Inning: 1 Chicago Ivan Cook pitching. Fernando King grounds out to the second baseman. Earl Gilbert walks. Kikuo Nakanishi walks. Pat King grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Skinny Davis pitching. Joe Krug hits an infield single to the second baseman. Shunichi Murata grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Krug advances to second on the play. Pat Felsch singles to right field. Joe Krug scores. Shannon Carter walks. Sean Lemaster pops out to the second baseman. Wingo Lagger singles to right field. Pat Felsch uses his aggressiveness and scores. Jack Young grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Chicago Edwin Segrist grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Oddibe Frye pops out to the third baseman. Jorge Sullivan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Tom Mead flies out to the center fielder. Ivan Cook grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Krug strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Chicago Julio Maxwell walks. Skinny Davis lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first for the 2-6-4 double play (2B covering 1st). Fernando King grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Shunichi Murata flies out to the center fielder. Pat Felsch strikes out. Shannon Carter walks. Sean Lemaster grounds into a force play to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Shannon Carter is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Chicago Earl Gilbert flies out to the left fielder. Kikuo Nakanishi grounds out to the second baseman. Pat King singles to left field. Edwin Segrist singles to left field. Pat King advances to third on the hit. Oddibe Frye grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Wingo Lagger grounds out to the shortstop. Jack Young walks. Tom Mead bunts for a base hit. Ivan Cook lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Joe Krug grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Chicago Jorge Sullivan pops out to the catcher. Julio Maxwell strikes out. Skinny Davis flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Shunichi Murata pops out to the first baseman. Pat Felsch flies out to the center fielder. Shannon Carter grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Chicago Fernando King pops out to the third baseman. Earl Gilbert strikes out. Kikuo Nakanishi grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Sean Lemaster grounds out to the pitcher. Wingo Lagger singles to right field. Jack Young strikes out. Tom Mead walks. Ivan Cook singles to left field. Joe Krug strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Chicago Pat King grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Edwin Segrist grounds out to the second baseman. Oddibe Frye singles to right field. Jorge Sullivan grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Oddibe Frye is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Shunichi Murata grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Pat Felsch grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Shannon Carter flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Chicago Julio Maxwell singles to left field. Paul Cedeno is pinch hitting for Skinny Davis. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Paul Cedeno lines out to the second baseman. Fernando King flies out to the left fielder. Earl Gilbert singles to center field. Tom Foster 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. Kikuo Nakanishi flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Abe Hughes pitching. Sean Lemaster singles to left field. Wingo Lagger grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Sean Lemaster advances to second on the play. Jack Young grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Mead grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Chicago Harry Giordano comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Pat King walks. Edwin Segrist singles to right field. Pat King advances to third on the hit. Edwin Segrist is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Oddibe Frye strikes out. Jorge Sullivan doubles to right field. Pat King scores. Julio Maxwell singles to left field. Jorge Sullivan scores. John Latham comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Atley Klaus is pinch hitting for Abe Hughes. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Atley Klaus strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh John Lawson pitching. Kelly Brown is pinch hitting for John Latham. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Kelly Brown singles to left field. Joe Krug strikes out. Shunichi Murata singles to center field. Pat Felsch strikes out. Shannon Carter walks. Sean Lemaster singles to right field. Kelly Brown scores. Chicago total runners left on base: 7 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 9
Game Notes Shannon Carter is injured and is expected to be out 27 days.
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Glenn McHenry did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Bill Uecker did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Glenn McHenry did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Robbie Dashner improves in power_vs_lefty
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Rodney Sawyer did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Kelly Estrada improves in arm Terry Rambo improves in velocity Kelly Estrada improves in contact_vs_righty