Inning: 1 Houston Johnny Sharp pitching. Tiny Easler walks. Snuffy Palacios singles to right field. Strick Jester grounds out to the shortstop. Tiny Easler advances to third on the play. Snuffy Palacios advances to second on the play. Steve Brown grounds out to the second baseman. Tiny Easler scores. Snuffy Palacios advances to third on the play. Rogers Birkofer reached on a 2-base throwing error by Johnny Sharp. Snuffy Palacios scores. Mel Dreifort grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Flint Low pitching. Matt Davis singles to center field. Yenier Ortiz flies out to the left fielder. Al Randall strikes out. Matt Davis steals second. Yoshio Ishida flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Jim Demaree pops out to the third baseman. Bill McClure hits a home run. Flint Low grounds out to the second baseman. Tiny Easler singles to center field. Snuffy Palacios walks. Strick Jester grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Pete Nichols flies out to the right fielder. Gus Eichhorn pops out to the shortstop. Hideyuki Sakaguchi singles to left field. Tetsuya Nogusa singles to center field. Johnny Sharp grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Houston Steve Brown flies out to the right fielder. Rogers Birkofer hits a home run. Mel Dreifort grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Demaree flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Matt Davis pops out to the first baseman. Yenier Ortiz triples. Al Randall strikes out. Yoshio Ishida singles past the third baseman. Yenier Ortiz scores. Pete Nichols strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Bill McClure grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Flint Low grounds out to the second baseman. Tiny Easler grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Gus Eichhorn singles to right field. Hideyuki Sakaguchi lines out to the pitcher. Tetsuya Nogusa flies out to the right fielder. Johnny Sharp strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Snuffy Palacios singles to center field. Strick Jester strikes out. Steve Brown grounds out to the pitcher. Snuffy Palacios advances to second on the play. Rogers Birkofer flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Matt Davis flies out to the center fielder. Yenier Ortiz pops out to the shortstop. Al Randall flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Mel Dreifort doubles to right field. Jim Demaree strikes out. Bill McClure doubles to left field. Mel Dreifort scores. Flint Low grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill McClure advances to third on the play. Tiny Easler flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Yoshio Ishida doubles to right field. Pete Nichols hits a home run. Yoshio Ishida scores. Gus Eichhorn flies out to the right fielder. Hideyuki Sakaguchi grounds out to the second baseman. Tetsuya Nogusa strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Terry Polli comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Snuffy Palacios flies out to the right fielder. Strick Jester grounds out to the pitcher. Steve Brown grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Jay Jackson is pinch hitting for Terry Polli. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jay Jackson strikes out. Matt Davis pops out to the second baseman. Yenier Ortiz strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Heinie Hostetler pitching. Rogers Birkofer walks. Mel Dreifort grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Jim Demaree strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Al Randall strikes out. Yoshio Ishida grounds out to the shortstop. Pete Nichols grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Bill McClure pops out to the catcher. Tom Morehead is pinch hitting for Flint Low. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Tom Morehead singles to center field. Tiny Easler singles to center field. Snuffy Palacios singles to right field. Tom Morehead scores. Tiny Easler advances to third on the hit. Strick Jester grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tiny Easler scores. Snuffy Palacios advances to second on the play. Steve Brown doubles to center field. Snuffy Palacios scores. Donnie Leary comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rogers Birkofer hits a home run. Steve Brown scores. Mel Dreifort flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Les Berger pitching. Gus Eichhorn pops out to the first baseman. Hideyuki Sakaguchi grounds out to the pitcher. Tetsuya Nogusa grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners LOB: 5 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 5
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Terry Ackley improves in arm Leo Stueland did not respond to coaching in control Mike Brett improves in power_vs_lefty Jerry Matarazzo did not respond to coaching in arm Cam Collier improves in power_vs_righty Jason Dresser did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Cam Collier did not respond to coaching in CF
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Chuck Kingdon did not respond to coaching in control Danny Tidrow did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty John Currie did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Will Toca did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jim Hathaway improves in power_vs_lefty Fred Pazik improves in power_vs_lefty Jose Abbott improves in SS