Win: Buster Azocar Loss: Baby Flaherty
Save: Joe Williams
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Bo Newell pitching. Eddie Legett flies out to the left fielder. Buck Schiraldi singles to left field. Nino Cox strikes out. Ed Patterson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Houston Buster Azocar pitching. Bob Morris pops out to the first baseman. Benny Morrison singles to right field. Hal Fontenot strikes out. Steve Morris pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Gary Nelson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Kennie Boyle strikes out. Christian Rivera hits an infield single to the shortstop. Christian Rivera steals second. Manu Vatuvai pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Eiji Watabe flies out to the right fielder. Rubin Robeo III singles to center field. Jot Tipple singles to left field. Rick Miller flies out to the center fielder. Bo Newell grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Buster Azocar grounds out to the shortstop. Eddie Legett singles to center field. Buck Schiraldi hits a home run. Eddie Legett scores. Nino Cox triples. Ed Patterson doubles past the third baseman. Nino Cox scores. Gary Nelson strikes out. Kennie Boyle singles to center field. Ed Patterson scores. Al Whitfield comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Christian Rivera bunts for a base hit. Manu Vatuvai grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Christian Rivera is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Houston Bob Morris strikes out. Benny Morrison hits a home run. Hal Fontenot strikes out. Steve Morris flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Buster Azocar grounds out to the pitcher. Eddie Legett flies out to the left fielder. Buck Schiraldi singles past the shortstop. Nino Cox pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Eiji Watabe singles past the shortstop. Rubin Robeo III flies out to the right fielder. Jot Tipple walks. Rick Miller strikes out. Al Whitfield flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Ed Patterson strikes out. Gary Nelson singles to center field. Baby Flaherty comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Kennie Boyle flies out to the center fielder. Gary Nelson steals second. Christian Rivera singles to right field. Manu Vatuvai strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Houston Bob Morris singles to right field. Bob Morris steals second. Benny Morrison walks. Hal Fontenot grounds out to the third baseman. Bob Morris advances to third on the play. Benny Morrison advances to second on the play. Steve Morris grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Morris scores. Benny Morrison advances to third on the play. Eiji Watabe hits a home run. Benny Morrison scores. Rubin Robeo III flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Buster Azocar strikes out. Eddie Legett doubles to center field. Buck Schiraldi grounds out to the third baseman. Nino Cox reached on a fielding error by Rubin Robeo III. Ed Patterson walks. Gary Nelson walks. Eddie Legett scores. Kennie Boyle grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Houston Jot Tipple flies out to the center fielder. Rick Miller singles to right field. Frank Reidy is pinch hitting for Baby Flaherty. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Frank Reidy grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Rick Miller is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Frank Reidy is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Julio Hickman pitching. Christian Rivera strikes out. Manu Vatuvai flies out to the left fielder. Dick Ayrault is pinch hitting for Buster Azocar. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Dick Ayrault strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Al Dewey pitching. Bob Morris singles to left field. Benny Morrison grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Hal Fontenot lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Eddie Legett hits a home run. Nick Albury comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Buck Schiraldi strikes out. Nino Cox bunts for a base hit. Nino Cox steals second. Ed Patterson doubles to left field. Nino Cox scores. Jay Osborne comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Gary Nelson strikes out. Kennie Boyle grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Steve Morris grounds out to the third baseman. Eiji Watabe grounds out to the shortstop. Rubin Robeo III flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Christian Rivera grounds out to the third baseman. Manu Vatuvai grounds out to the third baseman. Stacy Ducey is pinch hitting for Al Dewey. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Stacy Ducey singles to right field. Eddie Legett grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Joe Williams pitching. Jot Tipple strikes out. Rick Miller grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Tebeau is pinch hitting for Jay Osborne. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jim Tebeau flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 12 Houston total runners LOB: 5