Win: Dennis Blosser (13-6) Loss: Hal Beecher (5-13)
Save: Orlando Doyle (23)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Dennis Blosser pitching. Al Randall grounds out to the second baseman. Pat Matuzak grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Baecht doubles to right field. Pete Nichols singles past the second baseman. Joe Baecht scores. Pete Nichols steals second. Yenier Ortiz flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 San Diego Hal Beecher pitching. Buck Thomas flies out to the left fielder. Bombo Kinzy grounds out to the second baseman. Chick McKee walks. March Greer reached on a 2-base throwing error by Pete Nichols. Fernando Minoso strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Luis Gerhardt grounds out to the second baseman. Gus Eichhorn doubles to right field. Tom Hayes strikes out. Hal Beecher singles to left field. Gus Eichhorn scores. Al Randall strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 San Diego Medric MacDonald grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Jacobs singles to left field. Bernie Ford grounds out to the shortstop. Ed Jacobs advances to second on the play. Dennis Blosser grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Pat Matuzak grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Baecht flies out to the right fielder. Pete Nichols pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 San Diego Buck Thomas flies out to the left fielder. Bombo Kinzy singles to right field. Chick McKee flies out to the right fielder. March Greer grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Bombo Kinzy is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Yenier Ortiz grounds out to the shortstop. Luis Gerhardt strikes out. Gus Eichhorn singles to left field. Gus Eichhorn is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 San Diego Fernando Minoso pops out to the shortstop. Medric MacDonald doubles to left field. Ed Jacobs flies out to the center fielder. Bernie Ford pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Tom Hayes grounds out to the third baseman. Hal Beecher grounds out to the third baseman. Al Randall pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 San Diego Dennis Blosser grounds out to the third baseman. Buck Thomas grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bombo Kinzy strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Pat Matuzak grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Baecht singles to right field. Pete Nichols strikes out. Yenier Ortiz walks. Luis Gerhardt grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 San Diego Chick McKee doubles to center field. March Greer doubles to right field. Chick McKee scores. Fernando Minoso grounds out to the second baseman. March Greer advances to third on the play. Medric MacDonald grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! March Greer scores. Ed Jacobs strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Gus Eichhorn flies out to the center fielder. Tom Hayes flies out to the right fielder. Hal Beecher flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 San Diego Bernie Ford strikes out. Dennis Blosser singles to left field. Buck Thomas singles to center field. Dennis Blosser advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the corners in. Bombo Kinzy doubles to left field. Dennis Blosser scores. Chick McKee walks. March Greer hits a home run. Buck Thomas scores. Bombo Kinzy scores. Chick McKee scores. Bob Wheeler comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Fernando Minoso grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Medric MacDonald grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Al Randall grounds out to the pitcher. Pat Matuzak walks. Joe Baecht grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Pat Matuzak is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Pete Nichols doubles to left field. Joe Baecht uses his aggressiveness and scores. Koji Iwata 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. Yenier Ortiz strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 San Diego Ed Jacobs flies out to the left fielder. Bernie Ford lines out to the first baseman. Brent Aspromonte is pinch hitting for Koji Iwata. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Brent Aspromonte hits a home run. Buck Thomas grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Bunny Schattinger pitching. Luis Gerhardt singles past the second baseman. Gus Eichhorn walks. Tom Hayes singles to center field. Luis Gerhardt scores. Gus Eichhorn advances to third on the hit. Orlando Doyle comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Ed Culler is pinch hitting for Bob Wheeler. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ed Culler grounds out to the pitcher. Tom Hayes advances to second on the play. Al Randall strikes out. Pat Matuzak strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 7 San Diego total runners left on base: 5
Game Notes Bunny Schattinger is injured and is expected to be out 30 days.
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jim Stricklett did not respond to coaching in velocity Bob Dunlap improves in arm Martin Smith did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Yoshio Ishida did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Jose Abbott improves in range Benj Torres improves in control Jose Abbott did not respond to coaching in 2B
San Diego Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Dick Nagy did not respond to coaching in velocity Frank Cho improves in power_vs_righty John Burnitz did not respond to coaching in speed German Small did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Frank Cho improves in power_vs_righty Frank Bass improves in speed Doug Lindsey did not respond to coaching in RF