Win: Walt Valdez (14-4) Loss: Dante Diamond (4-7)
Save: Jim Embree (34)
Inning: 1 San Francisco Walt Valdez pitching. Larry Ross grounds out to the third baseman. Tacklin Boyce grounds out to the shortstop. Pete Andrews flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Dante Diamond pitching. Yoandy Toscano grounds out to the catcher. Hisato Nakajima singles to left field. Hirokazu Furusawa singles to left field. Hisato Nakajima advances to third on the hit. Hirokazu Furusawa steals second. Bubba Kiefer grounds out to the second baseman. Hisato Nakajima scores. Hirokazu Furusawa advances to third on the play. Mike Long walks. Jim Johnson reached on a fielding error by Calypso Camerotta. Hirokazu Furusawa scores. George Nixon grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Jim Johnson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 San Francisco Ricky Culpepper strikes out. Tatsuhiko Hoshiyama walks. Blue Holiday pops out to the shortstop. Al Blackwell walks. Calypso Camerotta singles to center field. Tatsuhiko Hoshiyama scores. Al Blackwell advances to third on the hit. Dante Diamond strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Ken Gubanich singles to left field. Walt Valdez lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Yoandy Toscano singles past the second baseman. Ken Gubanich scores. Hisato Nakajima grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Yoandy Toscano advances to second on the play. Hirokazu Furusawa flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 San Francisco Larry Ross singles to left field. Tacklin Boyce hits a home run. Larry Ross scores. Pete Andrews flies out to the center fielder. Ricky Culpepper walks. Ricky Culpepper steals second. Tatsuhiko Hoshiyama grounds out to the shortstop. Blue Holiday strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Bubba Kiefer strikes out. Mike Long flies out to the center fielder. Jim Johnson doubles to right field. George Nixon doubles to left field. Jim Johnson scores. Ken Gubanich singles to right field. George Nixon scores. Walt Valdez walks. Yoandy Toscano walks. Hisato Nakajima strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 San Francisco Al Blackwell doubles to center field. Calypso Camerotta grounds out to the third baseman. Dante Diamond strikes out. Larry Ross flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Hirokazu Furusawa strikes out. Bubba Kiefer singles to left field. Bubba Kiefer steals second. Mike Long strikes out. Jim Johnson walks. George Nixon triples. Bubba Kiefer scores. Jim Johnson scores. Al Mitchell comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ken Gubanich triples. George Nixon scores. Walt Valdez grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 San Francisco Tacklin Boyce walks. Pete Andrews flies out to the center fielder. Ricky Culpepper singles to left field. Tatsuhiko Hoshiyama singles to left field. Blue Holiday flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Tacklin Boyce scores. Al Blackwell flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Yoandy Toscano strikes out. Hisato Nakajima walks. Hirokazu Furusawa grounds out to the pitcher. Hisato Nakajima advances to second on the play. Bubba Kiefer flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 San Francisco Calypso Camerotta flies out to the center fielder. Al Mitchell flies out to the left fielder. Larry Ross strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Mike Long strikes out. Jim Johnson hits an infield single to the shortstop. George Nixon strikes out. Ken Gubanich singles to left field. Jim Johnson advances to third on the hit. Walt Valdez grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 San Francisco Tacklin Boyce strikes out. Pete Andrews pops out to the first baseman. Ricky Culpepper grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Yoandy Toscano walks. Hisato Nakajima flies out to the left fielder. Hirokazu Furusawa lines out to the second baseman. Bubba Kiefer grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 San Francisco Tatsuhiko Hoshiyama singles to right field. Blue Holiday flies out to the center fielder. Al Blackwell strikes out. Michael Billiard 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 1st. Calypso Camerotta grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Tatsuhiko Hoshiyama is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Mike Long grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Jim Johnson grounds out to the shortstop. George Nixon grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 San Francisco Chase Bentley is pinch hitting for Al Mitchell. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Chase Bentley flies out to the center fielder. Larry Ross walks. Tacklin Boyce strikes out. Pete Andrews singles to center field. Larry Ross advances to third on the hit. Jim Embree comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Ricky Culpepper singles past the shortstop. Larry Ross scores. Tatsuhiko Hoshiyama singles to left field. Pete Andrews scores. Blue Holiday grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 San Francisco total runners left on base: 9 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 11
San Francisco Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Charlie Dillon did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jace Drew did not respond to coaching in velocity Kevin Barr did not respond to coaching in velocity Jace Drew did not respond to coaching in velocity Steve Bulling did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Hector Ware did not respond to coaching in control Paul LoDuca did not respond to coaching in CF
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Joe Ludwig improves in arm Rene Rhoden did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Rene Rhoden improves in power_vs_lefty Chuck Huntz improves in power_vs_righty Milt Gardner did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Rene Rhoden did not respond to coaching in range Curt Bell improves in CF