Win: Whitey Moore (2-0) Loss: Leo Dishman (2-4)
Save: Brant McGlinton (8)
Inning: 1 Houston Milt Castino pitching. Al Womack grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Schlotz grounds out to the third baseman. Charlie Locke grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Junior Smith pitching. Jack Glinatsis flies out to the right fielder. Pedro Starr strikes out. Jerry Surkont grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Shane Chiwitt pops out to the second baseman. Mike Letto singles to center field. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Bill Vedder hits a home run. Mike Letto scores. Jack Miller flies out to the left fielder. Tom McLean strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Art Croushore flies out to the center fielder. Randy Demola strikes out. Piggy Acker walks. Mark Bowers flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Junior Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Al Womack grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Schlotz grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Eric Bowman walks. Milt Castino lays a bunt down the third base line. The pitcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. (SS covering 2nd). Jack Glinatsis doubles to left field. Pedro Starr pops out to the third baseman. Jerry Surkont flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Houston Charlie Locke pops out to the shortstop. Shane Chiwitt grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Letto pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Art Croushore strikes out. Randy Demola singles past the shortstop. Piggy Acker grounds out to the second baseman. Randy Demola advances to second on the play. Mark Bowers walks. Eric Bowman grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Mark Bowers is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Houston Bill Vedder singles to center field. Jack Miller grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Vedder advances to second on the play. Tom McLean bunts for a base hit. Junior Smith grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Milt Castino grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Jack Glinatsis flies out to the center fielder. Pedro Starr pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Al Womack strikes out. Bob Schlotz strikes out. Charlie Locke strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Jerry Surkont strikes out. Art Croushore hits a home run. Randy Demola grounds out to the second baseman. Piggy Acker pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Shane Chiwitt grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Letto flies out to the center fielder. Bill Vedder doubles to center field. Jack Miller singles to right field. Bill Vedder scores. Tom McLean grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Jack Miller is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Mark Bowers grounds out to the pitcher. Eric Bowman grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Welch is pinch hitting for Milt Castino. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Bob Welch singles to center field. Jack Glinatsis hits a home run. Bob Welch scores. Pedro Starr pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Brandy Severson pitching. Manny Bober is pinch hitting for Junior Smith. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Manny Bober grounds out to the third baseman. Al Womack flies out to the right fielder. Bob Schlotz walks. Charlie Locke grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Mike Wright pitching. Jerry Surkont grounds out to the shortstop. Art Croushore walks. Art Croushore is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Randy Demola strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Shane Chiwitt strikes out. Mike Letto flies out to the left fielder. Bill Vedder grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Piggy Acker flies out to the center fielder. Mark Bowers flies out to the right fielder. Eric Bowman strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Houston Jack Miller pops out to the first baseman. Tom McLean strikes out. Leo Dishman comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Max Goodfellow is pinch hitting for Mike Wright. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Max Goodfellow grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Pittsburgh Whitey Moore pitching. Leo Dishman pops out to the catcher. Jack Glinatsis singles to center field. Pedro Starr strikes out. Jack Glinatsis steals second. Jerry Surkont strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 11 Houston Al Womack singles to right field. Bob Schlotz singles to left field. Al Womack advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the infield in. Charlie Locke singles to center field. Al Womack scores. Bob Schlotz advances to third on the hit. Archi Wickander comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Shane Chiwitt flies out to the center fielder. Mike Letto grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Schlotz scores. Charlie Locke advances to second on the play. Bill Vedder grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 11 Pittsburgh Brant McGlinton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Art Croushore pops out to the first baseman. Randy Demola flies out to the center fielder. Piggy Acker flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners LOB: 4 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 6
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Gerald Baird did not respond to coaching in velocity Bob May did not respond to coaching in velocity Cliff Healy improves in velocity Tex Sparks did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Bob May did not respond to coaching in control Andy Day did not respond to coaching in velocity Mike Tauscher did not respond to coaching in CF
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ed Jeanes improves in contact_vs_righty Harry Ferreira improves in velocity Jose Dibut improves in control Tom May improves in control Tom May did not respond to coaching in velocity Tom Land improves in arm