Win: Steve Crable (12-5) Loss: Mark Brunet (3-7)
Save: Mark Gonzalez (20)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Steve Crable pitching. Rasty Johnson singles to center field. Dick Lerchen walks. Jack Ray grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Rasty Johnson advances to third on the play. Jim Nunez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Los Angeles Mark Brunet pitching. Juice Lieber singles to center field. Pete Andrews grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Paul Pasqua grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Tom Malkmus singles past the second baseman. Tonny Cruz grounds out to the pitcher. Tom Malkmus advances to second on the play. Danny Hare flies out to the left fielder. Bob Walker grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Los Angeles Bryan Politte singles to right field. Kuniyuki Matoyama singles to right field. Bryan Politte advances to third on the hit. Mitch White walks. Frenchy McDermott singles to left field. Bryan Politte scores. Kuniyuki Matoyama scores. Mitch White advances to third on the hit. Cliff Keough grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Mitch White scores. Steve Crable pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Mark Brunet strikes out. Rasty Johnson strikes out. Dick Lerchen grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Los Angeles Juice Lieber grounds out to the shortstop. Pete Andrews grounds out to the third baseman. Paul Pasqua reached on a fielding error by Mark Brunet. Bryan Politte grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Jack Ray singles to right field. Jim Nunez strikes out. Tom Malkmus flies out to the right fielder. Tonny Cruz reached on a fielding error by Mitch White. Danny Hare flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Los Angeles Kuniyuki Matoyama grounds out to the second baseman. Mitch White singles to right field. Frenchy McDermott grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Mitch White is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Cliff Keough singles to center field. John Wilson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Steve Crable grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Bob Walker flies out to the center fielder. John Wilson strikes out. Rasty Johnson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Los Angeles Juice Lieber hits an infield single to the shortstop. Pete Andrews grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Juice Lieber advances to second on the play. Paul Pasqua pops out to the second baseman. Bryan Politte flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Dick Lerchen grounds out to the second baseman. Jack Ray grounds out to the catcher. Jim Nunez singles to center field. Tom Malkmus strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Los Angeles Kuniyuki Matoyama flies out to the left fielder. Chet Booles comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Mitch White strikes out. Frenchy McDermott pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Tonny Cruz hits a home run. Danny Hare strikes out. Papa Kobel is pinch hitting for Bob Walker. Papa Kobel grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rusty McCleskey is pinch hitting for Chet Booles. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Rusty McCleskey flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Los Angeles George Leftwich pitching. Billy Braun enters the game as a defensive replacement for Papa Kobel at C. Cliff Keough walks. Blas Thompson is pinch hitting for Steve Crable. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Blas Thompson flies out to the right fielder. Juice Lieber walks. Pete Andrews strikes out. Paul Pasqua grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Juice Lieber is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Mark Gonzalez pitching. Rasty Johnson strikes out. Dick Lerchen strikes out. Jack Ray flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Los Angeles Bryan Politte flies out to the center fielder. Kuniyuki Matoyama walks. Mitch White pops out to the third baseman. Frenchy McDermott singles to center field. Eddie Hardgrove comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Cliff Keough strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Jim Nunez walks. Tom Malkmus strikes out. Tonny Cruz grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jim Nunez advances to second on the play. Ethan Mahoney is pinch hitting for Danny Hare. Ethan Mahoney flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 6 Los Angeles total runners left on base: 8
Game Notes Ethan Mahoney is injured and is expected to be out 9 days.
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Topsy Weaver did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Harry Sale improves in velocity Walt Gale did not respond to coaching in arm Garry Kopf did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Dave Hinton did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Paul Burleson did not respond to coaching in velocity Joe Nicholas did not respond to coaching in 2B
Los Angeles Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Sam Quinones improves in power_vs_righty Harry Potter improves in contact_vs_lefty Sam Quinones did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Dan Romano improves in power_vs_lefty Harry Potter improves in speed Sam Quinones improves in power_vs_righty