Win: Ted Wine (14-9) Loss: Allan Stahoviak (13-10)
Save: Jeff Fittery (44)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Allan Stahoviak pitching. Otto Buice grounds out to the second baseman. Jeff Cullen hits an infield single to the shortstop. Deacon Engel strikes out. Jim Balaz strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Houston Ted Wine pitching. Ed Gagliano walks. Emmett St.Claire singles to left field. Ed Gagliano advances to third on the hit. Nate Carroll grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Gagliano scores. Emmett St.Claire advances to second on the play. Silver Nicholson singles to right field. Emmett St.Claire scores. Jack Hooper strikes out. Pinky Christensen grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Silver Nicholson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Doug Whitfield pops out to the catcher. Adolfo Gallivan lines out to the third baseman. Steve Thiel singles past the shortstop. Joey Sierra singles to center field. Steve Thiel advances to third on the hit. Ted Wine walks. Otto Buice singles to left field. Steve Thiel scores. Jeff Cullen walks. Joey Sierra scores. Deacon Engel strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Houston Jim Tietje strikes out. Andy Drews grounds out to the second baseman. Allan Stahoviak hits an infield single to the pitcher. Ed Gagliano strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Jim Balaz grounds out to the second baseman. Doug Whitfield singles to right field. Adolfo Gallivan doubles to center field. Doug Whitfield uses his aggressiveness and scores. Steve Thiel flies out to the right fielder. Joey Sierra strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Emmett St.Claire grounds out to the shortstop. Nate Carroll grounds out to the second baseman. Silver Nicholson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Ted Wine flies out to the right fielder. Otto Buice grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jeff Cullen flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Jack Hooper grounds out to the second baseman. Pinky Christensen singles to center field. Jim Tietje strikes out. Andy Drews walks. Allan Stahoviak grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Deacon Engel grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Jim Balaz walks. Doug Whitfield grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Ed Gagliano grounds out to the third baseman. Emmett St.Claire strikes out. Nate Carroll grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Adolfo Gallivan grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Steve Thiel singles to left field. Steve Thiel steals second. Joey Sierra flies out to the center fielder. Ted Wine grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Silver Nicholson grounds out to the second baseman. Jack Hooper flies out to the left fielder. Pinky Christensen walks. Jim Tietje strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Otto Buice walks. Jeff Cullen flies out to the left fielder. Deacon Engel flies out to the left fielder. Jim Balaz grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Andy Drews grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Vernon Irwin is pinch hitting for Allan Stahoviak. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Vernon Irwin grounds out to the pitcher. Ed Gagliano flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Al Morgan pitching. Doug Whitfield grounds out to the second baseman. Adolfo Gallivan triples. Steve Thiel hits a home run. Adolfo Gallivan scores. Takashi Kawana comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joey Sierra grounds out to the shortstop. Ted Wine strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Emmett St.Claire singles to right field. Nate Carroll singles to center field. Emmett St.Claire advances to third on the hit. Bill Brown 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. Silver Nicholson strikes out. Jack Hooper lines out to the third baseman. Pinky Christensen flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Otto Buice reached on a 2-base throwing error by Silver Nicholson. Jeff Cullen grounds out to the third baseman. Deacon Engel strikes out. Jim Balaz strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Houston Jeff Fittery comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Jim Tietje grounds out to the shortstop. Andy Drews grounds out to the third baseman. Steve Necciai is pinch hitting for Takashi Kawana. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Steve Necciai flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 8 Houston total runners LOB: 7
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Brian Farmer did not respond to coaching in velocity Eric Barrios did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Lou Heffner did not respond to coaching in velocity Lefty Williams improves in range
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Patsy Fisher did not respond to coaching in control Harry Garoni improves in contact_vs_righty Lee Hurley improves in speed Lee Hurley did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty