Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Rich Smith pitching. Ken Kavanagh grounds out to the pitcher. Kirk Daniels strikes out. Leo Regan grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Houston Eddie Harris pitching. Lefty Wallace walks. John Ortiz singles to center field. Jack Francona strikes out. Tim Lauder walks. Stan Jordan hits a home run. Lefty Wallace scores. John Ortiz scores. Tim Lauder scores. Bert Taylor grounds out to the second baseman. Hiromori Miyade walks. Adolfo Marrero grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Jason Bruton flies out to the left fielder. Jim Gedeon flies out to the right fielder. Bill Berry walks. Bill Vaughn flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Rich Smith grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Lefty Wallace grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). John Ortiz flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh John King singles to left field. Eddie Harris lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ken Kavanagh singles to right field. John King is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Kirk Daniels strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Jack Francona grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Tim Lauder flies out to the right fielder. Stan Jordan singles to center field. Bert Taylor flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Leo Regan strikes out. Jason Bruton doubles to left field. Jim Gedeon singles to center field. Bill Berry lines out to the third baseman. Bill Vaughn grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Houston Hiromori Miyade grounds out to the shortstop. Adolfo Marrero singles in front of the left fielder. Rich Smith lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Lefty Wallace singles to left field. Adolfo Marrero scores. Rip Northey comes in from the bullpen to pitch. John Ortiz grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Lefty Wallace is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh John King walks. Rip Northey lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, John King forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Ken Kavanagh reached on a fielding error by Tim Lauder. Kirk Daniels doubles to center field. Rip Northey scores. Ken Kavanagh is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Leo Regan pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Jack Francona singles to center field. Tim Lauder doubles to right field. Jack Francona uses his aggressiveness and scores. Stan Jordan singles to right field. Tim Lauder scores. Beauty Marsans comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bert Taylor strikes out. Hiromori Miyade walks. Adolfo Marrero singles to left field. Rich Smith singles to left field. Stan Jordan scores. Lefty Wallace strikes out. John Ortiz strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Jason Bruton grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Gedeon hits an infield single to the pitcher. Bill Berry pops out to the shortstop. Bill Vaughn grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Jim Gedeon is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Jack Francona walks. Tim Lauder flies out to the left fielder. Stan Jordan strikes out. Jack Francona steals second. Bert Taylor grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh John King grounds out to the shortstop. Rob Heath is pinch hitting for Beauty Marsans. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Rob Heath strikes out. Ken Kavanagh triples. Jack Gaines 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. Kirk Daniels flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Houston Mike Anderson pitching. Hiromori Miyade grounds out to the shortstop. Adolfo Marrero walks. Jack Gaines lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Lefty Wallace pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Leo Regan singles to right field. Jason Bruton walks. Jim Gedeon singles to left field. Leo Regan scores. Jason Bruton advances to third on the hit. Joji Aoyama comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Berry flies out to the center fielder. Bill Vaughn strikes out. John King grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Houston John Ortiz triples. Jack Francona hits a home run. John Ortiz scores. Tim Lauder strikes out. Stan Jordan flies out to the center fielder. Bert Taylor flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Jack Roof is pinch hitting for Mike Anderson. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jack Roof strikes out. Ken Kavanagh walks. Kirk Daniels grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Ken Kavanagh is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Kirk Daniels steals second. Leo Regan flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 10 Houston total runners left on base: 8
Batting:2B - Tim Lauder (15).3B - John Ortiz (7).HR - Jack Francona (26), Stan Jordan (22). Baserunning: SB - Jack Francona (17). Fielding: E - Tim Lauder.
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Herb Dessens improves in power_vs_lefty Maikel Castro improves in velocity Bill Saunders improves in control Jeff Casanova did not respond to coaching in arm Dixie Snook improves in contact_vs_righty Jeff Rochford did not respond to coaching in range
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Roy Wehner did not respond to coaching in control Jim Cunningham did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Tadashi Hirayama did not respond to coaching in velocity Jim Cunningham improves in power_vs_lefty John Helms did not respond to coaching in speed Rip Henninger improves in power_vs_lefty Rip Henninger did not respond to coaching in CF