Win: Hal Beecher (9-4) Loss: Frank Marriott (5-10)
Save: Bart Klutts (37)
Inning: 1 Houston Hal Beecher pitching. Tiny Easler singles to left field. Snuffy Palacios strikes out. Moose Geiger grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tiny Easler advances to second on the play. Strick Jester flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Frank Marriott pitching. Matt Davis strikes out. Yenier Ortiz doubles to right field. Al Randall grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Pat Matuzak strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Takashi Ichihashi flies out to the right fielder. Jim Demaree pops out to the third baseman. Bill McClure grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Hideyuki Sakaguchi singles to left field. Hideyuki Sakaguchi is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Yoshio Ishida flies out to the left fielder. Gus Eichhorn pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Rogers Birkofer grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Marriott grounds out to the shortstop. Tiny Easler grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Pete Nichols flies out to the right fielder. Hal Beecher strikes out. Matt Davis strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Snuffy Palacios singles to right field. Moose Geiger strikes out. Strick Jester flies out to the center fielder. Takashi Ichihashi grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Snuffy Palacios is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Yenier Ortiz strikes out. Al Randall strikes out. Pat Matuzak strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Jim Demaree flies out to the left fielder. Bill McClure flies out to the left fielder. Rogers Birkofer grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Hideyuki Sakaguchi flies out to the center fielder. Yoshio Ishida grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Gus Eichhorn flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Frank Marriott strikes out. Tiny Easler doubles to center field. Snuffy Palacios grounds out to the shortstop. Moose Geiger pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Pete Nichols is hit by a pitch. Hal Beecher lays a bunt down the first base line. The first baseman fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. (SS covering 2nd). Matt Davis flies out to the center fielder. Yenier Ortiz grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Hal Beecher is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Strick Jester grounds out to the second baseman. Takashi Ichihashi strikes out. Jim Demaree grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Al Randall flies out to the right fielder. Pat Matuzak walks. Pat Matuzak steals second. Asley Martin comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Hideyuki Sakaguchi walks. Yoshio Ishida walks. Gus Eichhorn walks. Pat Matuzak scores. Pete Nichols flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Hideyuki Sakaguchi scores. Vern Thompson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Hal Beecher strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Houston Bill McClure grounds out to the pitcher. Rogers Birkofer doubles to left field. Vern Thompson strikes out. Tiny Easler grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Matt Davis singles to center field. Yenier Ortiz grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Matt Davis is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Al Randall flies out to the center fielder. Pat Matuzak doubles to right field. Yenier Ortiz uses his aggressiveness and scores. Norm Smith comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Hideyuki Sakaguchi grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Bart Klutts comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Snuffy Palacios flies out to the center fielder. Moose Geiger flies out to the right fielder. Strick Jester walks. Takashi Ichihashi flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Houston total runners left on base: 5 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 5
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Sam Alicea did not respond to coaching in velocity Mike Brett did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Leo Stueland did not respond to coaching in velocity Leo Stueland did not respond to coaching in velocity Vic Lukachyk did not respond to coaching in control Mickey Motton improves in LF
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Jose Abbott did not respond to coaching in speed Todd Kelly did not respond to coaching in speed Will Toca did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Jose Abbott improves in power_vs_lefty Todd Kelly did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Jim Stricklett did not respond to coaching in velocity