Win: Micheal Nakazato (4-9) Loss: Bill Herrscher (1-1)
Inning: 1 Los Angeles Bill Saturria pitching. Mark Stevens strikes out. Pete Andrews walks. Lee Vargas pops out to the first baseman. Bob Cunningham grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Pop Smith pitching. Tonny Cruz triples. The defense is playing the infield in. Tom Malkmus hits a home run. Tonny Cruz scores. Dick Lerchen walks. Jack Ray strikes out. Joe Nicholas strikes out. Ethan Mahoney strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Los Angeles Paul Pasqua walks. Mark McElyea strikes out. Bryan Politte grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Paul Pasqua is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Kuniyuki Matoyama flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Cuckoo Hulett grounds out to the pitcher. Billy Braun grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Saturria strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Los Angeles Pop Smith pops out to the first baseman. Mark Stevens grounds out to the pitcher. Pete Andrews flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Tonny Cruz walks. Tom Malkmus walks. Dick Lerchen grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Tonny Cruz advances to third on the play. Jack Ray grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Los Angeles Lee Vargas singles to center field. Bob Cunningham singles to left field. Lee Vargas advances to third on the hit. Paul Pasqua grounds out to the third baseman. Lee Vargas scores. Bob Cunningham advances to second on the play. Mark McElyea singles to left field. Bob Cunningham scores. Bryan Politte hits a home run. Mark McElyea scores. Lucky Cole comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Kuniyuki Matoyama grounds out to the second baseman. Pop Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Joe Nicholas singles to center field. Ethan Mahoney triples. Joe Nicholas scores. The defense is playing the infield in. Cuckoo Hulett doubles to left field. Ethan Mahoney scores. Billy Braun strikes out. Lucky Cole strikes out. Tonny Cruz grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Los Angeles Mark Stevens flies out to the right fielder. Pete Andrews pops out to the shortstop. Lee Vargas flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Tom Malkmus walks. Tom Malkmus steals second. Dick Lerchen walks. Jack Ray singles to right field. Tom Malkmus scores. Joe Nicholas pops out to the third baseman. Ethan Mahoney singles to left field. Dick Lerchen scores. Jack Ray advances to third on the hit. Cuckoo Hulett pops out to the third baseman. Billy Braun singles to right field. Jack Ray scores. Ethan Mahoney advances to third on the hit. Lucky Cole grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Los Angeles Bob Cunningham strikes out. Paul Pasqua strikes out. Mark McElyea grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Tonny Cruz strikes out. Tom Malkmus grounds out to the shortstop. Dick Lerchen flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Los Angeles Bryan Politte grounds out to the shortstop. Hal Abrams 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. Kuniyuki Matoyama flies out to the center fielder. Blas Thompson is pinch hitting for Pop Smith. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Blas Thompson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Dick Bell pitching. Jack Ray hits a home run. Joe Fast comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joe Nicholas flies out to the left fielder. Ethan Mahoney strikes out. Cuckoo Hulett grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Los Angeles Mark Stevens hits a home run. Pete Andrews flies out to the left fielder. Jack Rosenberg comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Lee Vargas walks. Bob Cunningham pops out to the third baseman. Paul Pasqua grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Billy Braun walks. Jack Rosenberg fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Jack Rosenberg walks. Tonny Cruz strikes out. Tom Malkmus grounds out to the second baseman. Billy Braun advances to third on the play. Jack Rosenberg advances to second on the play. Dick Lerchen doubles to left field. Billy Braun scores. Jack Rosenberg scores. Mark Gonzalez comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jack Ray flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Los Angeles Mark McElyea strikes out. Bryan Politte walks. Kuniyuki Matoyama walks. Jack Knode is pinch hitting for Mark Gonzalez. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jack Knode flies out to the right fielder. Mark Stevens singles to right field. Bryan Politte scores. Kuniyuki Matoyama advances to third on the hit. George Leftwich comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pete Andrews singles to left field. Kuniyuki Matoyama scores. Mark Stevens advances to third on the hit. Lee Vargas hits a home run. Mark Stevens scores. Pete Andrews scores. Micheal Nakazato comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bob Cunningham grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Bill Herrscher pitching. Joe Nicholas singles to left field. Joe Nicholas steals second. Ethan Mahoney strikes out. Cuckoo Hulett singles to left field. Joe Nicholas scores. Los Angeles total runners left on base: 3 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 6
Batting:2B - Dick Lerchen (16), Cuckoo Hulett (17).3B - Tonny Cruz (8), Ethan Mahoney (2).HR - Tom Malkmus (4), Jack Ray (19).GIDP - Dick Lerchen. Baserunning: SB - Tom Malkmus (4), Joe Nicholas (2).
Los Angeles Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Pop Hudler did not respond to coaching in speed Mike Loynd did not respond to coaching in endurance Dave Tobin did not respond to coaching in range Larry Haislip did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty John Chipple improves in contact_vs_righty Dan Romano did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Mickey Bold did not respond to coaching in range Barney Harley did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Barney Harley did not respond to coaching in speed Jim Balboni did not respond to coaching in control Walt Gale did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Barney Harley improves in range