Win: Don Nelson (11-3) Loss: Yukinobu Noguchi (5-5)
Inning: 1 New York Frank Wilkinson pitching. Frank Carr grounds out to the third baseman. Greg Valenzuela grounds out to the shortstop. John Holland strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Yuliet Hurtado pitching. Doug Cummings walks. Buddy Hamm pops out to the second baseman. Dennis Dobson grounds out to the catcher. Doug Cummings advances to second on the play. Mose Nieto grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 New York Mack Hicks flies out to the center fielder. Roy Taylor flies out to the right fielder. Roy Staiger strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Steve Miksis walks. Ed Archer pops out to the first baseman. Joe Ramirez doubles to center field. Steve Miksis is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Jim Craft singles to left field. Joe Ramirez scores. Frank Wilkinson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 New York Joe Politte strikes out. Billy Reardon strikes out. Yuliet Hurtado grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Doug Cummings singles to right field. Buddy Hamm flies out to the center fielder. Doug Cummings is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Dennis Dobson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 New York Frank Carr walks. Greg Valenzuela singles to left field. Frank Carr advances to third on the hit. John Holland strikes out. Mack Hicks flies out to the left fielder. Roy Taylor flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Mose Nieto strikes out. Steve Miksis doubles to left field. Ed Archer grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Ramirez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 New York Roy Staiger flies out to the left fielder. Joe Politte flies out to the left fielder. Billy Reardon strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Jim Craft singles to right field. Frank Wilkinson lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, Jim Craft forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Doug Cummings walks. Buddy Hamm strikes out. Dennis Dobson walks. Mose Nieto grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 New York Yuliet Hurtado strikes out. Frank Carr singles to right field. Greg Valenzuela singles to right field. Frank Carr advances to third on the hit. John Holland singles past the first baseman. Frank Carr scores. Greg Valenzuela advances to third on the hit. Mack Hicks grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Greg Valenzuela scores. John Holland advances to second on the play. Roy Taylor singles to right field. John Holland scores. Roy Staiger grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Roy Taylor is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Steve Miksis walks. Steve Miksis steals second. Ed Archer walks. Joe Ramirez strikes out. Jim Craft singles to center field. Steve Miksis scores. Frank Wilkinson fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Frank Wilkinson singles to right field. Ed Archer is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Jim Craft advances to third on the play. Doug Cummings walks. Buddy Hamm flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 New York Joe Politte strikes out. Billy Reardon strikes out. Joey Diering is pinch hitting for Yuliet Hurtado. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Joey Diering strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Joe Pedre pitching. Dennis Dobson flies out to the left fielder. Mose Nieto strikes out. Steve Miksis walks. Ed Archer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 New York Frank Carr singles to center field. Greg Valenzuela grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. John Holland strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Joe Ramirez singles to center field. Jim Craft walks. Juan Kirkpatrick is pinch hitting for Frank Wilkinson. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Juan Kirkpatrick grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Ramirez advances to third on the play. Jim Craft advances to second on the play. Doug Cummings flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Joe Ramirez scores. Yukinobu Noguchi comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Buddy Hamm walks. Dennis Dobson pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 New York Dave Madison pitching. Mack Hicks strikes out. Roy Taylor grounds out to the shortstop. Roy Staiger strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Mose Nieto doubles to left field. Steve Miksis flies out to the right fielder. Ed Archer strikes out. Joe Ramirez walks. Jim Craft grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 10 New York Jim Greenberg is pinch hitting for Joe Politte. Jim Greenberg flies out to the right fielder. Billy Reardon singles to left field. Jerry Layne is pinch running for Billy Reardon on 1st base. Yukinobu Noguchi lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Frank Carr flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Pittsburgh Todd Sconiers enters the game as a defensive replacement for Jim Greenberg at 3B. Pedro Stephens is pinch hitting for Dave Madison. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Pedro Stephens grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Doug Cummings grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Buddy Hamm grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 11 New York Don Nelson pitching. Greg Valenzuela grounds out to the shortstop. John Holland flies out to the center fielder. Mack Hicks strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 11 Pittsburgh Dennis Dobson reached on a 2-base fielding error by John Holland. Mose Nieto singles to right field. Dennis Dobson is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Derek Rainey comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Steve Miksis singles to right field. Mose Nieto advances to third on the hit. Ed Archer singles to left field. Mose Nieto scores. New York total runners left on base: 4 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 14
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Charlie Francona did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Irv Springer did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Johnny Jackson improves in contact_vs_righty John Dreifort did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Lefty Pirtle did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Paul Kush did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Irv Springer did not respond to coaching in 3B
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Manny Kerwin did not respond to coaching in velocity Skinny Bianco did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Orlin Stablein did not respond to coaching in speed Chris Ainge improves in contact_vs_lefty Jess Hernandez did not respond to coaching in velocity Tom Blaemire improves in power_vs_lefty Chris Ainge did not respond to coaching in C