Win: Jose Valentin (12-15) Loss: Adrian Pascual (3-2)
Save: Pat Selbach (39)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Jose Valentin pitching. Dusty Banister grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Danny Hare doubles to left field. Jim Nunez doubles to center field. Danny Hare scores. Angel Stone grounds out to the shortstop. Ethan Mahoney lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Chicago Adrian Pascual pitching. Gary Kores walks. Ryan Reisling strikes out. Gary Kores steals second. Frank Macha singles to center field. Gary Kores scores. Norm Madden flies out to the right fielder. Dave Carpenter strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Dick Lerchen pops out to the second baseman. Rusty McCleskey grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Brant Waddell strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Chicago Doug Harstad hits a home run. Dave Miller strikes out. Walt Mason strikes out. Jose Valentin strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Adrian Pascual grounds out to the third baseman. Dusty Banister grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Danny Hare walks. Jim Nunez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Chicago Gary Kores strikes out. Ryan Reisling flies out to the center fielder. Frank Macha singles to center field. Norm Madden walks. Dave Carpenter flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Angel Stone strikes out. Ethan Mahoney lines out to the shortstop. Dick Lerchen grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Chicago Doug Harstad flies out to the center fielder. Dave Miller pops out to the third baseman. Walt Mason singles to left field. Jose Valentin grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Walt Mason is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Rusty McCleskey hits a home run. Brant Waddell strikes out. Adrian Pascual pops out to the second baseman. Dusty Banister grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Chicago Gary Kores walks. Gary Kores steals second. Ryan Reisling grounds out to the pitcher. Frank Macha triples. Gary Kores scores. Norm Madden hits a home run. Frank Macha scores. George Leftwich comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dave Carpenter flies out to the right fielder. Doug Harstad singles to center field. Dave Miller walks. Walt Mason walks. Jose Valentin grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Danny Hare walks. Jim Nunez singles to center field. Angel Stone grounds out to the third baseman. Danny Hare advances to third on the play. Jim Nunez advances to second on the play. Ethan Mahoney flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Danny Hare is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Chicago Gary Kores grounds out to the third baseman. Ryan Reisling reached on a fielding error by Rusty McCleskey. Frank Macha grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Dick Lerchen grounds out to the second baseman. Rusty McCleskey pops out to the shortstop. Rod Kracher is pinch hitting for Brant Waddell. Rod Kracher strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Chicago Dave Rice enters the game as a defensive replacement for Rod Kracher at LF. Norm Madden walks. Hal Abrams comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Norm Madden steals second. Dave Carpenter grounds out to the second baseman. Norm Madden advances to third on the play. Doug Harstad lines out to the third baseman. Dave Miller walks. Walt Mason flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Dick Federoff is pinch hitting for Hal Abrams. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Dick Federoff grounds out to the shortstop. Dusty Banister strikes out. Danny Hare grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Chicago Masao Fothergill pitching. Paddy Raczka is pinch hitting for Jose Valentin. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Paddy Raczka grounds out to the shortstop. Gary Kores singles to center field. Gary Kores is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Ryan Reisling strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Pat Selbach pitching. Jim Nunez grounds out to the catcher. Angel Stone flies out to the right fielder. Ethan Mahoney grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 3 Chicago total runners left on base: 9
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: D+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Chet Booles did not respond to coaching in control Lucky Cole improves in velocity Max Cimino did not respond to coaching in velocity Joe Nicholas did not respond to coaching in speed Tom Malkmus did not respond to coaching in range Rasty Johnson improves in range
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jason Gonzalez improves in power_vs_lefty Tim LaRue improves in contact_vs_righty Rick Trinkle did not respond to coaching in control John Lopez improves in power_vs_lefty Red Deal did not respond to coaching in control Doug Abernathie did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty