Win: Neal Welchonce Loss: George Moore
Save: Red Giebel
Inning: 1 Houston Mike Cook pitching. Kazuto Uchi grounds out to the shortstop. Chad Latham singles to right field. Tony Allison flies out to the center fielder. Lou Goryl pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Neal Welchonce pitching. Mike Thomson flies out to the left fielder. Jim Porter walks. Albert Delhi flies out to the center fielder. Ken Ley strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Clay Cruz grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Oscar Hassler grounds out to the third baseman. Brian Beltran flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Cuno Ettles strikes out. Raul Jackson grounds out to the shortstop. Woody Unser grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Bill Lee walks. Neal Welchonce lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Passed ball. Bill Lee advances to third. Kazuto Uchi grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Lee scores. Chad Latham grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Donn Shawkey grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Cook grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Thomson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Tony Allison pops out to the first baseman. Lou Goryl doubles to right field. Clay Cruz strikes out. Oscar Hassler strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Jim Porter strikes out. Albert Delhi singles past the shortstop. Ken Ley doubles to center field. Albert Delhi uses his aggressiveness and scores. Cuno Ettles singles to left field. Ken Ley scores. Raul Jackson grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Brian Beltran grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Lee flies out to the center fielder. Neal Welchonce grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Woody Unser strikes out. Donn Shawkey grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Cook singles to center field. Mike Thomson grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Mike Cook is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Kazuto Uchi doubles to right field. Chad Latham singles to right field. Kazuto Uchi scores. Tony Allison grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Lou Goryl walks. Lou Goryl steals second. Clay Cruz strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Jim Porter walks. Jim Porter is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Albert Delhi grounds out to the shortstop. Ken Ley grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Oscar Hassler strikes out. Brian Beltran flies out to the left fielder. Bill Lee grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Cuno Ettles flies out to the center fielder. Raul Jackson strikes out. Woody Unser singles to left field. Donn Shawkey walks. Mike Bradley is pinch hitting for Mike Cook. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Mike Bradley grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Houston George Moore pitching. Alex Taylor is pinch hitting for Neal Welchonce. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Alex Taylor hits a home run. Kazuto Uchi flies out to the left fielder. Chad Latham singles to right field. Tony Allison flies out to the center fielder. Lou Goryl pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Mel Devine pitching. Mike Thomson flies out to the center fielder. Jim Porter flies out to the right fielder. Albert Delhi grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Clay Cruz grounds out to the shortstop. Oscar Hassler strikes out. Brian Beltran flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Red Giebel comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Ken Ley flies out to the left fielder. Cuno Ettles reached on a 2-base throwing error by Tony Allison. Raul Jackson pops out to the first baseman. Woody Unser flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Houston total runners LOB: 4 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 5