Inning: 1 Houston Hideaki Yamamoto pitching. Emil Bragan walks. Monte Heving lines out to the second baseman. George Foster flies out to the right fielder. Emil Bragan steals second. Hal Boone walks. Mahkan Singh singles to left field. Emil Bragan scores. Hal Boone advances to third on the hit. Gary Smith flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Jodie Grigsby pitching. Kosuke Iwasaki singles to left field. George Spies flies out to the left fielder. Phil Trouppe flies out to the right fielder. Tom Bailey doubles to center field. Bob Morris strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Houston Mickey Estrada singles to left field. Frank Hopkins grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Jodie Grigsby grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Pickles Ellison singles to left field. Russ Knox singles to center field. F.P. Evans singles to right field. Pickles Ellison scores. Hideaki Yamamoto lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. The defense is playing the infield in. Kosuke Iwasaki singles to right field. Russ Knox scores. George Spies singles to left field. F.P. Evans scores. Phil Trouppe grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Emil Bragan singles to left field. Monte Heving flies out to the left fielder. George Foster doubles to left field. Emil Bragan uses his aggressiveness and scores. Hal Boone is hit by a pitch. Mahkan Singh grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Hal Boone is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Gary Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Tom Bailey grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Morris lines out to the second baseman. Pickles Ellison flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Mickey Estrada singles to center field. Frank Hopkins grounds out to the second baseman. Mickey Estrada advances to second on the play. Jodie Grigsby singles to right field. Emil Bragan flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Mickey Estrada is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Russ Knox flies out to the right fielder. F.P. Evans grounds out to the third baseman. Hideaki Yamamoto flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Monte Heving singles to center field. George Foster doubles to right field. Monte Heving uses his aggressiveness and scores. Hal Boone walks. Mahkan Singh lines out to the shortstop. Gary Smith doubles to left field. George Foster scores. Hal Boone uses his aggressiveness and scores. Reijiro Kawamura comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mickey Estrada doubles past the third baseman. Gary Smith scores. Frank Hopkins singles past the second baseman. Jodie Grigsby flies out to the right fielder. Emil Bragan grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Kosuke Iwasaki singles to right field. George Spies strikes out. Phil Trouppe strikes out. Tom Bailey grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Kosuke Iwasaki is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Monte Heving strikes out. George Foster grounds out to the third baseman. Hal Boone flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Bob Morris strikes out. Pickles Ellison walks. Russ Knox singles to right field. F.P. Evans grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Russ Knox is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Reijiro Kawamura grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Houston Mahkan Singh grounds out to the second baseman. Gary Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Mickey Estrada singles to right field. Frank Hopkins lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Kosuke Iwasaki singles past the shortstop. George Spies singles to right field. Phil Trouppe grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Kosuke Iwasaki advances to third on the play. Tom Bailey doubles to center field. Kosuke Iwasaki scores. Bob Morris grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Carlos Glaviano is pinch hitting for Jodie Grigsby. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Carlos Glaviano grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Emil Bragan strikes out. Monte Heving grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Buddy Henderson pitching. Pickles Ellison grounds out to the second baseman. George Speer is pinch hitting for Russ Knox. George Speer doubles to right field. F.P. Evans walks. Toshiharu Naganuma is pinch hitting for Reijiro Kawamura. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Toshiharu Naganuma grounds into a force play to the second baseman. F.P. Evans is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Kosuke Iwasaki pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Houston Bill Garland pitching. Herb Page enters the game as a defensive replacement for George Speer at C. George Foster grounds out to the shortstop. Hal Boone hits a home run. Mahkan Singh singles to center field. Gary Smith strikes out. Mahkan Singh is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh George Spies singles to center field. Phil Trouppe strikes out. Tom Bailey flies out to the center fielder. Bob Morris pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Houston total runners LOB: 8 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 10
Batting:2B - George Foster 2 (14), Gary Smith (15), Mickey Estrada (13).HR - Hal Boone (9).GIDP - Frank Hopkins.HBP - Hal Boone (2). Baserunning: SB - Emil Bragan (8).CS - Mahkan Singh (3).
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Johnny Platte did not respond to coaching in velocity King Blackburn improves in power_vs_lefty Johnny Platte improves in endurance Jim Miller did not respond to coaching in velocity Al Graham did not respond to coaching in RF
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Morrie Wolf did not respond to coaching in range Bob Robinson improves in contact_vs_righty Steve Calvert did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Bill Grant did not respond to coaching in control