Win: Jeff Czajkowski (3-3) Loss: Fred Hinton (1-7)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Fred Hinton pitching. Vern Hall flies out to the left fielder. Eloy Jimenez flies out to the left fielder. Dan Deininger flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Brooklyn Jeff Czajkowski pitching. Robby Ritter grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Joe Hinzo pops out to the third baseman. George Minor grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Saquon Smiley strikes out. Joe Jones strikes out. Sammy Cisco grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Brooklyn Hal Miller singles to center field. Reggie Evans grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Hal Miller is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Leo Kinney grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Jason Donahue singles to center field. Carlos Guerrero flies out to the center fielder. Jeff Czajkowski fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Jeff Czajkowski grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Jason Donahue is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Vern Hall walks. Eloy Jimenez grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Brooklyn Yasmany Varona grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Andy Crane grounds out to the second baseman. Fred Hinton pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Dan Deininger singles to center field. Saquon Smiley grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Dan Deininger is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Joe Jones walks. Sammy Cisco doubles to right field. Saquon Smiley scores. Joe Jones is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Jason Donahue singles to left field. Sammy Cisco scores. Carlos Guerrero strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Brooklyn Robby Ritter flies out to the right fielder. Joe Hinzo singles to left field. George Minor grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Jeff Czajkowski strikes out. Vern Hall grounds out to the shortstop. Eloy Jimenez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Brooklyn Hal Miller singles to left field. Reggie Evans grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Hal Miller is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Leo Kinney flies out to the center fielder. Yasmany Varona singles to center field. Andy Crane grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Dan Deininger grounds out to the second baseman. Saquon Smiley singles to center field. Joe Jones singles to center field. Sammy Cisco singles to center field. Saquon Smiley uses his aggressiveness and scores. Jason Donahue flies out to the center fielder. Rusty Charlton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Carlos Guerrero grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Sammy Cisco is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Brooklyn Rusty Charlton flies out to the left fielder. Robby Ritter grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Hinzo strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Jeff Czajkowski pops out to the second baseman. Vern Hall flies out to the center fielder. Eloy Jimenez grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Brooklyn George Minor grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Hal Miller strikes out. Reggie Evans grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Dan Deininger strikes out. Saquon Smiley walks. Joe Jones singles to center field. Saquon Smiley advances to third on the hit. Sammy Cisco grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Brooklyn Luis Buxton enters the game as a defensive replacement for Dan Deininger at 1B. Leo Kinney strikes out. Victor Salvatore is pinch hitting for Yasmany Varona. Victor Salvatore flies out to the center fielder. Carl Myers is pinch hitting for Andy Crane. Carl Myers flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Mel Byrd enters the game as a defensive replacement for Victor Salvatore at 2B. Jason Donahue pops out to the shortstop. Carlos Guerrero singles to left field. Jeff Czajkowski lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Vern Hall doubles past the third baseman. Carlos Guerrero scores. Eloy Jimenez singles to left field. Vern Hall scores. Luis Buxton singles to center field. Eloy Jimenez advances to third on the hit. Saquon Smiley singles to center field. Eloy Jimenez scores. Joe Jones grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Saquon Smiley is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Brooklyn Joe Hudgens is pinch hitting for Rusty Charlton. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Joe Hudgens flies out to the center fielder. Robby Ritter flies out to the right fielder. Joe Hinzo strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 8 Brooklyn total runners LOB: 2
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bill Cairncross did not respond to coaching in control Rap Dixon improves in power_vs_lefty George Bowling did not respond to coaching in velocity Eric McCarver improves in control Rap Dixon did not respond to coaching in 1B
Brooklyn Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Jack Romano did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Hugh Ciola did not respond to coaching in speed Steve Easterwood did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Johnny Nash did not respond to coaching in control