Win: Benj Torres (14-5) Loss: Dennis Blosser (16-9)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Dennis Blosser pitching. Yenier Ortiz flies out to the center fielder. Al Randall strikes out. Fred Pazik grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 San Diego Benj Torres pitching. Bombo Kinzy walks. Chick McKee strikes out. Bombo Kinzy is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Mike Lindeman flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Tom Jansen bunts for a base hit. Danny Tidrow grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Tom Jansen advances to second on the play. Hideyuki Sakaguchi strikes out. Jose Abbott walks. Luis Gerhardt strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 San Diego Ab Aragon grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! March Greer flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Fernando Minoso flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Benj Torres singles to right field. Yenier Ortiz strikes out. Al Randall singles to center field. Fred Pazik singles to right field. Tom Jansen strikes out. Danny Tidrow singles to right field. Benj Torres scores. Al Randall scores. Hideyuki Sakaguchi singles to right field. Fred Pazik scores. Jose Abbott singles to left field. Danny Tidrow uses his aggressiveness and scores. Hideyuki Sakaguchi advances to third on the hit. Luis Gerhardt pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 San Diego German Small grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Nick Linares singles to right field. Dennis Blosser pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Bombo Kinzy singles to left field. Nick Linares advances to third on the hit. Chick McKee strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Benj Torres flies out to the center fielder. Yenier Ortiz strikes out. Al Randall singles to center field. Fred Pazik hits a home run. Al Randall scores. Dick Nagy comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tom Jansen grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 San Diego Mike Lindeman walks. Ab Aragon strikes out. March Greer singles to right field. Mike Lindeman advances to third on the hit. Fernando Minoso pops out to the second baseman. German Small grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Danny Tidrow walks. Hideyuki Sakaguchi grounds out to the second baseman. Danny Tidrow advances to second on the play. Jose Abbott singles to left field. Danny Tidrow scores. Luis Gerhardt strikes out. Al Stargell comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Benj Torres grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 San Diego Nick Linares flies out to the right fielder. Al Stargell flies out to the center fielder. Bombo Kinzy grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Yenier Ortiz hits a home run. Al Randall reached on a fielding error by Nick Linares. Al Randall steals second. Fred Pazik grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Al Randall advances to third on the play. Tom Jansen bunts for a base hit. Al Randall scores. Danny Tidrow pops out to the second baseman. Tom Jansen steals second. Hideyuki Sakaguchi flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 San Diego Chick McKee flies out to the left fielder. Mike Lindeman strikes out. Ab Aragon flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Jose Abbott walks. Luis Gerhardt hits a home run. Jose Abbott scores. Benj Torres strikes out. Yenier Ortiz singles to right field. Yenier Ortiz steals second. Al Randall flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Fred Pazik flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 San Diego March Greer strikes out. Fernando Minoso grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). German Small hits an infield single to the pitcher. Nick Linares doubles to right field. Doug Lindsey is pinch hitting for Al Stargell. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Doug Lindsey grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Zack Rolen pitching. Tom Jansen singles to right field. Tom Jansen steals second. Danny Tidrow flies out to the left fielder. Hideyuki Sakaguchi singles to center field. Tom Jansen scores. Jose Abbott flies out to the left fielder. Luis Gerhardt flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 San Diego Jerry Petoskey 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. Bombo Kinzy flies out to the center fielder. Mark Ford is pinch hitting for Chick McKee. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Mark Ford singles to center field. Mike Lindeman grounds into a force play to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Mark Ford is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ab Aragon singles to center field. Mike Lindeman advances to third on the hit. March Greer pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Pete Nichols is pinch hitting for Jerry Petoskey. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Pete Nichols grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Yenier Ortiz grounds out to the shortstop. Al Randall strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 San Diego Donnie Leary pitching. Wally McCall is pinch hitting for Fernando Minoso. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Wally McCall triples. German Small lines out to the shortstop. Nick Linares grounds out to the second baseman. Wally McCall scores. Frank Bass is pinch hitting for Zack Rolen. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Frank Bass doubles to left field. Bombo Kinzy strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 8 San Diego total runners LOB: 9
Game Notes Mark Ford is injured and is expected to be out 33 days.
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jim Hathaway did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Bruce Guinn improves in arm Bill Vaughn improves in arm Todd Kelly improves in range Joe Hawley did not respond to coaching in velocity Bruce Guinn improves in power_vs_lefty Jim Hathaway did not respond to coaching in LF
San Diego Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Gary Jacobs improves in contact_vs_righty Jacob Raymond improves in contact_vs_lefty Homer Natal did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Chuck Dillman did not respond to coaching in speed Jimmy Dillon did not respond to coaching in velocity Jimmy Dillon did not respond to coaching in velocity