Win: Cowboy Hernandez (7-5) Loss: Joe Holman (1-3)
Inning: 1 Houston Cowboy Hernandez pitching. Bill Herbert walks. Bill Colbert pops out to the first baseman. Belden Chaplin pops out to the shortstop. Bill Herbert is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Joe Holman pitching. Ollie Bowman strikes out. Ed Nixon grounds out to the second baseman. Simmy Brown singles to right field. Cliff Tompkins grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Gary Bressler singles to right field. Gary Bressler steals second. Galen Foss strikes out. Buddy Bystrom flies out to the left fielder. Ted Pruett flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Ed Cubbage strikes out. Virgil French grounds out to the second baseman. Paul Grove singles to right field. Tom Shoffner flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Ken Lindstrom triples. Joe Holman grounds out to the third baseman. Ken Lindstrom scores. Bill Herbert grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Colbert doubles to center field. Belden Chaplin strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Cowboy Hernandez pops out to the second baseman. Ollie Bowman grounds out to the pitcher. Ed Nixon grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Gary Bressler lines out to the first baseman. Galen Foss walks. Buddy Bystrom strikes out. Ted Pruett grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Galen Foss is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Simmy Brown strikes out. Cliff Tompkins strikes out. Ed Cubbage singles to right field. Virgil French walks. Paul Grove pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Houston Ken Lindstrom walks. Joe Holman lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bill Herbert pops out to the pitcher. Bill Colbert grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Tom Shoffner singles to center field. Cowboy Hernandez fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Cowboy Hernandez singles to left field. Tom Shoffner advances to third on the hit. Ollie Bowman strikes out. Ed Nixon grounds out to the second baseman. Tom Shoffner scores. Cowboy Hernandez advances to second on the play. Simmy Brown grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Belden Chaplin grounds out to the second baseman. Gary Bressler pops out to the catcher. Galen Foss grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Cliff Tompkins walks. Ed Cubbage walks. Virgil French singles past the second baseman. Paul Grove singles past the third baseman. Cliff Tompkins scores. Ed Cubbage scores. Virgil French advances to third on the hit. Paul Grove steals second. Tom Shoffner singles to center field. Virgil French scores. Paul Grove scores. Cowboy Hernandez lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ollie Bowman grounds out to the third baseman. Ed Nixon strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Jackie Fryman enters the game as a defensive replacement for Ed Nixon at CF. Harold Gubanich enters the game as a defensive replacement for Simmy Brown at 1B. Kevin Porter enters the game as a defensive replacement for Virgil French at 3B. Buddy Bystrom singles to right field. Ted Pruett singles to left field. Buddy Bystrom advances to third on the hit. Ken Lindstrom grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ted Pruett advances to second on the play. Joe Holman strikes out. Bill Herbert triples. Buddy Bystrom scores. Ted Pruett scores. Bill Colbert flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Tommy Lambert comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Harold Gubanich reached on a 2-base fielding error by Belden Chaplin. Cliff Tompkins pops out to the shortstop. Ed Cubbage reached on a fielding error by Buddy Bystrom. Kevin Porter walks. Paul Grove hits a home run. Harold Gubanich scores. Ed Cubbage scores. Kevin Porter scores. Tom Shoffner flies out to the right fielder. Cowboy Hernandez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Belden Chaplin strikes out. Gary Bressler reached on a 2-base throwing error by Cowboy Hernandez. Galen Foss grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Gary Bressler advances to third on the play. Buddy Bystrom pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Darryl Griffey is pinch hitting for Ollie Bowman. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Darryl Griffey doubles to right field. Jackie Fryman singles to right field. Darryl Griffey is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Ralph Hamlin is pinch hitting for Harold Gubanich. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ralph Hamlin pops out to the first baseman. Jackie Fryman is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Ted Pruett doubles to right field. Ken Lindstrom strikes out. Joe Butler is pinch hitting for Tommy Lambert. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Joe Butler hits a home run. Ted Pruett scores. Bobby Wicker comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Bill Herbert flies out to the left fielder. Bill Colbert strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners left on base: 6 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 6
Batting:2B - Bill Colbert (2), Ted Pruett (4).3B - Bill Herbert (1), Ken Lindstrom (2).HR - Joe Butler (15). Baserunning: SB - Gary Bressler (3).CS - Bill Herbert (3). Fielding: E - Belden Chaplin, Buddy Bystrom.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: D- Improvements: Sam Howerton improves in power_vs_lefty Andrew Higgins did not respond to coaching in control Johnny Gossage improves in contact_vs_lefty Johnny Gossage improves in arm Sam Howerton improves in RF
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Walt Ventura improves in arm Art Young did not respond to coaching in velocity Manny Smith did not respond to coaching in control Doug Jordan improves in power_vs_righty Doug Jordan did not respond to coaching in C