Win: Jeff Czajkowski (1-1) Loss: Bob Bando (0-1)
Save: Bill Gebrian (1)
Inning: 1 Chicago Jeff Czajkowski pitching. Chris Terry strikes out. Juan Baker flies out to the left fielder. Tupac Isme flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Bob Bando pitching. Jose Acre hits a home run. Eloy Jimenez strikes out. Saquon Smiley strikes out. Joe Jones walks. Dan Deininger hits a home run. Joe Jones scores. Sammy Cisco strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Chicago Cal Tingley flies out to the right fielder. Wilson Luttrell doubles to center field. Dermot Smurfit hits a home run. Wilson Luttrell scores. Bullabeck Ringblong grounds out to the third baseman. Yoshitake Inagaki strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Bob Taylor grounds out to the shortstop. Yoshiyuki Imai strikes out. Jeff Czajkowski flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Chicago Bob Bando strikes out. Chris Terry strikes out. Juan Baker singles to center field. Tupac Isme singles to center field. Juan Baker advances to third on the hit. Cal Tingley grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Jose Acre strikes out. Eloy Jimenez walks. Saquon Smiley walks. Joe Jones singles to left field. Eloy Jimenez scores. Dan Deininger flies out to the left fielder. Sammy Cisco singles in front of the left fielder. Saquon Smiley scores. Bob Taylor singles to right field. Joe Jones scores. Sammy Cisco advances to third on the hit. Yoshiyuki Imai singles to left field. Sammy Cisco scores. Trent Artichoker comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jeff Czajkowski pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Chicago Wilson Luttrell flies out to the center fielder. Dermot Smurfit flies out to the center fielder. Bullabeck Ringblong strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Jose Acre strikes out. Eloy Jimenez flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Saquon Smiley doubles to right field. Joe Jones strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Chicago Yoshitake Inagaki singles to right field. Trent Artichoker lays a bunt down the first base line. The first baseman fields the ball, throws to second for one out, on to first for the 3-6-4 double play (2B covering 1st). Chris Terry grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Dan Deininger strikes out. Sammy Cisco strikes out. Bob Taylor hits a home run. Tillmann Buttersack comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Yoshiyuki Imai singles to center field. Jeff Czajkowski lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Chicago Juan Baker singles to center field. Tupac Isme grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Cal Tingley grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Jose Acre walks. Eloy Jimenez flies out to the right fielder. Saquon Smiley singles to right field. Joe Jones strikes out. Dan Deininger singles past the second baseman. Jose Acre scores. Saquon Smiley advances to third on the hit. Sammy Cisco flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Chicago Wilson Luttrell doubles to right field. Dermot Smurfit doubles to left field. Wilson Luttrell scores. Bullabeck Ringblong singles to left field. Yoshitake Inagaki grounds out to the third baseman. Dermot Smurfit scores. Bullabeck Ringblong advances to second on the play. Junichi Adachi is pinch hitting for Tillmann Buttersack. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Junichi Adachi flies out to the left fielder. Chris Terry grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Dick Posthumus pitching. Bob Taylor doubles to right field. Yoshiyuki Imai pops out to the third baseman. Jeff Czajkowski grounds out to the third baseman. Jose Acre flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Chicago Juan Baker grounds out to the second baseman. Kazuo Ikeda is pinch hitting for Tupac Isme. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Kazuo Ikeda strikes out. Cal Tingley grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Eloy Jimenez grounds out to the second baseman. Saquon Smiley flies out to the right fielder. Joe Jones walks. Dan Deininger singles to center field. Sammy Cisco grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Dan Deininger is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Chicago Wilson Luttrell singles past the shortstop. Dermot Smurfit singles to right field. Bullabeck Ringblong singles to left field. Bill Gebrian comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Yoshitake Inagaki singles to center field. Wilson Luttrell scores. Dermot Smurfit scores. Dave Bickford is pinch hitting for Dick Posthumus. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Dave Bickford grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Bullabeck Ringblong advances to third on the play. Chris Terry flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Chicago total runners left on base: 4 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 9
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Takeshi Tomori did not respond to coaching in endurance Pep Thomas improves in range Emil Reichardt improves in arm Art Stouch did not respond to coaching in velocity
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Willie Gisentaner did not respond to coaching in control Rap Dixon improves in contact_vs_lefty Sandy Pye improves in velocity Ken Gazella did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Juan De la Cruz improves in 3B