Win: Hub Dillard (2-1) Loss: Shogo Sakazawa (9-8)
Save: Ron Brown (3)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Hub Dillard pitching. Brad Jones singles to right field. Bob Harriss pops out to the shortstop. Randy Reiniger walks. Gene Betcher walks. Fumihiro Harai flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Brad Jones scores. Pinch Lewis singles to center field. Randy Reiniger scores. Gene Betcher advances to third on the hit. Buddy Andrew grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Atlanta Shogo Sakazawa pitching. Wayne Gastright strikes out. Ray Andrews grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Eddie Babington flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Al Pulsipher grounds out to the third baseman. Shogo Sakazawa pops out to the third baseman. Brad Jones strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Atlanta Jimmy Roman doubles to center field. Hal Buddie hits a home run. Jimmy Roman scores. Bryn Terfel flies out to the right fielder. Hershey Smores flies out to the center fielder. A.J. Guzman grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Bob Harriss flies out to the left fielder. Randy Reiniger grounds out to the third baseman. Gene Betcher grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Atlanta Hub Dillard flies out to the center fielder. Wayne Gastright doubles to right field. Wayne Gastright steals third. Ray Andrews singles to left field. Wayne Gastright scores. Eddie Babington strikes out. Jimmy Roman pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Fumihiro Harai grounds out to the third baseman. Pinch Lewis grounds out to the pitcher. Buddy Andrew walks. Al Pulsipher flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Atlanta Hal Buddie strikes out. Bryn Terfel grounds out to the second baseman. Hershey Smores flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Shogo Sakazawa grounds out to the shortstop. Brad Jones singles to center field. Bob Harriss flies out to the left fielder. Randy Reiniger pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Atlanta A.J. Guzman singles to center field. Hub Dillard fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Hub Dillard grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Wayne Gastright walks. Ray Andrews grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Wayne Gastright is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Gene Betcher grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Fumihiro Harai grounds out to the third baseman. Pinch Lewis grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Atlanta Eddie Babington pops out to the catcher. Jimmy Roman hits a home run. Hal Buddie strikes out. Bryn Terfel flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Buddy Andrew doubles to center field. Carl Tunfisk 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. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Al Pulsipher singles to left field. Buddy Andrew scores. Sammy Behrman is pinch hitting for Shogo Sakazawa. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Sammy Behrman grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Al Pulsipher advances to second on the play. Brad Jones strikes out. Bob Harriss grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Atlanta Joey Lee pitching. Hershey Smores flies out to the center fielder. A.J. Guzman singles to center field. John Latimer is pinch hitting for Carl Tunfisk. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. John Latimer flies out to the center fielder. Wayne Gastright grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Ron Brown pitching. Randy Reiniger grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Gene Betcher singles to right field. Fumihiro Harai grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Gene Betcher is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Pinch Lewis flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Atlanta Ray Andrews singles to center field. Eddie Babington grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ray Andrews is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Eddie Babington steals second. Jimmy Roman strikes out. Hal Buddie singles to left field. Eddie Babington scores. Bryn Terfel grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Buddy Andrew pops out to the third baseman. Al Pulsipher strikes out. George McMackin is pinch hitting for Joey Lee. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. George McMackin doubles to right field. Brad Jones grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 7 Atlanta total runners left on base: 4
Batting:2B - Wayne Gastright (3), Jimmy Roman (9).HR - Jimmy Roman (6), Hal Buddie (3).GIDP - Hub Dillard. Baserunning: SB - Wayne Gastright (5), Eddie Babington (5).
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Spud Glenn improves in power_vs_lefty John Coveney improves in contact_vs_righty Matt Anderson improves in velocity Tony Graham did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty
Atlanta Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: D+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Morgan Ennis improves in power_vs_righty Rusty Spanner did not respond to coaching in endurance Morgan Ennis did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Ron Carroll did not respond to coaching in speed Barney Hendricks improves in 1B