Win: Kevin Smith (5-7) Loss: Ed Cruz (10-6)
Save: Oscar Schulte (11)
Inning: 1 Houston Ed Cruz pitching. Joe Steinfeldt walks. Tom Cangelosi flies out to the center fielder. Gus Dozier grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Steinfeldt advances to second on the play. Randy Short singles to left field. Joe Steinfeldt is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Kevin Smith pitching. Greg Partenheimer grounds out to the second baseman. Clyde Delahanty hits a home run. Tom Lillis flies out to the center fielder. Bill Green flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Mark Elliott flies out to the right fielder. Mike Kaiserling flies out to the left fielder. Norm Hollahan hits a home run. Pee-Wee Stankiewicz strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Chris Ventura pops out to the first baseman. Vern Rightnowar strikes out. Ralph Maglie pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Kevin Smith flies out to the center fielder. Joe Steinfeldt hits a home run. Tom Cangelosi flies out to the center fielder. Gus Dozier hits a home run. Randy Short grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Sam Starkel walks. Ed Cruz lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Greg Partenheimer singles to left field. Sam Starkel scores. Clyde Delahanty strikes out. Greg Partenheimer steals second. Tom Lillis flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Mark Elliott singles to center field. Mark Elliott steals second. Mike Kaiserling grounds out to the shortstop. Norm Hollahan singles to center field. Mark Elliott scores. Pee-Wee Stankiewicz flies out to the left fielder. Kevin Smith singles to right field. Norm Hollahan advances to third on the hit. Joe Steinfeldt flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Bill Green bunts for a base hit. Bill Green steals second. Chris Ventura singles to left field. Bill Green scores. Vern Rightnowar strikes out. Ralph Maglie doubles to right field. Chris Ventura uses his aggressiveness and scores. Sam Starkel pops out to the second baseman. Ed Cruz grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Tom Cangelosi walks. Tom Cangelosi steals second. Gus Dozier reached on a 2-base throwing error by Vern Rightnowar. Tom Cangelosi scores. Randy Short singles to left field. Gus Dozier scores. Mark Elliott strikes out. Mike Kaiserling singles to center field. Randy Short advances to third on the hit. Norm Hollahan strikes out. Pee-Wee Stankiewicz strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Greg Partenheimer singles to center field. Clyde Delahanty grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Tom Lillis strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Kevin Smith strikes out. Joe Steinfeldt doubles to center field. Lefty Crawford comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tom Cangelosi walks. Gus Dozier walks. Randy Short flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Joe Steinfeldt scores. Mark Elliott singles to center field. Tom Cangelosi scores. Gus Dozier advances to third on the hit. Mike Kaiserling singles to center field. Gus Dozier scores. Mark Elliott advances to third on the hit. Norm Hollahan strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Bill Green walks. Chris Ventura doubles to right field. Bill Green uses his aggressiveness and scores. Vern Rightnowar grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Chris Ventura advances to third on the play. Ralph Maglie grounds out to the third baseman. Chris Ventura scores. Sam Starkel strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Pee-Wee Stankiewicz grounds out to the third baseman. Kevin Smith strikes out. Joe Steinfeldt pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Brian Manda is pinch hitting for Lefty Crawford. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Brian Manda strikes out. Greg Partenheimer grounds out to the third baseman. Clyde Delahanty singles to center field. Oscar Schulte 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 1st. Tom Lillis flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Joe Kurosaki pitching. Tom Cangelosi grounds out to the second baseman. Gus Dozier grounds out to the second baseman. Randy Short strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Bill Green grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Chris Ventura grounds out to the third baseman. Vern Rightnowar flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Mark Elliott flies out to the right fielder. Mike Kaiserling flies out to the center fielder. Norm Hollahan grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Ralph Maglie singles to left field. Passed ball. Ralph Maglie advances to second. Sam Starkel grounds out to the second baseman. Ralph Maglie advances to third on the play. Jim Mitchell is pinch hitting for Joe Kurosaki. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jim Mitchell grounds out to the third baseman. Ralph Maglie scores. Greg Partenheimer flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners LOB: 7 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 3
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Paddy Crosby did not respond to coaching in velocity Mickey Crompton improves in contact_vs_righty Ozzie Fingers did not respond to coaching in velocity Troy McEnaney improves in speed Ozzie Fingers improves in velocity Wayne Shannon did not respond to coaching in velocity
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jeff Gotay did not respond to coaching in endurance Fritz Cain did not respond to coaching in control Ralph Flynn improves in control Gale Murff did not respond to coaching in velocity Steve Munoz did not respond to coaching in control Gale Murff did not respond to coaching in control Count Garrison did not respond to coaching in CF