Win: Art Gentile (1-0) Loss: Pat Christenson (2-19)
Save: Sonny Doherty (33)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Art Gentile pitching. Rasty Johnson strikes out. Dick Lerchen triples. Jack Ray grounds out to the second baseman. Dick Lerchen scores. Jim Nunez singles to center field. Tom Malkmus strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 San Diego Pat Christenson pitching. Nellie Hodges grounds out to the shortstop. Wilbert Mulligan grounds out to the second baseman. Buster Secrist pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Danny Hare singles to right field. Bob Walker strikes out. Rusty McCleskey grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 San Diego Shanty Walker hits a home run. Dutch Blakely lines out to the third baseman. Bill Hand grounds out to the second baseman. Chris Caldwell grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Pat Christenson flies out to the right fielder. Rasty Johnson strikes out. Dick Lerchen singles to left field. Jack Ray singles to center field. Dick Lerchen advances to third on the hit. Jim Nunez strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 San Diego Dick Oliver grounds out to the pitcher. Art Gentile flies out to the right fielder. Nellie Hodges flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Tom Malkmus flies out to the center fielder. Danny Hare singles to center field. Bob Walker grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Danny Hare is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Rusty McCleskey grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Bob Walker is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 San Diego Wilbert Mulligan walks. Buster Secrist flies out to the left fielder. Shanty Walker strikes out. Dutch Blakely hits a home run. Wilbert Mulligan scores. Bill Hand doubles to left field. Chris Caldwell lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Pat Christenson grounds out to the third baseman. Rasty Johnson flies out to the left fielder. Dick Lerchen strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 San Diego Dick Oliver flies out to the left fielder. Art Gentile flies out to the center fielder. Nellie Hodges grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Jack Ray strikes out. Jim Nunez strikes out. Tom Malkmus walks. Danny Hare grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 San Diego Wilbert Mulligan walks. Buster Secrist strikes out. Shanty Walker grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Wilbert Mulligan advances to second on the play. Dutch Blakely strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Papa Kobel is pinch hitting for Bob Walker. Papa Kobel grounds out to the second baseman. Rusty McCleskey singles to left field. Pat Christenson lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Rasty Johnson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 San Diego Billy Braun enters the game as a defensive replacement for Papa Kobel at C. Bill Hand walks. Chris Caldwell grounds out to the pitcher. Bill Hand advances to second on the play. Dick Oliver grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Harry Bunch is pinch hitting for Art Gentile. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Harry Bunch grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Masahito Kitai pitching. Dave Lopez enters the game as a defensive replacement for Bill Hand at 2B. Joan Delgado enters the game as a defensive replacement for Chris Caldwell at LF. Dick Lerchen strikes out. Jack Ray strikes out. Jim Nunez singles to right field. Tom Malkmus walks. Ethan Mahoney is pinch hitting for Danny Hare. Ethan Mahoney flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 San Diego Nellie Hodges strikes out. Wilbert Mulligan grounds out to the shortstop. Lucky Cole comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Buster Secrist walks. Shanty Walker pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Sonny Doherty comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Billy Braun grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rusty McCleskey grounds out to the second baseman. Cuckoo Hulett is pinch hitting for Lucky Cole. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Cuckoo Hulett grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 8 San Diego total runners left on base: 4
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Dave Hinton improves in contact_vs_righty Mickey Bold did not respond to coaching in arm Joe Nicholas did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Johnny Wills did not respond to coaching in endurance Jim Balboni did not respond to coaching in velocity Jim Dressler did not respond to coaching in endurance Joe Nicholas did not respond to coaching in 2B
San Diego Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Scott Allison improves in range Fred Garrity did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Matt Pladson did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Bill Fitzsimmons improves in control Tony Harkness did not respond to coaching in velocity Bob Farrell did not respond to coaching in velocity