Win: Gary Atherton (3-8) Loss: Frank Vosmik (8-15)
Save: Steve Flick (5)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Frank Vosmik pitching. Bud McAfee walks. Pat Springer reached on a fielding error by Frank Swisher. Jeff Etchison grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Pat Springer is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Oscar Ujdur is hit by a pitch. Bill Henley singles to left field. Bud McAfee scores. Jeff Etchison uses his aggressiveness and scores. Oscar Ujdur advances to third on the hit. Junior Milosevich hits a home run. Oscar Ujdur scores. Bill Henley scores. PJ Moriarty comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Derrin Pickering walks. Tricky Childress singles to center field. Derrin Pickering advances to third on the hit. Bill Parsons grounds out to the catcher. Tricky Childress advances to second on the play. Bud McAfee grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Arizona Bill Parsons pitching. Dave Halt doubles to left field. Matt Arrebollo doubles to right field. Dave Halt scores. Tex Javelin singles to right field. Matt Arrebollo scores. Tillakaratne Dilshan singles to center field. Tex Javelin advances to third on the hit. Tillakaratne Dilshan steals second. Charlie Thies flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Tex Javelin scores. Gary Atherton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Scott Roof grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tillakaratne Dilshan advances to third on the play. George Groskloss grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Pat Springer singles past the shortstop. Jeff Etchison strikes out. Oscar Ujdur walks. Bill Henley grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Pat Springer advances to third on the play. Oscar Ujdur advances to second on the play. Junior Milosevich flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Arizona Frank Swisher grounds out to the shortstop. PJ Moriarty reached on a 2-base throwing error by Oscar Ujdur. Dave Halt strikes out. Matt Arrebollo pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Derrin Pickering grounds out to the shortstop. Tricky Childress grounds out to the shortstop. Dougie Porto comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Relief Pitchers stats. Gary Atherton singles to right field. Bud McAfee strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Arizona Tex Javelin grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Tillakaratne Dilshan grounds out to the third baseman. Charlie Thies strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Pat Springer lines out to the second baseman. Jeff Etchison grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Oscar Ujdur singles to center field. Bill Henley strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Arizona Scott Roof grounds out to the third baseman. George Groskloss grounds out to the third baseman. Frank Swisher strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Junior Milosevich singles to center field. Derrin Pickering strikes out. Junior Milosevich is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Tricky Childress grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Arizona Dougie Porto flies out to the right fielder. Dave Halt flies out to the left fielder. Pop Willis 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. Matt Arrebollo doubles to right field. Tex Javelin singles to left field. Matt Arrebollo scores. Tillakaratne Dilshan flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Pop Willis grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bud McAfee walks. Pat Springer doubles to right field. Jeff Etchison singles to left field. Bud McAfee scores. Pat Springer scores. Bell Swan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Oscar Ujdur strikes out. Bill Henley singles to left field. Jeff Etchison advances to third on the hit. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Jeff Etchison scores. Junior Milosevich flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Arizona Charlie Thies walks. Scott Roof grounds out to the third baseman. Charlie Thies advances to second on the play. George Groskloss singles to center field. Charlie Thies scores. Steve Flick comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Frank Swisher flies out to the left fielder. Bell Swan singles to center field. Dave Halt grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Derrin Pickering grounds out to the shortstop. Tricky Childress grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Steve Flick walks. Bud McAfee pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Arizona Matt Arrebollo grounds out to the third baseman. Tex Javelin flies out to the right fielder. Tillakaratne Dilshan doubles to right field. Charlie Thies pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Pat Springer singles to left field. Pat Springer steals second. Matt Arrebollo throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Jeff Etchison flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Pat Springer scores. Oscar Ujdur strikes out. Bill Henley walks. Junior Milosevich grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Bill Henley is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Arizona Scott Roof grounds out to the shortstop. George Groskloss walks. Frank Swisher grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Derrin Pickering hits a home run. Dick Durning is pinch hitting for Tricky Childress. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Dick Durning strikes out. Steve Flick strikes out. Jack Goolsby is pinch hitting for Bud McAfee. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jack Goolsby walks. Lincoln David comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pat Springer grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Jack Goolsby is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Arizona Charlie Guerrero is pinch hitting for Lincoln David. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Charlie Guerrero flies out to the right fielder. Dave Halt strikes out. Matt Arrebollo grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 10 Arizona total runners LOB: 6
Batting:2B - Dave Halt (25), Matt Arrebollo 2 (24), Tillakaratne Dilshan (37).SF - Charlie Thies.GIDP - Frank Swisher. Baserunning: SB - Tillakaratne Dilshan (30). Fielding: E - Matt Arrebollo, Frank Swisher.
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Patsy Archie did not respond to coaching in control Chuck Bernal did not respond to coaching in control Jack Macwhorter did not respond to coaching in speed Patsy Archie did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill Blanco did not respond to coaching in 1B
Arizona Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Bob Parsons improves in power_vs_lefty Mark Posedel improves in contact_vs_righty Tom Stirnweiss did not respond to coaching in control Renni Phliger did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Blaine L. Parker did not respond to coaching in CF