Win: Mike Arnold (6-15) Loss: Hughie Cardona (6-5)
Save: Babe York (25)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Al Cipriani pitching. D.T. Thomas hits a home run. Rudy Stephenson reached on a fielding error by Bob Buhner. Benny Cruz strikes out. Jim Glover doubles to center field. Rudy Stephenson uses his aggressiveness and scores. Jerry Peterson flies out to the left fielder. Bill Hernandez reached on a 2-base throwing error by Jay Kieschnick. Jim Glover scores. Bob Baker grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 New York Mike Arnold pitching. Ike Cristall doubles to right field. Bob Buhner singles to right field. Ike Cristall is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Rico Lopez flies out to the center fielder. Steamboat Demery walks. Chuck Leverett strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Dave McFadden strikes out. Mike Arnold strikes out. D.T. Thomas singles to left field. Rudy Stephenson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 New York Jay Kieschnick grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Kingman grounds out to the shortstop. Darrell Kilgus singles to center field. Al Cipriani singles to center field. Ike Cristall strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Benny Cruz triples. Jim Glover singles to left field. Benny Cruz scores. Jerry Peterson grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Bill Hernandez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 New York Bob Buhner pops out to the third baseman. Rico Lopez strikes out. Steamboat Demery grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Bob Baker lines out to the first baseman. Dave McFadden flies out to the center fielder. Mike Arnold strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 New York Chuck Leverett flies out to the center fielder. Jay Kieschnick doubles to right field. Mike Kingman walks. Darrell Kilgus walks. Al Cipriani strikes out. Ike Cristall singles to left field. Jay Kieschnick scores. Mike Kingman scores. Darrell Kilgus is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh D.T. Thomas pops out to the catcher. Rudy Stephenson grounds out to the pitcher. Benny Cruz flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 New York Bob Buhner flies out to the right fielder. Rico Lopez hits a home run. Steamboat Demery singles to left field. Chuck Leverett grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Steamboat Demery is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jay Kieschnick hits a home run. Chuck Leverett scores. Mike Kingman grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Jim Glover grounds out to the pitcher. Jerry Peterson flies out to the left fielder. Bill Hernandez flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 New York Darrell Kilgus grounds out to the second baseman. Al Cipriani pops out to the third baseman. Ike Cristall doubles to left field. Bob Buhner flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Bob Baker singles to left field. Hughie Cardona 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 1st. Dave McFadden strikes out. Jim McNeely is pinch hitting for Mike Arnold. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Bob Baker steals second. Jim McNeely hits a home run. Bob Baker scores. D.T. Thomas singles to right field. Rudy Stephenson reached on a fielding error by Bob Buhner. Benny Cruz flies out to the center fielder. Jim Glover flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 New York Joe Marion pitching. Rico Lopez doubles to center field. Steamboat Demery walks. Chuck Leverett strikes out. Jay Kieschnick grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rico Lopez advances to third on the play. Steamboat Demery advances to second on the play. Mike Kingman strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Jerry Peterson strikes out. Bill Hernandez hits a home run. Scott Taylor comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bob Baker flies out to the right fielder. Dave McFadden grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 New York Darrell Kilgus flies out to the right fielder. Bruno Clemensen is pinch hitting for Scott Taylor. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bruno Clemensen walks. Ike Cristall grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Joe Keerl pitching. Jeff Quintana is pinch hitting for Joe Marion. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jeff Quintana walks. D.T. Thomas strikes out. Rudy Stephenson singles to center field. Jeff Quintana advances to third on the hit. Benny Cruz flies out to the left fielder. Jim Glover singles to center field. Jeff Quintana scores. Rudy Stephenson advances to third on the hit. Jerry Peterson grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 New York Babe York pitching. Bob Buhner doubles to center field. Rico Lopez singles to right field. Bob Buhner scores. Steamboat Demery grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Chuck Leverett strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 6 New York total runners LOB: 8
Batting:2B - Jim Glover (20).3B - Benny Cruz (5).HR - D.T. Thomas (14), Bill Hernandez (6), Jim McNeely (12).GIDP - Jerry Peterson. Baserunning: SB - Bob Baker (1).
Batting:2B - Ike Cristall 2 (19), Bob Buhner (27), Rico Lopez (26), Jay Kieschnick (18).HR - Rico Lopez (17), Jay Kieschnick (19).GIDP - Ike Cristall, Steamboat Demery. Fielding: E - Bob Buhner 2, Jay Kieschnick.
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Vince Van Poppel did not respond to coaching in speed Jeff Jones did not respond to coaching in range Bunny Nettles improves in power_vs_righty Greg Cross improves in power_vs_righty Greg Cross improves in arm Phil Hutton improves in contact_vs_righty Will Weid did not respond to coaching in 3B
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Tony Brill did not respond to coaching in speed Steve Cissell improves in contact_vs_lefty Bruno Pawelek improves in range Lee Wheeler did not respond to coaching in arm Bruno Pawelek did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Mike Hawes did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty