Doran enjoyed a fine evening at the plate. He laced a base-hit in the 1st inning, tripled plating a run in the 4th inning, banged out a single which plated a run in the 5th inning and doubled bringing in a run in the 8th inning. Houston had many opportunities throughout the game and scored in 6 separate innings.
Joe Niekro(10-14) got credit for the victory, pitching 7 and 2/3 innings and allowing 3 runs. Rick Rhoden(10-13) was given the loss. He got hit pretty hard, allowing 9 hits and 4 walks in 4 and 2/3 innings.
