Win: Tillmann Buttersack (2-1) Loss: Jose Zepeda (0-1)
Save: Dick Posthumus (2)
Inning: 1 Chicago Al Munson pitching. Waylain September grounds out to the second baseman. Juan Baker hits a home run. Dave Bickford pops out to the shortstop. Cmon Wingo grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Walt Hannan pitching. Joe Jones flies out to the right fielder. Dan Deininger hits a home run. Jason Donahue flies out to the center fielder. Sammy Cisco singles to right field. Bob Taylor walks. Luis Buxton doubles past the left fielder. Sammy Cisco scores. Bob Taylor scores. Bobby Kimm grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Chicago Kazuo Ikeda grounds out to the third baseman. Dermot Smurfit hits a home run. Mel Klaus singles to center field. Yoshitake Inagaki strikes out. Walt Hannan hits an infield single to the pitcher. Waylain September flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Carlos Guerrero grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Al Munson walks. Joe Jones grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Al Munson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Dan Deininger flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Chicago Juan Baker singles to right field. Dave Bickford pops out to the third baseman. Cmon Wingo is hit by a pitch. Kazuo Ikeda grounds out to the second baseman. Juan Baker advances to third on the play. Cmon Wingo advances to second on the play. Dermot Smurfit flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Jason Donahue singles to right field. Sammy Cisco doubles to center field. Bob Taylor singles to center field. Jason Donahue scores. Sammy Cisco scores. Luis Buxton strikes out. Bobby Kimm grounds into a 5-4-3 double play - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Chicago Mel Klaus grounds out to the second baseman. Yoshitake Inagaki pops out to the second baseman. Walt Hannan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Carlos Guerrero grounds out to the shortstop. Al Munson flies out to the left fielder. Joe Jones flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Chicago Waylain September grounds out to the second baseman. Juan Baker strikes out. Dave Bickford grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Dan Deininger hits a home run. Trent Artichoker comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jason Donahue grounds out to the third baseman. Sammy Cisco flies out to the right fielder. Bob Taylor grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Chicago Cmon Wingo flies out to the center fielder. Kazuo Ikeda singles to left field. Dermot Smurfit singles to center field. Kazuo Ikeda aggressively advances to third on the hit. Mel Klaus grounds out to the third baseman. Kazuo Ikeda scores. Dermot Smurfit advances to second on the play. Yoshitake Inagaki grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Luis Buxton grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Bobby Kimm strikes out. Carlos Guerrero flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Chicago Junichi Adachi is pinch hitting for Trent Artichoker. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Junichi Adachi singles to left field. Waylain September flies out to the center fielder. Juan Baker grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Junichi Adachi is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Bill Cairncross 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 1st. Dave Bickford singles to left field. Juan Baker advances to third on the hit. Cmon Wingo walks. Kazuo Ikeda singles to center field. Juan Baker scores. Dave Bickford scores. Cmon Wingo advances to third on the hit. Dermot Smurfit grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Tillmann Buttersack pitching. Vern Hall is pinch hitting for Bill Cairncross. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Vern Hall grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Jones grounds out to the third baseman. Dan Deininger grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Chicago Jose Zepeda pitching. Mel Klaus walks. Yoshitake Inagaki flies out to the center fielder. Chris Terry is pinch hitting for Tillmann Buttersack. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Chris Terry pops out to the shortstop. Waylain September singles to left field. Juan Baker walks. Dave Bickford hits a home run. Mel Klaus scores. Waylain September scores. Juan Baker scores. Bill Gebrian comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Cmon Wingo doubles to right field. Kazuo Ikeda strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Dick Posthumus pitching. Jason Donahue grounds out to the shortstop. Sammy Cisco doubles to left field. Bob Taylor strikes out. Luis Buxton singles to left field. Sammy Cisco is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Chicago Dermot Smurfit pops out to the second baseman. Mel Klaus flies out to the left fielder. Yoshitake Inagaki lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Bobby Kimm strikes out. Carlos Guerrero triples. Nellie Sembera is pinch hitting for Bill Gebrian. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Nellie Sembera flies out to the center fielder. Joe Jones hits a home run. Carlos Guerrero scores. Dan Deininger grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Chicago total runners LOB: 8 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 3
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Mace Brovia did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Pep Thomas improves in contact_vs_righty Al Dugas did not respond to coaching in control Al Dugas did not respond to coaching in velocity
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Spoon Carter did not respond to coaching in velocity Joe Parsons improves in arm Eric McCarver did not respond to coaching in velocity Jimmie Crutchfield improves in power_vs_righty Jimmie Crutchfield did not respond to coaching in LF