Win: Mike Milner (9-9) Loss: Jim Zaun (1-11)
Save: Joe Reis (15)
Inning: 1 Colorado Jim Zaun pitching. Vince Schreiber singles to right field. Drew Sewell flies out to the left fielder. Red Zabel grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Vince Schreiber is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Alex Pickrel flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Mike Milner pitching. Tom Fogarty walks. Russ Bierbauer strikes out. Chuck Lowe flies out to the center fielder. Ramon Mestre flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Colorado Bob Byrd strikes out. Eli Green strikes out. Mike Hunter singles to left field. Masato Minagawa pops out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Fran Furillo strikes out. Bobby Darensbourg walks. Zip George strikes out. Dave Pertica grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Colorado Mike Milner strikes out. Vince Schreiber walks. Drew Sewell walks. Red Zabel walks. Alex Pickrel hits a home run. Vince Schreiber scores. Drew Sewell scores. Red Zabel scores. Rob Villafuerte comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bob Byrd grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Eli Green pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Rob Villafuerte flies out to the center fielder. Tom Fogarty triples. Russ Bierbauer grounds out to the third baseman. Tom Fogarty scores. Chuck Lowe singles past the shortstop. Ramon Mestre flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Colorado Mike Hunter singles to center field. Masato Minagawa doubles past the left fielder. Mike Hunter uses his aggressiveness and scores. Tom Oates comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mike Milner lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Vince Schreiber singles to center field. Masato Minagawa scores. Drew Sewell grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Vince Schreiber is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Red Zabel grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Drew Sewell is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Fran Furillo walks. Bobby Darensbourg singles to left field. Fran Furillo advances to third on the hit. Zip George grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Fran Furillo scores. Dave Pertica doubles to center field. Tom Oates grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Colorado Alex Pickrel singles past the first baseman. Bob Byrd grounds out to the second baseman. Alex Pickrel advances to second on the play. Eli Green singles to left field. Alex Pickrel scores. Bill Strahler comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mike Hunter walks. Masato Minagawa grounds out to the third baseman. Eli Green advances to third on the play. Mike Hunter advances to second on the play. Mike Milner strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Tom Fogarty singles to center field. Russ Bierbauer grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Chuck Lowe grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Colorado Vince Schreiber lines out to the shortstop. Drew Sewell grounds out to the pitcher. Red Zabel flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Ramon Mestre hits an infield single to the second baseman. Fran Furillo strikes out. Bobby Darensbourg strikes out. Zip George strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Colorado Alex Pickrel walks. Bob Byrd grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Alex Pickrel advances to second on the play. Eli Green grounds out to the second baseman. Alex Pickrel advances to third on the play. Mike Hunter flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Dave Pertica strikes out. Bill Strahler strikes out. Tom Fogarty grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Colorado Masato Minagawa strikes out. Mike Milner walks. Vince Schreiber flies out to the right fielder. Drew Sewell strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Russ Bierbauer grounds out to the shortstop. Chuck Lowe singles to center field. Ramon Mestre walks. Fran Furillo singles to right field. Bobby Darensbourg flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Chuck Lowe scores. Zip George pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Colorado Red Zabel grounds out to the second baseman. Alex Pickrel doubles to left field. Bob Byrd strikes out. Eli Green singles to center field. Alex Pickrel scores. Curly Henry comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mike Hunter strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Dave Pertica flies out to the left fielder. Dave Deasley is pinch hitting for Curly Henry. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Dave Deasley triples. Tom Fogarty is hit by a pitch. Russ Bierbauer flies out to the left fielder. Chuck Lowe singles to center field. Dave Deasley scores. Tom Fogarty advances to third on the hit. Joe Reis comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Ramon Mestre singles to center field. Tom Fogarty scores. Chuck Lowe advances to third on the hit. Fran Furillo singles to center field. Chuck Lowe scores. Ramon Mestre advances to third on the hit. Bobby Darensbourg strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Colorado total runners LOB: 8 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 9
Game Notes Tom Oates is injured and is expected to be out 12 days.
Colorado Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Chi-Chi Queen did not respond to coaching in velocity Joe Bisland did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Kid Roy did not respond to coaching in control Ketal Marte improves in range
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Mark Sweeney improves in power_vs_righty Chris Jefferson improves in control Tom Stenzel did not respond to coaching in velocity Ralph Bergen improves in power_vs_righty Tom Leverette did not respond to coaching in 2B