Win: Dave Tomer (9-3) Loss: Takashi Hasegawa (6-12)
Save: Ed Cruz (8)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Takashi Hasegawa pitching. Darron Vaughan walks. Darron Vaughan steals second. Juan Hyzdu strikes out. Ray Bartley singles to right field. Darron Vaughan scores. Danny Weaver strikes out. Ralph Maglie pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Montreal Dave Tomer pitching. Toshiaki Horimoto grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Yukio Hata strikes out. Julio Brown pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Count Garrison grounds out to the second baseman. Mark Militello walks. Algie Belitz singles to left field. Mark Militello advances to third on the hit. Dave Tomer grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Montreal Shoji Nishimura grounds out to the second baseman. Guy Hardy walks. Guy Hardy steals second. Ed Cox grounds out to the third baseman. Ted Rigney strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Darron Vaughan walks. Juan Hyzdu flies out to the right fielder. Darron Vaughan steals second. Ray Bartley pops out to the shortstop. Danny Weaver doubles to left field. Darron Vaughan scores. Ralph Maglie grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Montreal Emmett Humphrey walks. Emmett Humphrey steals second. Takashi Hasegawa lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Toshiaki Horimoto strikes out. Yukio Hata grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Count Garrison singles to center field. Mark Militello singles to right field. Algie Belitz grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Mark Militello is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Dave Tomer singles to left field. Count Garrison scores. Darron Vaughan grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Montreal Julio Brown grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Shoji Nishimura lines out to the shortstop. Guy Hardy doubles to center field. Ed Cox grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Juan Hyzdu flies out to the right fielder. Ray Bartley flies out to the left fielder. Danny Weaver grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Montreal Ted Rigney walks. Emmett Humphrey strikes out. Takashi Hasegawa lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Toshiaki Horimoto flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Ralph Maglie pops out to the shortstop. Count Garrison lines out to the second baseman. Mark Militello singles to right field. Algie Belitz reached on a 2-base throwing error by Ted Rigney. Dave Tomer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Montreal Yukio Hata singles to left field. Yukio Hata steals second. Julio Brown lines out to the pitcher. Shoji Nishimura strikes out. Guy Hardy flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Darron Vaughan strikes out. Juan Hyzdu flies out to the right fielder. Ray Bartley singles to left field. Ray Bartley steals second. Guy Hardy throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Danny Weaver flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Montreal Ed Cox singles to center field. Ted Rigney flies out to the right fielder. Ed Cox is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Emmett Humphrey strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Ralph Maglie singles to center field. Masaaki Hosoda comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Count Garrison strikes out. Mark Militello grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Montreal Scott Fisk 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. Koji Shinzato is pinch hitting for Masaaki Hosoda. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Koji Shinzato strikes out. Toshiaki Horimoto singles to right field. Yukio Hata strikes out. Julio Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Chuck Fast pitching. Algie Belitz grounds out to the shortstop. Sam Starkel is pinch hitting for Scott Fisk. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Sam Starkel flies out to the center fielder. Darron Vaughan singles to center field. Juan Hyzdu grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Darron Vaughan is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Montreal Ed Cruz pitching. Shoji Nishimura singles to right field. Guy Hardy walks. Ed Cox singles to left field. Shoji Nishimura scores. Guy Hardy advances to third on the hit. Ted Rigney grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Guy Hardy scores. Emmett Humphrey grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 8 Montreal total runners LOB: 6
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Willie Ford improves in control Steve Munoz did not respond to coaching in control Gale Murff did not respond to coaching in control Al Burns improves in contact_vs_righty Willie Ford did not respond to coaching in control Ted Blong improves in contact_vs_righty Bill Rodriguez did not respond to coaching in 2B
Montreal Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jimmy Rodriguez did not respond to coaching in speed Claude Mazeroski did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Seigo Nakamoto improves in contact_vs_lefty Sammy Boucher did not respond to coaching in speed Matt McCatty did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty George Schanz did not respond to coaching in velocity