Win: Bruce Wade (4-0) Loss: Don LaMacchia (2-5)
Save: Yenier Osuna (2)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Gene Tessmer pitching. Jimmy Ewing grounds out to the second baseman. Tex LaGrow strikes out. Lariel Washington hits a home run. Mort Tenney hits a home run. Bret Konieczny grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Atlanta Red Larmore pitching. Frank Wendell strikes out. Jessie Marsh singles to right field. Miguel Valentine walks. Pablo Glanville flies out to the left fielder. Greg Berhalter pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Kenny Buckley strikes out. George English strikes out. Dick Federoff grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Atlanta Mo Brandt strikes out. Bill Gardenhire strikes out. Fielder Flitcraft singles in front of the center fielder. Gene Tessmer flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Red Larmore grounds out to the shortstop. Jimmy Ewing grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tex LaGrow doubles to center field. Lariel Washington flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Atlanta Frank Wendell reached on a fielding error by Kenny Buckley. Jessie Marsh singles to right field. Miguel Valentine pops out to the shortstop. Pablo Glanville walks. Greg Berhalter singles to left field. Frank Wendell scores. Jessie Marsh scores. Pablo Glanville advances to third on the hit. Mo Brandt singles to left field. Pablo Glanville scores. Greg Berhalter advances to third on the hit. Hal Yelding comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Gardenhire strikes out. Fielder Flitcraft flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Mort Tenney walks. Mort Tenney steals second. Bret Konieczny singles to right field. Mort Tenney scores. Kenny Buckley strikes out. George English strikes out. Dick Federoff grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Bret Konieczny is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Atlanta Gene Tessmer strikes out. Frank Wendell walks. Frank Wendell is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Jessie Marsh strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Hal Yelding pops out to the third baseman. Jimmy Ewing grounds out to the pitcher. Tex LaGrow singles to left field. Lariel Washington strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Atlanta Miguel Valentine grounds out to the second baseman. Pablo Glanville singles to right field. Greg Berhalter grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Mort Tenney grounds out to the third baseman. Bret Konieczny flies out to the center fielder. Kenny Buckley singles to left field. George English 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: 6 Atlanta Mo Brandt pops out to the first baseman. Bill Gardenhire singles past the shortstop. Fielder Flitcraft grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Dick Federoff strikes out. Bill Weber is pinch hitting for Hal Yelding. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Bill Weber singles to right field. Jimmy Ewing grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Atlanta Bruce Wade pitching. Frank Richter is pinch hitting for Gene Tessmer. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Frank Richter grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Frank Wendell pops out to the second baseman. Jessie Marsh flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Don LaMacchia pitching. Tex LaGrow lines out to the third baseman. Lariel Washington strikes out. Mort Tenney singles to center field. Bret Konieczny flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Atlanta Miguel Valentine grounds out to the pitcher. Pablo Glanville reached on a fielding error by Jimmy Ewing. Greg Berhalter strikes out. Mo Brandt doubles to left field. Pablo Glanville uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bill Gardenhire strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Kenny Buckley walks. George English doubles to center field. The defense is playing the infield in. Dick Federoff singles past the first baseman. Kenny Buckley scores. George English scores. Hal Plodinec comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bruce Wade pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Jimmy Ewing singles to left field. Dick Federoff advances to third on the hit. Tex LaGrow strikes out. Lariel Washington doubles to right field. Dick Federoff scores. Jimmy Ewing uses his aggressiveness and scores. Hiroaki Chiba comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mort Tenney grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Atlanta Fielder Flitcraft doubles to right field. Greg Hayes is pinch hitting for Hiroaki Chiba. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Greg Hayes grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Fielder Flitcraft advances to third on the play. Frank Wendell flies out to the center fielder. Jessie Marsh singles to center field. Fielder Flitcraft scores. Yenier Osuna comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Miguel Valentine grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Jessie Marsh is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 6 Atlanta total runners LOB: 7
Batting:2B - Tex LaGrow (14), Lariel Washington (12), George English (6).HR - Lariel Washington (7), Mort Tenney (3).GIDP - Jimmy Ewing. Baserunning: SB - Mort Tenney (7). Fielding: E - Jimmy Ewing, Kenny Buckley.
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Cliff Dobb did not respond to coaching in arm Ross Makosky did not respond to coaching in velocity Dave Rice did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Dave Rice improves in contact_vs_righty
Atlanta Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Joe Hernandez improves in power_vs_righty Bobby Etchison did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Tomas Redmon did not respond to coaching in velocity Dick Bernhard improves in contact_vs_righty Hi Perez did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Bill File improves in power_vs_righty Bart Frye did not respond to coaching in 3B