Win: Gary Davis Jr (12-4) Loss: Sadaaki Kuroki (9-8)
Inning: 1 Florida Gary Davis Jr pitching. Slick Wilkins strikes out. Ike Johnson grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Smith singles to left field. Tommy Bongiovanni singles to right field. Tom Smith advances to third on the hit. Fred Koslofski pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Sadaaki Kuroki pitching. Fred Aaron strikes out. Pete Nichols strikes out. Ed Heredia flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Florida Jack Tate flies out to the right fielder. Bert Milner flies out to the right fielder. Irv Sanberg grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Joe Baecht walks. Tom Hayes walks. Yenier Ortiz walks. Kevin Taylor singles to left field. Joe Baecht scores. Tom Hayes scores. Ed Culler strikes out. Gary Davis Jr pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Fred Aaron pops out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Florida Sadaaki Kuroki grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Slick Wilkins strikes out. Ike Johnson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Pete Nichols grounds out to the third baseman. Ed Heredia grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Baecht singles to center field. Tom Hayes is hit by a pitch. Yenier Ortiz singles in front of the center fielder. Joe Baecht scores. Kevin Taylor grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Florida Tom Smith lines out to the first baseman. Tommy Bongiovanni pops out to the first baseman. Fred Koslofski walks. Fred Koslofski steals second. Jack Tate singles to center field. Bert Milner strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Ed Culler singles to left field. Jake Brye comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Gary Davis Jr lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Fred Aaron grounds out to the third baseman. Pete Nichols walks. Ed Heredia grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Pete Nichols is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Florida Irv Sanberg pops out to the second baseman. Jake Brye grounds out to the third baseman. Slick Wilkins flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Joe Baecht strikes out. Tom Hayes walks. Passed ball. Tom Hayes advances to second. Yenier Ortiz grounds out to the shortstop. Kevin Taylor reached on a 2-base throwing error by Jack Tate. Tom Hayes scores. Ed Culler grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Florida Ike Johnson singles to left field. Tom Smith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ike Johnson advances to second on the play. Tommy Bongiovanni strikes out. Fred Koslofski pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Gary Davis Jr walks. Fred Aaron strikes out. Pete Nichols flies out to the left fielder. Ed Heredia flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Florida Jack Tate pops out to the third baseman. Bert Milner grounds out to the shortstop. Irv Sanberg singles to left field. Jake Brye grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Joe Baecht grounds out to the second baseman. Tom Hayes triples. Yenier Ortiz strikes out. Kevin Taylor doubles to center field. Tom Hayes scores. Ken Wilmet comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ed Culler flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Florida Jack K Jimenez 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. Slick Wilkins strikes out. Ike Johnson singles to right field. Tom Smith strikes out. Tommy Bongiovanni walks. Fred Koslofski flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Frank Sizemore is pinch hitting for Jack K Jimenez. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Frank Sizemore grounds out to the shortstop. Fred Aaron flies out to the center fielder. Pete Nichols grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Florida Dave Harris pitching. Jack Tate lines out to the shortstop. Bert Milner grounds out to the second baseman. Irv Sanberg strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Florida total runners left on base: 8 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 9
Game Notes Sadaaki Kuroki is injured and is expected to be out 27 days. Gary Davis Jr is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
Florida Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Nomar Green improves in range Jackie James did not respond to coaching in velocity Kazumasa Shida did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Billy Elberfeld did not respond to coaching in control Julio Adams did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Erve Meyer did not respond to coaching in arm Orlando Kinzy did not respond to coaching in SS
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bob Dunlap improves in range Yoshio Ishida did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Mark Reid improves in control Matt Davis improves in power_vs_righty Tom Jansen improves in arm Fred Pazik improves in power_vs_righty