Win: Connie Thomasson (1-1) Loss: Scott Hisle (0-3)
Inning: 1 Colorado Hiroki Sawamura pitching. Bill Caldwell walks. Garry Jordan hits a home run. Bill Caldwell scores. Ozzie Pettaway strikes out. Kirk Brecheen strikes out. Mike George strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Jonas Grumby pitching. Lee Barrett strikes out. Jim Moore flies out to the left fielder. Jack Cowens flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Colorado Ed Stimac grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Leiper flies out to the left fielder. Hod Laxton flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Bobby Flaherty grounds out to the second baseman. Gerry Miller pops out to the first baseman. Mark Alexander grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Colorado Jonas Grumby flies out to the left fielder. Bill Caldwell grounds out to the shortstop. Garry Jordan singles to center field. Ozzie Pettaway grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Rod Brumley flies out to the center fielder. Buzz McHale grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Hiroki Sawamura pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Colorado Kirk Brecheen flies out to the center fielder. Mike George strikes out. Ed Stimac walks. Bill Leiper flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Lee Barrett strikes out. Jim Moore strikes out. Jack Cowens doubles to center field. Bobby Flaherty flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Colorado Hod Laxton grounds out to the shortstop. Jonas Grumby grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Caldwell grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Gerry Miller walks. Mark Alexander reached on a 2-base throwing error by Ozzie Pettaway. Rod Brumley singles to center field. Gerry Miller scores. Mark Alexander scores. Buzz McHale singles to left field. Hiroki Sawamura fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Hiroki Sawamura grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Rod Brumley advances to third on the play. Lee Barrett walks. Jim Moore grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Colorado Garry Jordan walks. Ozzie Pettaway strikes out. Garry Jordan steals second. Kirk Brecheen singles to center field. Garry Jordan scores. Mike George grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Kirk Brecheen is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Ed Stimac singles to left field. Bill Leiper flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Jack Cowens grounds out to the second baseman. Bobby Flaherty flies out to the left fielder. Gerry Miller grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Colorado Hod Laxton walks. Art Clarke is pinch hitting for Jonas Grumby. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Art Clarke flies out to the right fielder. Bill Caldwell grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Hod Laxton is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Garry Jordan flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh John Conroy pitching. Fred Grant is pinch hitting for Mark Alexander. Fred Grant singles to right field. Rod Brumley strikes out. Buzz McHale lines out to the shortstop. Ollie Rogge is pinch hitting for Hiroki Sawamura. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Fred Grant steals second. Hod Laxton throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Ollie Rogge pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Colorado Mike Houser pitching. Ozzie Pettaway doubles to center field. Kirk Brecheen walks. Mike George grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ozzie Pettaway advances to third on the play. Kirk Brecheen advances to second on the play. Ed Stimac flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Ozzie Pettaway scores. Connie Thomasson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Leiper singles to center field. Hod Laxton flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Lee Barrett singles to right field. Jim Moore strikes out. Jack Cowens hits a home run. Lee Barrett scores. Scott Hisle comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bobby Flaherty flies out to the left fielder. Gerry Miller strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Colorado Scott Hisle flies out to the left fielder. Bill Caldwell flies out to the right fielder. Garry Jordan singles to right field. Ozzie Pettaway strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Fred Grant strikes out. Rod Brumley singles to left field. Joe Sykes is pinch running for Rod Brumley on 1st base. Buzz McHale singles to right field. Johnny Castle is pinch hitting for Connie Thomasson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Johnny Castle strikes out. Lee Barrett walks. Jim Moore walks. Joe Sykes scores. Colorado total runners left on base: 8 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 4
Colorado Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jack Pettitte did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Frank Costanza did not respond to coaching in velocity Brian Nichols did not respond to coaching in velocity Ozzie Watkins did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Irv Parks did not respond to coaching in control Ozzie Watkins did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Dennis Tobin improves in power_vs_lefty Joe Leverenz did not respond to coaching in control Norm Gideon did not respond to coaching in arm Andy Moore did not respond to coaching in velocity Wayne Delis improves in power_vs_lefty Dennis Tobin improves in speed Walt Ginn did not respond to coaching in C