Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Delos Malloy pitching. Dennis Dobson flies out to the center fielder. Buddy Hamm flies out to the right fielder. Joe Ramirez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 San Diego John Nelson pitching. Hal Urban flies out to the left fielder. Doug Davis flies out to the right fielder. Mark Carrigan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Mose Nieto singles to left field. Mose Nieto steals second. Steve Miksis lines out to the second baseman. Ed Archer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mose Nieto advances to third on the play. Len Scarsella flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 San Diego Bob Gordon flies out to the right fielder. Bruce Moore pops out to the shortstop. Mickey Colon singles to right field. Walt Barajas strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Tom Blaemire grounds out to the second baseman. John Nelson singles to right field. Dennis Dobson hits a home run. John Nelson scores. Buddy Hamm strikes out. Joe Ramirez flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 San Diego Ray Geary grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Delos Malloy flies out to the center fielder. Hal Urban lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Mose Nieto lines out to the shortstop. Steve Miksis pops out to the third baseman. Ed Archer grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 San Diego Doug Davis hits a home run. Mark Carrigan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Gordon flies out to the center fielder. Bruce Moore strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Len Scarsella grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Blaemire doubles to right field. John Nelson strikes out. Rawly Lefebvre 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. Dennis Dobson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 San Diego Mickey Colon grounds out to the third baseman. Walt Barajas grounds out to the third baseman. Ray Geary grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Buddy Hamm singles to right field. Buddy Hamm is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Joe Ramirez grounds out to the second baseman. Mose Nieto strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 San Diego Jerry Perry 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. Rawly Lefebvre grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Hal Urban flies out to the right fielder. Doug Davis walks. Doug Davis steals second. Mark Carrigan hits an infield single to the catcher. Bob Gordon grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Steve Miksis grounds out to the third baseman. Ed Archer pops out to the catcher. Len Scarsella strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 San Diego Bruce Moore singles to center field. Mickey Colon singles to center field. Bruce Moore advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the corners in. Walt Barajas singles to right field. Bruce Moore scores. Ray Geary singles to center field. Mickey Colon scores. Walt Barajas advances to third on the hit. Ray Tenace is pinch hitting for Rawly Lefebvre. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ray Tenace flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Walt Barajas scores. Lemmie Doolan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Hal Urban grounds into a force play to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Ray Geary is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Doug Davis singles to center field. Hal Urban advances to third on the hit. Mark Carrigan strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Rolando Zoldak pitching. Tom Blaemire singles to left field. Tony Fernandez is pinch hitting for Lemmie Doolan. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Tony Fernandez doubles to center field. Passed ball. Tom Blaemire scores. Tony Fernandez advances to third. Dennis Dobson singles to right field. Tony Fernandez scores. Bill Johnson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Buddy Hamm singles to left field. Joe Ramirez strikes out. Mose Nieto doubles to right field. Dennis Dobson scores. Buddy Hamm uses his aggressiveness and scores. Steve Miksis flies out to the right fielder. Ed Archer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 San Diego Chick McGinnis pitching. Bob Gordon doubles to center field. Bruce Moore grounds out to the third baseman. Mickey Colon grounds out to the third baseman. Walt Barajas grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Dick Gregg comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Len Scarsella walks. Tom Blaemire singles to center field. Juan Kirkpatrick is pinch hitting for Chick McGinnis. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Juan Kirkpatrick singles to left field. Len Scarsella is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Tom Blaemire advances to third on the play. Juan Kirkpatrick steals second. Dennis Dobson walks. Buddy Hamm singles to right field. Tom Blaemire scores. Juan Kirkpatrick scores. Dennis Dobson advances to third on the hit. Joe Ramirez flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Dennis Dobson scores. Mose Nieto singles to right field. Steve Miksis singles to left field. Buddy Hamm scores. Mose Nieto advances to third on the hit. Ed Archer strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 San Diego Don Nelson pitching. Ray Geary singles to center field. Dick Gregg lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Sandy Quinn is pinch hitting for Hal Urban. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Sandy Quinn strikes out. Doug Davis pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 5 San Diego total runners LOB: 7
Game Notes Bill Johnson is injured and is expected to be out 28 days.
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Terry Wilson improves in speed Mike Kellert improves in arm Skinny Bianco improves in contact_vs_righty Orlin Stablein did not respond to coaching in arm Orlin Stablein did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Roger Farrell did not respond to coaching in range Chris Ainge did not respond to coaching in C
San Diego Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Paul Naktenis did not respond to coaching in velocity Ned Claset did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty John Richert did not respond to coaching in arm Ned Claset did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Ron Carey improves in range John Richert improves in power_vs_righty