Win: Fred Blankenship (9-9) Loss: Cleo Patra (8-9)
Save: Ron Mercker (4)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Cleo Patra pitching. Bill Beltre strikes out. Bill Walsh strikes out. Dean Kuzava grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Brooklyn Fred Blankenship pitching. Marty Hobbs singles to left field. Bob Odom singles to right field. Rick Llenas strikes out. Howard Currie grounds into a 1-6-3 double play - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Diego Perkins grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Corey pops out to the first baseman. Babe Jefferson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Brooklyn Joe Pillion grounds out to the second baseman. Rusty Perez singles to center field. Buddy Weiser singles to center field. Rusty Perez advances to third on the hit. Osdanis Gavilan strikes out. Cleo Patra flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Dick Lynch strikes out. Stan Sharrott grounds out to the catcher. Fred Blankenship doubles to center field. Bill Beltre flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Brooklyn Marty Hobbs grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Odom pops out to the first baseman. Rick Llenas grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Bill Walsh flies out to the center fielder. Dean Kuzava flies out to the center fielder. Diego Perkins grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Brooklyn Howard Currie strikes out. Joe Pillion grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Rusty Perez grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Bill Corey flies out to the right fielder. Babe Jefferson doubles to center field. Dick Lynch doubles to left field. Babe Jefferson scores. Stan Sharrott flies out to the center fielder. Fred Blankenship strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Brooklyn Buddy Weiser singles to left field. Osdanis Gavilan pops out to the pitcher. Cleo Patra fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Cleo Patra grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Bill Beltre walks. Bill Walsh pops out to the shortstop. Dean Kuzava walks. Diego Perkins flies out to the right fielder. Bill Corey singles to right field. Bill Beltre scores. Dean Kuzava advances to third on the hit. Babe Jefferson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Brooklyn Marty Hobbs strikes out. Bob Odom grounds out to the shortstop. Rick Llenas strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Dick Lynch strikes out. Stan Sharrott strikes out. Fred Blankenship singles to left field. Bill Beltre grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Fred Blankenship is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Brooklyn Howard Currie grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Pillion singles to left field. Rusty Perez flies out to the right fielder. Buddy Weiser pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Bill Walsh doubles to center field. Dean Kuzava strikes out. Diego Perkins grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Walsh advances to third on the play. Bill Corey grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Brooklyn Osdanis Gavilan pops out to the pitcher. Bob Cullen is pinch hitting for Cleo Patra. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Bob Cullen flies out to the center fielder. Marty Hobbs walks. Bob Odom strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh D.T. Decatur pitching. Babe Jefferson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dick Lynch hits a home run. Angel Hare comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Stan Sharrott grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Salkeld is pinch hitting for Fred Blankenship. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Mike Salkeld doubles to right field. Bill Beltre strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Brooklyn Mike Baldschun pitching. Rick Llenas singles to right field. Howard Currie triples. Rick Llenas scores. Joe Pillion singles to right field. Howard Currie scores. Ron Mercker comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rusty Perez singles past the shortstop. Joe Pillion advances to third on the hit. Buddy Weiser lines out to the second baseman. Osdanis Gavilan grounds out to the third baseman. Rusty Perez advances to second on the play. Mike Powell is pinch hitting for Angel Hare. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Mike Powell flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 7 Brooklyn total runners LOB: 7
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Chuck Theodore did not respond to coaching in range Dick Wolf improves in arm Mickey Bold did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Bill Vega improves in arm Jack Newhauser did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Dick Wolf did not respond to coaching in arm Mickey Bold did not respond to coaching in SS
Brooklyn Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Jack Ridgway improves in power_vs_lefty Mel Lynn-Ball improves in speed Lee Wolcott did not respond to coaching in control Jerry Tompkins did not respond to coaching in arm Matias Abbott did not respond to coaching in speed Don Ralston did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Mel Lynn-Ball did not respond to coaching in 2B