Win: Don DeMontreville (1-0) Loss: Lou Sprague (0-1)
Save: Bob Flinn (1)
Inning: 1 Los Angeles Rube Lincoln pitching. Randy Harrington grounds out to the catcher. Ike Cristall grounds out to the second baseman. Alex Ross singles to right field. Ken Wyrostek flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Tug Healy pitching. Gene LaPalme flies out to the left fielder. Biff Epps walks. Biff Epps steals second. Carden Twitchell grounds out to the shortstop. Jeff Quintana singles to left field. Biff Epps is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Los Angeles Spec Bell strikes out. Gary Queen walks. Paul Bowie flies out to the center fielder. George Perkins doubles past the center fielder. Tug Healy strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Bill Lanning pops out to the shortstop. Brian Vuckovich strikes out. Rabbit Brewer flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Los Angeles Randy Harrington grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Ike Cristall singles to left field. Alex Ross grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Bill Mokan grounds out to the shortstop. Rube Lincoln flies out to the left fielder. Gene LaPalme strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Los Angeles Ken Wyrostek walks. Spec Bell grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Gary Queen strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Biff Epps flies out to the center fielder. Carden Twitchell grounds out to the shortstop. Jeff Quintana flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Los Angeles Paul Bowie grounds out to the second baseman. George Perkins flies out to the center fielder. Tug Healy strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Bill Lanning flies out to the left fielder. Brian Vuckovich flies out to the right fielder. Rabbit Brewer flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Los Angeles Randy Harrington grounds out to the third baseman. Ike Cristall singles to left field. Alex Ross strikes out. Ken Wyrostek strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Bill Mokan strikes out. Rube Lincoln strikes out. Gene LaPalme hits an infield single to the pitcher. Biff Epps singles to center field. Carden Twitchell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Los Angeles Dave Wood is pinch hitting for Spec Bell. Dave Wood strikes out. Gary Queen singles to right field. Paul Bowie strikes out. George Perkins grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Gary Queen is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Connie Sundberg enters the game as a defensive replacement for Dave Wood at C. Darrell Taylor comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Jeff Quintana strikes out. Bill Lanning grounds out to the third baseman. Brian Vuckovich walks. Rabbit Brewer walks. Bill Mokan walks. Rube Lincoln flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Los Angeles Ike Morgan is pinch hitting for Darrell Taylor. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Ike Morgan flies out to the center fielder. Randy Harrington strikes out. Ike Cristall doubles past the left fielder. Alex Ross flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Joe Keerl pitching. Gene LaPalme singles to center field. Gene LaPalme steals second. Biff Epps lines out to the second baseman. Carden Twitchell walks. Jeff Quintana lines out to the shortstop. Bill Lanning walks. Brian Vuckovich pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Los Angeles Ken Wyrostek strikes out. Connie Sundberg grounds out to the pitcher. Gary Queen grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Rabbit Brewer grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Mokan strikes out. Rube Lincoln strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Los Angeles Paul Bowie singles to left field. George Perkins walks. Lou Sprague comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Ed McNertney is pinch hitting for Joe Keerl. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Ed McNertney flies out to the center fielder. Randy Harrington flies out to the left fielder. Ike Cristall grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 10 Pittsburgh Don DeMontreville pitching. Gene LaPalme pops out to the shortstop. Biff Epps walks. Carden Twitchell strikes out. Passed ball. Biff Epps advances to second. Jeff Quintana strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 11 Los Angeles Alex Ross strikes out. Ken Wyrostek strikes out. Connie Sundberg walks. Gary Queen strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 11 Pittsburgh Bill Lanning grounds out to the shortstop. Brian Vuckovich flies out to the right fielder. Rabbit Brewer flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 12 Los Angeles Paul Bowie flies out to the left fielder. George Perkins strikes out. Lou Zalusky is pinch hitting for Don DeMontreville. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Lou Zalusky reached on a fielding error by Brian Vuckovich. Randy Harrington hits a home run. Lou Zalusky scores. Ike Cristall grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 12 Pittsburgh Bob Flinn pitching. Bill Mokan flies out to the center fielder. Al Douglass is pinch hitting for Lou Sprague. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Al Douglass grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Gene LaPalme pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Los Angeles total runners LOB: 9 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 10
Los Angeles Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Warren McMackin improves in power_vs_lefty Chuck Whelan did not respond to coaching in control Les Pickering improves in control Fred Cheeves improves in power_vs_lefty Terry Parnham improves in arm Mul Poorman improves in contact_vs_lefty
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: D+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C- Improvements: Jeff Jones improves in range Jim Glover did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Bill Gerhardt improves in control Darrin Patterson did not respond to coaching in velocity Jim Glover improves in range Mike Swindells did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Dave McFadden did not respond to coaching in CF