Win: Mike Spiers (15-8) Loss: Art Young (16-8)
Save: Ad Harkness (33)
Inning: 1 Houston Art Young pitching. Bill Herbert grounds out to the shortstop. Jason Shaw strikes out. Brad Stivetts strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Mike Spiers pitching. Paul Grove grounds out to the shortstop. Kevin Porter walks. Tom Shoffner doubles to right field. Kevin Porter uses his aggressiveness and scores. Walt Ventura grounds out to the shortstop. George Schorr flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Dave Cormier strikes out. Guillermo Avalos grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Colbert doubles to right field. Fred Beck singles to center field. Bill Colbert scores. Scott Archer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Terry Bruner strikes out. Doug Jordan pops out to the second baseman. Ed Nixon flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Mike Spiers flies out to the center fielder. Bill Herbert strikes out. Jason Shaw strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Art Young grounds out to the pitcher. Paul Grove strikes out. Kevin Porter triples. Tom Shoffner grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Brad Stivetts walks. Dave Cormier reached on a fielding error by Kevin Porter. Guillermo Avalos singles to center field. Brad Stivetts scores. Dave Cormier advances to third on the hit. Guillermo Avalos steals second. Bill Colbert walks. Fred Beck strikes out. Scott Archer flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Dave Cormier scores. Mike Spiers grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Bill Colbert is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Walt Ventura grounds out to the third baseman. George Schorr lines out to the first baseman. Terry Bruner walks. Doug Jordan strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Bill Herbert grounds out to the third baseman. Jason Shaw grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Brad Stivetts flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Ed Nixon flies out to the center fielder. Art Young strikes out. Paul Grove walks. Kevin Porter pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Houston Dave Cormier grounds out to the shortstop. Guillermo Avalos grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Colbert flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Tom Shoffner singles to center field. Walt Ventura strikes out. George Schorr singles to right field. Tom Shoffner advances to third on the hit. George Schorr is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Terry Bruner hits a home run. Tom Shoffner scores. Doug Jordan grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Fred Beck singles to left field. Scott Archer doubles to center field. Fred Beck uses his aggressiveness and scores. Mike Spiers lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball and Scott Archer is thrown out at third. Bill Herbert flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Jason Shaw grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Mike Spiers is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Ed Nixon strikes out. Ralph Hamlin is pinch hitting for Art Young. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Ralph Hamlin strikes out. Paul Grove grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Mike Eisenhart pitching. Brad Stivetts flies out to the center fielder. Dave Cormier grounds out to the shortstop. Guillermo Avalos walks. Guillermo Avalos steals second. Bill Colbert flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Dick Simpson enters the game as a defensive replacement for Jason Shaw at RF. Hector Hartgraves enters the game as a defensive replacement for Fred Beck at 3B. Jim Ohman comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Kevin Porter flies out to the center fielder. Tom Shoffner strikes out. Walt Ventura strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Hector Hartgraves singles to right field. Hector Hartgraves steals second. Scott Archer strikes out. Kazuya Ogo is pinch hitting for Jim Ohman. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Kazuya Ogo flies out to the left fielder. Bill Herbert strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Ad Harkness pitching. George Schorr grounds out to the third baseman. Terry Bruner lines out to the pitcher. Virgil French is pinch hitting for Doug Jordan. Virgil French flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners LOB: 6 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 4
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Garvin Rain did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Dan Jones did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Johnny Gossage did not respond to coaching in arm Frank Leinhauser did not respond to coaching in range
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Heinie Lyons did not respond to coaching in control Bob Welch did not respond to coaching in speed Gary Holmes improves in power_vs_righty Heinie Lyons did not respond to coaching in control Randy Wiley did not respond to coaching in 2B