Win: Herm Fanok Loss: Dennis Neel
Save: Red Giebel
Inning: 1 Houston Dennis Neel pitching. Kazuto Uchi grounds out to the third baseman. Tex Torrez grounds out to the second baseman. Clay Cruz grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 New York Herm Fanok pitching. Keith Rivera strikes out. Scott Merritt flies out to the center fielder. Bud Fluhrer grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Terry Wrona singles to center field. Chad Latham strikes out. Kozo Takahashi singles in front of the right fielder. Terry Wrona advances to third on the hit. Archi McCray singles to left field. Terry Wrona scores. Alex Taylor grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Archi McCray is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Herm Fanok is hit by a pitch. Kazuto Uchi singles to left field. Kozo Takahashi scores. Tex Torrez grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 New York Roger Schell triples. Harvey Hegan flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Roger Schell scores. Woody Slayback walks. Al Romano strikes out. Wes Redman grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Clay Cruz grounds out to the second baseman. Terry Wrona walks. Chad Latham singles in front of the left fielder. Terry Wrona advances to third on the hit. Kozo Takahashi strikes out. Archi McCray flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 New York Dennis Neel singles to left field. Keith Rivera grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Scott Merritt walks. Bud Fluhrer pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Alex Taylor strikes out. Herm Fanok lines out to the pitcher. Kazuto Uchi pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 New York Roger Schell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Harvey Hegan strikes out. Woody Slayback flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Tex Torrez strikes out. Clay Cruz flies out to the center fielder. Terry Wrona flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 New York Al Romano singles to right field. Wes Redman grounds out to the shortstop. Al Romano advances to second on the play. Dennis Neel grounds out to the pitcher. Keith Rivera pops out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Chad Latham pops out to the shortstop. Kozo Takahashi strikes out. Archi McCray grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 New York Scott Merritt walks. Bud Fluhrer grounds out to the third baseman. Scott Merritt advances to second on the play. Roger Schell grounds out to the shortstop. Harvey Hegan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Alex Taylor singles to center field. Herm Fanok fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Herm Fanok pops out to the catcher. Kazuto Uchi doubles to right field. Alex Taylor uses his aggressiveness and scores. Tex Torrez grounds out to the third baseman. Clay Cruz grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 New York Woody Slayback lines out to the shortstop. Al Romano flies out to the right fielder. Wes Redman grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Terry Wrona hits a home run. Paddy Maddox comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Chad Latham grounds out to the shortstop. Kozo Takahashi grounds out to the third baseman. Archi McCray singles past the first baseman. Alex Taylor grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 New York Todd Loan is pinch hitting for Paddy Maddox. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Todd Loan strikes out. Keith Rivera lines out to the second baseman. Scott Merritt flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Edwin Killeen pitching. Tony Allison is pinch hitting for Herm Fanok. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Tony Allison singles to right field. Kazuto Uchi grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Tex Torrez is hit by a pitch. Clay Cruz flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 New York Red Giebel pitching. Bud Fluhrer flies out to the left fielder. Roger Schell strikes out. Harvey Hegan flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners LOB: 8 New York total runners LOB: 4