Win: Buzz Skaggs (8-2) Loss: Bobby Walling (2-5)
Save: John Hoblitzel (15)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh March Tesreau pitching. Al Broberg walks. Rickey Zacher grounds out to the catcher - great play by the catcher to prevent a single! Al Broberg advances to second on the play. Al Broberg steals third. Bob Smith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dave Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 New York Al Rice pitching. Ken Siegle pops out to the catcher. Bud Fluhrer walks. Al Romano grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Rob Biggie Costen bunts for a base hit. Spud Hill singles to left field. Rob Biggie Costen advances to third on the hit. Jay Trosky singles to center field. Rob Biggie Costen scores. Carl Daniels strikes out. Al Rice lays down a bunt. The first baseman fields the ball, throws to third for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. Jay Trosky advances to second on the play. Jay Trosky advances to second on the play. Al Broberg strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 New York Chad Latham flies out to the center fielder. Rudy Young flies out to the center fielder. Kris Rippelmeyer is hit by a pitch. Mike Morey grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Kris Rippelmeyer is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Rickey Zacher singles to right field. Bob Smith grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Rickey Zacher is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Bob Smith steals second. Dave Smith pops out to the shortstop. Rob Biggie Costen grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 New York Doc Peek grounds out to the third baseman. March Tesreau grounds out to the third baseman. Ken Siegle flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Spud Hill flies out to the left fielder. Jay Trosky walks. Carl Daniels flies out to the right fielder. Al Rice grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 New York Bud Fluhrer strikes out. Al Romano pops out to the third baseman. Chad Latham flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Al Broberg strikes out. Rickey Zacher singles to right field. Bob Smith strikes out. Dave Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 New York Rudy Young hits a home run. Kris Rippelmeyer strikes out. Mike Morey grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Doc Peek grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Rob Biggie Costen strikes out. Spud Hill strikes out. Jay Trosky grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 New York March Tesreau singles to left field. Ken Siegle hits a home run. March Tesreau scores. Bud Fluhrer grounds out to the second baseman. Al Romano singles to center field. Chad Latham singles past the shortstop. Rudy Young strikes out. Kris Rippelmeyer reached on a 2-base throwing error by Dave Smith. Al Romano scores. Mike Morey grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Carl Daniels hits a home run. George LaMaster is pinch hitting for Al Rice. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. George LaMaster singles to left field. Al Broberg hits a home run. George LaMaster scores. Mark Dark comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rickey Zacher strikes out. Bob Smith flies out to the left fielder. Dave Smith flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 New York Bobby Walling pitching. Doc Peek singles to right field. Dick Allison is pinch hitting for Mark Dark. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Dick Allison grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Doc Peek is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ken Siegle pops out to the catcher. Bud Fluhrer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Buzz Skaggs pitching. Rob Biggie Costen strikes out. Spud Hill flies out to the center fielder. Jay Trosky flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 New York Al Romano strikes out. Chad Latham singles to center field. Rudy Young singles to right field. Kris Rippelmeyer strikes out. Mike Morey singles to left field. Chad Latham uses his aggressiveness and scores. Doc Peek singles to left field. Rudy Young scores. Mike Morey advances to third on the hit. Mike Lade comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Harry Jackson is pinch hitting for Buzz Skaggs. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Harry Jackson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh John Hoblitzel pitching. Carl Daniels strikes out. Charlie Mullen is pinch hitting for Mike Lade. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Charlie Mullen grounds out to the shortstop. Al Broberg singles to center field. Al Broberg steals second. Rickey Zacher grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 7 New York total runners left on base: 6
Game Notes Charlie Mullen is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Floyd Jackson did not respond to coaching in control Erik Sullivan did not respond to coaching in control Steve Lake did not respond to coaching in velocity Joe Gonzalez did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Hiroshi Moto did not respond to coaching in 1B
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Carlos Thome did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Billy Rawley improves in contact_vs_righty Travis Dobb did not respond to coaching in control Koji Ito did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Koji Ito did not respond to coaching in 1B