Win: Crash Shaw (14-9) Loss: Randy Phillips (8-9)
Save: Jeff Fittery (37)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Randy Phillips pitching. Doug Whitfield singles to left field. Buck Perrin lines out to the pitcher. Adolfo Gallivan pops out to the second baseman. Jim Balaz singles to center field. Doug Whitfield advances to third on the hit. Joey Sierra pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Atlanta Crash Shaw pitching. Ed Krenchicki strikes out. Dusty Andrews flies out to the right fielder. Larry Friedrichs flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Yasmany Santoya singles to left field. Kiyoshi Sakurai walks. Mark Gerken strikes out. Crash Shaw lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Doug Whitfield strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Atlanta Jack Schell strikes out. Morris Mateo singles to center field. Carl Fridley strikes out. Shinji Tagi grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Morris Mateo is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Buck Perrin lines out to the third baseman. Adolfo Gallivan pops out to the catcher. Jim Balaz grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Atlanta Del Wedge hits an infield single to the shortstop. Randy Phillips fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Randy Phillips grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Del Wedge is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ed Krenchicki strikes out. Dusty Andrews strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Joey Sierra doubles to center field. Yasmany Santoya singles to left field. Joey Sierra scores. Kiyoshi Sakurai strikes out. Mark Gerken strikes out. Crash Shaw grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Yasmany Santoya is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Atlanta Larry Friedrichs strikes out. Jack Schell grounds out to the pitcher. Morris Mateo walks. Carl Fridley walks. Shinji Tagi flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Doug Whitfield doubles to center field. Buck Perrin strikes out. Adolfo Gallivan singles to center field. Doug Whitfield scores. Jim Balaz grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Adolfo Gallivan is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Joey Sierra pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Atlanta Del Wedge strikes out. Randy Phillips strikes out. Ed Krenchicki flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Yasmany Santoya singles to right field. Kiyoshi Sakurai grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Mark Gerken strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Atlanta Dusty Andrews singles to right field. Larry Friedrichs walks. Jack Schell strikes out. Morris Mateo grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Dusty Andrews is out at third base. Carl Fridley flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Crash Shaw singles to center field. Doug Whitfield strikes out. Buck Perrin grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Atlanta Shinji Tagi flies out to the right fielder. Del Wedge strikes out. Randy Phillips flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Adolfo Gallivan pops out to the third baseman. Harry McElyea comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Jim Balaz flies out to the center fielder. Joey Sierra doubles to right field. Yasmany Santoya walks. Kiyoshi Sakurai walks. Mark Gerken singles to left field. Joey Sierra scores. Crash Shaw strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Atlanta Ed Krenchicki singles to right field. Dusty Andrews strikes out. Larry Friedrichs singles to right field. Ed Krenchicki advances to third on the hit. Jack Schell grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Doug Whitfield singles to right field. Jason Hesketh comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Buck Perrin singles to left field. Doug Whitfield advances to third on the hit. Buck Perrin steals second. Adolfo Gallivan flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Doug Whitfield scores. Jim Balaz flies out to the left fielder. Joey Sierra lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Atlanta Morris Mateo strikes out. Carl Fridley pops out to the shortstop. Shinji Tagi singles to left field. Shinji Tagi steals second. Orval Watkins 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 2nd. Del Wedge reached on a 2-base fielding error by Yasmany Santoya. Shinji Tagi scores. Jeff Fittery comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Hal Koslofski is pinch hitting for Jason Hesketh. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Hal Koslofski flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 10 Atlanta total runners LOB: 8
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Clyde Green did not respond to coaching in control Bake Puleo did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Bake Puleo did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Tony Hendrick did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty
Atlanta Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Hank Wilkins did not respond to coaching in arm Mack Goldstein did not respond to coaching in arm Fred Timmons improves in contact_vs_righty Larry Snover did not respond to coaching in control