Win: Ken Poholsky (9-2) Loss: Al Grant (4-8)
Save: Jeff Fittery (24)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Al Grant pitching. Buck Perrin strikes out. Chick Gladu flies out to the left fielder. Cy Pisoni strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Chicago Ken Poholsky pitching. Rollie Frias singles to right field. Tom Lee strikes out. Ben Benton strikes out. Rollie Frias steals second. Larry Grasso flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Adolfo Gallivan pops out to the second baseman. Joey Sierra strikes out. Kiyoshi Sakurai strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Chicago George Veil grounds out to the second baseman. Lee Clark pops out to the second baseman. Otto Buice strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Jose Veres grounds out to the second baseman. Yoshiyasu Miyamoto singles to left field. Ken Poholsky lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Buck Perrin singles to right field. Yoshiyasu Miyamoto scores. Chick Gladu grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Buck Perrin is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Chicago Russ Robinson flies out to the left fielder. Al Grant strikes out. Rollie Frias walks. Tom Lee grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Rollie Frias is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Cy Pisoni grounds out to the third baseman. Adolfo Gallivan walks. Joey Sierra strikes out. Kiyoshi Sakurai grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Chicago Ben Benton pops out to the second baseman. Larry Grasso strikes out. George Veil pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Jose Veres grounds out to the pitcher. Yoshiyasu Miyamoto strikes out. Ken Poholsky singles to center field. Buck Perrin walks. Chick Gladu hits a home run. Ken Poholsky scores. Buck Perrin scores. Cy Pisoni walks. Adolfo Gallivan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Chicago Lee Clark strikes out. Otto Buice lines out to the first baseman. Russ Robinson singles to center field. Al Grant singles to right field. Rollie Frias reached on a fielding error by Chick Gladu. Tom Lee grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Joey Sierra grounds out to the shortstop. Kiyoshi Sakurai strikes out. Jose Veres grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Chicago Ben Benton grounds out to the shortstop. Larry Grasso triples. George Veil grounds out to the third baseman. Larry Grasso scores. Lee Clark strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Al Kelsey comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Yoshiyasu Miyamoto singles to center field. Ken Poholsky lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Buck Perrin flies out to the center fielder. Chick Gladu grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Chicago Otto Buice grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Russ Robinson lines out to the shortstop. Al Kelsey grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Cy Pisoni grounds out to the third baseman. Adolfo Gallivan singles to left field. Joey Sierra flies out to the left fielder. Kiyoshi Sakurai flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Chicago Rollie Frias flies out to the left fielder. Tom Lee strikes out. Ben Benton strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Jose Veres grounds out to the second baseman. Yoshiyasu Miyamoto strikes out. Jim Balaz is pinch hitting for Ken Poholsky. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Jim Balaz singles to right field. Buck Perrin singles to left field. Jim Balaz advances to third on the hit. Chick Gladu flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Chicago Jeff Fittery pitching. Larry Grasso strikes out. George Veil doubles to right field. Lee Clark singles to right field. Otto Buice flies out to the left fielder. Russ Robinson pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 7 Chicago total runners LOB: 7
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Steve Thiel did not respond to coaching in arm Bill Bella did not respond to coaching in velocity Steve Davis improves in power_vs_lefty Steve Thiel did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Steve Davis did not respond to coaching in 2B
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Red Dotson did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Irv Johnson did not respond to coaching in velocity Al Ozmer did not respond to coaching in velocity Marty McCormick improves in arm