Win: Bob Walk (10-4) Loss: Babe Hale (1-13)
Save: Rod Scurry (14)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Babe Hale pitching. Dal Colbrunn flies out to the right fielder. RJ Reynolds flies out to the left fielder. Emil Kelliher strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Houston Bob Walk pitching. Wally Sumner strikes out. Jimmy Cotter grounds out to the second baseman. Wayne Luecken flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Dutch Held grounds out to the second baseman. John Vail singles to center field. Gene Whitehill singles to center field. John Vail advances to third on the hit. Pete Holtzman triples. John Vail scores. Gene Whitehill scores. Stan Evans flies out to the right fielder. Bob Walk grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Kevin Ward strikes out. Rex Ripley pops out to the pitcher. Jim Leyritz grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Dal Colbrunn flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! RJ Reynolds strikes out. Emil Kelliher flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Tom Karkovice flies out to the center fielder. Gene Wise flies out to the center fielder. Babe Hale grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Dutch Held singles to right field. John Vail flies out to the left fielder. Gene Whitehill flies out to the left fielder. Pete Holtzman flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Wally Sumner strikes out. Jimmy Cotter strikes out. Wayne Luecken grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Stan Evans flies out to the right fielder. Bob Walk singles to left field. Dal Colbrunn walks. RJ Reynolds grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Dal Colbrunn is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Emil Kelliher grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Houston Kevin Ward grounds out to the shortstop. Rex Ripley flies out to the left fielder. Jim Leyritz singles to center field. Tom Karkovice doubles to left field. Gene Wise singles to right field. Jim Leyritz scores. Babe Hale grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Dutch Held singles to right field. Dutch Held is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). John Vail flies out to the center fielder. Gene Whitehill flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Wally Sumner flies out to the right fielder. Jimmy Cotter strikes out. Wayne Luecken strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Pete Holtzman singles to center field. Pete Holtzman steals second. Tom Karkovice throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Stan Evans strikes out. Bob Walk grounds out to the third baseman. Pete Holtzman scores. Dal Colbrunn strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Kevin Ward singles to right field. Rex Ripley singles to right field. Rod Scurry 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. Jim Leyritz flies out to the center fielder. Tom Karkovice flies out to the right fielder. Gene Wise grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh RJ Reynolds grounds out to the shortstop. Emil Kelliher flies out to the left fielder. Dutch Held singles to left field. Dutch Held steals second. John Vail flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Walt Henrich is pinch hitting for Babe Hale. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Walt Henrich grounds out to the shortstop. Wally Sumner strikes out. Jimmy Cotter walks. Wayne Luecken grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Jim King pitching. Gene Whitehill grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Pete Holtzman flies out to the left fielder. Stan Evans walks. Rod Scurry lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Kevin Ward grounds out to the third baseman. Rex Ripley strikes out. Jim Leyritz flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 6 Houston total runners LOB: 5
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Billy Stein improves in speed Lefty Ryan improves in speed Sam Yuhas did not respond to coaching in control John Milligan improves in contact_vs_righty Carlos Ardoin did not respond to coaching in 1B
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Donnie Clemensen did not respond to coaching in control Andy Collins did not respond to coaching in arm Chris Gandy improves in contact_vs_lefty Joe Scott did not respond to coaching in control