Win: Bob Walk (10-4) Loss: Jake Sothoron (3-4)
Save: Rod Scurry (18)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Jake Sothoron pitching. Tim Foli strikes out. Gene Whitehill grounds out to the second baseman. George K Mejia doubles to center field. John Vail strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Montreal Bob Walk pitching. Alexei Alvarez flies out to the center fielder. Tsuneyuki Sato flies out to the left fielder. Coot McBee grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Sid Bream pops out to the first baseman. Pete Holtzman pops out to the third baseman. Junior Ortiz strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Montreal Kevin Martinez strikes out. Tom Tresh strikes out. Anthony Rizzo grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Charlie Chazu doubles past the center fielder. Bob Walk lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Tim Foli flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Charlie Chazu scores. Gene Whitehill grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Montreal Lou Peraza grounds out to the pitcher. Joe Shannon grounds out to the shortstop. Jake Sothoron walks. Alexei Alvarez singles to left field. Tsuneyuki Sato grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Jake Sothoron is out at third base. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh George K Mejia strikes out. John Vail grounds out to the shortstop. Sid Bream grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Montreal Coot McBee flies out to the left fielder. Kevin Martinez flies out to the left fielder. Tom Tresh grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Pete Holtzman hits a home run. Junior Ortiz is hit by a pitch. Charlie Chazu grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Junior Ortiz is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Bob Walk lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Tim Foli strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Montreal Anthony Rizzo grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Lou Peraza grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Shannon flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Gene Whitehill flies out to the left fielder. George K Mejia walks. John Vail flies out to the center fielder. George K Mejia steals second. Sid Bream grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Montreal Jake Sothoron grounds out to the third baseman. Alexei Alvarez strikes out. Tsuneyuki Sato singles to right field. Coot McBee singles to center field. Tsuneyuki Sato advances to third on the hit. Kevin Martinez strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Pete Holtzman flies out to the center fielder. Junior Ortiz grounds out to the pitcher. Charlie Chazu flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Montreal Tom Tresh flies out to the left fielder. Rod Scurry 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. Anthony Rizzo flies out to the center fielder. Lou Peraza singles to center field. Bob Smith is pinch hitting for Joe Shannon. Lou Peraza is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Rod Scurry strikes out. Tim Foli triples. Jay Lillard comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Gene Whitehill flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Tim Foli scores. George K Mejia grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Montreal Jake Taylor is pinch hitting for Bob Smith. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jake Taylor pops out to the shortstop. Kaiser Scioscia is pinch hitting for Jay Lillard. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Kaiser Scioscia flies out to the right fielder. Alexei Alvarez flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Ben Harper pitching. John Vail singles to center field. Sid Bream pops out to the catcher. Pete Holtzman grounds into a force play to the third baseman. John Vail is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Junior Ortiz flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Montreal Tsuneyuki Sato grounds out to the pitcher. Coot McBee doubles past the first baseman. Kevin Martinez strikes out. Tom Tresh grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 4 Montreal total runners LOB: 5
Batting:2B - George K Mejia (4), Charlie Chazu (7).3B - Tim Foli (3).HR - Pete Holtzman (9).SF - Tim Foli, Gene Whitehill.HBP - Junior Ortiz (1). Baserunning: SB - George K Mejia (1).
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Red Lopes improves in power_vs_lefty Ed Oldham improves in range Richie Zisk did not respond to coaching in speed Jason Kendall improves in contact_vs_lefty Richie Zisk did not respond to coaching in 2B
Montreal Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Joe Elliott improves in arm Frank Pierre did not respond to coaching in velocity Brick Rath improves in range Mike Marty improves in contact_vs_righty Harry Boehler did not respond to coaching in SS