Win: Jerry Cornejo (10-2) Loss: Frank Herring (6-8)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Frank Herring pitching. Ted Blong flies out to the center fielder. Bill Green flies out to the center fielder. Bill Rodriguez flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Montreal Jerry Cornejo pitching. Hideaki Ohtsuka strikes out. Claude Mazeroski walks. Chris Ventura grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Claude Mazeroski is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Chris Ventura is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Brian Manda singles to center field. Juan Hyzdu hits a home run. Brian Manda scores. Andy Baker flies out to the left fielder. Greg Partenheimer flies out to the right fielder. Jim Mitchell pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Montreal Bill McCray singles to right field. Mario Leon flies out to the left fielder. Jerry Alexander grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Bill McCray is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jerry Alexander is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Jerry Cornejo flies out to the center fielder. Ted Blong strikes out. Bill Green grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Montreal Seigo Nakamoto walks. Shoji Nishimura flies out to the left fielder. Frank Herring lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Hideaki Ohtsuka flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Bill Rodriguez singles to right field. Brian Manda walks. Juan Hyzdu singles to center field. Bill Rodriguez scores. Brian Manda advances to third on the hit. Andy Baker singles to left field. Brian Manda scores. Juan Hyzdu advances to third on the hit. Danny Garrison comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Greg Partenheimer walks. Jim Mitchell singles to right field. Juan Hyzdu scores. Andy Baker scores. Greg Partenheimer advances to third on the hit. Jerry Cornejo grounds into a 5-4-3 double play - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Greg Partenheimer scores. Ted Blong strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Montreal Claude Mazeroski strikes out. Chris Ventura is hit by a pitch. Chris Ventura steals second. Bill McCray strikes out. Mario Leon walks. Jerry Alexander grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Mario Leon is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Bill Green flies out to the right fielder. Bill Rodriguez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Brian Manda flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Montreal Seigo Nakamoto flies out to the center fielder. Shoji Nishimura singles to center field. Danny Garrison fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Danny Garrison grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Juan Hyzdu reached on a 2-base throwing error by Jerry Alexander. Andy Baker triples. Juan Hyzdu scores. Greg Partenheimer singles to left field. Andy Baker scores. Chuck Fast comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jim Mitchell singles to center field. Greg Partenheimer advances to third on the hit. Jerry Cornejo grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Greg Partenheimer scores. Ted Blong grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Montreal Hideaki Ohtsuka walks. Claude Mazeroski grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Hideaki Ohtsuka is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Chris Ventura strikes out. Bill McCray grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Claude Mazeroski is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Bill Green doubles to right field. Bill Rodriguez strikes out. Brian Manda flies out to the center fielder. Juan Hyzdu grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Montreal Mario Leon flies out to the left fielder. Jerry Alexander strikes out. Shigeru Dass is pinch hitting for Seigo Nakamoto. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Shigeru Dass singles in front of the center fielder. Shoji Nishimura flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Tom Lillis is pinch hitting for Andy Baker. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Tom Lillis singles to right field. Greg Partenheimer walks. Jim Mitchell walks. Jerry Cornejo grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Tom Lillis scores. Greg Partenheimer advances to third on the play. Ted Blong grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Montreal Ruben Errickson is pinch hitting for Chuck Fast. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ruben Errickson hits an infield single to the shortstop. Bill Hoerner is pinch hitting for Hideaki Ohtsuka. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Bill Hoerner grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Ruben Errickson is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Bill Hoerner steals second. Claude Mazeroski is hit by a pitch. Chris Ventura singles to right field. Bill Hoerner scores. Claude Mazeroski aggressively advances to third on the hit. Bill McCray grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Claude Mazeroski scores. Chris Ventura advances to second on the play. Fritz Cain comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mario Leon grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Broderick Foreman pitching. Bill Green singles to left field. Bill Green steals second. Bill Rodriguez singles to right field. Bill Green is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Bill Rodriguez steals second. Brian Manda strikes out. Juan Hyzdu strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Montreal Jerry Alexander grounds out to the third baseman. Shigeru Dass grounds out to the second baseman. Shoji Nishimura grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 3 Montreal total runners LOB: 6
Batting:GIDP - Danny Garrison.HBP - Claude Mazeroski (1), Chris Ventura (1). Baserunning: SB - Bill Hoerner (1), Chris Ventura (5).CS - Chris Ventura (7), Jerry Alexander (7). Fielding: E - Jerry Alexander.
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Al Burns improves in power_vs_lefty Al Burns did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jorge Palacios did not respond to coaching in control Ace Luskey did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Al Burns did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Chris Pipgras did not respond to coaching in velocity Marcus Bartholomew did not respond to coaching in 2B
Montreal Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: George Schanz did not respond to coaching in control Kurt Wills did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jun Samejima did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jeff Rollins did not respond to coaching in control Dick Williams did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty George Schanz did not respond to coaching in control