Win: Danny Gardner (15-4) Loss: Kirk Ouellette (7-9)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Kirk Ouellette pitching. Ken Walsh flies out to the right fielder. Joe Halt flies out to the center fielder. Danny Carpenter reached on a 2-base throwing error by Floyd Patterson. Fernando Bildilli flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Chicago Danny Gardner pitching. Al Stanicek flies out to the left fielder. Chuck Esposito singles in front of the right fielder. Floyd Patterson lines out to the second baseman. Doc Newfield flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Jim Anderson lines out to the first baseman. Randy Toporcer singles to left field. Tyson Eaves flies out to the right fielder. Rob Karew grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Randy Toporcer is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Chicago Jasion Cepeda grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Stan Rodriguez strikes out. Eric Wysong flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Danny Gardner grounds out to the second baseman. Ken Walsh hits a home run. Joe Halt strikes out. Danny Carpenter triples. Fernando Bildilli hits a home run. Danny Carpenter scores. Jim Anderson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Chicago Paul Ashburn walks. Kirk Ouellette lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Al Stanicek grounds out to the third baseman. Chuck Esposito grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Randy Toporcer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tyson Eaves bunts for a base hit. Rob Karew walks. Danny Gardner lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ken Walsh grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Chicago Floyd Patterson strikes out. Doc Newfield strikes out. Jasion Cepeda walks. Stan Rodriguez grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Joe Halt grounds out to the second baseman. Danny Carpenter strikes out. Fernando Bildilli strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Chicago Eric Wysong walks. Paul Ashburn grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Eric Wysong advances to second on the play. Kirk Ouellette strikes out. Al Stanicek walks. Chuck Esposito strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Jim Anderson grounds out to the third baseman. Randy Toporcer strikes out. Tyson Eaves grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Chicago Floyd Patterson walks. Floyd Patterson steals second. Doc Newfield flies out to the center fielder. Jasion Cepeda strikes out. Stan Rodriguez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Rob Karew pops out to the first baseman. Danny Gardner flies out to the center fielder. Ken Walsh hits a home run. Ray Hogan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joe Halt doubles to right field. Danny Carpenter pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Chicago Eric Wysong strikes out. Akira Ikeda 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. Paul Ashburn flies out to the left fielder. Ray Hogan grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Fernando Bildilli doubles to center field. Jim Anderson pops out to the first baseman. Randy Toporcer grounds out to the second baseman. Fernando Bildilli advances to third on the play. Tyson Eaves flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Chicago Al Stanicek doubles past the third baseman. Chuck Esposito grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Al Stanicek advances to third on the play. Floyd Patterson flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Al Stanicek scores. Doc Newfield strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Rob Karew singles to right field. Akira Ikeda lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Rob Karew forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Ken Walsh flies out to the right fielder. Joe Halt grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Chicago Jasion Cepeda flies out to the center fielder. Stan Rodriguez triples. Eric Wysong flies out to the center fielder. Paul Ashburn walks. Yam Lickert is pinch hitting for Ray Hogan. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Yam Lickert grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 7 Chicago total runners LOB: 8
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jim Gleason did not respond to coaching in arm Vance Madden did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Vance Madden improves in contact_vs_lefty Sam Abbott improves in contact_vs_righty
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Mike Ritter did not respond to coaching in range Lance Harris improves in power_vs_lefty Ryan Zosky did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Tom Perez did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Ryan Zosky did not respond to coaching in SS