Inning: 1 Houston Brian Hahn pitching. Jim Weaver strikes out. Bob Goldman singles to left field. Dan Fiore lines out to the shortstop. Kesanori Shinohara strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Jack Butler pitching. Jim Walker doubles to left field. Arnold Bertrand singles to left field. Jim Walker scores. Chuck Gessler walks. Larry Jelic pops out to the second baseman. Bill Mason walks. Bert Rubeling flies out to the center fielder. Bill Valdes grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Houston Bobby Medlinger strikes out. Kazuhiko Egawa grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). John Burke walks. Milt Krieg singles to center field. John Burke advances to third on the hit. Jack Butler flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Frank Dasso strikes out. Brian Hahn walks. Jim Walker singles to center field. Arnold Bertrand singles to center field. Brian Hahn scores. Jim Walker advances to third on the hit. Chuck Gessler strikes out. Larry Jelic bunts for a base hit. Jim Walker scores. Bill Mason lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Houston Jim Weaver doubles to right field. Bob Goldman flies out to the center fielder. Dan Fiore grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Weaver advances to third on the play. Kesanori Shinohara strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Bert Rubeling walks. Bill Valdes flies out to the right fielder. Frank Dasso grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bert Rubeling advances to second on the play. Brian Hahn strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Bobby Medlinger grounds out to the shortstop. Kazuhiko Egawa strikes out. John Burke grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Jim Walker walks. Arnold Bertrand grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Jim Walker is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Chuck Gessler lines out to the third baseman. Larry Jelic walks. Bill Mason strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Houston Milt Krieg reached on a 2-base fielding error by Bert Rubeling. Jack Butler lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jim Weaver flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Milt Krieg is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Bert Rubeling doubles to left field. Bill Valdes singles to left field. Bert Rubeling scores. Frank Dasso singles to center field. Bill Valdes advances to third on the hit. Brian Hahn flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Bill Valdes scores. Jim Walker grounds out to the third baseman. Frank Dasso advances to second on the play. Arnold Bertrand hits a home run. Frank Dasso scores. Chuck Gessler flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Bob Goldman walks. Dan Fiore hits a home run. Bob Goldman scores. Kesanori Shinohara singles to left field. Bobby Medlinger walks. Kazuhiko Egawa strikes out. John Burke grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Larry Jelic strikes out. Bill Mason grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Bert Rubeling strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Milt Krieg pops out to the second baseman. Jack Butler flies out to the right fielder. Jim Weaver singles to center field. Bob Goldman singles to center field. Dan Fiore singles to right field. Jim Weaver scores. Kesanori Shinohara grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Bill Valdes flies out to the center fielder. Frank Dasso grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Schattinger is pinch hitting for Brian Hahn. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Jim Schattinger singles to right field. Jim Walker doubles to center field. Jim Schattinger uses his aggressiveness and scores. Arnold Bertrand is hit by a pitch. Chuck Gessler singles to right field. Jim Walker scores. Arnold Bertrand advances to third on the hit. Ken Wineapple comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is pulled because he is getting hammered (Starting pitcher has given up 8 or more earned runs, he is tired, and the team is losing by more than 5 runs). Larry Jelic singles to left field. Arnold Bertrand scores. Ray Howard is pinch hitting for Bill Mason. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ray Howard strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Houston Billy Thompson pitching. Bobby Medlinger singles to right field. Kazuhiko Egawa grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. John Burke singles to center field. Milt Krieg triples. John Burke scores. Billy McFarland is pinch hitting for Ken Wineapple. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Billy McFarland singles to left field. Milt Krieg scores. Ike Kitsos comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jason Hunter is pinch hitting for Jim Weaver. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jason Hunter strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Casey Madden pitching. Bert Rubeling flies out to the center fielder. Bill Valdes flies out to the right fielder. Frank Dasso grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Bob Goldman grounds out to the third baseman. Dan Fiore grounds out to the third baseman. Kesanori Shinohara grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners left on base: 8 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 10
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Joe Erickson did not respond to coaching in control Dave Massa did not respond to coaching in endurance Bill Martinez improves in control Atsumi Ishii did not respond to coaching in speed
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Roy Salazar improves in arm Leroy Barrios did not respond to coaching in endurance Wally Nyman did not respond to coaching in control Mike Barthelson improves in control Rich Alvarado did not respond to coaching in C