Win: Jerry Sperry (6-2) Loss: Jerry Cornejo (7-2)
Save: Tommy Gearin (6)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Jerry Sperry pitching. Ted Blong singles to left field. Bill Rodriguez strikes out. Brian Manda strikes out. Juan Hyzdu grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Ted Blong is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Houston Jerry Cornejo pitching. Troy McEnaney grounds out to the shortstop. Charlie Scott strikes out. Joe Steinfeldt singles to center field. Tom Cangelosi flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Andy Baker grounds out to the pitcher. Greg Partenheimer doubles to right field. Danny Weaver strikes out. Tom Lillis strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Gus Dozier strikes out. Emil Hildebrand strikes out. Mickey Crompton singles to right field. Ralph McNamara singles to right field. Mickey Crompton advances to third on the hit. Jerry Sperry singles to center field. Mickey Crompton scores. Ralph McNamara advances to third on the hit. Troy McEnaney walks. Charlie Scott grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Jerry Cornejo flies out to the left fielder. Ted Blong grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Rodriguez doubles past the first baseman. Brian Manda flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Joe Steinfeldt strikes out. Tom Cangelosi walks. Gus Dozier reached on a 2-base throwing error by Juan Hyzdu. Emil Hildebrand flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Tom Cangelosi scores. Mickey Crompton walks. Ralph McNamara flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Juan Hyzdu flies out to the left fielder. Andy Baker pops out to the second baseman. Greg Partenheimer doubles to center field. Danny Weaver flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Jerry Sperry strikes out. Troy McEnaney grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Charlie Scott walks. Joe Steinfeldt strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Tom Lillis grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jerry Cornejo grounds out to the shortstop. Ted Blong grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Tom Cangelosi flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Gus Dozier flies out to the left fielder. Emil Hildebrand flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Bill Rodriguez reached on a fielding error by Mickey Crompton. Brian Manda singles to left field. Bill Rodriguez advances to third on the hit. Juan Hyzdu strikes out. Andy Baker flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Bill Rodriguez scores. Greg Partenheimer flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Mickey Crompton flies out to the center fielder. Ralph McNamara lines out to the first baseman. Jerry Sperry strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Danny Weaver singles to center field. Tommy Gearin 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. Tom Lillis lines out to the shortstop. Clyde Delahanty is pinch hitting for Jerry Cornejo. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Clyde Delahanty pops out to the first baseman. Danny Weaver is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Tripp Dowd pitching. Troy McEnaney singles to center field. Charlie Scott doubles to left field. Troy McEnaney uses his aggressiveness and scores. Joe Steinfeldt flies out to the center fielder. Tom Cangelosi flies out to the left fielder. Gus Dozier flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Ted Blong singles to left field. Bill Rodriguez walks. Brian Manda grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Ted Blong advances to third on the play. Juan Hyzdu grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Emil Hildebrand grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mickey Crompton singles to right field. Ralph McNamara grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Andy Baker pops out to the first baseman. Greg Partenheimer singles to right field. Danny Weaver flies out to the right fielder. Tom Lillis flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 7 Houston total runners left on base: 8
Batting:2B - Bill Rodriguez (8), Greg Partenheimer 2 (10).SF - Andy Baker.GIDP - Brian Manda. Baserunning: CS - Danny Weaver (5). Fielding: E - Juan Hyzdu.
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Chris Pipgras improves in velocity Preston Leiter did not respond to coaching in velocity Dave Rodriguez did not respond to coaching in speed Chad Slagle did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Chad Slagle did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Chris Pipgras did not respond to coaching in velocity Marcus Bartholomew improves in 2B
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: John Romero improves in power_vs_righty Rudy Sleater improves in velocity Eddie Shemo did not respond to coaching in velocity Laurin Moore did not respond to coaching in velocity Billy Kyle did not respond to coaching in velocity Clay Biggs did not respond to coaching in speed