Win: Bob Humphreys (13-2) Loss: Butch Strickland (6-8)
Inning: 1 New York Butch Strickland pitching. Lorenzo Cugino triples. Gene Lockhart singles past the second baseman. Lorenzo Cugino scores. Paddy Cake flies out to the center fielder. Koji Hamashima strikes out. Junior Mintz grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Bob Humphreys pitching. Mike Mann grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Johnson strikes out. Ken Gubanich grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 New York Rube Goldberg grounds out to the second baseman. Nick Clark flies out to the center fielder. Pat Bell strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Mike Long flies out to the center fielder. Milt Gardner singles to right field. Milt Gardner is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Hisato Nakajima strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 New York Bob Humphreys strikes out. Lorenzo Cugino strikes out. Gene Lockhart strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Bob Smith singles to left field. Hirokazu Furusawa grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Bob Smith is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Butch Strickland lays a bunt down the first base line. The first baseman fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. (SS covering 2nd). Butch Strickland steals second. Rube Goldberg throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Mike Mann grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 New York Paddy Cake grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Koji Hamashima walks. Junior Mintz strikes out. Koji Hamashima is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Jim Johnson strikes out. Ken Gubanich pops out to the first baseman. Mike Long flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 New York Rube Goldberg doubles to left field. Nick Clark strikes out. Pat Bell reached on a 2-base throwing error by Bob Smith. Rube Goldberg scores. Bob Humphreys grounds out to the second baseman. Pat Bell advances to third on the play. Lorenzo Cugino grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Milt Gardner flies out to the right fielder. Hisato Nakajima strikes out. Bob Smith walks. Hirokazu Furusawa strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 New York Gene Lockhart flies out to the right fielder. Paddy Cake singles to right field. Koji Hamashima walks. Junior Mintz walks. Rube Goldberg flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Paddy Cake scores. Nick Clark strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Butch Strickland flies out to the center fielder. Mike Mann pops out to the shortstop. Jim Johnson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 New York Pat Bell singles to right field. Bob Humphreys lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Lorenzo Cugino singles to right field. Pat Bell scores. Gene Lockhart doubles to right field. Lorenzo Cugino uses his aggressiveness and scores. Paddy Cake pops out to the shortstop. Koji Hamashima pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Ken Gubanich singles to left field. Mike Long flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Milt Gardner grounds out to the third baseman. Ken Gubanich advances to second on the play. Hisato Nakajima flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 New York Michael Billiard comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Junior Mintz strikes out. Rube Goldberg strikes out. Nick Clark flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Bob Smith flies out to the center fielder. Hirokazu Furusawa flies out to the center fielder. Chad Boswell is pinch hitting for Michael Billiard. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Chad Boswell flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 New York Henry Brumfield pitching. Pat Bell singles to right field. Bob Humphreys pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Lorenzo Cugino hits a home run. Pat Bell scores. Gene Lockhart flies out to the center fielder. Paddy Cake walks. Paddy Cake steals second. Koji Hamashima walks. Junior Mintz singles to center field. Paddy Cake scores. Koji Hamashima advances to third on the hit. Rube Goldberg grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Mike Mann hits a home run. Joe Ludwig is pinch hitting for Jim Johnson. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Joe Ludwig triples. Ken Gubanich strikes out. Rene Rhoden is pinch hitting for Mike Long. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Rene Rhoden strikes out. Chuck Huntz is pinch hitting for Milt Gardner. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Chuck Huntz strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 New York total runners LOB: 7 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 4
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Jeff James improves in contact_vs_righty Healthless Tatterman improves in arm Lance Tompkins improves in velocity Izzy Hokey did not respond to coaching in velocity Frank Blank did not respond to coaching in control Kirby Anderson did not respond to coaching in control Jeff James did not respond to coaching in 3B
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Walt Valdez did not respond to coaching in control Oreste Hayden did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Bob McCauley did not respond to coaching in control Oreste Hayden did not respond to coaching in range Sean Lund did not respond to coaching in endurance Mark Asadoor did not respond to coaching in endurance Doc Justice did not respond to coaching in 2B