Win: Ike Rizzuto Loss: Paddy Maddox
Save: Red Giebel
Inning: 1 Houston Dennis Neel pitching. Kazuto Uchi singles to right field. Lou Goryl grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Kazuto Uchi is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Tex Torrez walks. Clay Cruz flies out to the left fielder. Dick Cassini lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 New York Ike Rizzuto pitching. Keith Rivera strikes out. Scott Merritt lines out to the shortstop. Bud Fluhrer grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Terry Wrona grounds out to the shortstop. Chad Latham flies out to the left fielder. Kozo Takahashi flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 New York Jim Barnes grounds out to the pitcher. Harvey Hegan grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Woody Slayback strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Ike Rizzuto strikes out. Kazuto Uchi grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Lou Goryl grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 New York Al Romano strikes out. Wes Redman grounds out to the shortstop. Dennis Neel strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Tex Torrez strikes out. Clay Cruz flies out to the center fielder. Dick Cassini grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 New York Keith Rivera grounds out to the second baseman. Scott Merritt strikes out. Bud Fluhrer hits a home run. Jim Barnes flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Terry Wrona strikes out. Chad Latham grounds out to the pitcher. Kozo Takahashi strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 New York Harvey Hegan hits a home run. Woody Slayback strikes out. Al Romano grounds out to the third baseman. Wes Redman strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Ike Rizzuto grounds out to the third baseman. Kazuto Uchi grounds out to the shortstop. Lou Goryl flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 New York Dennis Neel strikes out. Keith Rivera flies out to the center fielder. Scott Merritt walks. Bud Fluhrer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Tex Torrez walks. Clay Cruz strikes out. Dick Cassini grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 New York Jim Barnes strikes out. Harvey Hegan grounds out to the shortstop. Woody Slayback flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Terry Wrona pops out to the third baseman. Chad Latham singles to center field. Kozo Takahashi singles to center field. Paddy Maddox 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. Tony Allison is pinch hitting for Ike Rizzuto. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Tony Allison strikes out. Kazuto Uchi hits a home run. Chad Latham scores. Kozo Takahashi scores. Lou Goryl grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 New York Red Giebel pitching. Al Romano flies out to the right fielder. Wes Redman grounds out to the shortstop. Roger Schell is pinch hitting for Paddy Maddox. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Roger Schell strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Scott Minahan pitching. Tex Torrez reached on a fielding error by Woody Slayback. Clay Cruz lines out to the third baseman. Dick Cassini grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Tex Torrez is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Terry Wrona walks. Chad Latham strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 New York Bill Lee enters the game as a defensive replacement for Chad Latham at LF. Keith Rivera flies out to the right fielder. Scott Merritt walks. Bud Fluhrer strikes out. Jim Barnes strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Houston total runners LOB: 4 New York total runners LOB: 2