Inning: 1 Houston Benny Goldstein pitching. Tiny Easler strikes out. Snuffy Palacios singles to right field. Broderick Johnson strikes out. Al Lansford grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Frank Marriott pitching. Yenier Ortiz singles to right field. Pat Matuzak flies out to the left fielder. Hideyuki Sakaguchi singles to left field. Yoshio Ishida lines out to the shortstop. Gus Eichhorn grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Hideyuki Sakaguchi is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Houston Matt Conwell strikes out. Mel Dreifort grounds out to the third baseman. Takashi Ichihashi walks. Bill McClure flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Jay Jackson flies out to the right fielder. Steve Sommers singles to center field. Luis Gerhardt grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Frank Marriott strikes out. Tiny Easler flies out to the center fielder. Snuffy Palacios grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Benny Goldstein strikes out. Yenier Ortiz flies out to the left fielder. Pat Matuzak singles to center field. Hideyuki Sakaguchi walks. Yoshio Ishida walks. Gus Eichhorn grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Houston Broderick Johnson grounds out to the shortstop. Al Lansford singles to center field. Matt Conwell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Al Lansford advances to second on the play. Mel Dreifort grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Jay Jackson strikes out. Steve Sommers strikes out. Luis Gerhardt strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Takashi Ichihashi singles to left field. Bill McClure triples. Takashi Ichihashi scores. Frank Marriott singles to center field. Bill McClure scores. Tiny Easler walks. Snuffy Palacios pops out to the second baseman. Broderick Johnson strikes out. Al Lansford lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Benny Goldstein walks. Yenier Ortiz flies out to the center fielder. Pat Matuzak singles to center field. Benny Goldstein advances to third on the hit. Hideyuki Sakaguchi grounds out to the second baseman. Pat Matuzak advances to second on the play. Yoshio Ishida grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Houston Matt Conwell strikes out. Mel Dreifort singles to center field. Terry Polli 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. Takashi Ichihashi walks. Bill McClure flies out to the right fielder. Tom Morehead is pinch hitting for Frank Marriott. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Tom Morehead grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Takashi Ichihashi is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Asley Martin pitching. Gus Eichhorn strikes out. Jay Jackson walks. Steve Sommers pops out to the first baseman. Luis Gerhardt singles to left field. Jay Jackson advances to third on the hit. Terry Polli grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Houston Tiny Easler singles to right field. Snuffy Palacios singles to center field. Broderick Johnson strikes out. Al Lansford grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Snuffy Palacios is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Matt Conwell pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Yenier Ortiz strikes out. Pat Matuzak grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Hideyuki Sakaguchi singles to left field. Yoshio Ishida grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Hideyuki Sakaguchi is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Mel Dreifort grounds out to the third baseman. Takashi Ichihashi lines out to the second baseman. Bill McClure flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Gus Eichhorn flies out to the center fielder. Jay Jackson singles to left field. Norm Smith comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Steve Sommers flies out to the center fielder. Luis Gerhardt hits a home run. Jay Jackson scores. Les Berger comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tetsuya Nogusa is pinch hitting for Terry Polli. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Tetsuya Nogusa strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Donnie Leary pitching. Les Berger strikes out. Tiny Easler lines out to the shortstop. Snuffy Palacios flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Yenier Ortiz grounds out to the pitcher. Pat Matuzak flies out to the left fielder. Hideyuki Sakaguchi singles to right field. Hideyuki Sakaguchi steals second. Yoshio Ishida singles to left field. Hideyuki Sakaguchi scores. Houston total runners left on base: 9 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 10
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jason Dresser improves in power_vs_righty Ernie Devens did not respond to coaching in range Curt Compton did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Johnny Wheeler improves in range Jerry Matarazzo did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Steve King did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Curt Compton did not respond to coaching in CF
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Rocky Hannahs did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jim Stricklett improves in control Chuck Kingdon did not respond to coaching in velocity Jim Stricklett did not respond to coaching in velocity Frank Dropo did not respond to coaching in range Jim Hathaway improves in contact_vs_lefty Jose Abbott did not respond to coaching in SS