Win: Roy Campbell (1-0) Loss: Bobby Augustine (0-1)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Roy Campbell pitching. Orlando Merced singles to right field. Mike Easler strikes out. Steve Nicosia walks. Jeff Martinez grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 New York Bobby Augustine pitching. Mike Shannon singles to center field. Doug Stephenson triples. Mike Shannon scores. Charlie Wilson flies out to the left fielder. Travis Haffner flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Doug Stephenson scores. Will Distaso strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Lou Martin hits a home run. Sam Evans walks. Damon Giles grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Sam Evans is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Lednier Molinet walks. Bobby Augustine fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Bobby Augustine grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 New York Shane Lee flies out to the left fielder. Johnny Hines pops out to the third baseman. Rhett Miller triples. Roy Campbell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Orlando Merced pops out to the shortstop. Mike Easler grounds out to the pitcher. Steve Nicosia grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 New York Mike Shannon grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Doug Stephenson walks. Charlie Wilson walks. Travis Haffner bunts for a base hit. Will Distaso walks. Doug Stephenson scores. Shane Lee walks. Charlie Wilson scores. Johnny Hines doubles to right field. Travis Haffner scores. Will Distaso scores. Shane Lee uses his aggressiveness and scores. Rhett Miller strikes out. Roy Campbell flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Jeff Martinez strikes out. Lou Martin flies out to the right fielder. Sam Evans pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 New York Mike Shannon hits a home run. Doug Stephenson grounds out to the third baseman. Charlie Wilson flies out to the center fielder. Travis Haffner singles to right field. Will Distaso walks. Shane Lee reached on a 2-base fielding error by Mike Easler. Travis Haffner scores. Johnny Hines grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Damon Giles strikes out. Lednier Molinet hits a home run. Bobby Augustine walks. Orlando Merced grounds out to the third baseman. Bobby Augustine advances to second on the play. Mike Easler flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 New York Rhett Miller grounds out to the second baseman. Roy Campbell singles to center field. Mike Shannon pops out to the second baseman. Doug Stephenson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Steve Nicosia strikes out. Jeff Martinez grounds out to the second baseman. Lou Martin flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 New York Charlie Wilson grounds out to the second baseman. Travis Haffner hits a home run. Will Distaso strikes out. Shane Lee singles to center field. Johnny Hines grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Shane Lee is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Sam Evans singles to center field. Damon Giles grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Sam Evans is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Pasqual Burtt comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Lednier Molinet flies out to the right fielder. Bobby Augustine singles to center field. Orlando Merced walks. Mike Easler flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 New York Rhett Miller singles to left field. Pasqual Burtt lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Mike Shannon walks. Doug Stephenson singles to right field. Rhett Miller scores. Kent Tekulve comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is pulled because he is getting hammered (Pitcher has given up 10 or more earned runs). Charlie Wilson strikes out. Travis Haffner singles to center field. Mike Shannon scores. Doug Stephenson advances to third on the hit. Will Distaso strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Steve Nicosia grounds out to the third baseman. Jeff Martinez flies out to the right fielder. Lou Martin flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 New York Shane Lee strikes out. Don McKinney is pinch hitting for Johnny Hines. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Don McKinney pops out to the shortstop. Rhett Miller singles to right field. Pasqual Burtt grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Rhett Miller is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Bobby Bonilla is pinch hitting for Sam Evans. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Bobby Bonilla strikes out. Damon Giles lines out to the second baseman. Lednier Molinet doubles to left field. Lee Johnson is pinch hitting for Kent Tekulve. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Lee Johnson triples. Lednier Molinet scores. Orlando Merced pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 7 New York total runners left on base: 9
Batting:2B - Lednier Molinet (1).3B - Lee Johnson (1).HR - Lou Martin (2), Lednier Molinet (1).GIDP - Jeff Martinez, Bobby Augustine. Fielding: E - Mike Easler.
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Tony Balas improves in contact_vs_lefty Brian Starrette improves in power_vs_righty Tony Balas improves in power_vs_lefty Dummy Klieman did not respond to coaching in velocity
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Hal Murdock improves in velocity Gus Moriarty did not respond to coaching in range Dean Leek did not respond to coaching in velocity Pete Jelic did not respond to coaching in velocity