Inning: 1 Houston Pat Snover pitching. Shane Chiwitt singles to center field. Manny Bober singles to center field. Tom McLean strikes out. Octavio Sissi grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Jeff Canzian pitching. Lu Keerl grounds out to the third baseman. Ollie Ballou grounds out to the second baseman. Jerry Surkont grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Walter Bacsik flies out to the left fielder. Joe Colbert singles past the shortstop. Roy Battle flies out to the center fielder. Yutaka Nagai walks. Jeff Canzian strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Art Croushore walks. Mark Walker flies out to the center fielder. Al Appling flies out to the center fielder. Frank Berry grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Shane Chiwitt walks. Manny Bober grounds out to the third baseman. Shane Chiwitt advances to second on the play. Tom McLean walks. Octavio Sissi strikes out. Walter Bacsik singles to center field. Joe Colbert pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Pat Gill strikes out. Pat Snover singles past the second baseman. Lu Keerl singles past the shortstop. Ollie Ballou grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Lu Keerl is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Jerry Surkont strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Houston Roy Battle singles to left field. Yutaka Nagai singles to right field. Roy Battle aggressively advances to third on the hit. Jeff Canzian flies out to the left fielder. Shane Chiwitt singles to center field. Roy Battle scores. Manny Bober walks. Tom McLean singles to right field. Yutaka Nagai scores. Dave Black comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Octavio Sissi flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Shane Chiwitt is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Art Croushore singles to right field. Mark Walker reached on a fielding error by Roy Battle. Al Appling singles past the third baseman. Art Croushore scores. Frank Berry singles to center field. Mark Walker scores. Al Appling advances to third on the hit. Pat Gill doubles to right field. Al Appling scores. Frank Berry uses his aggressiveness and scores. Dave Black lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Lu Keerl doubles to right field. Pat Gill scores. Chuck Watson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ollie Ballou walks. Jerry Surkont strikes out. Art Croushore pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Houston Walter Bacsik strikes out. Joe Colbert strikes out. Roy Battle grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Mark Walker walks. Al Appling singles to right field. Mark Walker advances to third on the hit. Frank Berry singles to left field. Mark Walker scores. Al Appling is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder. Pat Gill flies out to the right fielder. Dave Black singles to left field. Oad Walsh comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Lu Keerl flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Houston Yutaka Nagai walks. Oad Walsh lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Shane Chiwitt strikes out. Manny Bober singles to center field. Yutaka Nagai scores. Tom McLean strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Ollie Ballou singles to left field. Jerry Surkont strikes out. Art Croushore reached on a fielding error by Walter Bacsik. Mark Walker grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Octavio Sissi pops out to the first baseman. Walter Bacsik walks. Red Sells comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joe Colbert flies out to the center fielder. Roy Battle singles to center field. Yutaka Nagai walks. Bob Boehmer is pinch hitting for Oad Walsh. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bob Boehmer strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Lefty Smith pitching. Al Appling doubles to left field. Frank Berry walks. Pat Gill flies out to the right fielder. Walt Anthony is pinch hitting for Red Sells. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Walt Anthony singles past the second baseman. Al Appling scores. Frank Berry advances to third on the hit. Vic Davis comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Lu Keerl grounds out to the third baseman. Frank Berry scores. Walt Anthony advances to second on the play. Ollie Ballou walks. Jerry Surkont lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Houston Bill Murray pitching. Shane Chiwitt singles to center field. Manny Bober grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Tom McLean flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Art Croushore hits a home run. Whitey Moore comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bob Shepherd is pinch hitting for Mark Walker. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Bob Shepherd flies out to the left fielder. Al Appling grounds out to the third baseman. Frank Berry singles past the shortstop. Pat Gill flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Octavio Sissi walks. Walter Bacsik strikes out. Joe Colbert strikes out. Roy Battle walks. Yutaka Nagai strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Houston total runners left on base: 14 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 11
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Charlie Wotus did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Walt Czajkowski improves in contact_vs_righty Robin Gray improves in range Ralph Kimmick improves in endurance Walt Czajkowski improves in arm Larry Gomez did not respond to coaching in velocity Doug Fowler improves in 3B
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Mickey Podgajny improves in range Edgard Pipgras did not respond to coaching in control Tom May did not respond to coaching in velocity Charlie May did not respond to coaching in control Shannon Lazorko improves in control Archi Wickander improves in control