Win: Chris Bowman (12-10) Loss: Ernie Fodge (10-11)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Chris Bowman pitching. Dusty Banister walks. Ethan Mahoney flies out to the center fielder. Jim Nunez grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Atlanta Ernie Fodge pitching. Kazuaki Yamazaki singles to center field. Bobby Etchison grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Bill Gardenhire grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Dick Federoff flies out to the left fielder. Dick Lerchen pops out to the shortstop. Tom Malkmus grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Atlanta Abner Poland grounds out to the third baseman. Hi Perez flies out to the right fielder. Biddy Fowler doubles to left field. Donnie Johnson singles to left field. Biddy Fowler scores. Dave Rodriguez hits a home run. Donnie Johnson scores. Chris Bowman strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Jack Ray strikes out. Bob Walker walks. Ernie Fodge lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Dusty Banister strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Atlanta Kazuaki Yamazaki singles to left field. Bobby Etchison grounds out to the second baseman. Kazuaki Yamazaki advances to second on the play. Bill Gardenhire walks. Eddie Hardgrove comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Abner Poland grounds into a 5-4-3 double play - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Ethan Mahoney flies out to the left fielder. Jim Nunez strikes out. Dick Federoff walks. Dick Lerchen flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Atlanta Hi Perez singles to left field. Biddy Fowler grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Donnie Johnson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Tom Malkmus pops out to the third baseman. Jack Ray doubles to left field. Bob Walker grounds out to the shortstop. Eddie Hardgrove strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Atlanta Dave Rodriguez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Chris Bowman grounds out to the shortstop. Kazuaki Yamazaki grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Dusty Banister singles to left field. Ethan Mahoney strikes out. Jim Nunez grounds out to the second baseman. Dusty Banister advances to second on the play. Dick Federoff walks. Dick Lerchen walks. Tom Malkmus grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Atlanta Bobby Etchison pops out to the third baseman. Bill Gardenhire grounds out to the second baseman. Abner Poland strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Johnny Carter is pinch hitting for Jack Ray. Johnny Carter strikes out. Danny Hare is pinch hitting for Bob Walker. Danny Hare grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dave Rice is pinch hitting for Eddie Hardgrove. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Dave Rice walks. Dusty Banister walks. Keisuke Furukawa 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. Ethan Mahoney flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Atlanta Jim Vinton pitching. Bill Mails enters the game as a defensive replacement for Danny Hare at C. Hi Perez flies out to the left fielder. Biddy Fowler strikes out. Donnie Johnson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Jim Nunez strikes out. Dick Federoff flies out to the center fielder. Dick Lerchen strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Atlanta Dave Rodriguez singles to left field. Randy Goeckel is pinch hitting for Keisuke Furukawa. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Dave Rodriguez steals second. Randy Goeckel grounds out to the second baseman. Dave Rodriguez advances to third on the play. Kazuaki Yamazaki flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Dave Rodriguez scores. Pat Christenson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Curt Comorosky is pinch hitting for Bobby Etchison. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Curt Comorosky flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Dick Bell pitching. Tom Malkmus strikes out. Johnny Carter walks. Bill Mails flies out to the right fielder. Rusty McCleskey is pinch hitting for Pat Christenson. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Rusty McCleskey strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 9 Atlanta total runners left on base: 1
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Rasty Johnson improves in contact_vs_lefty Rod Kracher did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Dave Hinton did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Rod Kracher did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Joe Nicholas improves in power_vs_righty Norm Grabowski improves in power_vs_righty
Atlanta Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Rod Osborn improves in arm Chet Blackaby improves in power_vs_righty Chick Brinkman improves in speed Dick Oliver did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Joe Smith improves in contact_vs_lefty Bobby Crawford improves in contact_vs_lefty Chief Faneyte did not respond to coaching in 2B