Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Billy Drew pitching. Sam House strikes out. Heinie Melton grounds out to the shortstop. Harry Castiglione grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 San Francisco Hirokazu Nakahata pitching. Billy Caligiuri grounds out to the shortstop. Gabe Blessitt strikes out. Charlie Mackenzie doubles to left field. Ray Sheerin flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Evelio Nieves strikes out. Toki Ichikawa grounds out to the shortstop. Kirk Johnson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 San Francisco Bob Dodd walks. Dixie Kemp strikes out. Biff Trinkle pops out to the shortstop. Sibby Lucey grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Bob Dodd is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Rich Parsons hits a home run. Eddie Legett walks. Hirokazu Nakahata lays a bunt down the third base line. He is safe at first. Runners advance. Sam House flies out to the center fielder. Heinie Melton flies out to the center fielder. Harry Castiglione flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 San Francisco Billy Drew grounds out to the third baseman. Billy Caligiuri singles to right field. Gabe Blessitt grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Billy Caligiuri advances to second on the play. Charlie Mackenzie flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Evelio Nieves strikes out. Toki Ichikawa strikes out. Kirk Johnson grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 San Francisco Ray Sheerin singles to right field. Bob Dodd pops out to the shortstop. Dixie Kemp singles to left field. Ray Sheerin advances to third on the hit. Biff Trinkle strikes out. Sibby Lucey pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Rich Parsons pops out to the second baseman. Eddie Legett strikes out. Hirokazu Nakahata singles to right field. Sam House strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 San Francisco Billy Drew singles to right field. Billy Caligiuri grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Billy Drew is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Gabe Blessitt grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Heinie Melton strikes out. Harry Castiglione pops out to the second baseman. Evelio Nieves strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 San Francisco Charlie Mackenzie grounds out to the second baseman. Ray Sheerin grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Dodd walks. Dixie Kemp pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Toki Ichikawa strikes out. Kirk Johnson pops out to the shortstop. Rich Parsons strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 San Francisco Biff Trinkle pops out to the first baseman. Sibby Lucey singles to right field. Dave Ganzel is pinch hitting for Billy Drew. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Dave Ganzel singles past the second baseman. Sibby Lucey advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the corners in. Dave Ganzel is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Billy Caligiuri pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Buddy Fiene pitching. Eddie Legett grounds out to the shortstop. Stacy Ducey is pinch hitting for Hirokazu Nakahata. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Stacy Ducey singles to right field. Sam House reached on a fielding error by Sibby Lucey. Heinie Melton strikes out. Harry Castiglione strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 San Francisco Fred Cooke pitching. Gabe Blessitt pops out to the third baseman. Charlie Mackenzie singles to center field. Ray Sheerin grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Evelio Nieves walks. Toki Ichikawa grounds out to the third baseman. Evelio Nieves advances to second on the play. Kirk Johnson flies out to the left fielder. Rich Parsons singles to left field. Evelio Nieves scores. Eddie Legett grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 San Francisco Wilfredo Larosa comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Bob Dodd singles to right field. Dixie Kemp lines out to the second baseman. Biff Trinkle grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Dodd advances to second on the play. Sibby Lucey singles to right field. Bob Dodd scores. Andy Maurer is pinch hitting for Buddy Fiene. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Andy Maurer walks. Billy Caligiuri hits a home run. Sibby Lucey scores. Andy Maurer scores. Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 6 San Francisco total runners left on base: 7
Batting:2B - Charlie Mackenzie (17).HR - Billy Caligiuri (21).GIDP - Gabe Blessitt, Ray Sheerin. Baserunning: CS - Dave Ganzel (1). Fielding: E - Sibby Lucey.
Game Notes Dave Ganzel is injured and is expected to be out 39 days.
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Miguel Diaz did not respond to coaching in speed Newt Harper did not respond to coaching in speed Joe Bella improves in speed Newt Harper did not respond to coaching in speed
San Francisco Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Bill Stocksdale improves in endurance John Dwyer improves in speed Bill Stocksdale did not respond to coaching in control Pat Connelly did not respond to coaching in velocity Nardi Coggins improves in 1B