Win: Dan Henry (3-1) Loss: Elliott Niehoff (1-5)
Save: Bruce Karpel (8)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Dan Henry pitching. Gene LaPalme flies out to the right fielder. Carden Twitchell lines out to the third baseman. Steve Knight singles to left field. Bill Lanning strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Colorado Elliott Niehoff pitching. Clyde Moreno grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Kramer pops out to the first baseman. Don Donnelly walks. Pete Hayden singles to center field. Don Donnelly advances to third on the hit. Fritz Pendleton singles past the third baseman. Don Donnelly scores. Pete Hayden advances to third on the hit. Nick Bench singles to right field. Pete Hayden scores. Joe Cicarello grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Jeff Quintana singles past the shortstop. Jeff Quintana steals second. Rabbit Brewer pops out to the third baseman. Brian Vuckovich strikes out. Bob Baker strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Colorado Virgil Wasem strikes out. Dan Henry strikes out. Clyde Moreno grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Elliott Niehoff strikes out. Gene LaPalme grounds out to the second baseman. Carden Twitchell strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Colorado Bob Kramer flies out to the center fielder. Don Donnelly strikes out. Pete Hayden walks. Fritz Pendleton walks. Nick Bench bunts for a base hit. Joe Cicarello singles to center field. Pete Hayden scores. Fritz Pendleton scores. Nick Bench advances to third on the hit. Virgil Wasem pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Steve Knight singles to right field. Bill Lanning strikes out. Jeff Quintana flies out to the center fielder. Rabbit Brewer singles to center field. Brian Vuckovich flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Colorado Dan Henry strikes out. Clyde Moreno flies out to the center fielder. Bob Kramer walks. Bob Kramer steals second. Don Donnelly hits a home run. Bob Kramer scores. Pete Hayden strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Bob Baker lines out to the shortstop. Elliott Niehoff flies out to the left fielder. Gene LaPalme singles to center field. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Carden Twitchell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Colorado Fritz Pendleton singles to center field. Nick Bench strikes out. Joe Cicarello flies out to the center fielder. Virgil Wasem flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Steve Knight walks. Bill Lanning strikes out. Jeff Quintana grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Colorado Dan Henry strikes out. Clyde Moreno flies out to the left fielder. Bob Kramer grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Rabbit Brewer strikes out. Brian Vuckovich grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Bob Baker grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Colorado Craig White comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Don Donnelly strikes out. Pete Hayden grounds out to the shortstop. Fritz Pendleton grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Biff Epps is pinch hitting for Craig White. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Biff Epps doubles to left field. Gene LaPalme walks. Carden Twitchell hits a home run. Biff Epps scores. Gene LaPalme scores. Steve Knight pops out to the first baseman. Bill Lanning grounds out to the third baseman. Jeff Quintana reached on a fielding error by Don Donnelly. Rabbit Brewer flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Colorado Francis Saucier pitching. Nick Bench pops out to the first baseman. Joe Cicarello flies out to the right fielder. Virgil Wasem pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Bruce Karpel comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Brian Vuckovich strikes out. Bob Baker grounds out to the shortstop. Jim McNeely is pinch hitting for Francis Saucier. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jim McNeely singles to center field. Gene LaPalme hits an infield single to the pitcher. Carden Twitchell flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 8 Colorado total runners left on base: 5
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: D- RP Mentor Grade: F Batter Mentor Grade: D- Improvements: Butch Smalley did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Dizzy James did not respond to coaching in velocity Jose Palmer improves in power_vs_righty Bill Gerhardt did not respond to coaching in endurance Jeff Jones did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Walter Downing improves in speed Butch Smalley did not respond to coaching in RF
Colorado Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Owen Sellers did not respond to coaching in arm Earl Canate did not respond to coaching in speed Bill Davison did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill Davison did not respond to coaching in control Spencer Lansing improves in arm Ed Valentine did not respond to coaching in velocity Will Weid did not respond to coaching in SS