Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Ryohei Amamoto pitching. Darron Vaughan grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Juan Hyzdu pops out to the shortstop. Greg Partenheimer grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Houston Lefty McMichael pitching. Joe Steinfeldt grounds out to the pitcher. Charlie Scott strikes out. Gus Dozier flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Clyde Delahanty walks. Brian Manda pops out to the catcher. Algie Belitz strikes out. Bill Green grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Mark Elliott hits a home run. Tom Cangelosi flies out to the left fielder. Norm Hollahan singles to center field. Ralph McNamara hits an infield single to the pitcher. Ted Barnhart strikes out. Ryohei Amamoto strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Danny Weaver strikes out. Lefty McMichael grounds out to the shortstop. Darron Vaughan grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Joe Steinfeldt grounds out to the third baseman. Charlie Scott grounds out to the third baseman. Gus Dozier flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Juan Hyzdu grounds out to the second baseman. Greg Partenheimer strikes out. Clyde Delahanty triples. Brian Manda walks. Algie Belitz doubles past the right fielder. Clyde Delahanty scores. Brian Manda uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bill Green singles to center field. Algie Belitz scores. Danny Weaver flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Mark Elliott hits a home run. Tom Cangelosi flies out to the right fielder. Norm Hollahan walks. Ralph McNamara singles to right field. Norm Hollahan advances to third on the hit. Ted Barnhart strikes out. Ryohei Amamoto pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Lefty McMichael grounds out to the pitcher. Darron Vaughan flies out to the center fielder. Juan Hyzdu flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Joe Steinfeldt strikes out. Charlie Scott singles to center field. Gus Dozier walks. Charlie Scott is out trying to steal third. Mark Elliott flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Greg Partenheimer grounds out to the third baseman. Clyde Delahanty walks. Brian Manda strikes out. Algie Belitz flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Tom Cangelosi grounds out to the third baseman. Norm Hollahan grounds out to the pitcher. Ralph McNamara hits a home run. Ted Barnhart singles to center field. Ryohei Amamoto grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ted Barnhart is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Bill Green singles to center field. Bill Green steals second. Danny Weaver grounds out to the pitcher. Ray Bartley is pinch hitting for Lefty McMichael. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Ray Bartley grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Bill Green advances to third on the play. Darron Vaughan singles to left field. Bill Green scores. Juan Hyzdu reached on a 2-base fielding error by Ted Barnhart. Vic Wendell 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. Greg Partenheimer strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Houston Bill Roseman pitching. Joe Steinfeldt strikes out. Charlie Scott flies out to the right fielder. Gus Dozier doubles to left field. Mark Elliott walks. Tom Cangelosi grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Clyde Delahanty walks. Brian Manda grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Algie Belitz pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Norm Hollahan bunts for a base hit. Ralph McNamara flies out to the right fielder. Ted Barnhart grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Bill Green grounds out to the second baseman. Danny Weaver flies out to the center fielder. Tom Lillis is pinch hitting for Bill Roseman. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Tom Lillis triples. Darron Vaughan walks. Juan Hyzdu grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Houston Joe Kurosaki pitching. Troy McEnaney is pinch hitting for Vic Wendell. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Troy McEnaney triples. Joe Steinfeldt strikes out. Charlie Scott singles to left field. Troy McEnaney scores. Gus Dozier grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Pittsburgh Mark Wetteland pitching. Greg Partenheimer pops out to the shortstop. Clyde Delahanty grounds out to the shortstop. Brian Manda singles to right field. Brian Manda steals second. Algie Belitz flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Houston Mark Elliott flies out to the center fielder. Tom Cangelosi walks. Norm Hollahan strikes out. Ralph McNamara grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 11 Pittsburgh Bill Green strikes out. Danny Weaver walks. Bill Rodriguez is pinch hitting for Joe Kurosaki. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bill Rodriguez singles to right field. Danny Weaver advances to third on the hit. Darron Vaughan flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Danny Weaver scores. Juan Hyzdu pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 11 Houston Ed Cruz pitching. Ted Barnhart doubles to left field. Mike Kaiserling is pinch hitting for Mark Wetteland. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Mike Kaiserling strikes out. Joe Steinfeldt singles to right field. Ted Barnhart scores. Charlie Scott walks. Gus Dozier grounds into a force play to the first baseman - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Charlie Scott is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Mark Elliott grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 12 Pittsburgh Ozzie Fingers pitching. Greg Partenheimer flies out to the left fielder. Clyde Delahanty singles in front of the left fielder. Brian Manda bunts for a base hit. Algie Belitz flies out to the center fielder. Bill Green doubles to center field. Clyde Delahanty scores. Brian Manda uses his aggressiveness and scores. Danny Weaver strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 12 Houston Tom Cangelosi strikes out. Norm Hollahan strikes out. Ralph McNamara walks. Ted Barnhart strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 10 Houston total runners LOB: 12
Batting:2B - Algie Belitz (6), Bill Green (21).3B - Clyde Delahanty (5), Tom Lillis (4).SF - Darron Vaughan.GIDP - Brian Manda. Baserunning: SB - Brian Manda (8), Bill Green (33).
Game Notes Bill Roseman is injured and is expected to be out 27 days.
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Willie Ford did not respond to coaching in control Ted Blong improves in contact_vs_righty Fritz Cain did not respond to coaching in velocity Fritz Cain did not respond to coaching in control Eppa Keyser improves in contact_vs_lefty Chris Pipgras improves in control Mark Militello did not respond to coaching in CF
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ed Wolfe did not respond to coaching in velocity Paddy Crosby did not respond to coaching in control Laurin Moore did not respond to coaching in control John Romero did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty John Romero did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jeff Rollins did not respond to coaching in velocity