Inning: 1 New York John Reed pitching. Dennis Kessler pops out to the second baseman. Danny Dyer flies out to the right fielder. Jim Martin doubles to right field. Bob Chesbro flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Shunji Sakai pitching. Matt Davis strikes out. Yenier Ortiz lines out to the third baseman. Al Randall grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 New York Red Crider lines out to the pitcher. John Ewing flies out to the right fielder. Bob Dudra strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Yoshio Ishida flies out to the right fielder. Pete Nichols doubles to left field. Gus Eichhorn flies out to the center fielder. Hideyuki Sakaguchi flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 New York Dave Gates grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Shunji Sakai strikes out. Dennis Kessler singles to center field. Danny Dyer flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Pat Matuzak strikes out. John Reed grounds out to the shortstop. Matt Davis singles to left field. Yenier Ortiz strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 New York Jim Martin flies out to the right fielder. Bob Chesbro flies out to the center fielder. Red Crider lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Al Randall hits a home run. Yoshio Ishida doubles to center field. Pete Nichols singles to right field. Yoshio Ishida is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Gus Eichhorn reached on a 2-base throwing error by Jim Martin. Hideyuki Sakaguchi strikes out. Pat Matuzak strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 New York John Ewing reached on a 2-base fielding error by Al Randall. Bob Dudra walks. Dave Gates flies out to the center fielder. Shunji Sakai lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Dennis Kessler grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh John Reed grounds out to the shortstop. Matt Davis singles to right field. Yenier Ortiz singles to center field. Al Randall hits a home run. Matt Davis scores. Yenier Ortiz scores. Yoshio Ishida singles to left field. Pete Nichols singles to center field. Gus Eichhorn flies out to the left fielder. Hideyuki Sakaguchi singles to left field. Yoshio Ishida scores. Pete Nichols advances to third on the hit. Tim Merritt comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pat Matuzak reached on a 2-base throwing error by Jim Martin. Pete Nichols scores. John Reed grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 New York Danny Dyer lines out to the third baseman. Jim Martin grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Chesbro pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Matt Davis doubles to right field. Yenier Ortiz flies out to the left fielder. Al Randall walks. Yoshio Ishida lines out to the second baseman. Pete Nichols doubles to right field. Matt Davis scores. Al Randall uses his aggressiveness and scores. Gus Eichhorn strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 New York Red Crider grounds out to the third baseman. John Ewing strikes out. Bob Dudra grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Hideyuki Sakaguchi singles to center field. Pat Matuzak strikes out. John Reed fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. John Reed singles to center field. Hideyuki Sakaguchi advances to third on the hit. Matt Davis singles to left field. Hideyuki Sakaguchi scores. John Reed advances to third on the hit. Matt Davis is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Yenier Ortiz grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 New York Fred Krause is pinch hitting for Dave Gates. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Fred Krause grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tom Berryhill is pinch hitting for Tim Merritt. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Tom Berryhill grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dennis Kessler walks. Terry Polli comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Glenn Martin is pinch hitting for Danny Dyer. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Glenn Martin strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh George Hickey pitching. Al Randall strikes out. Yoshio Ishida grounds out to the shortstop. Pete Nichols grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 New York Steve Smith is pinch hitting for Jim Martin. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Steve Smith walks. Bob Chesbro grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Steve Smith is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Red Crider singles to right field. Bob Chesbro advances to third on the hit. John Ewing triples. Bob Chesbro scores. Red Crider scores. Kenichi Ariyoshi comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bob Dudra flies out to the center fielder. Fred Krause singles to left field. John Ewing scores. Ben Buice is pinch hitting for George Hickey. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ben Buice grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 New York total runners left on base: 6 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 8
Batting:2B - Matt Davis (29), Yoshio Ishida (26), Pete Nichols 2 (27).HR - Al Randall 2 (12). Baserunning: CS - Matt Davis (17). Fielding: E - Al Randall.
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Frank Cadaret did not respond to coaching in control Ramon McGill improves in power_vs_righty Al Quirk improves in control Al Quirk did not respond to coaching in control Ramon Powell improves in contact_vs_righty Hal Naleway improves in power_vs_righty
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Jim Stricklett did not respond to coaching in control Will Toca did not respond to coaching in range Bruce Guinn improves in arm Todd Kelly did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Danny Tidrow improves in contact_vs_lefty Mickey DeMiller improves in range