Win: Junior Smith (8-4) Loss: Henry Williams (3-3)
Inning: 1 Houston Henry Williams pitching. Al Womack hits a home run. Charlie Locke grounds out to the pitcher. Shane Chiwitt hits a home run. Manny Bober reached on a 2-base fielding error by Mark Bowers. Bill Vedder grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Manny Bober advances to third on the play. Jack Miller strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Junior Smith pitching. Jack Glinatsis flies out to the right fielder. Jerry Surkont grounds out to the second baseman. John Trillo strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Houston Shuzo Akamatsu singles to left field. Bob Schlotz grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Junior Smith singles to right field. Al Womack grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Junior Smith is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Randy Demola grounds out to the shortstop. Piggy Acker flies out to the center fielder. Bob Welch grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Charlie Locke flies out to the left fielder. Shane Chiwitt singles to right field. Manny Bober strikes out. Bill Vedder singles to left field. Shane Chiwitt advances to third on the hit. Jack Miller singles to center field. Shane Chiwitt scores. Bill Vedder advances to third on the hit. Shuzo Akamatsu singles to right field. Bill Vedder scores. Bob Schlotz strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Eric Bowman pops out to the first baseman. Mark Bowers flies out to the center fielder. Henry Williams grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Junior Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Al Womack strikes out. Charlie Locke flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Jack Glinatsis strikes out. Jerry Surkont walks. John Trillo flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Randy Demola grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Jerry Surkont is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Houston Shane Chiwitt strikes out. Manny Bober grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Vedder grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Piggy Acker walks. Bob Welch singles to left field. Eric Bowman grounds out to the shortstop. Piggy Acker advances to third on the play. Bob Welch advances to second on the play. Mark Bowers walks. Henry Williams singles to center field. Piggy Acker scores. Bob Welch scores. Mark Bowers advances to third on the hit. Jack Glinatsis flies out to the center fielder. Jerry Surkont walks. John Trillo strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Houston Jack Miller doubles to center field. Shuzo Akamatsu grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Schlotz grounds out to the third baseman. Junior Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Randy Demola grounds out to the third baseman. Piggy Acker flies out to the left fielder. Bob Welch flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Archi Wickander comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Al Womack reached on a 2-base throwing error by John Trillo. Charlie Locke reached on a 2-base throwing error by John Trillo. Al Womack scores. Shane Chiwitt doubles to left field. Charlie Locke scores. Manny Bober hits a home run. Shane Chiwitt scores. Bill Vedder grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Jack Miller flies out to the left fielder. Shuzo Akamatsu doubles to center field. Bob Schlotz singles to center field. Shuzo Akamatsu scores. Junior Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Eric Bowman walks. Mark Bowers grounds into a 5-4-3 double play - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Charlie Carter is pinch hitting for Archi Wickander. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Charlie Carter singles to right field. Jack Glinatsis walks. Jerry Surkont grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Houston Dave Black pitching. Al Womack strikes out. Charlie Locke strikes out. Shane Chiwitt flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Jack Royer is pinch hitting for John Trillo. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jack Royer singles to left field. Mike Wright comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Fabian Sheely is pinch hitting for Randy Demola. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Fabian Sheely walks. Piggy Acker hits a home run. Jack Royer scores. Fabian Sheely scores. Ralph Kimmick comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bob Welch grounds out to the second baseman. Eric Bowman flies out to the center fielder. Mark Bowers grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Manny Bober hits a home run. Bill Vedder strikes out. Jack Miller grounds out to the shortstop. Shuzo Akamatsu walks. Bob Schlotz triples. Shuzo Akamatsu scores. Mike Phillips is pinch hitting for Ralph Kimmick. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Mike Phillips grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Bill Amaral pitching. Al Appling is pinch hitting for Dave Black. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Al Appling strikes out. Jack Glinatsis pops out to the third baseman. Jerry Surkont lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Houston total runners LOB: 7 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 6
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Cliff Healy did not respond to coaching in velocity Lew Getz did not respond to coaching in control Tom Bowerman did not respond to coaching in control Lew Getz improves in velocity Jay Anderson improves in contact_vs_lefty Herb Jacquez improves in range Walt Czajkowski did not respond to coaching in SS
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jose Dibut did not respond to coaching in velocity Bob Humphrey did not respond to coaching in velocity Fred Power did not respond to coaching in range Ray Olson did not respond to coaching in range Jim Mundy did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Steve Wilhelm did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty