Win: Gil Bembeeva (7-16) Loss: Lou Ward (9-11)
Save: John Kordic (5)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Gil Bembeeva pitching. Wish Karp strikes out. Gil Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Harley Erickson pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 New York Lou Ward pitching. Jason Adams flies out to the center fielder. Jeff Kendall flies out to the center fielder. Steve Caballero doubles to center field. Humberto Damphousse is hit by a pitch. Sean Sheffey hits an infield single to the shortstop. Pavel Patel grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Ed Williams grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Wicker grounds out to the shortstop. Rick Lawrence singles to center field. Israel Stevens strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 New York Tosh Townend strikes out. Joe Nold strikes out. Gil Bembeeva flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Irv Meusel pops out to the shortstop. Lou Ward strikes out. Wish Karp flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 New York Jason Adams pops out to the third baseman. Jeff Kendall singles past the third baseman. Steve Caballero walks. Humberto Damphousse singles to left field. Jeff Kendall scores. Steve Caballero advances to third on the hit. Sean Sheffey flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Steve Caballero scores. Humberto Damphousse steals second. Pavel Patel flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Gil Smith grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Harley Erickson singles to right field. Ed Williams strikes out. Ed Wicker strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 New York Tosh Townend flies out to the center fielder. Joe Nold grounds out to the second baseman. Gil Bembeeva doubles to center field. Jason Adams walks. Jeff Kendall singles to left field. Gil Bembeeva is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Rick Lawrence strikes out. Israel Stevens singles to left field. Irv Meusel hits a home run. Israel Stevens scores. Lou Ward singles to center field. Wish Karp strikes out. Gil Smith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 New York Steve Caballero grounds out to the second baseman. Humberto Damphousse grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Sean Sheffey strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Harley Erickson flies out to the center fielder. Ed Williams strikes out. Ed Wicker grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 New York Pavel Patel grounds out to the third baseman. Tosh Townend flies out to the left fielder. Joe Nold flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Rick Lawrence strikes out. Israel Stevens grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Irv Meusel flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 New York Gil Bembeeva grounds out to the third baseman. Jason Adams grounds out to the pitcher. Jeff Kendall singles to right field. Steve Caballero grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jeff Kendall is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Lou Ward grounds out to the shortstop. Wish Karp strikes out. Gil Smith flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 New York Humberto Damphousse doubles to right field. Fabian Booker 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 2nd. Sean Sheffey pops out to the first baseman. Pavel Patel grounds out to the shortstop. Tosh Townend singles to right field. Humberto Damphousse scores. Tosh Townend steals second. Joe Nold reached on a 2-base throwing error by Irv Meusel. Tosh Townend scores. Billy Rainey is pinch hitting for Gil Bembeeva. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Billy Rainey doubles to center field. Joe Nold scores. Jason Adams grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Theotis Beasley pitching. Bobby Samford enters the game as a defensive replacement for Jeff Kendall at SS. Ray Zipfel enters the game as a defensive replacement for Sean Sheffey at RF. Dave Didier enters the game as a defensive replacement for Tosh Townend at 3B. Doc Clingman enters the game as a defensive replacement for Joe Nold at C. Harley Erickson singles to center field. Ed Williams flies out to the center fielder. Harley Erickson steals second. Ed Wicker flies out to the left fielder. Rick Lawrence hits a home run. Harley Erickson scores. John Kordic comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Israel Stevens strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 3 New York total runners left on base: 7
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bill Lumley improves in power_vs_righty Jake Harts improves in contact_vs_righty Jake Harts improves in power_vs_lefty Bill Allen did not respond to coaching in velocity
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Sal Barbier improves in power_vs_lefty Jaroslav Grandmaison improves in contact_vs_lefty Sammy Baca improves in contact_vs_lefty Eli Elias improves in control