Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Chuck Erstad pitching. Yoandy Toscano hits a home run. Hisato Nakajima strikes out. Hirokazu Furusawa flies out to the center fielder. Bubba Kiefer triples. Mike Long singles to left field. Bubba Kiefer scores. Jim Johnson walks. George Nixon singles to left field. Mike Long scores. Jim Johnson advances to third on the hit. Ken Gubanich grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Houston Butch Strickland pitching. Danny Relaford flies out to the right fielder. Rev Dem flies out to the right fielder. Telemachus Rhade grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Butch Strickland reached on a fielding error by Telemachus Rhade. Yoandy Toscano walks. Hisato Nakajima strikes out. Hirokazu Furusawa flies out to the right fielder. Bubba Kiefer pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Houston Alexander Rozhenko lines out to the second baseman. Christopher Pike singles to center field. Dean Troi pops out to the first baseman. Hikaru Sulu strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Mike Long flies out to the center fielder. Jim Johnson flies out to the left fielder. George Nixon strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Seamus Harper singles to right field. Chuck Erstad lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Danny Relaford flies out to the center fielder. Rev Dem singles to left field. Telemachus Rhade singles to left field. Seamus Harper scores. Alexander Rozhenko strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Ken Gubanich flies out to the right fielder. Butch Strickland flies out to the center fielder. Yoandy Toscano reached on a fielding error by Alexander Rozhenko. Hisato Nakajima walks. Hirokazu Furusawa grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Houston Christopher Pike grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Dean Troi flies out to the right fielder. Hikaru Sulu grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Bubba Kiefer strikes out. Mike Long grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Johnson singles to right field. George Nixon strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Seamus Harper strikes out. Chuck Erstad grounds out to the third baseman. Danny Relaford pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Ken Gubanich grounds out to the pitcher. Butch Strickland grounds out to the second baseman. Yoandy Toscano singles to center field. Tom Bevil comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Hisato Nakajima singles to center field. Yoandy Toscano advances to third on the hit. Hirokazu Furusawa strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Houston Rev Dem lines out to the shortstop. Telemachus Rhade singles to right field. Alexander Rozhenko singles to center field. Christopher Pike singles to center field. Telemachus Rhade scores. Alexander Rozhenko advances to third on the hit. Dean Troi strikes out. Hikaru Sulu grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Bubba Kiefer flies out to the left fielder. Mike Long grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Johnson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Teal-C is pinch hitting for Seamus Harper. Teal-C walks. Pavel Chekov is pinch hitting for Tom Bevil. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Pavel Chekov strikes out. Danny Relaford grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Rebel Koehler pitching. George Nixon grounds out to the third baseman. Ken Gubanich strikes out. Butch Strickland grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Rev Dem grounds out to the shortstop. Telemachus Rhade walks. Alex Nino 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. Alexander Rozhenko flies out to the center fielder. Christopher Pike grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Telemachus Rhade is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Yoandy Toscano singles to left field. Hisato Nakajima strikes out. Hirokazu Furusawa grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Yoandy Toscano is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Hirokazu Furusawa steals second. Bubba Kiefer grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Jim Embree comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Dean Troi grounds out to the second baseman. Hikaru Sulu flies out to the right fielder. Teal-C strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 10 Houston total runners LOB: 6
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Curt Bell did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Bob Smith did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Rene Rhoden improves in range Les Finley improves in contact_vs_lefty Stan Smith improves in power_vs_righty Stan Smith improves in contact_vs_righty Oreste Hayden did not respond to coaching in SS
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: A Improvements: Bob Johnson did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Tim Merchant did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Luis Marrow did not respond to coaching in velocity Jay Lopez improves in control Luis Marrow did not respond to coaching in control Ernie Scioscia did not respond to coaching in range Jason Garrett did not respond to coaching in 2B