Inning: 1 Houston
Ron Hurley pitching.
Fred Lord strikes out.
Gene Hopp flies out to the right fielder.
Bobby White grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single!
Runners left on base: 0

Inning: 1 Cincinnati
Bill Strohmayer pitching.
Jose Guerrero strikes out.
Rusty Triandos grounds out to the second baseman.
Phil Auerbach flies out to the left fielder.
Runners left on base: 0

Inning: 2 Houston
Earl Stanceu flies out to the right fielder.
Bob Weilman singles to center field.
Archie Griffin singles past the second baseman.
Bob Gaw singles to right field.
Dick Rettig flies out to the center fielder.
Bill Strohmayer pops out to the second baseman.
Runners left on base: 3

Inning: 2 Cincinnati
Ed Boyd grounds out to the third baseman.
Bob Bailey strikes out.
Buster Walls singles to right field.
Dave McLaughlin singles to left field.
Buster Walls advances to third on the hit.
Paul Sutherland flies out to the right fielder.
Runners left on base: 2

Inning: 3 Houston
Fred Lord strikes out.
Gene Hopp singles past the second baseman.
Bobby White strikes out.
Earl Stanceu grounds into a force play to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single!
Gene Hopp is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag.
Runners left on base: 1

Inning: 3 Cincinnati
Ron Hurley flies out to the right fielder.
Jose Guerrero walks.
Rusty Triandos grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single!
Jose Guerrero advances to second on the play.
Phil Auerbach hits a home run.
Jose Guerrero scores.
Ed Boyd strikes out.
Runners left on base: 0

Inning: 4 Houston
Bob Weilman strikes out.
Archie Griffin walks.
Bob Gaw lines out to the second baseman.
Dick Rettig walks.
Bill Strohmayer singles past the shortstop.
Archie Griffin scores.
Fred Lord singles to left field.
Dick Rettig scores.
Gene Hopp flies out to the left fielder.
Runners left on base: 2

Inning: 4 Cincinnati
Bob Bailey strikes out.
Buster Walls hits a home run.
Dave McLaughlin grounds out to the third baseman.
Paul Sutherland strikes out.
Runners left on base: 0

Inning: 5 Houston
Bobby White walks.
Earl Stanceu grounds into a force play to the shortstop.
Bobby White is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag.
Earl Stanceu gets picked off first.
Bob Weilman reached on a fielding error by Phil Auerbach.
Archie Griffin grounds into a force play to the second baseman.
Bob Weilman is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag.
Runners left on base: 1

Inning: 5 Cincinnati
Ron Hurley singles to left field.
Jose Guerrero flies out to the left fielder.
Rusty Triandos grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single!
Runners left on base: 0

Inning: 6 Houston
Bob Gaw doubles to right field.
Dick Rettig singles to left field.
Bob Gaw scores.
Bill Strohmayer lays a bunt down the third base line.
He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance.
Fred Lord flies out to the center fielder.
Gene Hopp strikes out.
Runners left on base: 1

Inning: 6 Cincinnati
Phil Auerbach grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted).
Ed Boyd singles to center field.
Bob Bailey grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted).
Ed Boyd advances to second on the play.
Bill Anderson 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.
Buster Walls strikes out.
Runners left on base: 1

Inning: 7 Houston
Scott Jordan comes in from the bullpen to pitch.
Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired.
Bobby White walks.
Earl Stanceu singles to left field.
Bobby White advances to third on the hit.
Bob Weilman grounds into a 6-4-3 double play.
Bobby White scores.
Archie Griffin strikes out.
Runners left on base: 0

Inning: 7 Cincinnati
Dave McLaughlin grounds out to the shortstop.
Paul Sutherland strikes out.
Scott Jordan flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double!
Runners left on base: 0

Inning: 8 Houston
Bob Gaw grounds out to the second baseman.
Dick Rettig grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single!
Bill Taff is pinch hitting for Bill Anderson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning.
Bill Taff strikes out.
Runners left on base: 0

Inning: 8 Cincinnati
Mike Oster pitching.
Jose Guerrero doubles to center field.
Rusty Triandos grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted).
Jose Guerrero advances to third on the play.
Phil Auerbach strikes out.
Ed Boyd grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single!
Runners left on base: 1

Inning: 9 Houston
Fred Lord grounds out to the second baseman.
Gene Hopp doubles to left field.
Bobby White singles to right field.
Gene Hopp scores.
Harry Barfield comes in from the bullpen to pitch.
Earl Stanceu flies out to the left fielder.
Bob Weilman flies out to the center fielder.
Runners left on base: 1

Inning: 9 Cincinnati
Bob Bailey flies out to the center fielder.
Buster Walls singles to center field.
Dave McLaughlin grounds into a force play to the second baseman.
Buster Walls is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag.
Paul Sutherland strikes out.
Runners left on base: 1
Houston total runners LOB: 9
Cincinnati total runners LOB: 5