Win: Brian Valera (5-2) Loss: Lucas Farley (2-5)
Save: Tony Mottola (17)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Brian Valera pitching. Snake Estrella doubles to center field. Pat Springer strikes out. Jeff Etchison walks. Oscar Ujdur grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Philadelphia Lucas Farley pitching. Tony Stone strikes out. Vern Rakow doubles to right field. Red Konopka flies out to the left fielder. Mike Allen flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Bill Henley grounds out to the shortstop. Junior Milosevich singles to left field. Derrin Pickering singles to right field. Junior Milosevich advances to third on the hit. Tricky Childress strikes out. Lucas Farley strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Philadelphia Makoto Miyauchi strikes out. Satoshi Hara flies out to the center fielder. Thomas Perconte strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Snake Estrella grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Pat Springer singles to left field. Jeff Etchison bunts for a base hit. Oscar Ujdur flies out to the right fielder. Bill Henley strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Philadelphia Wilson Mullane flies out to the left fielder. Brian Valera walks. Tony Stone reached on a fielding error by Oscar Ujdur. Vern Rakow strikes out. Red Konopka strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Junior Milosevich strikes out. Derrin Pickering strikes out. Tricky Childress flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Philadelphia Mike Allen flies out to the right fielder. Makoto Miyauchi strikes out. Satoshi Hara triples. Thomas Perconte singles to center field. Satoshi Hara scores. Wilson Mullane walks. Brian Valera lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Lucas Farley flies out to the left fielder. Snake Estrella flies out to the left fielder. Pat Springer singles to center field. Jeff Etchison walks. Oscar Ujdur flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Philadelphia Tony Stone singles to right field. Vern Rakow singles to right field. Tony Stone advances to third on the hit. Red Konopka flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Tony Stone scores. Mike Allen grounds into a 5-4-3 double play - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Bill Henley pops out to the second baseman. Junior Milosevich walks. Derrin Pickering grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Philadelphia Makoto Miyauchi singles past the shortstop. Satoshi Hara grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Makoto Miyauchi advances to second on the play. Thomas Perconte strikes out. Wilson Mullane walks. Bill Werle is pinch hitting for Brian Valera. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Bill Werle grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Tomohiro Kikuchi pitching. Tricky Childress walks. Lucas Farley lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Snake Estrella strikes out. Pat Springer doubles to right field. Tricky Childress scores. Jeff Etchison singles to center field. Lou King comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mark Fleming is pinch running for Jeff Etchison on 1st base. Oscar Ujdur flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Philadelphia Bud McAfee enters the game as a defensive replacement for Mark Fleming at 1B. Tony Stone grounds out to the third baseman. Vern Rakow pops out to the second baseman. Red Konopka singles to left field. Mike Allen triples. Red Konopka scores. Makoto Miyauchi flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Bill Henley reached on a fielding error by Vern Rakow. Junior Milosevich grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Bill Henley advances to second on the play. Sidney Lundstedt is pinch hitting for Derrin Pickering. Sidney Lundstedt walks. Larry Embrey is pinch running for Sidney Lundstedt on 1st base. Tricky Childress flies out to the right fielder. Harvey Spalding is pinch hitting for Lucas Farley. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Harvey Spalding strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Philadelphia Kirk Adams pitching. Irv Austin enters the game as a defensive replacement for Larry Embrey at C. Satoshi Hara grounds out to the second baseman. Thomas Perconte grounds out to the second baseman. Wilson Mullane singles to left field. Ma`a Nonu is pinch hitting for Lou King. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Ma`a Nonu walks. Tony Stone grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Tony Mottola pitching. Snake Estrella grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Pat Springer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bud McAfee grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 11 Philadelphia total runners left on base: 10
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Paul Dreifort did not respond to coaching in control Chuck Bernal did not respond to coaching in velocity Jack Macwhorter did not respond to coaching in range Moises Dustal did not respond to coaching in arm Bill Blanco did not respond to coaching in 2B
Philadelphia Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Randy Taylor improves in velocity Yoshiaki Takimura did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Carlos Royster improves in power_vs_lefty Akitoshi Uno improves in speed