Win: Ryan Usher (1-0) Loss: Aurelio Borbon (3-1)
Save: Ad Harkness (8)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Ryan Usher pitching. Paul Grove walks. Kevin Porter grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Ralph Hamlin doubles to right field. March Hulswitt flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Houston Aurelio Borbon pitching. Joe Butler singles to right field. Kiyokazu Shioya doubles to right field. Scoops Treadaway singles to left field. Joe Butler scores. Kiyokazu Shioya scores. Chris Malloy grounds out to the pitcher. Scoops Treadaway advances to second on the play. Fred Beck strikes out. Hank Stimac flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Tom Shoffner strikes out. Harold Gubanich grounds out to the shortstop. Virgil French strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Bernie Moore grounds out to the second baseman. Bobby Hudson singles to center field. Ryan Usher fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Ryan Usher strikes out. Joe Butler strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Darryl Griffey singles past the third baseman. Darryl Griffey steals second. Aurelio Borbon lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Paul Grove pops out to the shortstop. Kevin Porter grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Kiyokazu Shioya pops out to the second baseman. Scoops Treadaway flies out to the right fielder. Chris Malloy doubles to center field. Fred Beck pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Ralph Hamlin flies out to the left fielder. March Hulswitt strikes out. Tom Shoffner strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Hank Stimac walks. Bernie Moore grounds out to the pitcher. Hank Stimac advances to second on the play. Bobby Hudson singles to right field. Hank Stimac scores. Ryan Usher lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Joe Butler walks. Kiyokazu Shioya grounds into a force play to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Joe Butler is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Harold Gubanich strikes out. Virgil French walks. Darryl Griffey hits a home run. Virgil French scores. Aurelio Borbon grounds out to the shortstop. Paul Grove strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Scoops Treadaway grounds out to the shortstop. Chris Malloy strikes out. Fred Beck singles to center field. Hank Stimac doubles to center field. Fred Beck uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bernie Moore walks. Wayne Bemis comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bobby Hudson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Kevin Porter flies out to the right fielder. Ralph Hamlin grounds out to the shortstop. March Hulswitt flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Ryan Usher strikes out. Joe Butler grounds out to the second baseman. Kiyokazu Shioya grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Tom Shoffner singles to left field. Tom Shoffner steals second. Harold Gubanich pops out to the second baseman. Virgil French strikes out. Darryl Griffey grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Scoops Treadaway singles to center field. Chris Malloy triples. Scoops Treadaway scores. Fred Beck walks. Hank Stimac hits a home run. Chris Malloy scores. Fred Beck scores. Bernie Moore singles to left field. Bobby Hudson walks. Ryan Usher lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Joe Butler doubles to left field. Bernie Moore scores. Bobby Hudson scores. Kiyokazu Shioya grounds out to the shortstop. Scoops Treadaway grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Cesar Shipley is pinch hitting for Wayne Bemis. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Cesar Shipley grounds out to the third baseman. Paul Grove strikes out. Kevin Porter strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Dave Gazinta pitching. Chris Malloy strikes out. Hector Hartgraves is pinch hitting for Fred Beck. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Hector Hartgraves grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Hank Stimac walks. Galen Foss is pinch hitting for Bernie Moore. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Hank Stimac steals second. Galen Foss strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Ed Cubbage is pinch hitting for Ralph Hamlin. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ed Cubbage singles to left field. Cliff Tompkins is pinch hitting for March Hulswitt. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Cliff Tompkins strikes out. Tom Shoffner singles to center field. Ollie Bowman is pinch hitting for Harold Gubanich. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ollie Bowman singles to right field. Ed Cubbage scores. Virgil French walks. Darryl Griffey flies out to the center fielder. Alex Makosky is pinch hitting for Dave Gazinta. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Alex Makosky singles to left field. Tom Shoffner scores. Paul Grove triples. Ollie Bowman scores. Virgil French scores. Alex Makosky scores. Ad Harkness comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Kevin Porter flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 4 Houston total runners left on base: 9
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Manny Smith improves in control Walt Ventura improves in power_vs_righty George Schorr improves in contact_vs_lefty Manny Smith did not respond to coaching in control Doug Jordan did not respond to coaching in C
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Belden Chaplin improves in contact_vs_lefty Rick Carter did not respond to coaching in velocity Ben Kennedy improves in power_vs_righty Ben Kennedy improves in contact_vs_righty Sam Howerton improves in CF