Win: Whip Chatterly (15-3) Loss: Tom Steele (10-3)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Tom Steele pitching. Wilfred Weidman flies out to the left fielder. Mike Kingman strikes out. Steve Knight grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Colorado Whip Chatterly pitching. Miguel Boken flies out to the left fielder. Joe Cicarello strikes out. John Brito doubles past the center fielder. Lance Cardwell strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Jeff Jones strikes out. Taku Nakatani flies out to the center fielder. Vince Van Poppel strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Colorado Pete Hayden strikes out. Charlie Cedeno reached on a fielding error by Taku Nakatani. Charlie Cedeno steals second. Randy Harrington walks. Virgil Wasem strikes out. Tom Steele grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Steve Gaedel hits a home run. Phil Hutton singles to right field. Whip Chatterly lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Phil Hutton forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Wilfred Weidman strikes out. Mike Kingman walks. Steve Knight grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Mike Kingman is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Colorado Miguel Boken lines out to the shortstop. Joe Cicarello singles to center field. John Brito grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Joe Cicarello is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Lance Cardwell flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Jeff Jones grounds out to the shortstop. Taku Nakatani walks. Vince Van Poppel strikes out. Steve Gaedel walks. Phil Hutton pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Colorado Pete Hayden grounds out to the third baseman. Charlie Cedeno strikes out. Randy Harrington walks. Virgil Wasem pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Whip Chatterly flies out to the right fielder. Wilfred Weidman doubles to center field. Mike Kingman singles to left field. Wilfred Weidman scores. Steve Knight grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Kingman advances to second on the play. Jeff Jones flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Colorado Tom Steele grounds out to the catcher. Miguel Boken strikes out. Joe Cicarello doubles to center field. John Brito grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Taku Nakatani flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Vince Van Poppel grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Steve Gaedel pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Colorado Lance Cardwell grounds out to the second baseman. Pete Hayden strikes out. Charlie Cedeno grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Phil Hutton grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Whip Chatterly strikes out. Wilfred Weidman singles to center field. Mike Kingman strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Colorado Randy Harrington flies out to the center fielder. Virgil Wasem strikes out. Clyde Moreno is pinch hitting for Tom Steele. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Clyde Moreno grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Ray Mosure pitching. Steve Knight strikes out. Jeff Jones singles past the third baseman. Taku Nakatani singles to left field. Jeff Jones advances to third on the hit. Vince Van Poppel pops out to the first baseman. Steve Gaedel flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Colorado Miguel Boken grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Cicarello grounds out to the second baseman. John Brito singles to right field. Lance Cardwell flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Phil Hutton singles to center field. Benny Cruz is pinch hitting for Whip Chatterly. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Benny Cruz doubles to right field. Phil Hutton uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bill Conroy comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Wilfred Weidman singles to center field. Benny Cruz scores. Mike Kingman pops out to the third baseman. Wilfred Weidman steals second. Steve Knight strikes out. Jeff Jones singles past the third baseman. Wilfred Weidman scores. Taku Nakatani reached on a 2-base fielding error by Joe Cicarello. Vince Van Poppel flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Colorado Dizzy James pitching. Pete Hayden strikes out. Charlie Cedeno singles to right field. Randy Harrington flies out to the center fielder. Virgil Wasem pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 10 Colorado total runners LOB: 8
Game Notes Ray Mosure is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: D+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Walt Barnhart did not respond to coaching in velocity Walt Barnhart did not respond to coaching in velocity Larry Converse did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Jim Williams did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill Weaver did not respond to coaching in control Rudy Pettit improves in speed
Colorado Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Paul Dineen did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Lerrin Fritz did not respond to coaching in control Lerrin Fritz did not respond to coaching in velocity Bruno Clemensen did not respond to coaching in range Floyd Pytlak did not respond to coaching in speed Jack Petrocelli did not respond to coaching in velocity Bruce Stanage did not respond to coaching in C