Win: Pat Valera (1-7) Loss: Balor Sullivan (5-4)
Save: Red Wright (8)
Inning: 1 Montreal Pat Valera pitching. Arthur Murray strikes out. Bronson Hall grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jose Welch singles in front of the right fielder. Al Dinges strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Balor Sullivan pitching. Charley Hickman grounds out to the third baseman. Brian Starrette doubles to left field. Brian Smith singles to center field. Brian Starrette scores. Dennis Carrasco singles past the first baseman. Scott Crooke flies out to the center fielder. Carl Simpson strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Montreal Larry Frailing strikes out. Lou Heath grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Bankston singles to left field. Michael Patton grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Rich Acker singles to left field. Specs Jefferson lines out to the second baseman. Pat Valera fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Pat Valera strikes out. Charley Hickman grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Rich Acker is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Montreal Balor Sullivan strikes out. Arthur Murray flies out to the right fielder. Bronson Hall pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Brian Starrette strikes out. Brian Smith walks. Dennis Carrasco flies out to the center fielder. Scott Crooke singles to center field. Brian Smith advances to third on the hit. Carl Simpson singles to right field. Brian Smith scores. Rich Acker walks. Specs Jefferson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Montreal Jose Welch grounds out to the pitcher. Al Dinges walks. Larry Frailing strikes out. Lou Heath grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Pat Valera flies out to the left fielder. Charley Hickman flies out to the center fielder. Brian Starrette strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Montreal Bob Bankston strikes out. Michael Patton grounds out to the third baseman. Balor Sullivan flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Brian Smith walks. Dennis Carrasco strikes out. Scott Crooke flies out to the right fielder. Carl Simpson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Montreal Arthur Murray flies out to the center fielder. Bronson Hall flies out to the left fielder. Jose Welch grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Rich Acker grounds out to the second baseman. Specs Jefferson pops out to the first baseman. Osvaldo La_O is pinch hitting for Pat Valera. 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. Osvaldo La_O grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Montreal Red Wright pitching. Al Dinges grounds out to the pitcher. Larry Frailing grounds out to the second baseman. Lou Heath flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Charley Hickman walks. Brian Starrette strikes out. Brian Smith flies out to the center fielder. Dennis Carrasco strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Montreal Bob Bankston grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Michael Patton grounds out to the third baseman. Balor Sullivan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Scott Crooke walks. Carl Simpson reached on a fielding error by Balor Sullivan. Rich Acker singles to right field. Danny Secrist 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 3rd. Specs Jefferson strikes out. Red Wright walks. Scott Crooke scores. Charley Hickman doubles to left field. Carl Simpson scores. Rich Acker scores. Red Wright uses his aggressiveness and scores. Brian Starrette strikes out. Brian Smith reached on a 2-base throwing error by Danny Secrist. Charley Hickman scores. Dennis Carrasco grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Montreal Nomar Corina is pinch hitting for Arthur Murray. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Nomar Corina grounds out to the shortstop. Bronson Hall flies out to the right fielder. Jose Welch walks. Al Dinges singles to center field. Jose Welch advances to third on the hit. Larry Frailing flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Montreal total runners left on base: 5 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 9
Montreal Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jamie Cihocki did not respond to coaching in control Ed Helton improves in range John Terrell did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Ed Helton improves in power_vs_righty Shaun Robinson did not respond to coaching in 2B
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Ron Minchey improves in contact_vs_righty Randy Mitchell did not respond to coaching in endurance Paul Turner improves in velocity Glenn Nicholls did not respond to coaching in velocity Jim Moreno did not respond to coaching in 1B