Charlie Rush doubles past the third baseman. Jon Meinert strikes out. Merwin Dowling is pinch hitting for Red Zalusky. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Merwin Dowling strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 San Diego Jim Thomas pitching. John Pierson walks. John Brown is pinch hitting for Rafael Mitchell. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. John Pierson is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). John Brown strikes out. Quinn Dreesen grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston John Brown comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Dick Hardy is pinch hitting for Todd Vinton. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Dick Hardy grounds out to the third baseman. Bob Romine grounds out to the shortstop. Shawn Ashford walks. Marty Rojas flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 San Diego Bill Muser is pinch hitting for Hiroto Kotani. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Bill Muser grounds out to the second baseman. Johnny Dickey is pinch hitting for Charlie Sauer. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Johnny Dickey singles to left field. Joe DeJohn is pinch hitting for Johnny Paskert. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Joe DeJohn strikes out. Vic York walks. Teppei Kuroda is pinch hitting for John Brown. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Teppei Kuroda bunts for a base hit. Ed Tost flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Houston Steve German pitching. Wilson Abernathy flies out to the right fielder. Irv Carroll strikes out. Charlie Rush singles to left field. Jon Meinert walks. Shigeki Kuroki is pinch hitting for Jim Thomas. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Shigeki Kuroki walks. Ray Stapleton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dick Hardy grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 San Diego total runners LOB: 11 Houston total runners LOB: 7