Win: Steve Noles (13-8) Loss: Jim Whiteside (10-12)
Inning: 1 New York Steve Noles pitching. Bob Willis lines out to the third baseman. Max Castillo grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Hallman singles to center field. Edgar Doljack singles to left field. Dixie Hook singles past the shortstop. Bill Hallman scores. Dutch Coble singles to center field. Passed ball. Edgar Doljack scores. Dixie Hook advances to third. Dutch Coble advances to second. Bill K McCarthy flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Jim Whiteside pitching. Hal Moses grounds out to the shortstop. Rick Johnston flies out to the left fielder. Jerry Worrell grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 New York Ted Bell pops out to the second baseman. Jim Whiteside strikes out. Bob Willis grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Buster Moore grounds out to the second baseman. Vance Skiff singles to center field. Ed Heredia singles to right field. Vance Skiff is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Phil Farmer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 New York Max Castillo lines out to the pitcher. Bill Hallman flies out to the right fielder. Edgar Doljack flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Sam Mattick grounds out to the second baseman. Steve Noles singles to left field. Hal Moses flies out to the center fielder. Rick Johnston grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 New York Dixie Hook grounds out to the third baseman. Dutch Coble flies out to the center fielder. Bill K McCarthy pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Jerry Worrell grounds out to the shortstop. Buster Moore pops out to the shortstop. Vance Skiff walks. Ed Heredia triples. Vance Skiff scores. Phil Farmer singles past the shortstop. Ed Heredia scores. Sam Mattick walks. Steve Noles singles to center field. Phil Farmer scores. Sam Mattick advances to third on the hit. Hal Moses grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 New York Ted Bell grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Jim Whiteside flies out to the center fielder. Bob Willis flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Rick Johnston hits a home run. Jerry Worrell flies out to the left fielder. Buster Moore singles to right field. Vance Skiff singles to left field. Buster Moore advances to third on the hit. Vance Skiff steals second. Ed Heredia walks. Phil Farmer strikes out. Sam Mattick singles to right field. Buster Moore scores. Vance Skiff scores. Ed Heredia advances to third on the hit. Frank Ens comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Steve Noles grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 New York Max Castillo grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Hallman flies out to the center fielder. Edgar Doljack walks. Dixie Hook grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Edgar Doljack is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Hal Moses singles to right field. Rick Johnston strikes out. Jerry Worrell grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Hal Moses is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jerry Worrell steals second. Buster Moore singles to center field. Jerry Worrell scores. Vance Skiff strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 New York Dutch Coble strikes out. Jake Brye 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. Bill K McCarthy strikes out. Ted Bell walks. Frank Ens flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Ed Heredia singles to center field. Phil Farmer singles to center field. Ed Heredia advances to third on the hit. Phil Farmer steals second. Sam Mattick flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Ed Heredia scores. Walt McNulty comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jimmy Kelly is pinch hitting for Jake Brye. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jimmy Kelly hits a home run. Phil Farmer scores. Hal Moses strikes out. Rick Johnston walks. Jerry Worrell walks. Buster Moore grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 New York Ken Mertz pitching. Bob Willis strikes out. Max Castillo strikes out. Bill Hallman singles to center field. Bill Hallman steals second. Edgar Doljack walks. Dixie Hook singles to center field. Bill Hallman scores. Dutch Coble doubles to center field. Edgar Doljack scores. Dixie Hook uses his aggressiveness and scores. Carl Phebus comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill K McCarthy grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Vance Skiff doubles to right field. Ed Heredia grounds out to the pitcher. Phil Farmer singles past the second baseman. Sam Mattick grounds out to the shortstop. Vance Skiff scores. Phil Farmer advances to second on the play. Mitsuro Kido comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Carl Phebus walks. Hal Moses walks. Rick Johnston strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 New York Ted Bell flies out to the center fielder. Jack Brown is pinch hitting for Mitsuro Kido. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jack Brown grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Willis strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 New York total runners left on base: 5 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 12
Batting:2B - Vance Skiff (21).3B - Ed Heredia (5).HR - Rick Johnston (25), Jimmy Kelly (4).SF - Sam Mattick. Baserunning: SB - Jerry Worrell (21), Vance Skiff (19), Phil Farmer (1). Fielding: PB - Jerry Worrell.
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Bill Ganzel did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jim Martin did not respond to coaching in arm Roberto Berroa did not respond to coaching in velocity Jimmy Dunn did not respond to coaching in velocity Jim Harrelson improves in power_vs_lefty Tommy Jones did not respond to coaching in C
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Frank Sizemore did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Kevin Taylor improves in contact_vs_lefty Martin Smith did not respond to coaching in range Kevin Taylor did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Kevin Taylor improves in power_vs_lefty Kevin Taylor improves in speed