Win: Mark Gardner (8-12) Loss: Kid Alou (7-5)
Save: Joe Price (28)
Inning: 1 Chicago Kid Alou pitching. Angel Escobar grounds out to the shortstop. Jose Uribe walks. Tsuyoshi Shinjo strikes out. Byron Dumoulin singles to center field. Barry Bonds singles to right field. Tripp Cromer singles to center field. Jose Uribe scores. Byron Dumoulin scores. Bob Greene grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Mark Gardner pitching. Billy Madison strikes out. Will Cerutti singles to left field. Lou Snyder walks. Jack Groh strikes out. Dave Burke grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Lou Snyder is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Chicago Ken Moss pops out to the third baseman. Mark Gardner flies out to the right fielder. Angel Escobar singles to right field. Jose Uribe walks. Tsuyoshi Shinjo singles to center field. Angel Escobar scores. Jose Uribe advances to third on the hit. Byron Dumoulin walks. Barry Bonds grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Paul Walters flies out to the center fielder. Phoenix Sandoval strikes out. Tanner Collins grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Chicago Tripp Cromer walks. Bob Greene singles to right field. Ken Moss strikes out. Mark Gardner lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Angel Escobar grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Kid Alou grounds out to the third baseman. Billy Madison flies out to the right fielder. Will Cerutti flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Chicago Jose Uribe strikes out. Tsuyoshi Shinjo grounds out to the shortstop. Byron Dumoulin grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Lou Snyder flies out to the left fielder. Jack Groh singles to left field. Dave Burke singles to right field. Jack Groh advances to third on the hit. Paul Walters strikes out. Phoenix Sandoval flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Chicago Barry Bonds strikes out. Tripp Cromer singles to center field. Bob Greene flies out to the center fielder. Ken Moss singles to center field. Bill Rudolph comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mark Gardner grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ken Moss is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Tanner Collins flies out to the left fielder. Bill Rudolph grounds out to the third baseman. Billy Madison strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Chicago Angel Escobar grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Jose Uribe strikes out. Tsuyoshi Shinjo walks. Byron Dumoulin singles to center field. Barry Bonds flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Will Cerutti hits a home run. Lou Snyder walks. Jack Groh walks. Dave Burke flies out to the center fielder. Paul Walters strikes out. Phoenix Sandoval grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Jack Groh is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Chicago Tripp Cromer flies out to the center fielder. Bob Greene flies out to the right fielder. Chief Thompson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Ken Moss singles to right field. Mark Gardner strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Tanner Collins grounds out to the third baseman. Chief Thompson strikes out. Billy Madison flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Chicago Angel Escobar flies out to the left fielder. Jose Uribe grounds out to the second baseman. Tsuyoshi Shinjo singles to left field. Tsuyoshi Shinjo steals second. Byron Dumoulin walks. Sandy Hart comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Barry Bonds strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Julian Tavarez comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Will Cerutti hits a home run. Lou Snyder walks. Jack Groh grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Lou Snyder is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Dave Burke singles to center field. Jack Groh advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the corners in. Bill Swift comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Paul Walters strikes out. Phoenix Sandoval grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Chicago Tripp Cromer grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Greene hits a home run. Trever Woehr comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ken Moss pops out to the first baseman. Jermaine Allensworth is pinch hitting for Bill Swift. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Jermaine Allensworth singles to center field. Angel Escobar strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Joe Price pitching. Tanner Collins pops out to the first baseman. Steve Gipson is pinch hitting for Trever Woehr. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Steve Gipson pops out to the shortstop. Billy Madison grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Chicago total runners LOB: 15 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 8
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Livan Hernandez did not respond to coaching in endurance Felipe Crespo improves in contact_vs_lefty Tim Worrell did not respond to coaching in control Tim Worrell did not respond to coaching in endurance Felipe Crespo did not respond to coaching in 3B
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Pop Wayenberg improves in arm Ken Sherrill improves in arm Dave Culmer did not respond to coaching in control Dave Culmer did not respond to coaching in endurance