Win: Lou Skolnick (16-8) Loss: March Widner (1-15)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh March Widner pitching. Rob Karew flies out to the right fielder. Danny Carpenter walks. Jim Anderson grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Montreal Lou Skolnick pitching. Rick Murch flies out to the left fielder. Domingo Boyle strikes out. Gus Herring singles past the first baseman. Kris Waldron strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Jay Sherlock strikes out. Fernando Bildilli walks. Fernando Bildilli steals second. Jim Gleason walks. Tench Coxe strikes out. Donovan Espy walks. Lou Skolnick grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Fernando Bildilli is out at home. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Montreal Tom Elliott grounds out to the third baseman. Willie Style flies out to the center fielder. Jerry Pappalau walks. Jerry Pappalau steals second. Dennis Baumholtz grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Rob Karew grounds out to the shortstop. Danny Carpenter flies out to the left fielder. Jim Anderson hits a home run. Jay Sherlock grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Montreal March Widner grounds out to the shortstop. Rick Murch singles to center field. Domingo Boyle singles to left field. Rick Murch is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder. Gus Herring strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Fernando Bildilli singles to center field. Jim Gleason strikes out. Tench Coxe grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Montreal Kris Waldron walks. Tom Elliott lines out to the shortstop. Kris Waldron is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Willie Style strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Donovan Espy walks. Lou Skolnick lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Rob Karew strikes out. Danny Carpenter strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Montreal Jerry Pappalau strikes out. Dennis Baumholtz walks. March Widner lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, Dennis Baumholtz forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Rick Murch singles to center field. Domingo Boyle flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Jim Anderson flies out to the right fielder. Jay Sherlock singles to right field. Fernando Bildilli singles to right field. Bert Bautista 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. Jay Sherlock is out trying to steal third. Jim Gleason pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Montreal Gus Herring grounds out to the second baseman. Kris Waldron grounds out to the pitcher. Tom Elliott flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Tench Coxe grounds out to the shortstop. Donovan Espy singles to center field. Lou Skolnick fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Lou Skolnick walks. Lum Pierce is pinch running for Lou Skolnick on 1st base. Rob Karew flies out to the center fielder. Danny Carpenter grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Montreal Jim Williams pitching. Willie Style flies out to the center fielder. Jerry Pappalau grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Dennis Baumholtz singles to left field. Bill Fincher is pinch hitting for Bert Bautista. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Dennis Baumholtz steals second. Bill Fincher grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Nerio Orta pitching. Jim Anderson singles to left field. Jay Sherlock strikes out. Fernando Bildilli pops out to the catcher. Jim Gleason doubles to right field. Tench Coxe hits a home run. Jim Anderson scores. Jim Gleason scores. Andy Lemon comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Donovan Espy singles past the third baseman. Randy Toporcer is pinch hitting for Jim Williams. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Randy Toporcer singles to center field. Donovan Espy advances to third on the hit. Randy Toporcer steals second. Rob Karew grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Montreal Yoshio Yago pitching. Rick Murch flies out to the left fielder. Domingo Boyle grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Gus Herring strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Danny Carpenter grounds out to the third baseman. Jim Anderson doubles to left field. Jay Sherlock hits a home run. Jim Anderson scores. Freddie Medeiros comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Fernando Bildilli flies out to the right fielder. Jim Gleason walks. Tench Coxe grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Montreal Kris Waldron strikes out. Tom Elliott hits a home run. Willie Style flies out to the center fielder. Jerry Pappalau strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 10 Montreal total runners LOB: 6
Batting:2B - Jim Anderson (35), Jim Gleason (29).HR - Jim Anderson (13), Jay Sherlock (23), Tench Coxe (26).GIDP - Jim Anderson, Tench Coxe. Baserunning: SB - Fernando Bildilli (15), Randy Toporcer (2).CS - Jay Sherlock (8).
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Rick Monday did not respond to coaching in control Dave Williams improves in velocity Bill Mack did not respond to coaching in speed Dave Williams did not respond to coaching in control Dee Lewandowski did not respond to coaching in 3B
Montreal Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ted Maynard did not respond to coaching in velocity Ted Maynard improves in velocity Bill Ferry improves in range Tommie Nagle improves in contact_vs_righty