Inning: 1 Arizona Luke McCarty pitching. Rickie Wood walks. Hershey Smores singles to center field. Ross Hiatt grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Rickie Wood advances to third on the play. Howie Richards walks. Hal Buddie reached on a fielding error by Luke McCarty. Rickie Wood scores. Tom Linke pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Tom LaPoint pitching. Brad Jones walks. Keith Iarussi grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Brad Jones is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Randy Reiniger grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Arizona Andy Tillotson triples. Ken Buddin strikes out. Tom LaPoint strikes out. Rickie Wood singles to right field. Andy Tillotson scores. Hershey Smores pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Gene Betcher flies out to the center fielder. Fumihiro Harai doubles to right field. Pinch Lewis flies out to the center fielder. Buddy Andrew strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Arizona Ross Hiatt triples. Howie Richards grounds out to the second baseman. Ross Hiatt scores. Hal Buddie grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Tom Linke flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Al Pulsipher grounds out to the third baseman. Luke McCarty strikes out. Brad Jones doubles to center field. Keith Iarussi singles past the shortstop. Brad Jones scores. Randy Reiniger flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Arizona Andy Tillotson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ken Buddin singles to center field. Ken Buddin steals second. Tom LaPoint singles to left field. Ken Buddin scores. Rickie Wood singles to center field. Tom LaPoint is thrown out trying to advance to third by the center fielder. Rickie Wood is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Gene Betcher grounds out to the second baseman. Fumihiro Harai walks. Pinch Lewis grounds out to the shortstop. Fumihiro Harai advances to second on the play. Buddy Andrew grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Arizona Hershey Smores singles to right field. Ross Hiatt singles to right field. Howie Richards strikes out. Hal Buddie singles to center field. Hershey Smores uses his aggressiveness and scores. Tom Linke grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Al Pulsipher flies out to the center fielder. Luke McCarty grounds out to the shortstop. Brad Jones strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Arizona Andy Tillotson triples. Ken Buddin singles to center field. Andy Tillotson scores. Tom LaPoint pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Rickie Wood grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Keith Iarussi grounds out to the second baseman. Randy Reiniger reached on a 2-base throwing error by Andy Tillotson. Gene Betcher strikes out. Fumihiro Harai strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Arizona Dave Chiles comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Hershey Smores walks. Ross Hiatt singles to left field. Hershey Smores advances to third on the hit. Howie Richards pops out to the third baseman. Hal Buddie grounds out to the third baseman. Hershey Smores scores. Ross Hiatt advances to second on the play. Tom Linke flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Pinch Lewis grounds out to the shortstop. Buddy Andrew walks. Al Pulsipher walks. Sam Bagby is pinch hitting for Dave Chiles. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Sam Bagby triples. Buddy Andrew scores. Al Pulsipher scores. Brad Jones singles to center field. Sam Bagby scores. Windy Day comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Keith Iarussi flies out to the right fielder. Randy Reiniger strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Arizona Joey Lee pitching. Andy Tillotson singles to right field. Ken Buddin walks. John Latimer is pinch hitting for Windy Day. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Andy Tillotson steals third. Ken Buddin is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). John Latimer triples. Andy Tillotson scores. Rickie Wood grounds out to the third baseman. John Latimer scores. Hershey Smores grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Leif Rettferdighet pitching. Gene Betcher walks. Fumihiro Harai strikes out. Pinch Lewis strikes out. Buddy Andrew grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Gene Betcher is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Arizona Doc Moseby comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ross Hiatt flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Howie Richards singles to right field. Hal Buddie singles to left field. Howie Richards advances to third on the hit. Tom Linke grounds out to the pitcher. Hal Buddie advances to second on the play. Andy Tillotson singles to center field. Howie Richards scores. Ray Andrews is pinch hitting for Ken Buddin. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ray Andrews flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Al Pulsipher flies out to the right fielder. Bob Harriss is pinch hitting for Doc Moseby. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Bob Harriss strikes out. Brad Jones strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Arizona total runners LOB: 7 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 6
Batting:3B - Ross Hiatt (4), Andy Tillotson 2 (3), John Latimer (4).GIDP - Rickie Wood, Ross Hiatt, Tom Linke. Baserunning: SB - Andy Tillotson (14), Ken Buddin (21).CS - Rickie Wood (10), Ken Buddin (13). Fielding: E - Andy Tillotson.
Game Notes Howie Richards is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
Arizona Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Darwin Fitzsimmons improves in range Morgan Ennis improves in power_vs_righty Homer Moynahan did not respond to coaching in control Barney Hendricks improves in speed Bill Lugo did not respond to coaching in CF
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Doyle Gibralter did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Pete Pazik did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Matt Minnehan improves in arm George Sicking did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty