Win: Orval Watkins (2-2) Loss: John Pertica (3-11)
Inning: 1 Houston Ted Wine pitching. Jack Hooper strikes out. Edgar Cooper strikes out. Nate Carroll pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Allan Stahoviak pitching. Adolfo Gallivan grounds out to the pitcher. Yasmany Santoya singles to right field. Buck Perrin walks. George Frisbee grounds out to the second baseman. Yasmany Santoya advances to third on the play. Buck Perrin advances to second on the play. Joey Sierra strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Houston Andy Kimball flies out to the right fielder. Steve Necciai walks. Ed Gagliano doubles to right field. Steve Necciai uses his aggressiveness and scores. Jim Tietje flies out to the right fielder. Silver Nicholson singles to center field. Ed Gagliano scores. Allan Stahoviak grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Silver Nicholson is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Tom Mahoney doubles to right field. Jose Veres singles to right field. Tom Mahoney scores. Kiyoshi Sakurai walks. Ted Wine lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Adolfo Gallivan singles to right field. Jose Veres scores. Kiyoshi Sakurai scores. Yasmany Santoya walks. Buck Perrin strikes out. George Frisbee flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Houston Jack Hooper walks. Edgar Cooper singles to left field. Nate Carroll grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jack Hooper advances to third on the play. Edgar Cooper advances to second on the play. Andy Kimball flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Jack Hooper scores. Steve Necciai walks. Ed Gagliano flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Joey Sierra strikes out. Tom Mahoney grounds out to the shortstop. Jose Veres singles to right field. Kiyoshi Sakurai grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jose Veres is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Jim Tietje grounds out to the pitcher. Silver Nicholson doubles to left field. Allan Stahoviak strikes out. Jack Hooper strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Ted Wine flies out to the center fielder. Adolfo Gallivan flies out to the center fielder. Yasmany Santoya strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Edgar Cooper strikes out. Nate Carroll flies out to the center fielder. Andy Kimball strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Buck Perrin flies out to the left fielder. George Frisbee flies out to the left fielder. Joey Sierra strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Steve Necciai singles to left field. Ed Gagliano grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Steve Necciai is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jim Tietje singles to right field. Silver Nicholson singles to left field. Ed Gagliano scores. Allan Stahoviak lays down a bunt. The first baseman fields the ball, throws to third for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. Silver Nicholson advances to second on the play. Silver Nicholson advances to second on the play. Jack Hooper singles to right field. Silver Nicholson scores. Chick Foli comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Edgar Cooper flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Tom Mahoney flies out to the right fielder. Jose Veres pops out to the shortstop. Kiyoshi Sakurai grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Nate Carroll walks. Andy Kimball grounds out to the second baseman. Nate Carroll advances to second on the play. Steve Necciai pops out to the first baseman. Ed Gagliano flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Jim Balaz is pinch hitting for Chick Foli. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jim Balaz strikes out. Adolfo Gallivan singles to center field. Yasmany Santoya singles to right field. Adolfo Gallivan aggressively advances to third on the hit. Buck Perrin grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Yasmany Santoya advances to second on the play. George Frisbee strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Houston Ken Poholsky pitching. Jim Tietje walks. Silver Nicholson singles to left field. Emmett St.Claire is pinch hitting for Allan Stahoviak. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Emmett St.Claire grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Jim Tietje advances to third on the play. Jack Hooper flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Bob Roseboro pitching. Joey Sierra grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Mahoney flies out to the left fielder. Jose Veres pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Edgar Cooper doubles past the third baseman. Nate Carroll singles to right field. Edgar Cooper is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Andy Kimball doubles to center field. Nate Carroll uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bronson Henry comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Steve Necciai walks. Ed Gagliano grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Kiyoshi Sakurai singles to center field. Cy Pisoni is pinch hitting for Bronson Henry. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Cy Pisoni flies out to the left fielder. Adolfo Gallivan doubles to center field. Yasmany Santoya grounds out to the second baseman. Kiyoshi Sakurai scores. Adolfo Gallivan advances to third on the play. Buck Perrin singles to center field. Adolfo Gallivan scores. George Frisbee singles to left field. Joey Sierra singles to right field. Buck Perrin scores. Oscar Curtis comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tom Mahoney flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 10 Houston Clyde Green pitching. Jim Tietje strikes out. Silver Nicholson doubles to right field. Andy Drews is pinch hitting for Oscar Curtis. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Andy Drews grounds out to the second baseman. Silver Nicholson advances to third on the play. Jack Hooper flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Pittsburgh Steve Alomar pitching. Jose Veres grounds out to the second baseman. Kiyoshi Sakurai flies out to the center fielder. Clyde Green grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 11 Houston Edgar Cooper grounds out to the second baseman. Nate Carroll flies out to the left fielder. Andy Kimball strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 11 Pittsburgh Adolfo Gallivan strikes out. Yasmany Santoya grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Buck Perrin strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 12 Houston Steve Necciai grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Ed Gagliano walks. Jim Tietje is hit by a pitch. Orval Watkins comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states RP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Silver Nicholson walks. John Kaline is pinch hitting for Steve Alomar. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. John Kaline lines out to the third baseman. Jack Hooper grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Ed Gagliano is out at home. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 12 Pittsburgh Fred Enwright pitching. George Frisbee strikes out. Joey Sierra flies out to the center fielder. Tom Mahoney strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 13 Houston Edgar Cooper flies out to the left fielder. Nate Carroll strikes out. Andy Kimball grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 13 Pittsburgh Jose Veres pops out to the third baseman. Kiyoshi Sakurai grounds out to the third baseman. Orval Watkins grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 14 Houston Steve Necciai grounds out to the shortstop. Ed Gagliano strikes out. Jim Tietje singles to right field. Silver Nicholson singles to right field. Pablo Keller is pinch hitting for Fred Enwright. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Pablo Keller strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 14 Pittsburgh John Pertica pitching. Adolfo Gallivan hits a home run. Houston total runners left on base: 15 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 9
Batting:2B - Edgar Cooper (18), Andy Kimball (15), Ed Gagliano (25), Silver Nicholson 2 (15).SF - Andy Kimball.GIDP - Ed Gagliano, Emmett St.Claire.HBP - Jim Tietje (1).
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Dutch Shirey did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Joe Cunningham did not respond to coaching in velocity Harry Garoni improves in power_vs_lefty Harry Garoni did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Ray Dunlap did not respond to coaching in control Ross Johns did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Glenn Packard did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill Bella did not respond to coaching in velocity