Inning: 1 Los Angeles Sandy Swift pitching. Farmer Russell walks. Billy Staggs flies out to the right fielder. Carl Head doubles to center field. Farmer Russell uses his aggressiveness and scores. Lou Holloway grounds out to the third baseman. Ed Bell pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Marty Perez pitching. Orlando Merced grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Mike Easler strikes out. Ed Ott strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Los Angeles Hector Rodriguez flies out to the left fielder. Greg Hill pops out to the second baseman. Mike Taylor grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Damon Giles singles to center field. Lou Martin flies out to the right fielder. Don Mattern strikes out. Lednier Molinet pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Los Angeles Marty Perez strikes out. Farmer Russell singles to left field. Farmer Russell steals second. Billy Staggs singles to center field. Farmer Russell scores. Carl Head hits a home run. Billy Staggs scores. Lou Holloway singles to right field. Ed Bell flies out to the left fielder. Lou Holloway is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Harry Carney pops out to the first baseman. Sandy Swift strikes out. Orlando Merced walks. Orlando Merced is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Los Angeles Hector Rodriguez flies out to the right fielder. Greg Hill grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mike Taylor flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Mike Easler grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Ott singles to center field. Damon Giles grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ed Ott is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Lou Martin singles to left field. Damon Giles advances to third on the hit. Don Mattern singles to center field. Damon Giles scores. Lou Martin advances to third on the hit. Lednier Molinet flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Los Angeles Marty Perez reached on a fielding error by Harry Carney. Farmer Russell reached on a fielding error by Lednier Molinet. Billy Staggs strikes out. Carl Head strikes out. Lou Holloway singles to left field. Marty Perez scores. Ed Bell doubles to right field. Farmer Russell scores. Lou Holloway uses his aggressiveness and scores. Vladimir Boyd 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. Hector Rodriguez walks. Greg Hill flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Harry Carney strikes out. Vladimir Boyd flies out to the right fielder. Orlando Merced flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Los Angeles Mike Taylor singles to right field. Marty Perez fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Marty Perez singles to center field. Mike Taylor aggressively advances to third on the hit. Farmer Russell singles to center field. Mike Taylor scores. Marty Perez advances to third on the hit. Billy Staggs grounds out to the pitcher. Farmer Russell advances to second on the play. Carl Head grounds out to the third baseman. Marty Perez scores. Farmer Russell advances to third on the play. Lou Holloway flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Mike Easler flies out to the right fielder. Ed Ott pops out to the third baseman. Damon Giles strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Los Angeles Ed Bell grounds out to the third baseman. Hector Rodriguez singles to left field. Hector Rodriguez steals second. Greg Hill flies out to the left fielder. Mike Taylor pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Lou Martin grounds out to the second baseman. Don Mattern hits a home run. Lednier Molinet grounds out to the second baseman. Harry Carney flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Los Angeles Kaoru Takano is pinch hitting for Marty Perez. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Kaoru Takano grounds out to the third baseman. Farmer Russell grounds out to the second baseman. Billy Staggs walks. Billy Staggs steals second. Carl Head singles to right field. Billy Staggs scores. Bud Perez comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Lou Holloway strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Bill Corbett pitching. Bud Perez strikes out. Orlando Merced grounds out to the second baseman. Damon Stroner is pinch hitting for Mike Easler. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Damon Stroner grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Los Angeles Ed Bell flies out to the center fielder. Hector Rodriguez doubles past the first baseman. Greg Hill walks. Glen Maier is pinch hitting for Mike Taylor. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Glen Maier singles to center field. Hector Rodriguez scores. Greg Hill advances to third on the hit. Bill Corbett grounds out to the third baseman. Greg Hill scores. Glen Maier advances to second on the play. Joe Conlan is pinch hitting for Farmer Russell. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Joe Conlan strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Steve Nicosia is pinch hitting for Ed Ott. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Steve Nicosia grounds out to the pitcher. Damon Giles grounds out to the second baseman. Lou Martin flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Los Angeles total runners LOB: 7 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 3
Batting:2B - Carl Head (8), Ed Bell (12), Hector Rodriguez (16).HR - Carl Head (10). Baserunning: SB - Farmer Russell (14), Billy Staggs (12), Hector Rodriguez (15).CS - Lou Holloway (2).
Los Angeles Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jimmy Young improves in contact_vs_lefty Neal Grant did not respond to coaching in arm Bill Hickerson did not respond to coaching in velocity Dutch Tooley did not respond to coaching in velocity Bud Bush did not respond to coaching in 2B
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Mickey Higgins did not respond to coaching in arm McKay Caldwell did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Lee Johnson did not respond to coaching in arm George Kull did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty