Inning: 1 Houston
Ruppert Cardoni pitching.
Carlos Guillen walks.
Rigo Eddy grounds out to the second baseman.
Carlos Guillen advances to second on the play.
Tony Taylor singles to right field.
Tony Taylor steals second.
Johnny Callison bunts for a base hit.
Carlos Guillen scores.
Art Chech walks.
Roy Sievers grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Tony Taylor is out at home.
Dave Cabrera grounds out to the shortstop.
Runners left on base: 3

Inning: 1 Cincinnati
Jack Baldschun pitching.
Tatsuya Arai grounds out to the third baseman.
Dutch Daley strikes out.
Kevin Morris flies out to the center fielder.
Runners left on base: 0

Inning: 2 Houston
Eric McAllester flies out to the center fielder.
Jack Baldschun singles to right field.
Jack Baldschun is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd).
Carlos Guillen singles past the shortstop.
Carlos Guillen is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd).
Runners left on base: 0

Inning: 2 Cincinnati
Les Schwenk flies out to the left fielder.
Red Spongberg flies out to the right fielder.
Ed Armbrister doubles to left field.
Dennis Menke singles to left field.
Ed Armbrister scores.
Butch Chartak grounds into a force play to the second baseman.
Dennis Menke is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag.
Runners left on base: 1

Inning: 3 Houston
Rigo Eddy walks.
Tony Taylor grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single!
Rigo Eddy is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag.
Johnny Callison flies out to the center fielder.
Art Chech pops out to the first baseman.
Runners left on base: 1

Inning: 3 Cincinnati
Ruppert Cardoni singles to center field.
Tatsuya Arai flies out to the right fielder.
Dutch Daley pops out to the second baseman.
Kevin Morris flies out to the right fielder.
Runners left on base: 1

Inning: 4 Houston
Roy Sievers strikes out.
Dave Cabrera grounds out to the third baseman.
Eric McAllester grounds out to the shortstop.
Runners left on base: 0

Inning: 4 Cincinnati
Les Schwenk flies out to the left fielder.
Red Spongberg strikes out.
Ed Armbrister singles to right field.
Dennis Menke doubles to center field.
Butch Chartak flies out to the left fielder.
Runners left on base: 2

Inning: 5 Houston
Jack Baldschun flies out to the center fielder.
Carlos Guillen grounds out to the pitcher.
Rigo Eddy strikes out.
Runners left on base: 0

Inning: 5 Cincinnati
Ruppert Cardoni pops out to the third baseman.
Tatsuya Arai grounds out to the third baseman.
Dutch Daley singles to right field.
Kevin Morris singles to center field.
Dutch Daley advances to third on the hit.
Les Schwenk lines out to the shortstop.
Runners left on base: 2

Inning: 6 Houston
Tony Taylor flies out to the left fielder.
Johnny Callison grounds out to the third baseman.
Art Chech flies out to the right fielder.
Runners left on base: 0

Inning: 6 Cincinnati
Red Spongberg singles to center field.
Ed Armbrister strikes out.
Dennis Menke strikes out.
Butch Chartak grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted).
Runners left on base: 1

Inning: 7 Houston
Roy Sievers singles to left field.
Dave Cabrera strikes out.
Eric McAllester strikes out.
Jack Baldschun grounds into a force play to the shortstop.
Roy Sievers is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag.
Runners left on base: 1

Inning: 7 Cincinnati
Nat Johnson is pinch hitting for Ruppert Cardoni. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired.
Nat Johnson walks.
Nat Johnson steals second.
Kevin Banks 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.
Tatsuya Arai flies out to the right fielder.
Dutch Daley flies out to the left fielder.
Kevin Morris reached on a fielding error by Dave Cabrera.
Kevin Morris steals second.
Les Schwenk walks.
Red Spongberg doubles to center field.
Nat Johnson scores.
Kevin Morris scores.
Shigeru Iyoda comes in from the bullpen to pitch.
Ed Armbrister hits a home run.
Les Schwenk scores.
Red Spongberg scores.
Dennis Menke singles to center field.
Joe Reed is pinch hitting for Butch Chartak. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats.
Joe Reed doubles to left field.
Dennis Menke uses his aggressiveness and scores.
Nat Johnson flies out to the center fielder.
Runners left on base: 1

Inning: 8 Houston
Chip Nagle pitching.
Phil Dolan enters the game as a defensive replacement for Red Spongberg at SS.
Carlos Guillen grounds out to the third baseman.
Rigo Eddy grounds out to the third baseman.
Tony Taylor grounds out to the shortstop.
Runners left on base: 0

Inning: 8 Cincinnati
Ben Makowski is pinch hitting for Tatsuya Arai. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats.
Ben Makowski doubles to center field.
Dutch Daley grounds out to the shortstop.
Kevin Morris strikes out.
Les Schwenk walks.
Phil Dolan strikes out.
Runners left on base: 2

Inning: 9 Houston
Johnny Callison flies out to the right fielder.
Art Chech strikes out.
Roy Sievers grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted).
Runners left on base: 0
Houston total runners left on base: 5
Cincinnati total runners left on base: 10