Win: Jeff Czajkowski (9-6) Loss: Stan Natrall (1-12)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Stan Natrall pitching. Vern Hall flies out to the center fielder. Eloy Jimenez flies out to the right fielder. Jose Acre strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Brooklyn Jeff Czajkowski pitching. Robby Ritter strikes out. Joe Hinzo strikes out. George Minor doubles to center field. Hal Miller grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Saquon Smiley singles to right field. Dan Deininger flies out to the center fielder. Joe Jones strikes out. Saquon Smiley gets picked off first. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Brooklyn Reggie Evans grounds out to the second baseman. Leo Kinney grounds out to the second baseman. Yasmany Varona strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Sammy Cisco flies out to the left fielder. Yoshiyuki Imai grounds out to the third baseman. Jeff Czajkowski singles to center field. Vern Hall flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Brooklyn Andy Crane triples. Stan Natrall strikes out. Robby Ritter strikes out. Joe Hinzo strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Eloy Jimenez singles to center field. Jose Acre doubles to center field. Eloy Jimenez uses his aggressiveness and scores. Saquon Smiley walks. Dan Deininger strikes out. Joe Jones strikes out. Sammy Cisco pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Brooklyn George Minor grounds out to the second baseman. Hal Miller grounds out to the second baseman. Reggie Evans strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Yoshiyuki Imai is hit by a pitch. 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 flies out to the center fielder. Eloy Jimenez hits a home run. Yoshiyuki Imai scores. Jose Acre lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Brooklyn Leo Kinney strikes out. Yasmany Varona flies out to the right fielder. Andy Crane lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Saquon Smiley pops out to the catcher. Dan Deininger doubles to left field. Rusty Charlton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Joe Jones grounds out to the shortstop. Sammy Cisco is hit by a pitch. Yoshiyuki Imai singles to right field. Dan Deininger scores. Jeff Czajkowski singles to right field. Sammy Cisco scores. Vern Hall grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Jeff Czajkowski is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Brooklyn Rusty Charlton flies out to the left fielder. Robby Ritter walks. Joe Hinzo grounds out to the pitcher. Robby Ritter advances to second on the play. George Minor strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Eloy Jimenez flies out to the center fielder. Jose Acre strikes out. Saquon Smiley reached on a fielding error by Andy Crane. Saquon Smiley steals second. Dan Deininger hits a home run. Saquon Smiley scores. Joe Jones grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Brooklyn Hal Miller grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Reggie Evans grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Leo Kinney singles to left field. Yasmany Varona grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Sammy Cisco grounds out to the shortstop. Yoshiyuki Imai singles to center field. Jeff Czajkowski lays down a bunt. He is safe at first. Runners advance. Vern Hall walks. Eloy Jimenez walks. Yoshiyuki Imai scores. Jose Acre grounds out to the shortstop. Jeff Czajkowski scores. Vern Hall advances to third on the play. Eloy Jimenez advances to second on the play. Saquon Smiley singles to right field. Vern Hall scores. Eloy Jimenez is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Brooklyn Andy Crane singles to center field. Rusty Charlton lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Robby Ritter strikes out. Joe Hinzo flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Dan Deininger singles to left field. Nellie Sembera is pinch hitting for Joe Jones. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Nellie Sembera strikes out. Sammy Cisco strikes out. Ed Davidson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Yoshiyuki Imai flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Brooklyn George Minor strikes out. Hal Miller strikes out. Reggie Evans grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 7 Brooklyn total runners LOB: 5
Game Notes George Minor is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Steve Harper improves in speed Roger Malkmus did not respond to coaching in control Esteban Guzman did not respond to coaching in speed Spoon Carter did not respond to coaching in velocity Jack Kavanagh did not respond to coaching in RF
Brooklyn Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Hugh Ciola improves in contact_vs_righty Bill Ake improves in range Harry McManus improves in power_vs_righty Terry Mauck improves in arm