Win: Herb Winters (6-17) Loss: Jimmy Crespo (12-7)
Save: Lindsay Jones (25)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Herb Winters pitching. Mark Eaton grounds out to the pitcher. Al Martinez walks. Randy Lyons strikes out. Jimmy Glazner pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Los Angeles Jimmy Crespo pitching. Allen Thompson strikes out. Mike Galvin grounds out to the pitcher. Dennis Caminiti walks. Elmer Byrnes flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Chick Finney strikes out. Ron Emery singles to center field. Bob Leon lines out to the third baseman. Ted Stratton strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Los Angeles Arlie Steiner grounds out to the third baseman. Pearce Caldwell singles past the shortstop. Mike Chouinard flies out to the left fielder. Itsuki Oshita flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Jimmy Crespo strikes out. Mark Eaton flies out to the center fielder. Al Martinez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Los Angeles Herb Winters lines out to the second baseman. Allen Thompson singles to left field. Mike Galvin pops out to the second baseman. Dennis Caminiti doubles to right field. Allen Thompson uses his aggressiveness and scores. Elmer Byrnes grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Randy Lyons lines out to the shortstop. Jimmy Glazner flies out to the left fielder. Chick Finney singles past the second baseman. Ron Emery walks. Bob Leon walks. Ted Stratton grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Los Angeles Arlie Steiner strikes out. Pearce Caldwell grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Chouinard grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Jimmy Crespo pops out to the shortstop. Mark Eaton lines out to the second baseman. Al Martinez doubles to right field. Randy Lyons walks. Jimmy Glazner pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Los Angeles Itsuki Oshita singles to center field. Herb Winters fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Herb Winters strikes out. Allen Thompson flies out to the center fielder. Mike Galvin strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Chick Finney grounds out to the third baseman. Ron Emery grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Leon singles to left field. Bob Leon is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Los Angeles Pat Epperly is pinch hitting for Dennis Caminiti. Pat Epperly walks. John Shealy is pinch running for Pat Epperly on 1st base. Elmer Byrnes strikes out. Arlie Steiner strikes out. Pearce Caldwell grounds into a force play to the third baseman. John Shealy is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Pinky Snyder enters the game as a defensive replacement for John Shealy at C. Ted Stratton grounds out to the third baseman. Bert Connatser is pinch hitting for Jimmy Crespo. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Bert Connatser grounds out to the shortstop. Mark Eaton strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Los Angeles Kat Mitsuhashi pitching. Mike Chouinard grounds out to the third baseman. Itsuki Oshita walks. Herb Winters lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Itsuki Oshita forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Mike Duser is pinch hitting for Allen Thompson. Mike Duser singles to right field. Herb Winters aggressively advances to third on the hit. Mike Galvin lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh John Tebeau enters the game as a defensive replacement for Mike Duser at CF. Al Martinez triples. The defense is playing the infield in. Bob Moreno 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. Randy Lyons grounds out to the third baseman. Jimmy Glazner pops out to the shortstop. Chick Finney grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Los Angeles Pinky Snyder singles to center field. Elmer Byrnes strikes out. Arlie Steiner grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Pinky Snyder is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Pearce Caldwell flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Lindsay Jones comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Ron Emery singles to center field. Bob Leon grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Ted Stratton pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 8 Los Angeles total runners left on base: 8
Game Notes John Tebeau is injured and is expected to be out 8 days.
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Brett Carroll did not respond to coaching in speed Bobby Perranoski improves in arm Billy Papish did not respond to coaching in velocity Augie Dicken did not respond to coaching in control
Los Angeles Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Dick Roush improves in velocity Neal Emery improves in contact_vs_lefty Dick Roush improves in velocity Neal Emery improves in contact_vs_lefty Johnny Beard did not respond to coaching in 2B