Inning: 1 Chicago Lute Roberts pitching. Jim MacDonald singles to left field. Jim MacDonald steals second. Tommy Williams strikes out. Jim MacDonald steals third. The defense is playing the infield in. Hilton Eden hits a home run. Jim MacDonald scores. Buddy Kutcher grounds out to the second baseman. Eddie Lind grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Rick Curtis pitching. Alex Speier grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dick Pilarcik doubles to left field. Ben Blocker singles to right field. Dick Pilarcik scores. Johnny Isringhausen strikes out. Willie McClellan flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Chicago Jerry Cradle strikes out. Dick Wyckoff grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Art Piche grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Paul Just grounds out to the second baseman. Skeeter Burris pops out to the third baseman. Christy Higuera flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Chicago Rick Curtis walks. Jim MacDonald hits an infield single to the third baseman. Tommy Williams walks. Hilton Eden strikes out. Buddy Kutcher strikes out. Eddie Lind walks. Rick Curtis scores. Earle Munoz comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jerry Cradle singles to center field. Jim MacDonald scores. Tommy Williams scores. Eddie Lind advances to third on the hit. Dick Wyckoff singles to left field. Eddie Lind scores. Jerry Cradle advances to third on the hit. Art Piche grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Earle Munoz strikes out. Alex Speier grounds out to the second baseman. Dick Pilarcik pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Chicago Rick Curtis strikes out. Jim MacDonald grounds out to the shortstop. Tommy Williams grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Ben Blocker walks. Johnny Isringhausen grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Ben Blocker advances to second on the play. Willie McClellan grounds out to the third baseman. Paul Just strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Chicago Hilton Eden doubles to left field. Buddy Kutcher singles to right field. Hilton Eden scores. Eddie Lind grounds out to the second baseman. Buddy Kutcher advances to second on the play. Jerry Cradle singles to left field. Buddy Kutcher scores. Dick Wyckoff strikes out. Art Piche flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Skeeter Burris pops out to the catcher. Christy Higuera grounds out to the shortstop. Earle Munoz flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Chicago Rick Curtis grounds out to the shortstop. Jim MacDonald triples. Tommy Williams pops out to the shortstop. Hilton Eden flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Alex Speier flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Dick Pilarcik flies out to the center fielder. Ben Blocker walks. Johnny Isringhausen grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Ben Blocker is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Chicago Buddy Kutcher grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Eddie Lind grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jerry Cradle strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Willie McClellan grounds out to the third baseman. Paul Just doubles to center field. Skeeter Burris grounds out to the second baseman. Paul Just advances to third on the play. Christy Higuera grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Chicago Dick Wyckoff walks. Art Piche singles to right field. Dick Wyckoff is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Rick Curtis fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Rick Curtis singles to center field. Jim MacDonald grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Erik Gulliver is pinch hitting for Earle Munoz. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Erik Gulliver grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Alex Speier doubles to center field. Jim Duffy 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. Ralph Reynolds is pinch hitting for Dick Pilarcik. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ralph Reynolds walks. Bill Rajsich is pinch hitting for Ben Blocker. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Bill Rajsich strikes out. Johnny Isringhausen triples. Alex Speier scores. Ralph Reynolds scores. Willie McClellan strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Chicago Cory Graves pitching. Tommy Williams flies out to the center fielder. Hilton Eden singles to center field. John Wilhelm is pinch hitting for Buddy Kutcher. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Hilton Eden steals second. John Wilhelm strikes out. Hilton Eden steals third. Eddie Lind singles in front of the right fielder. Hilton Eden scores. Eddie Lind steals second. Jerry Cradle grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Paul Just grounds out to the pitcher. Skeeter Burris singles to left field. Christy Higuera walks. Chris Oulliber is pinch hitting for Cory Graves. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Chris Oulliber singles to right field. Skeeter Burris scores. Alex Speier grounds out to the third baseman. Christy Higuera advances to third on the play. Chris Oulliber advances to second on the play. Ralph Reynolds strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Chicago total runners LOB: 6 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 7
Batting:2B - Hilton Eden (14).3B - Jim MacDonald (2).HR - Hilton Eden (15).GIDP - Jim MacDonald. Baserunning: SB - Jim MacDonald 2 (17), Hilton Eden 2 (14), Eddie Lind (9).
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Grady Flagstead improves in control Hal Fuller did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Mike Herrmann improves in speed Chris Morton improves in arm Harry Malone did not respond to coaching in 1B
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Wally Gallagher did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Mike Smith did not respond to coaching in velocity Randy Lind improves in arm John Kemmler improves in velocity Johnny McGriff did not respond to coaching in C