Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Otis Hart pitching. Frank Dillinger walks. Jerry Surkont strikes out. Frank Dillinger steals second. Kevin Radebaugh flies out to the center fielder. Ray Kirby singles to left field. Frank Dillinger scores. Ollie Ballou strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Houston Andy Stenhouse pitching. Alex Giouxs strikes out. Phil Motloch flies out to the left fielder. Greg Guise flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Alex Ritter lines out to the second baseman. Pat Gill is hit by a pitch. Lu Keerl singles to left field. Andy Stenhouse lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Frank Dillinger walks. Jerry Surkont singles to right field. Pat Gill scores. Lu Keerl scores. Frank Dillinger advances to third on the hit. Kevin Radebaugh strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Houston Pat Delmas pops out to the second baseman. Masahiro Osako strikes out. Octavio Sissi strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Ray Kirby reached on a fielding error by Octavio Sissi. Ollie Ballou reached on a 2-base throwing error by Pat Delmas. Alex Ritter hits a home run. Ray Kirby scores. Ollie Ballou scores. Pat Gill strikes out. Lu Keerl grounds out to the second baseman. Andy Stenhouse walks. Frank Dillinger strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Al Womack grounds out to the second baseman. Johan Moran strikes out. Otis Hart doubles to right field. Alex Giouxs walks. Phil Motloch grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Jerry Surkont strikes out. Kevin Radebaugh singles to left field. Ray Kirby walks. Ollie Ballou singles past the first baseman. Kevin Radebaugh scores. Ray Kirby advances to third on the hit. Otto Mitterwald comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ollie Ballou steals second. Alex Ritter grounds out to the second baseman. Ray Kirby scores. Ollie Ballou advances to third on the play. Pat Gill strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Greg Guise flies out to the center fielder. Pat Delmas singles to right field. Masahiro Osako walks. Octavio Sissi grounds out to the second baseman. Pat Delmas advances to third on the play. Masahiro Osako advances to second on the play. Al Womack walks. Johan Moran walks. Pat Delmas scores. Otto Mitterwald walks. Masahiro Osako scores. Alex Giouxs grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Al Womack is out at home. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Lu Keerl grounds out to the second baseman. Andy Stenhouse flies out to the right fielder. Frank Dillinger strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Phil Motloch strikes out. Greg Guise pops out to the second baseman. Pat Delmas hits a home run. Masahiro Osako singles to left field. Octavio Sissi lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Jerry Surkont pops out to the shortstop. Kevin Radebaugh strikes out. Ray Kirby grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Al Womack grounds out to the third baseman. Johan Moran flies out to the right fielder. Otto Mitterwald strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Ollie Ballou pops out to the third baseman. Alex Ritter flies out to the right fielder. Pat Gill singles to left field. Lu Keerl grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Pat Gill is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Alex Giouxs walks. Phil Motloch grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Alex Giouxs advances to second on the play. Greg Guise strikes out. Jake Hairston comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Pat Delmas grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Lowell Easterling is pinch hitting for Jake Hairston. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Lowell Easterling walks. Frank Dillinger walks. Jerry Surkont grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Lowell Easterling advances to third on the play. Kevin Radebaugh grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Mel Fullerton pitching. Masahiro Osako grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Octavio Sissi flies out to the center fielder. Al Womack flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Ray Kirby singles to right field. Ollie Ballou grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Ray Kirby is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Bob Shepherd is pinch hitting for Alex Ritter. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ollie Ballou is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Bob Shepherd flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Johan Moran pops out to the shortstop. Morgan Wain is pinch hitting for Otto Mitterwald. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Morgan Wain walks. Alex Giouxs strikes out. Phil Motloch reached on a fielding error by Frank Dillinger. Greg Guise flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 7 Houston total runners LOB: 9
Batting:HR - Alex Ritter (8).GIDP - Jerry Surkont.HBP - Pat Gill (1). Baserunning: SB - Frank Dillinger (10), Ollie Ballou (7).CS - Ollie Ballou (2). Fielding: E - Frank Dillinger.
Game Notes Otto Mitterwald is injured and is expected to be out 47 days.
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Mark Bowers improves in range Eric Bowman improves in range Eric Bowman improves in range Charlie May improves in control Al Appling improves in power_vs_righty Piggy Acker did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Joe Colbert improves in power_vs_lefty Eddie Terry did not respond to coaching in velocity Jack Miller improves in power_vs_righty Manny Benes did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Gene Batts did not respond to coaching in endurance Charlie Locke did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Bob Boehmer did not respond to coaching in 1B