Win: Bryan Wiltse Loss: Rene Singer
Save: Joe Williams
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Ron Norton pitching. Eddie Legett singles to left field. Eddie Legett steals second. Buck Schiraldi doubles past the third baseman. Eddie Legett scores. Nino Cox strikes out. Ed Patterson grounds out to the shortstop. Gary Nelson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Houston Bryan Wiltse pitching. Bob Morris grounds out to the pitcher. Benny Morrison singles to center field. Hal Fontenot strikes out. Steve Morris triples. Benny Morrison scores. Eiji Watabe walks. Jot Tipple walks. Rick Miller singles to center field. Steve Morris scores. Eiji Watabe is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Kennie Boyle flies out to the center fielder. Christian Rivera pops out to the second baseman. Manu Vatuvai pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Jim Tebeau grounds out to the third baseman. Ron Norton grounds out to the pitcher. Bob Morris reached on a 2-base fielding error by Ed Patterson. Benny Morrison flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Bryan Wiltse pops out to the shortstop. Eddie Legett grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Buck Schiraldi doubles past the third baseman. Nino Cox grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Hal Fontenot flies out to the right fielder. Steve Morris hits a home run. Eiji Watabe grounds out to the second baseman. Jot Tipple grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Ed Patterson flies out to the center fielder. Gary Nelson singles to center field. Kennie Boyle grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Rick Miller singles to center field. Jim Tebeau walks. Ron Norton lays down a bunt. The first baseman fields the ball, throws to third for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. Jim Tebeau advances to second on the play. Jim Tebeau advances to second on the play. Bob Morris strikes out. Benny Morrison grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Christian Rivera walks. Manu Vatuvai flies out to the left fielder. Bryan Wiltse lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Christian Rivera forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Eddie Legett pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Hal Fontenot grounds out to the shortstop. Steve Morris strikes out. Eiji Watabe lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Buck Schiraldi flies out to the left fielder. Nino Cox grounds out to the third baseman. Ed Patterson singles to center field. Gary Nelson hits a home run. Ed Patterson scores. Kennie Boyle grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Jot Tipple strikes out. Rick Miller singles to left field. Jim Tebeau strikes out. Frank Reidy is pinch hitting for Ron Norton. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Frank Reidy flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Rene Singer pitching. Christian Rivera flies out to the right fielder. Manu Vatuvai grounds out to the shortstop. Bryan Wiltse flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Bob Morris bunts for a base hit. Benny Morrison strikes out. Hal Fontenot grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Eddie Legett walks. Eddie Legett steals second. Buck Schiraldi pops out to the second baseman. Nino Cox doubles to left field. Eddie Legett scores. Jay Osborne comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Nino Cox steals third. Ed Patterson flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Nino Cox scores. Gary Nelson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Gus Anderson 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. Steve Morris flies out to the center fielder. Eiji Watabe doubles to left field. Jot Tipple flies out to the right fielder. Rick Miller strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Kennie Boyle singles to right field. Christian Rivera doubles to center field. Manu Vatuvai reached on a fielding error by Jot Tipple. Kennie Boyle scores. Dick Ayrault is pinch hitting for Gus Anderson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Dick Ayrault grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Manu Vatuvai advances to second on the play. Eddie Legett flies out to the center fielder. Buck Schiraldi pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Houston Joe Williams pitching. Jim Tebeau flies out to the right fielder. Elder Tierney is pinch hitting for Jay Osborne. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Elder Tierney flies out to the center fielder. Bob Morris grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 5 Houston total runners LOB: 6