Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Ike Rizzuto pitching. Woody Unser walks. Raul Jackson grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Henry Townsend strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Houston Shigeki Sasaki pitching. Kazuto Uchi singles past the shortstop. Chad Latham doubles to center field. Kazuto Uchi uses his aggressiveness and scores. Tony Allison grounds out to the pitcher. Lou Goryl doubles past the third baseman. Chad Latham scores. Dick Cassini walks. Oscar Hassler pops out to the first baseman. Hugh Sargent flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Ken Ley walks. Kevin Huelsman strikes out. Ken Ley steals second. Ed Donaldson singles to right field. Ken Ley scores. Ed Donaldson steals second. Cliff Phillips strikes out. Don Derrick pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Brian Beltran grounds out to the shortstop. Ike Rizzuto pops out to the second baseman. Kazuto Uchi walks. Kazuto Uchi steals second. Chad Latham pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Shigeki Sasaki strikes out. Woody Unser grounds out to the second baseman. Raul Jackson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Tony Allison grounds out to the third baseman. Lou Goryl grounds out to the third baseman. Dick Cassini hits a home run. Oscar Hassler grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Henry Townsend walks. Ken Ley strikes out. Kevin Huelsman strikes out. Ed Donaldson pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Hugh Sargent singles to left field. Brian Beltran grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Hugh Sargent is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ike Rizzuto lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Kazuto Uchi grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Cliff Phillips grounds out to the third baseman. Don Derrick grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Shigeki Sasaki grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Chad Latham walks. Tony Allison grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Lou Goryl pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Woody Unser strikes out. Raul Jackson strikes out. Henry Townsend pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Dick Cassini grounds out to the pitcher. Oscar Hassler singles to left field. Hugh Sargent strikes out. Brian Beltran reached on a fielding error by Cliff Phillips. Ike Rizzuto strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Ken Ley grounds out to the shortstop. Kevin Huelsman singles to right field. Ed Donaldson singles to center field. Kevin Huelsman advances to third on the hit. Cliff Phillips flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Kevin Huelsman scores. Don Derrick hits a home run. Ed Donaldson scores. Tsutomu Fujii comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Shigeki Sasaki strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Kazuto Uchi doubles to center field. Chad Latham strikes out. Tony Allison singles to right field. Kazuto Uchi scores. Lou Goryl strikes out. Dick Cassini singles to center field. Oscar Hassler flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Woody Unser walks. Raul Jackson grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Henry Townsend flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Danny Karros comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Hugh Sargent singles to left field. Brian Beltran strikes out. Lew Tappe is pinch hitting for Tsutomu Fujii. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Lew Tappe grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Hugh Sargent is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Kazuto Uchi grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Lew Tappe is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Mel Devine pitching. Ken Ley grounds out to the second baseman. Kevin Huelsman singles to center field. Ed Donaldson strikes out. Cliff Phillips singles to right field. Kevin Huelsman advances to third on the hit. Don Derrick strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Houston Chad Latham strikes out. Tony Allison lines out to the third baseman. Lou Goryl pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Pittsburgh Mike Thomson is pinch hitting for Danny Karros. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Mike Thomson singles to center field. Woody Unser grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Mike Thomson is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Raul Jackson triples. Woody Unser scores. Henry Townsend singles to left field. Raul Jackson scores. Red Giebel comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ken Ley strikes out. Kevin Huelsman strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Houston Bill Valera pitching. Dick Cassini grounds out to the second baseman. Oscar Hassler singles to right field. Hugh Sargent strikes out. Brian Beltran doubles to center field. Clay Cruz is pinch hitting for Red Giebel. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Clay Cruz hits a home run. Oscar Hassler scores. Brian Beltran scores. Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 5 Houston total runners left on base: 9
Batting:3B - Raul Jackson (3).HR - Don Derrick (6).SF - Cliff Phillips.GIDP - Raul Jackson 2. Baserunning: SB - Ken Ley (4), Ed Donaldson (2). Fielding: E - Cliff Phillips.
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ralph Crisp improves in endurance Buddy Gedman did not respond to coaching in velocity Ray Prendergast improves in arm Randy Kubiak did not respond to coaching in range Takashi Yasuda improves in 1B
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Roger Velazquez improves in control Rick Ennis did not respond to coaching in control Andre Kirk improves in contact_vs_righty Carl Kirkwood improves in arm