Win: Stu Nicosia (7-2) Loss: Ray Pool (10-14)
Save: Jay Smith (36)
Inning: 1 New York John Reed pitching. Dixie Hook strikes out. Jim Martin grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Ganzel grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Ray Pool pitching. Hal Moses triples. Fred Aaron grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Hal Moses scores. Ed Heredia strikes out. Joe Baecht grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 New York Dutch Coble strikes out. Bill K McCarthy flies out to the left fielder. Jeff Johnson grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Gus Eichhorn grounds out to the shortstop. John Willis strikes out. Phil Farmer flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 New York Ted Bell singles to center field. Tommy Jones flies out to the left fielder. Ted Bell steals second. Ray Pool flies out to the left fielder. Dixie Hook strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Babe Snider singles to right field. John Reed fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. John Reed strikes out. Hal Moses grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Babe Snider is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Fred Aaron flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 New York Jim Martin flies out to the right fielder. Bill Ganzel grounds out to the shortstop. Dutch Coble pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Ed Heredia singles to left field. Joe Baecht strikes out. Ed Heredia steals second. Ted Bell throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Gus Eichhorn flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Ed Heredia scores. John Willis flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 New York Bill K McCarthy grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jeff Johnson flies out to the right fielder. Ted Bell flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Phil Farmer singles to left field. Babe Snider singles to right field. John Reed lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Hal Moses strikes out. Fred Aaron flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 New York Tommy Jones strikes out. Ray Pool grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dixie Hook flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Ed Heredia flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Joe Baecht walks. Gus Eichhorn flies out to the center fielder. Joe Baecht steals second. Ted Bell throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. John Willis strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 New York Jim Martin strikes out. Bill Ganzel grounds out to the pitcher. Dutch Coble hits a home run. Bill K McCarthy doubles to center field. Jeff Johnson hits a home run. Bill K McCarthy scores. Ted Bell singles to center field. Ted Bell steals second. Tommy Jones singles to center field. Ted Bell scores. Joe W Cabrera comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ray Pool grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Tommy Jones is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Phil Farmer strikes out. Babe Snider grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Farley is pinch hitting for Joe W Cabrera. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Joe Farley strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 New York Stu Nicosia pitching. Dixie Hook strikes out. Jim Martin singles to right field. Bill Ganzel grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Hal Moses pops out to the second baseman. Fred Aaron walks. Ed Heredia walks. Joe Baecht walks. Gus Eichhorn pops out to the second baseman. John Willis triples. Fred Aaron scores. Ed Heredia scores. Joe Baecht scores. Jimmy Dunn comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Phil Farmer grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 New York Jay Smith comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Dutch Coble walks. Bill K McCarthy reached on a 2-base fielding error by Phil Farmer. The defense is playing the infield in. Jeff Johnson flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Dutch Coble is thrown out at the plate. Ted Bell flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 New York total runners left on base: 3 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 5
Batting:2B - Bill K McCarthy (13).HR - Dutch Coble (2), Jeff Johnson (6).GIDP - Bill Ganzel. Baserunning: SB - Ted Bell 2 (7). Fielding: E - Ted Bell 2.
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jim DiPietro did not respond to coaching in arm Dennis Kessler improves in range Gordon Huson did not respond to coaching in control Jim DiPietro did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Jim DiPietro did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Yoshikazu Miyashita did not respond to coaching in control Ben Buice did not respond to coaching in CF
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Benny Goldstein did not respond to coaching in velocity Terry Polli improves in control Alex Ahearne did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Martin Smith improves in speed Yenier Ortiz did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Martin Smith improves in speed Pete Nichols improves in 3B