Win: Johnny McClure (5-2) Loss: Frank Brunette (0-3)
Save: Don Kavanagh (5)
Inning: 1 Brooklyn Johnny McClure pitching. Yadil Ramirez strikes out. Rusney Ramirez grounds out to the pitcher. Keiichi Nakazawa flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Frank Brunette pitching. Bill Rivera reached on a 2-base fielding error by Kentaro Tokutake. Ray Wagner singles to center field. Bill Rivera is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Bill Shinault singles past the shortstop. Morrie Meadows hits a home run. Ray Wagner scores. Bill Shinault scores. Red Buskey strikes out. Allen Altuya flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Brooklyn Pete Wills flies out to the right fielder. Koji Anabuki strikes out. Ray Thompson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Antone Prichard flies out to the left fielder. Bucky Davis strikes out. Johnny McClure strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Brooklyn Dan Knode grounds out to the shortstop. Kentaro Tokutake singles to center field. Frank Brunette lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Yadil Ramirez pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Bill Rivera walks. Ray Wagner lines out to the first baseman. Bill Shinault grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Rivera advances to second on the play. Morrie Meadows doubles to right field. Bill Rivera scores. Red Buskey flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Brooklyn Rusney Ramirez singles to left field. Keiichi Nakazawa strikes out. Pete Wills strikes out. Koji Anabuki flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Allen Altuya doubles to center field. Antone Prichard strikes out. Bucky Davis flies out to the right fielder. Johnny McClure grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Brooklyn Ray Thompson singles to center field. Dan Knode walks. Kentaro Tokutake singles to left field. Ray Thompson is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Dan Knode advances to third on the play. Frank Brunette flies out to the left fielder. Yadil Ramirez walks. Rusney Ramirez flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Bill Rivera flies out to the left fielder. Ray Wagner grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Shinault singles to left field. Bill Shinault steals second. Dan Knode throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Morrie Meadows strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Brooklyn Keiichi Nakazawa flies out to the left fielder. Pete Wills grounds out to the third baseman. Koji Anabuki walks. Ray Thompson pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Red Buskey grounds out to the second baseman. Allen Altuya flies out to the left fielder. Antone Prichard triples. Bucky Davis flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Brooklyn Dan Knode hits an infield single to the pitcher. Kentaro Tokutake grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Frank Brunette grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Johnny McClure grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Rivera grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Ray Wagner flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Brooklyn Yadil Ramirez hits an infield single to the second baseman. Rusney Ramirez doubles to right field. Yadil Ramirez uses his aggressiveness and scores. Keiichi Nakazawa grounds out to the third baseman. Pete Wills singles to left field. Koji Anabuki strikes out. Ray Thompson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Bill Shinault grounds out to the third baseman. Morrie Meadows flies out to the center fielder. Red Buskey grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Brooklyn Ed Bowen comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Dan Knode hits a home run. Don Kavanagh comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Kentaro Tokutake flies out to the right fielder. Russ Pulliam is pinch hitting for Frank Brunette. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Russ Pulliam grounds out to the second baseman. Yadil Ramirez walks. Rusney Ramirez singles to left field. Keiichi Nakazawa grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Brooklyn total runners left on base: 10 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 4
Brooklyn Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: A+ RP Mentor Grade: A Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Lefty Smith did not respond to coaching in control Skip Kirkpatrick did not respond to coaching in control Hank Garcia did not respond to coaching in control Don McCahan did not respond to coaching in endurance
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: A+ RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Angel Hartranft did not respond to coaching in control Fred Armbrust improves in contact_vs_righty Mike Linzy improves in contact_vs_lefty Bert Patterson improves in range Clarence Rosenberg did not respond to coaching in CF