Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Joe Jenkins pitching. Terry Burkam strikes out. Lariel Washington singles to left field. Roy Habyan grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Lariel Washington is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Steve Pappas pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 New York Red Larmore pitching. Roger Barrett singles to left field. Johnny Cusick walks. Pep Griffith walks. Wade Corhan grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Roger Barrett scores. Johnny Cusick advances to third on the play. Jim Reisigl walks. Kevin Dickerson strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Tex LaGrow pops out to the shortstop. George English flies out to the left fielder. Kenny Buckley grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 New York Ken Ransom strikes out. Alex Alberts grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Jenkins reached on a fielding error by Kenny Buckley. Roger Barrett pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Pat Connors flies out to the left fielder. Red Larmore grounds out to the third baseman. Terry Burkam singles to left field. Lariel Washington singles to left field. Roy Habyan grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 New York Johnny Cusick flies out to the right fielder. Pep Griffith singles to right field. Wade Corhan grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Pep Griffith is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jim Reisigl grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Steve Pappas grounds out to the shortstop. Tex LaGrow grounds out to the second baseman. George English flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 New York Kevin Dickerson walks. Ken Ransom strikes out. Alex Alberts strikes out. Joe Jenkins reached on a fielding error by Lariel Washington. Roger Barrett grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Joe Jenkins is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Kenny Buckley walks. Pat Connors flies out to the left fielder. Red Larmore fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Red Larmore lines out to the second baseman. Terry Burkam grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Kenny Buckley is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 New York Johnny Cusick grounds out to the shortstop. Pep Griffith reached on a fielding error by Kenny Buckley. Wade Corhan grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Pep Griffith is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jim Reisigl strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Lariel Washington walks. Roy Habyan singles to center field. Lariel Washington advances to third on the hit. Steve Pappas flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Lariel Washington scores. Tex LaGrow flies out to the center fielder. George English walks. Bob Bassler comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Kenny Buckley grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 New York Kevin Dickerson grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Ken Ransom flies out to the right fielder. Alex Alberts strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Pat Connors grounds out to the second baseman. Jimmy Ewing is pinch hitting for Red Larmore. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Jimmy Ewing flies out to the left fielder. Terry Burkam grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 New York Duck Mulliniks pitching. Burt Schreiber is pinch hitting for Bob Bassler. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Burt Schreiber doubles to center field. Roger Barrett singles to right field. Burt Schreiber scores. Roger Barrett steals second. Johnny Cusick pops out to the third baseman. Roger Barrett steals third. Pep Griffith strikes out. Wade Corhan walks. Jim Reisigl strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Ernie Ames pitching. Lariel Washington singles to left field. Roy Habyan singles to left field. Lariel Washington advances to third on the hit. Steve Pappas hits an infield single to the shortstop. Lariel Washington scores. Tex LaGrow grounds out to the second baseman. Roy Habyan advances to third on the play. Steve Pappas advances to second on the play. George English strikes out. Kenny Buckley hits a home run. Roy Habyan scores. Steve Pappas scores. Rickey Riccardo Truby comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pat Connors flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 New York Steve Donoso comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Kevin Dickerson singles to center field. Kevin Dickerson steals second. Ken Ransom flies out to the right fielder. Alex Alberts grounds out to the third baseman. Bob Smith is pinch hitting for Rickey Riccardo Truby. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bob Smith singles to left field. Roger Barrett grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Rod Bliss pitching. Steve Donoso strikes out. Terry Burkam walks. Lariel Washington grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Terry Burkam advances to second on the play. Roy Habyan strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 New York Dad Maddox is pinch hitting for Johnny Cusick. Dad Maddox walks. Pep Griffith grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Wade Corhan grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 7 New York total runners LOB: 11
Game Notes Pat Connors is injured and is expected to be out 24 days.
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Joe Bischoff improves in control Rod Kracher improves in range Ernie Fodge improves in velocity Jerry Wagner did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill Mails improves in power_vs_lefty Eddie Henry did not respond to coaching in endurance Dick Federoff improves in 2B
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Gary Sullivan improves in speed Bob Heinzman improves in velocity Wil Bell improves in power_vs_righty Bob Petralli improves in contact_vs_righty Jose Torphy improves in range Dee Grace improves in contact_vs_righty