Win: Petie Clemons Loss: Shawn Staehle
Save: Les Ratliff
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Petie Clemons pitching. Frank Rhodes grounds out to the third baseman. Tyler Young strikes out. Dutch Packard singles to left field. Fabian Wise grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Houston Shawn Staehle pitching. Joe Eckert walks. Randy Niekro grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Frank Hopkins grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Jack Nieves grounds out to the pitcher. Rocky Kluszewski strikes out. Paul Boney flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Mahkan Singh grounds out to the second baseman. Hy Harder flies out to the center fielder. Ed Wilshusen strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Oscar Thomas flies out to the left fielder. Shawn Staehle grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Rhodes strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Paddy Foor walks. Ted Miles strikes out. Petie Clemons lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Joe Eckert doubles to left field. Paddy Foor scores. Randy Niekro strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Tyler Young singles to right field. Dutch Packard grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Fabian Wise lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Frank Hopkins walks. Mahkan Singh singles to center field. Hy Harder grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Frank Hopkins advances to third on the play. Ed Wilshusen flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Jack Nieves grounds out to the second baseman. Rocky Kluszewski grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Paul Boney doubles to center field. Oscar Thomas singles to left field. Shawn Staehle grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Houston Paddy Foor hits a home run. Ted Miles flies out to the center fielder. Petie Clemons strikes out. Joe Eckert grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Frank Rhodes grounds out to the shortstop. Tyler Young flies out to the center fielder. Dutch Packard strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Randy Niekro pops out to the third baseman. Frank Hopkins singles to left field. Mahkan Singh strikes out. Frank Hopkins steals second. Hy Harder grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Fabian Wise walks. Jack Nieves grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Fabian Wise is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Passed ball. Jack Nieves advances to second. Rocky Kluszewski strikes out. Paul Boney walks. Oscar Thomas lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Houston Ed Wilshusen triples. Felix Montoya 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. Paddy Foor strikes out. Ted Miles singles past the shortstop. Ed Wilshusen scores. John Erickson is pinch hitting for Petie Clemons. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. John Erickson flies out to the right fielder. Joe Eckert flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Tony Donoso pitching. Ivan Navarro is pinch hitting for Felix Montoya. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ivan Navarro walks. Frank Rhodes strikes out. Tyler Young flies out to the right fielder. Dutch Packard pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Arturo Corrado pitching. Randy Niekro strikes out. Frank Hopkins grounds out to the shortstop. Mahkan Singh pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Les Ratliff comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Fabian Wise lines out to the third baseman. Jack Nieves walks. Rocky Kluszewski grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jack Nieves advances to second on the play. Paul Boney flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 7 Houston total runners left on base: 4