Win: Dan Joyner (5-2) Loss: Masayoshi Matsuhira (0-1)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh March Brown pitching. Juan Kunz walks. Wally Vitelli strikes out. Jeff Branca grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Juan Kunz is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Adolfo Vitelli grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Jeff Branca is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Brooklyn Al Farrell pitching. Luis Rodas strikes out. Bob Gardella grounds out to the second baseman. Jack Ridgway grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Joe Schellhase singles to left field. Joe Mead flies out to the right fielder. Bill Vega grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Joe Schellhase advances to second on the play. Dave Crockett grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Brooklyn Curly Collabone grounds out to the pitcher. Matias Abbott strikes out. Ed Wheeler grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Al Farrell flies out to the center fielder. Juan Kunz singles to left field. Wally Vitelli hits a home run. Juan Kunz scores. Jeff Branca doubles to left field. Adolfo Vitelli singles to right field. Jeff Branca is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Joe Schellhase strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Brooklyn Ray Serafini walks. Takahiro Inoue hits an infield single to the third baseman. March Brown fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. March Brown strikes out. Luis Rodas grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Takahiro Inoue is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Luis Rodas steals second. Bob Gardella singles to right field. Ray Serafini scores. Luis Rodas scores. Jack Ridgway strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Joe Mead strikes out. Bill Vega lines out to the third baseman. Dave Crockett grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Brooklyn Curly Collabone grounds out to the shortstop. Matias Abbott lines out to the third baseman. Ed Wheeler strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Al Farrell strikes out. Juan Kunz flies out to the center fielder. Wally Vitelli grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Brooklyn Ray Serafini strikes out. Takahiro Inoue flies out to the center fielder. March Brown doubles to right field. Luis Rodas triples. March Brown scores. Bob Gardella strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Jeff Branca strikes out. Adolfo Vitelli singles to left field. Joe Schellhase triples. Adolfo Vitelli scores. Joe Mead grounds out to the pitcher. Bill Vega strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Brooklyn Jack Ridgway singles to right field. Curly Collabone grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Matias Abbott walks. Ed Wheeler grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Matias Abbott is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Dave Crockett grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Al Farrell singles to right field. Juan Kunz singles to right field. Al Farrell advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the corners in. Wally Vitelli pops out to the first baseman. Jeff Branca strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Brooklyn Ray Serafini strikes out. Takahiro Inoue singles to center field. Kevin Burris is pinch hitting for March Brown. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Kevin Burris walks. Luis Rodas flies out to the right fielder. Bob Gardella flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Scott Peltz pitching. Adolfo Vitelli grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Schellhase flies out to the right fielder. Joe Mead flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Brooklyn Scott Tinsley comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Jack Ridgway strikes out. Curly Collabone strikes out. Matias Abbott singles to left field. Ed Wheeler pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Bill Vega strikes out. Dave Crockett flies out to the left fielder. Red Moncewicz is pinch hitting for Scott Tinsley. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Red Moncewicz flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Brooklyn Eric Crowley pitching. Ray Serafini lines out to the second baseman. Takahiro Inoue flies out to the right fielder. Chris Coachman is pinch hitting for Scott Peltz. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Chris Coachman flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Pittsburgh Dan Joyner pitching. Juan Kunz grounds out to the shortstop. Wally Vitelli singles to center field. Jeff Branca grounds out to the second baseman. Wally Vitelli advances to second on the play. Adolfo Vitelli flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Brooklyn Luis Rodas flies out to the center fielder. Bob Gardella grounds out to the third baseman. Jack Ridgway grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 11 Pittsburgh Joe Schellhase flies out to the center fielder. Joe Mead singles to right field. Bill Vega flies out to the left fielder. Dave Crockett grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Joe Mead is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 11 Brooklyn Curly Collabone grounds out to the second baseman. Matias Abbott singles to right field. Ed Wheeler grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 12 Pittsburgh Jack Cavarretta is pinch hitting for Eric Crowley. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Jack Cavarretta pops out to the second baseman. Juan Kunz flies out to the center fielder. Wally Vitelli singles to center field. Jeff Branca flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 12 Brooklyn Masayoshi Matsuhira pitching. Ray Serafini hits an infield single to the first baseman. Takahiro Inoue flies out to the right fielder. Jeff Wade is pinch hitting for Dan Joyner. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Jeff Wade walks. Luis Rodas strikes out. Bob Gardella hits a home run. Ray Serafini scores. Jeff Wade scores. Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 9 Brooklyn total runners left on base: 6
Game Notes Eric Crowley is injured and is expected to be out 35 days.
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Marlan Golden did not respond to coaching in control Keith Doby improves in range Johnny Griffin did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Butch Noyes did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Happy Williamson improves in arm Johnny Griffin did not respond to coaching in speed
Brooklyn Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Cole Porter did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill Bobb improves in range Jeff Morehart did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Bill Clarke improves in contact_vs_righty William Clary did not respond to coaching in control Kazunari Tokaji did not respond to coaching in control