Win: Oscar Schulte (1-0) Loss: Jerry Cornejo (0-2)
Save: Stan Moriarty (1)
Inning: 1 Houston Jerry Cornejo pitching. Joe Steinfeldt strikes out. Tom Cangelosi walks. Tom Cangelosi steals second. Gus Dozier grounds out to the shortstop. Randy Short flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Jerry Sperry pitching. Darron Vaughan grounds out to the pitcher. Juan Hyzdu grounds out to the third baseman. Clyde Delahanty singles to center field. Tom Lillis singles to right field. Clyde Delahanty advances to third on the hit. Ray Bartley strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Houston Mark Elliott flies out to the right fielder. Norm Hollahan singles to right field. Ralph McNamara pops out to the first baseman. Ted Barnhart singles past the shortstop. Norm Hollahan advances to third on the hit. Jerry Sperry flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Bill Green singles to center field. Danny Weaver strikes out. Bill Green steals second. Algie Belitz grounds out to the shortstop. Jerry Cornejo strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Joe Steinfeldt flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Tom Cangelosi flies out to the right fielder. Gus Dozier is hit by a pitch. Randy Short strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Darron Vaughan grounds out to the second baseman. Juan Hyzdu pops out to the shortstop. Clyde Delahanty grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Mark Elliott walks. Norm Hollahan grounds out to the shortstop. Mark Elliott advances to second on the play. Ralph McNamara doubles to center field. Mark Elliott scores. Ted Barnhart grounds out to the third baseman. Jerry Sperry flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Tom Lillis grounds out to the shortstop. Ray Bartley singles to left field. Bill Green flies out to the right fielder. Danny Weaver reached on a fielding error by Jerry Sperry. Algie Belitz singles to right field. Ray Bartley scores. Danny Weaver advances to third on the hit. Jerry Cornejo grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Houston Joe Steinfeldt singles to right field. Tom Cangelosi flies out to the left fielder. Gus Dozier strikes out. Randy Short flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Darron Vaughan strikes out. Juan Hyzdu singles to left field. Juan Hyzdu is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Clyde Delahanty flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Mark Elliott grounds out to the shortstop. Norm Hollahan strikes out. Ralph McNamara doubles to right field. Ted Barnhart flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Tom Lillis singles to left field. Tom Lillis steals second. Ray Bartley flies out to the right fielder. 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. Bill Green strikes out. Danny Weaver pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Ray Mahler is pinch hitting for Oscar Schulte. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ray Mahler grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Steinfeldt reached on a fielding error by Juan Hyzdu. Tom Cangelosi walks. Gus Dozier strikes out. Tripp Dowd 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. Randy Short doubles to center field. Joe Steinfeldt scores. Tom Cangelosi uses his aggressiveness and scores. Mark Elliott grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Mickey Hamilton pitching. Algie Belitz walks. Sam Starkel is pinch hitting for Tripp Dowd. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Sam Starkel grounds out to the pitcher. Algie Belitz advances to second on the play. Darron Vaughan strikes out. Juan Hyzdu strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Scott Fisk pitching. Norm Hollahan grounds out to the shortstop. Ralph McNamara grounds out to the shortstop. Ted Barnhart grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Clyde Delahanty grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Lillis flies out to the left fielder. Ray Bartley grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Jeffrey Cox is pinch hitting for Mickey Hamilton. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jeffrey Cox flies out to the left fielder. Joe Steinfeldt singles in front of the left fielder. Tom Cangelosi doubles to right field. Joe Steinfeldt uses his aggressiveness and scores. Gus Dozier walks. Randy Short strikes out. Mark Elliott strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Stan Moriarty pitching. Bill Green lines out to the second baseman. Danny Weaver strikes out. Algie Belitz flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners LOB: 10 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 7
Batting:2B - Tom Cangelosi (1), Randy Short (2), Ralph McNamara 2 (3).HBP - Gus Dozier (1). Baserunning: SB - Tom Cangelosi (1). Fielding: E - Jerry Sperry.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Tony Dingman did not respond to coaching in velocity Alex Foley did not respond to coaching in control Laurin Moore did not respond to coaching in control Alex Foley did not respond to coaching in velocity Al Yoshii improves in speed Troy McEnaney improves in contact_vs_righty
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Chris Ventura did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Ted Blong did not respond to coaching in range Ted Blong did not respond to coaching in arm Chris Pipgras improves in control Fritz Cain did not respond to coaching in control Al Burns improves in power_vs_righty Bill Rodriguez did not respond to coaching in 2B