Win: Ben Hottman (15-4) Loss: Monte Warhop (7-7)
Save: Donnie Leary (2)
Inning: 1 Houston Ben Hottman pitching. Tiny Easler flies out to the center fielder. Snuffy Palacios grounds out to the third baseman. Moose Geiger lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Monte Warhop pitching. Matt Davis grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Yenier Ortiz grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Al Randall flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Strick Jester flies out to the left fielder. Steve Brown grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jim Demaree singles to left field. Bill McClure flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Pat Matuzak strikes out. Hideyuki Sakaguchi flies out to the right fielder. Yoshio Ishida strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Rogers Birkofer grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Monte Warhop grounds out to the shortstop. Tiny Easler flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Gus Eichhorn lines out to the shortstop. Pete Nichols grounds out to the shortstop. Ben Hottman flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Snuffy Palacios grounds out to the shortstop. Moose Geiger flies out to the left fielder. Strick Jester grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Matt Davis flies out to the left fielder. Yenier Ortiz reached on a 2-base throwing error by Snuffy Palacios. Al Randall strikes out. Pat Matuzak hits a home run. Yenier Ortiz scores. Hideyuki Sakaguchi strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Steve Brown strikes out. Jim Demaree flies out to the right fielder. Bill McClure walks. Rogers Birkofer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Yoshio Ishida flies out to the center fielder. Gus Eichhorn singles to right field. Pete Nichols walks. Ben Hottman lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Matt Davis walks. Yenier Ortiz grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Houston Monte Warhop grounds out to the shortstop. Tiny Easler grounds out to the third baseman. Snuffy Palacios grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Al Randall strikes out. Pat Matuzak grounds out to the second baseman. Hideyuki Sakaguchi singles to center field. Yoshio Ishida pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Moose Geiger walks. Strick Jester flies out to the center fielder. Steve Brown grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Gus Eichhorn singles to center field. Pete Nichols grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Luis Gerhardt is pinch hitting for Ben Hottman. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Luis Gerhardt flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Donnie Leary pitching. Jim Demaree flies out to the right fielder. Bill McClure strikes out. Rogers Birkofer pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Matt Davis strikes out. Yenier Ortiz grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Al Randall grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Steve King is pinch hitting for Monte Warhop. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Steve King bunts for a base hit. Tiny Easler bunts for a base hit. Snuffy Palacios grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Tiny Easler is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Moose Geiger lines out to the third baseman. Strick Jester flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Houston total runners left on base: 4 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 4
Game Notes Tiny Easler is injured and is expected to be out 4 days.
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Johnny Wheeler did not respond to coaching in range Babe Miller improves in contact_vs_righty Leo Stueland did not respond to coaching in velocity Sam Alicea did not respond to coaching in control Babe Miller did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Bill Veil did not respond to coaching in speed Babe Miller improves in RF
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Jim Hathaway improves in speed Joe Hawley improves in control Rudy Hausmann did not respond to coaching in velocity Frank Dropo improves in contact_vs_lefty Danny Tidrow did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jim Hathaway improves in arm