Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Tatsuhiko Satake pitching. Matt Davis strikes out. Yenier Ortiz triples. Al Randall grounds out to the shortstop. Yenier Ortiz scores. Fred Pazik pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Houston Jim Stricklett pitching. Tiny Easler flies out to the center fielder. Strick Jester strikes out. Moose Geiger grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Pete Nichols singles to left field. Gus Eichhorn pops out to the shortstop. Hideyuki Sakaguchi flies out to the center fielder. Bob Dunlap strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Bill McClure lines out to the second baseman. Cam Collier grounds out to the shortstop. Takashi Ichihashi grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Jim Stricklett pops out to the shortstop. Matt Davis walks. 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 triples. Yenier Ortiz scores. Fred Pazik lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Rogers Birkofer lines out to the third baseman. Steve King grounds out to the third baseman. Tatsuhiko Satake grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Pete Nichols walks. Pete Nichols steals second. Pete Nichols steals third. Gus Eichhorn singles to center field. Pete Nichols scores. Hideyuki Sakaguchi strikes out. Gus Eichhorn steals second. Bob Dunlap walks. Jim Stricklett lays a bunt down the third base line. The third baseman fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first for the 5-6-4 double play (2B covering 1st). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Tiny Easler walks. Strick Jester singles past the shortstop. Tiny Easler advances to third on the hit. Moose Geiger pops out to the shortstop. Bill McClure pops out to the third baseman. Cam Collier strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Matt Davis pops out to the shortstop. Yenier Ortiz flies out to the right fielder. Al Randall flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Takashi Ichihashi singles to center field. Rogers Birkofer hits a home run. Takashi Ichihashi scores. Steve King doubles to right field. Tatsuhiko Satake lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Tiny Easler flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Steve King scores. Strick Jester pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Fred Pazik strikes out. Pete Nichols strikes out. Gus Eichhorn singles to left field. Hideyuki Sakaguchi grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Moose Geiger flies out to the right fielder. Bill McClure flies out to the right fielder. Cam Collier doubles to right field. Takashi Ichihashi grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Bob Dunlap flies out to the left fielder. Jim Stricklett grounds out to the third baseman. Matt Davis singles to center field. Yenier Ortiz hits an infield single to the pitcher. Buddy Smith 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. Al Randall strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Houston Rogers Birkofer pops out to the shortstop. Steve King doubles to center field. Tom Morehead is pinch hitting for Buddy Smith. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Tom Morehead strikes out. Tiny Easler flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Vern Thompson pitching. Fred Pazik singles to left field. Pete Nichols strikes out. Gus Eichhorn grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Fred Pazik is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Hideyuki Sakaguchi doubles to left field. Gus Eichhorn scores. Norm Smith comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bob Dunlap grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Strick Jester singles to right field. Strick Jester steals second. Moose Geiger doubles to center field. Strick Jester scores. Donnie Leary comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill McClure singles to center field. Moose Geiger scores. Cam Collier flies out to the right fielder. Bill McClure steals second. Takashi Ichihashi grounds out to the third baseman. Rogers Birkofer grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Luis Gerhardt is pinch hitting for Donnie Leary. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Luis Gerhardt strikes out. Matt Davis strikes out. Yenier Ortiz singles to center field. Yenier Ortiz is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 7 Houston total runners left on base: 5
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Joe Hawley did not respond to coaching in velocity John Schmidt did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Bruce Guinn did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Danny Tidrow did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Tom Picone did not respond to coaching in velocity Buzz Letchas improves in power_vs_lefty
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Dan Linke improves in speed Mike Brett improves in power_vs_righty Joe Hayes improves in contact_vs_lefty Bill Veil did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jerry Matarazzo did not respond to coaching in range Babe Miller did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Dan Linke did not respond to coaching in 3B