Inning: 1 San Francisco Craig Boehler pitching. Chris Federoff flies out to the right fielder. Steve Walters singles to right field. Norm Mertes flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Jake Jones lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Yasuhiro Watanabe pitching. Willie Wilkinson singles to right field. Willie Wilkinson steals second. Ab Green strikes out. John Depaula grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Willie Wilkinson advances to third on the play. Joe Giambi grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 San Francisco Ken Reed grounds out to the third baseman. Bugs Barnhart grounds out to the second baseman. Buster Minarcin singles to center field. Kazushi Takai singles to right field. Yasuhiro Watanabe strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Brian Swentor strikes out. Hi Parker strikes out. Julio Curry flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 San Francisco Chris Federoff singles to center field. Chris Federoff is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Steve Walters flies out to the center fielder. Norm Mertes grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Enzo Upchurch strikes out. Craig Boehler flies out to the center fielder. Willie Wilkinson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 San Francisco Jake Jones grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Ken Reed strikes out. Bugs Barnhart flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Ab Green walks. John Depaula grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Joe Giambi grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 San Francisco Buster Minarcin walks. Kazushi Takai flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Yasuhiro Watanabe lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Chris Federoff reached on a 2-base throwing error by John Depaula. Buster Minarcin scores. Steve Walters grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Brian Swentor grounds out to the third baseman. Hi Parker grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Julio Curry singles to left field. Enzo Upchurch singles to right field. Craig Boehler flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 San Francisco Norm Mertes singles to left field. Norm Mertes steals second. Jake Jones pops out to the first baseman. Ken Reed hits a home run. Norm Mertes scores. Bugs Barnhart pops out to the third baseman. Buster Minarcin grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Willie Wilkinson walks. Ab Green hits an infield single to the pitcher. John Depaula walks. Joe Giambi flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Willie Wilkinson scores. Manny Mercedes 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. Brian Swentor pops out to the third baseman. Hi Parker pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 San Francisco Kazushi Takai flies out to the right fielder. Ernie Swingle is pinch hitting for Manny Mercedes. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ernie Swingle walks. Chris Federoff grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Paul Atkinson pitching. Julio Curry flies out to the right fielder. Steve Creamer is pinch hitting for Enzo Upchurch. Steve Creamer strikes out. Babe Soriano is pinch hitting for Craig Boehler. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Babe Soriano singles to right field. Willie Wilkinson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 San Francisco Sam Walton pitching. Joe Sadowski enters the game as a defensive replacement for Steve Creamer at C. Steve Walters singles to center field. Norm Mertes walks. Jake Jones singles to right field. Steve Walters scores. Norm Mertes advances to third on the hit. Danny Kruger comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jake Jones steals second. Ken Reed strikes out. Bugs Barnhart grounds out to the shortstop. Norm Mertes scores. Jake Jones advances to third on the play. Buster Minarcin grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Ab Green grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! John Depaula walks. Joe Giambi pops out to the catcher. Brian Swentor singles to center field. John Depaula advances to third on the hit. Hi Parker grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 San Francisco Kazushi Takai pops out to the third baseman. Jailer Bernal is pinch hitting for Paul Atkinson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jailer Bernal grounds out to the shortstop. Chris Federoff grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Tom Soriano pitching. Julio Curry strikes out. Joe Sadowski grounds out to the third baseman. Dutch Jimenez is pinch hitting for Danny Kruger. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Dutch Jimenez singles to center field. Willie Wilkinson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 San Francisco total runners LOB: 5 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 9
Game Notes Chris Federoff is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
San Francisco Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Gus Blyzka improves in arm Gus Blyzka improves in contact_vs_lefty Keith Horton improves in speed Dave Diering improves in contact_vs_righty
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Bert Wihtol did not respond to coaching in speed Bert Wihtol did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Bert Wihtol did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Fred Sullivan did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Deivi Escobar did not respond to coaching in 3B