Inning: 1 Houston John Reed pitching. Tiny Easler flies out to the center fielder. Snuffy Palacios pops out to the first baseman. Strick Jester strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Felix Allen pitching. Matt Davis pops out to the catcher. Al Randall strikes out. Pat Matuzak strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Steve Brown grounds out to the second baseman. Mel Dreifort reached on a 2-base throwing error by Yenier Ortiz. Bill McClure strikes out. Rogers Birkofer singles to center field. Mel Dreifort scores. Jim Demaree strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Joe Baecht doubles past the first baseman. Yoshio Ishida strikes out. Yenier Ortiz grounds out to the third baseman. Pete Nichols grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Felix Allen grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Tiny Easler strikes out. Snuffy Palacios flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Martin Smith grounds out to the third baseman. John Reed pops out to the first baseman. Matt Davis doubles to center field. Al Randall grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Strick Jester strikes out. Steve Brown doubles to center field. Mel Dreifort hits a home run. Steve Brown scores. Bill McClure walks. Rogers Birkofer strikes out. Jim Demaree strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Pat Matuzak grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Baecht grounds out to the second baseman. Yoshio Ishida grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Felix Allen reached on a fielding error by Pete Nichols. Tiny Easler singles past the shortstop. Snuffy Palacios singles to left field. Strick Jester triples. Felix Allen scores. Tiny Easler scores. Snuffy Palacios scores. Steve Brown strikes out. Mel Dreifort doubles to right field. Strick Jester scores. Bill McClure singles to center field. Mel Dreifort scores. Jerry Petoskey comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rogers Birkofer singles to right field. Bill McClure advances to third on the hit. Jim Demaree grounds out to the shortstop. Bill McClure scores. Rogers Birkofer advances to second on the play. Felix Allen doubles to right field. Rogers Birkofer scores. Tiny Easler singles past the shortstop. Snuffy Palacios strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Yenier Ortiz lines out to the second baseman. Pete Nichols pops out to the first baseman. Martin Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Strick Jester walks. Steve Brown strikes out. Mel Dreifort grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Jerry Petoskey grounds out to the second baseman. Matt Davis singles to left field. Al Randall strikes out. Pat Matuzak flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Bill McClure flies out to the left fielder. Rogers Birkofer hits a home run. Jim Demaree reached on a 2-base throwing error by Matt Davis. Tom Morehead is pinch hitting for Felix Allen. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Tom Morehead pops out to the third baseman. Tiny Easler grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Buddy Smith pitching. Joe Baecht grounds out to the shortstop. Yoshio Ishida flies out to the right fielder. Yenier Ortiz grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Snuffy Palacios grounds out to the shortstop. Strick Jester strikes out. Steve Brown grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Pete Nichols flies out to the left fielder. Martin Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Frank Sizemore is pinch hitting for Jerry Petoskey. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Frank Sizemore grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Johnny Sharp pitching. Mel Dreifort flies out to the left fielder. Bill McClure doubles to left field. Rogers Birkofer strikes out. Jim Demaree pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Matt Davis strikes out. Al Randall singles past the second baseman. Al Randall steals second. Pat Matuzak walks. Joe Baecht flies out to the center fielder. Yoshio Ishida walks. Asley Martin 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. Yenier Ortiz hits a home run. Al Randall scores. Pat Matuzak scores. Yoshio Ishida scores. Alfonso Clendenon comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pete Nichols flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners LOB: 6 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 3
Batting:2B - Matt Davis (28), Joe Baecht (26).HR - Yenier Ortiz (11). Baserunning: SB - Al Randall (39). Fielding: E - Matt Davis, Yenier Ortiz, Pete Nichols.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Terry Ackley improves in speed Sam Wuestling improves in arm Terry Ackley improves in range Terry Ackley did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Curt Compton improves in speed Cam Collier did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Curt Compton did not respond to coaching in CF
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Bob Dunlap did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Will Toca improves in power_vs_righty Jose Abbott did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Will Toca improves in range Danny Tidrow improves in range Danny Tidrow did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Hideyuki Sakaguchi did not respond to coaching in 3B