Win: Dana Little (9-6) Loss: Paul Meyer (5-9)
Save: Charlie Meyer (11)
Inning: 1 Chicago Dana Little pitching. Tom Mensor flies out to the left fielder. Don Bonnell flies out to the left fielder. Harry Twombly is hit by a pitch. Paul Clack flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Paul Meyer pitching. Dane Croucher grounds out to the third baseman. Cole Childress grounds out to the second baseman. Cliff Simpson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Chicago Tony Williams singles to left field. Oscar Beene flies out to the center fielder. Dan Mattimore strikes out. Crash Haworth grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Tony Williams is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh John Darwin grounds out to the second baseman. Tony Bernal singles to center field. Tony Bernal steals second. Joe Wallace walks. Ruden Manduley flies out to the center fielder. Shigeru Sekimoto singles to center field. Tony Bernal scores. Joe Wallace advances to third on the hit. Dana Little grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Chicago Paul Meyer grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Mensor flies out to the left fielder. Don Bonnell strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Dane Croucher grounds out to the second baseman. Cole Childress singles to left field. Cliff Simpson strikes out. John Darwin grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Chicago Harry Twombly grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Paul Clack grounds out to the shortstop. Tony Williams strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Tony Bernal strikes out. Joe Wallace flies out to the center fielder. Ruden Manduley flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Chicago Oscar Beene grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dan Mattimore is hit by a pitch. Crash Haworth singles to right field. Paul Meyer lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Tom Mensor grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Shigeru Sekimoto grounds out to the shortstop. Dana Little singles to center field. Dane Croucher strikes out. Cole Childress grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Chicago Don Bonnell grounds out to the second baseman. Harry Twombly singles to center field. Paul Clack walks. Tony Williams grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Paul Clack is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Oscar Beene singles to right field. Harry Twombly scores. Dan Mattimore strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Cliff Simpson grounds out to the third baseman. John Darwin singles to center field. Tony Bernal singles to center field. John Darwin advances to third on the hit. Joe Wallace grounds out to the third baseman. Tony Bernal advances to second on the play. Ruden Manduley reached on a 2-base throwing error by Tony Williams. John Darwin scores. Tony Bernal scores. Shigeru Sekimoto strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Chicago Leo Seats enters the game as a defensive replacement for Cliff Simpson at 2B. Crash Haworth strikes out. John McLeland is pinch hitting for Paul Meyer. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. John McLeland walks. Tom Mensor grounds out to the second baseman. John McLeland advances to second on the play. Don Bonnell reached on a fielding error by Ruden Manduley. Don Bonnell is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Doug Howard pitching. Dana Little grounds out to the third baseman. Dane Croucher pops out to the second baseman. Cole Childress hits a home run. Leo Seats walks. John Darwin strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Chicago Harry Twombly pops out to the third baseman. Paul Clack flies out to the left fielder. Tony Williams flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Tony Bernal singles to right field. Joe Wallace grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Ruden Manduley walks. Shigeru Sekimoto grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ruden Manduley is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Chicago Oscar Beene grounds out to the shortstop. Dan Mattimore flies out to the right fielder. Crash Haworth walks. Joe Colson is pinch hitting for Doug Howard. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Crash Haworth steals second. Charlie Meyer 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. Joe Colson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Chicago total runners left on base: 8 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 7
Game Notes Dana Little is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: C- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Travis Oester did not respond to coaching in control Don Jackson did not respond to coaching in velocity Ralph Mondesi improves in arm Liu Jones did not respond to coaching in range Jim Barnhart did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Harry Battle improves in arm
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Gordon Irelan improves in velocity Gordon Irelan improves in velocity Lyman Wheeler did not respond to coaching in control Tony Kelleher did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Malek Graeber did not respond to coaching in arm Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Fred Dewey did not respond to coaching in CF