Win: John Kessinger (14-11) Loss: Pat Christenson (2-16)
Save: Wayne Underwood (20)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh John Kessinger pitching. Rasty Johnson flies out to the center fielder. Dick Lerchen singles to right field. Jack Ray flies out to the left fielder. Jim Nunez grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 New York Pat Christenson pitching. Chuck Pendleton walks. Jose Jaster flies out to the center fielder. Chuck Pendleton steals second. Roy Cortazzo lines out to the third baseman. Buck Hopkins walks. Jim Beech singles to right field. Chuck Pendleton scores. Buck Hopkins advances to third on the hit. Jersey Hoeft flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Tonny Cruz walks. Ed Smith singles to left field. Cuckoo Hulett grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Tonny Cruz advances to third on the play. Billy Braun grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 New York Mike Stoops singles to left field. Chris Graham reached on a 2-base throwing error by Jim Nunez. John Kessinger strikes out. Chuck Pendleton grounds out to the pitcher. Jose Jaster hits a home run. Mike Stoops scores. Chris Graham scores. Roy Cortazzo walks. Buck Hopkins lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Pat Christenson strikes out. Rasty Johnson flies out to the left fielder. Dick Lerchen walks. Jack Ray grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Dick Lerchen is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 New York Jim Beech grounds out to the shortstop. Jersey Hoeft grounds out to the third baseman. Mike Stoops flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Jim Nunez grounds out to the second baseman. Tonny Cruz flies out to the center fielder. Ed Smith singles to left field. Cuckoo Hulett lines out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 New York Chris Graham grounds out to the second baseman. John Kessinger strikes out. Chuck Pendleton grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Billy Braun hits a home run. Pat Christenson flies out to the right fielder. Rasty Johnson flies out to the center fielder. Dick Lerchen strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 New York Jose Jaster grounds out to the shortstop. Roy Cortazzo singles to left field. Buck Hopkins strikes out. Jim Beech singles to right field. Jersey Hoeft grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Jim Beech is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Jack Ray singles to right field. Jim Nunez grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jack Ray is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Tonny Cruz grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jim Nunez is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Ed Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 New York Mike Stoops strikes out. Chris Graham singles to right field. Chris Graham steals second. John Kessinger grounds out to the pitcher. Chuck Pendleton strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Cuckoo Hulett pops out to the shortstop. Billy Braun strikes out. Pat Christenson lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 New York Jose Jaster singles to right field. Roy Cortazzo flies out to the center fielder. Buck Hopkins flies out to the left fielder. Jose Jaster is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Rasty Johnson grounds out to the pitcher. Dick Lerchen strikes out. Jack Ray hits a home run. Jim Nunez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 New York Chet Booles comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Jim Beech walks. Jersey Hoeft singles to left field. Mike Stoops singles to center field. Jim Beech scores. Jersey Hoeft advances to third on the hit. Chris Graham strikes out. Bob Petralli is pinch hitting for John Kessinger. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Bob Petralli flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Jersey Hoeft is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Wayne Underwood pitching. Tonny Cruz walks. Rusty McCleskey is pinch hitting for Ed Smith. Rusty McCleskey grounds into a 5-4-3 double play - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Cuckoo Hulett doubles to center field. Billy Braun grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 6 New York total runners left on base: 7
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Lucky Cole did not respond to coaching in velocity Garry Kopf did not respond to coaching in range Johnny Wills did not respond to coaching in control Walt Gale improves in speed Jim Balboni improves in velocity Mickey Bold did not respond to coaching in arm Joe Nicholas did not respond to coaching in 2B
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Rick Fleming did not respond to coaching in control Olmedo Hurtado improves in speed Chuck Robinson improves in arm Steamboat Patterson improves in velocity Sam Dean improves in power_vs_righty Chuck Robinson improves in power_vs_lefty