Batting: New York(N), top of 1st. Pitching: Gary Gentry RF Hosken Powell: SINGLES to shallow right-center. Fielding error by the rightfielder! Powell to second. SS Freddie Patek: Flies out to left field. LF Bernie Carbo: Flies out to center field. 1B Carl Yastrzemski: SINGLES down the first-base line. Powell to third. Powell scores. CF Terry Crowley: Grounds into fielders choice to the shortstop, Yastrzemski out at 2nd base. Inning over... one run, 2 hits, one error. Score: New York(N) 1, Houston 0
Batting: Houston, bottom of 1st. Pitching: Les Cain SS Dickie Thon: Reaches on a fielding error by the third baseman. 2B Alan Wiggins: SINGLES to center Thon to second. 3B George Brett: SINGLES to shallow right-center. Thon to third. Wiggins to second. Thon tries to score... He scores without a throw. 1B John Mayberry: Strikes out swinging. RF Roy Foster: Base on balls. Wiggins to third. Brett to second. CF Dwayne Murphy: Flies out to deep left-center. Wiggins tags up at third... He scores without a throw. LF George Hendrick: SINGLES to shallow center field. Brett to third. Foster to second. Brett tries to score... Crowley throws home... Brett scores! Foster to third. Hendrick to second. C Bill Nahorodny: Grounds out to the first baseman. Inning over... 3 runs, 3 hits, one error. Score: Houston 3, New York(N) 1
Batting: New York(N), top of 2nd. Pitching: Gary Gentry 2B Billy Grabarkewitz: Grounds out to the shortstop. 3B Wayne Garrett: Lines out to the catcher. C Keith Moreland: Flies out to left-center. Inning over... no runs, no hits, no errors. Score: Houston 3, New York(N) 1
Batting: Houston, bottom of 2nd. Pitching: Les Cain P Gary Gentry: Strikes out swinging. SS Dickie Thon: Strikes out looking. 2B Alan Wiggins: Grounds out to the third baseman. Inning over... no runs, no hits, no errors. Score: Houston 3, New York(N) 1
Batting: New York(N), top of 3rd. Pitching: Gary Gentry P Les Cain: SOLO HOMERUN to deep right field. (373 feet) RF Hosken Powell: Grounds out to the pitcher. SS Freddie Patek: Flies out to short center field. LF Bernie Carbo: DOUBLES down the right field line. 1B Carl Yastrzemski: Base on balls. CF Terry Crowley: Strikes out swinging. Inning over... one run, 2 hits, no errors. Score: Houston 3, New York(N) 2
Batting: Houston, bottom of 3rd. Pitching: Les Cain 3B George Brett: SINGLES to left 1B John Mayberry: Grounds out to the second baseman. Brett to second. RF Roy Foster: Grounds out to the third baseman. CF Dwayne Murphy: Grounds out to the second baseman. Inning over... no runs, one hit, no errors. Score: Houston 3, New York(N) 2
Batting: New York(N), top of 4th. Pitching: Gary Gentry 2B Billy Grabarkewitz: Strikes out swinging. 3B Wayne Garrett: Strikes out looking. C Keith Moreland: Reaches on INFIELD-HIT. P Les Cain: SINGLES to shallow left-center. Moreland to second. Moreland tries to advance to third... Murphy throws to third... OUT at third base. Inning over... no runs, 2 hits, no errors. Score: Houston 3, New York(N) 2
Batting: Houston, bottom of 4th. Pitching: Les Cain LF George Hendrick: Flies out to left field. C Bill Nahorodny: Strikes out swinging. P Gary Gentry: Strikes out swinging. Inning over... no runs, no hits, no errors. Score: Houston 3, New York(N) 2
Batting: New York(N), top of 5th. Pitching: Gary Gentry RF Hosken Powell: SINGLES to shallow right-center. SS Freddie Patek: SAC BUNT. Powell advances to second. LF Bernie Carbo: Grounds out to the pitcher. 1B Carl Yastrzemski: 2-RUN HOMERUN to deep center field. (433 feet) CF Terry Crowley: Base on balls. 2B Billy Grabarkewitz: Flies out to deep right-center. Inning over... 2 runs, 2 hits, no errors. Score: New York(N) 4, Houston 3
Batting: Houston, bottom of 5th. Pitching: Les Cain SS Dickie Thon: Grounds out to the first baseman. 2B Alan Wiggins: Base on balls. 3B George Brett: Wiggins steals second. Base on balls. 1B John Mayberry: Strikes out swinging. RF Roy Foster: Base on balls. Wiggins to third. Brett to second. CF Dwayne Murphy: Strikes out looking. Inning over... no runs, no hits, no errors. Score: New York(N) 4, Houston 3
Batting: New York(N), top of 6th. Pitching: Gary Gentry 3B Wayne Garrett: Grounds out to the shortstop. C Keith Moreland: DOUBLES to deep center field. P Les Cain: Flies out to short left-center. RF Hosken Powell: Reaches on a fielding error by the first baseman. Moreland to third. SS Freddie Patek: Flies out to short center field. Inning over... no runs, one hit, one error. Score: New York(N) 4, Houston 3
Batting: Houston, bottom of 6th. Pitching: Les Cain LF George Hendrick: Grounds out to the shortstop. C Bill Nahorodny: Base on balls. P Gary Gentry: Bunted into fielders choice, Nahorodny out at second. SS Dickie Thon: Grounds out to the pitcher. Inning over... no runs, no hits, no errors. Score: New York(N) 4, Houston 3
Batting: New York(N), top of 7th. Pitching: Gary Gentry LF Bernie Carbo: Flies out to center field. 1B Carl Yastrzemski: Grounds out to the shortstop. CF Terry Crowley: SOLO HOMERUN to deep right field. (396 feet) 2B Billy Grabarkewitz: SINGLES to shallow left-center. 3B Wayne Garrett: New pitcher: Hank Webb. Base on balls. Grabarkewitz to second. C Keith Moreland: Grounds out to the shortstop. Inning over... one run, 2 hits, no errors. Score: New York(N) 5, Houston 3
Batting: Houston, bottom of 7th. Pitching: Les Cain 2B Alan Wiggins: Grounds out to the second baseman. 3B George Brett: New pitcher: Enrique Romo. Flies out to right field. 1B John Mayberry: Grounds out to the shortstop. Inning over... no runs, no hits, no errors. Score: New York(N) 5, Houston 3
Batting: New York(N), top of 8th. Pitching: Hank Webb PH Broderick Perkins: Grounds out to the first baseman. RF Hosken Powell: Grounds out to the shortstop. SS Freddie Patek: Flies out to shallow right-center. Inning over... no runs, no hits, no errors. Score: New York(N) 5, Houston 3
Batting: Houston, bottom of 8th. Pitching: Enrique Romo RF Roy Foster: New pitcher: Wayne Granger. Grounds out to the shortstop. CF Dwayne Murphy: Grounds out to the first baseman. LF George Hendrick: SINGLES to center C Bill Nahorodny: New pitcher: John Lamb. Grounds out to the first baseman. Inning over... no runs, one hit, no errors. Score: New York(N) 5, Houston 3
Batting: New York(N), top of 9th. Pitching: Hank Webb LF Bernie Carbo: DOUBLES to the gap in right-center. 1B Carl Yastrzemski: Grounds out to the third baseman. CF Terry Crowley: Intentional walk. 2B Billy Grabarkewitz: New pitcher: Jim Nash. PH Mitchell Page: Strikes out swinging. 3B Wayne Garrett: Grounds out to the pitcher. Inning over... no runs, one hit, no errors. Score: New York(N) 5, Houston 3
Batting: Houston, bottom of 9th. Pitching: John Lamb P Jim Nash: New pitcher: Dick Selma. New RF: Mitchell Page. PH Mike Vail: Grounds out to the shortstop. SS Dickie Thon: DOUBLES to deep left field. 2B Alan Wiggins: Strikes out swinging. 3B George Brett: Intentional walk. 1B John Mayberry: Strikes out swinging.
Game over. Score: New York(N) 5, Houston 3