Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Bill Foley pitching. Fred Aaron walks. Fred Aaron steals second. Pete Nichols grounds out to the shortstop. Ed Heredia flies out to the right fielder. Tom Hayes grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 San Diego Jay Smith pitching. Ted Wagner grounds out to the third baseman. Leon Schalk flies out to the center fielder. March Greer singles to center field. Bernie Ford flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Joe Baecht singles to right field. Gus Eichhorn walks. Pat Matuzak grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Joe Baecht advances to third on the play. Jack Whittaker lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 San Diego Joe Edwards singles to center field. Joe Edwards steals second. Mike Albrecht flies out to the center fielder. Brent Aspromonte walks. Hal Brown grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Jay Smith flies out to the left fielder. Fred Aaron flies out to the left fielder. Pete Nichols grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 San Diego Bill Foley grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Ted Wagner flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Leon Schalk grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Ed Heredia singles to left field. Tom Hayes strikes out. Joe Baecht reached on a fielding error by Bernie Ford. Gus Eichhorn singles past the shortstop. Ed Heredia is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Joe Baecht advances to third on the play. Pat Matuzak flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 San Diego March Greer singles past the third baseman. Bernie Ford hits a home run. March Greer scores. Joe Edwards grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mike Albrecht reached on a fielding error by Fred Aaron. Brent Aspromonte walks. Hal Brown strikes out. Bill Foley strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Jack Whittaker walks. Jay Smith fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Jay Smith grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Fred Aaron strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 San Diego Ted Wagner doubles to left field. Leon Schalk strikes out. March Greer singles to center field. Ted Wagner scores. Bernie Ford singles to left field. Joe Edwards grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Bernie Ford is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Frank Holland 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. Mike Albrecht flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Pete Nichols grounds out to the shortstop. Ed Heredia grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tom Hayes grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 San Diego Brent Aspromonte walks. Hal Brown doubles to center field. Brent Aspromonte uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bill Foley fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Bill Foley strikes out. Ted Wagner singles to center field. Leon Schalk flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Hal Brown is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Joe Baecht doubles to center field. Gus Eichhorn grounds out to the shortstop. Pat Matuzak singles to left field. Joe Baecht is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Jack Whittaker flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 San Diego March Greer singles to left field. Bernie Ford pops out to the first baseman. Joe Edwards singles to right field. March Greer advances to third on the hit. Mike Albrecht lines out to the second baseman. Brent Aspromonte hits a home run. March Greer scores. Joe Edwards scores. Vern Hargrave comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Hal Brown singles to left field. Bill Foley pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Ed Culler is pinch hitting for Vern Hargrave. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ed Culler singles to left field. Fred Aaron grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Pete Nichols walks. Ed Heredia grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 San Diego Stu Nicosia pitching. Ted Wagner hits a home run. Fernando Minoso is pinch hitting for Leon Schalk. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Fernando Minoso strikes out. March Greer strikes out. Bernie Ford grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Tom Hayes singles to center field. Joe Baecht grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Tom Hayes is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Gus Eichhorn grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 6 San Diego total runners left on base: 8
Game Notes Mike Albrecht is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: D+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Terry Polli did not respond to coaching in velocity Larry Shearer did not respond to coaching in velocity Matt Davis improves in contact_vs_lefty Martin Smith improves in contact_vs_lefty Jay Jackson did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Ed Blank improves in contact_vs_lefty
San Diego Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bunny Schattinger did not respond to coaching in velocity Dennis Blosser did not respond to coaching in velocity John Burnitz did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Chick McKee did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Frank Cho did not respond to coaching in arm Ed Jacobs improves in arm