Win: Mark Palacios (1-1) Loss: Aubrey Riddle (1-12)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Aubrey Riddle pitching. Luke Sheely walks. Jim Smith grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Luke Sheely is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Adam Fisher flies out to the left fielder. Johnny Hart strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Arizona Mark Palacios pitching. Jim Rettig strikes out. Bill Snodgrass flies out to the center fielder. Albie Murray flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Nobuhiko Mizutani grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Huson singles to center field. Mike Watson doubles to center field. Buck Lipscomb grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Huson scores. Mike Watson advances to third on the play. Mark Palacios walks. Luke Sheely strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Arizona Oscar Kester singles past the shortstop. Oscar Kester steals second. Tripp Lopat flies out to the left fielder. Lew George lines out to the first baseman. Jud Sowders flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Jim Smith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Adam Fisher grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Johnny Hart flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Arizona Winston Santana strikes out. Aubrey Riddle grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jim Rettig grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Nobuhiko Mizutani walks. Frank Huson strikes out. Mike Watson strikes out. Buck Lipscomb flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Arizona Bill Snodgrass grounds out to the shortstop. Albie Murray flies out to the center fielder. Oscar Kester strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Mark Palacios flies out to the left fielder. Luke Sheely strikes out. Jim Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Arizona Tripp Lopat walks. Tripp Lopat is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Lew George grounds out to the pitcher. Jud Sowders grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Adam Fisher strikes out. Johnny Hart strikes out. Nobuhiko Mizutani doubles to left field. Frank Huson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Arizona Winston Santana walks. Rip Bonilla is pinch hitting for Aubrey Riddle. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Rip Bonilla grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Jim Rettig singles to center field. Jim Rettig is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Red Daley pitching. Mike Watson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Buck Lipscomb doubles to right field. Mark Palacios strikes out. Luke Sheely triples. Buck Lipscomb scores. Jim Smith walks. Adam Fisher walks. Johnny Hart reached on a 2-base fielding error by Albie Murray. Luke Sheely scores. Jim Smith scores. Nobuhiko Mizutani is hit by a pitch. Aaron Gremp comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Frank Huson singles to left field. Adam Fisher scores. Johnny Hart scores. Nobuhiko Mizutani advances to third on the hit. Mike Watson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Arizona Bill Snodgrass grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Albie Murray walks. Oscar Kester singles to center field. Albie Murray advances to third on the hit. Tripp Lopat doubles to left field. Albie Murray scores. Oscar Kester uses his aggressiveness and scores. Medric Fulmer comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Passed ball. Tripp Lopat advances to third. Lew George singles to right field. Tripp Lopat scores. Jud Sowders flies out to the right fielder. Lew George gets picked off first. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Buck Lipscomb grounds out to the pitcher. Paul Juul is pinch hitting for Medric Fulmer. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 5 inning. Paul Juul singles to right field. Luke Sheely walks. Jim Smith singles to left field. Paul Juul scores. Luke Sheely advances to third on the hit. Adam Fisher walks. Fred Hopp comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Johnny Hart flies out to the center fielder. Nobuhiko Mizutani grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Arizona Bill Mullin pitching. Winston Santana lines out to the third baseman. Nick Rhines is pinch hitting for Fred Hopp. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 5 inning. Nick Rhines strikes out. Jim Rettig strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Cactus Webber pitching. Frank Huson grounds out to the pitcher. Mike Watson grounds out to the shortstop. Buck Lipscomb strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Arizona Bill Snodgrass strikes out. Albie Murray grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Oscar Kester grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 10 Arizona total runners LOB: 1
Game Notes Nobuhiko Mizutani is injured and is expected to be out 11 days.
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Randy Barnes improves in speed Rick James did not respond to coaching in control Danny McDonald improves in power_vs_lefty Bill Kolstad improves in power_vs_righty
Arizona Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Brian Fulghum did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Tom Dunn did not respond to coaching in endurance Horacio Lolich did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Casey Fisk did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty