Win: Elder Gonzales (3-4) Loss: Lefty Smith (2-16)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Lefty Smith pitching. Neil Sullivan grounds out to the catcher. Clarence Rosenberg hits a home run. July Cuellar strikes out. Ernie Williams grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Brooklyn Elder Gonzales pitching. Speed Zachary pops out to the first baseman. Keiichi Nakazawa strikes out. Yovanny Howard grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Joe Putman pops out to the third baseman. Luis Carl flies out to the center fielder. Bill Wheeler lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Brooklyn Alejandro Gavilan grounds out to the second baseman. Jimmy Felton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Stu Routcliffe singles to center field. Yutaka Yamashita flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Doug Stanage pops out to the shortstop. Elder Gonzales reached on a fielding error by Alejandro Gavilan. Neil Sullivan walks. Clarence Rosenberg flies out to the right fielder. July Cuellar triples. Elder Gonzales scores. Neil Sullivan scores. Ernie Williams grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Brooklyn Pete Grimes singles to left field. Lefty Smith fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Lefty Smith strikes out. Speed Zachary grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Pete Grimes is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Speed Zachary steals second. Keiichi Nakazawa flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Joe Putman flies out to the right fielder. Luis Carl grounds out to the pitcher. Bill Wheeler singles past the shortstop. Doug Stanage singles to center field. Elder Gonzales walks. Neil Sullivan singles past the shortstop. Bill Wheeler scores. Doug Stanage scores. Elder Gonzales advances to third on the hit. Clarence Rosenberg hits an infield single to the shortstop. Elder Gonzales scores. July Cuellar singles past the third baseman. Neil Sullivan scores. Clarence Rosenberg advances to third on the hit. Ernie Williams grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Brooklyn Yovanny Howard strikes out. Alejandro Gavilan singles to center field. Jimmy Felton flies out to the center fielder. Stu Routcliffe pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Joe Putman pops out to the second baseman. Luis Carl strikes out. Bill Wheeler strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Brooklyn Yutaka Yamashita flies out to the center fielder. Pete Grimes strikes out. Lefty Smith flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Doug Stanage walks. Elder Gonzales lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. (SS covering 2nd). Neil Sullivan grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Elder Gonzales is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Clarence Rosenberg singles to left field. Neil Sullivan advances to third on the hit. July Cuellar walks. Ernie Williams pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Brooklyn Speed Zachary strikes out. Keiichi Nakazawa pops out to the second baseman. Yovanny Howard walks. Alejandro Gavilan grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Yovanny Howard is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Joe Putman doubles to right field. Luis Carl pops out to the second baseman. Bill Wheeler grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Putman advances to third on the play. Doug Stanage flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Brooklyn Jimmy Felton grounds out to the second baseman. Stu Routcliffe doubles to center field. Yutaka Yamashita walks. Sam Fernandez is pinch hitting for Pete Grimes. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Sam Fernandez flies out to the left fielder. Lefty Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Sam Schwenck is pinch hitting for Elder Gonzales. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Sam Schwenck doubles to center field. Neil Sullivan singles past the first baseman. Clarence Rosenberg flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Sam Schwenck scores. July Cuellar bunts for a base hit. Ernie Williams doubles to right field. Neil Sullivan scores. July Cuellar is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Joe Putman strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Brooklyn Art Vidro pitching. Lep Darr is pinch hitting for Speed Zachary. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Lep Darr singles past the second baseman. Torey Reisigl is pinch hitting for Keiichi Nakazawa. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Torey Reisigl hits a home run. Lep Darr scores. Yovanny Howard walks. Alejandro Gavilan singles past the second baseman. Jimmy Felton grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Yovanny Howard advances to third on the play. Stu Routcliffe strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Luis Carl grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Wheeler singles to left field. Doug Stanage walks. Takehiko Nagai is pinch hitting for Art Vidro. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Takehiko Nagai doubles to center field. Bill Wheeler scores. Skip Kirkpatrick comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is pulled because he is getting hammered (Starting pitcher has given up 8 or more earned runs, he is tired, and the team is losing by more than 5 runs). Neil Sullivan walks. Clarence Rosenberg flies out to the center fielder. July Cuellar flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Brooklyn Rich Walker pitching. Yutaka Yamashita flies out to the left fielder. Sam Fernandez flies out to the right fielder. Magdiel Brito is pinch hitting for Skip Kirkpatrick. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Magdiel Brito grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 11 Brooklyn total runners LOB: 7
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Alex Frobel did not respond to coaching in endurance Herbert Strobel improves in power_vs_lefty Steve Lopata did not respond to coaching in range Steve Lopata did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty
Brooklyn Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: A+ RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ernie Corriden did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Gates Flores did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Rube Hock did not respond to coaching in control Frank Alexander did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty