Win: Mike Maple (2-1) Loss: Parker Lange (0-1)
Save: Rafael Scoggins (1)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Parker Lange pitching. Joe Wallace flies out to the left fielder. Jocko Luebber grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Pretzel Kruk walks. Ruben Mills singles to right field. Sam Barlow flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Atlanta Mike Maple pitching. Ed Moraga strikes out. Jose Wood doubles to left field. Brian Wade flies out to the right fielder. Dick Stewart strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Mark Morrison walks. Cliff Simpson pops out to the second baseman. Francisco Adamson strikes out. Mike Maple strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Atlanta Rob Rusch strikes out. Walter Cramer flies out to the left fielder. Garry Kuhel grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Joe Wallace grounds out to the third baseman. Jocko Luebber grounds out to the shortstop. Pretzel Kruk grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Atlanta Sid Suzuki strikes out. Parker Lange strikes out. Ed Moraga grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Ruben Mills doubles past the first baseman. Sam Barlow grounds out to the second baseman. Ruben Mills advances to third on the play. Mark Morrison grounds out to the shortstop. Ruben Mills scores. Cliff Simpson lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Atlanta Jose Wood grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Brian Wade strikes out. Dick Stewart grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Francisco Adamson strikes out. Mike Maple strikes out. Joe Wallace strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Atlanta Rob Rusch flies out to the left fielder. Walter Cramer walks. Garry Kuhel grounds out to the third baseman. Walter Cramer advances to second on the play. Sid Suzuki singles to right field. Parker Lange strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Jocko Luebber grounds out to the shortstop. Pretzel Kruk grounds out to the third baseman. Ruben Mills walks. Sam Barlow grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Atlanta Ed Moraga flies out to the center fielder. Jose Wood singles to left field. Brian Wade doubles to right field. Dick Stewart doubles to center field. Jose Wood scores. Brian Wade scores. Rob Rusch singles to center field. Dick Stewart scores. Walter Cramer flies out to the center fielder. Garry Kuhel singles to left field. Rob Rusch advances to third on the hit. Sid Suzuki grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Mark Morrison walks. Cliff Simpson singles to left field. Mark Morrison advances to third on the hit. Francisco Adamson strikes out. Joe Tyrone is pinch hitting for Mike Maple. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Joe Tyrone singles to center field. Mark Morrison scores. Joe Wallace pops out to the shortstop. Jocko Luebber reached on a 2-base throwing error by Brian Wade. Cliff Simpson scores. Pretzel Kruk singles to left field. Joe Tyrone scores. Jocko Luebber scores. Togie Manders comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ruben Mills flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Atlanta Tadahiro Mitsuhashi pitching. Leo Seats enters the game as a defensive replacement for Pretzel Kruk at 2B. Tom Brunansky enters the game as a defensive replacement for Ruben Mills at CF. Togie Manders strikes out. Ed Moraga walks. Jose Wood singles to right field. Brian Wade grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Sam Barlow singles to right field. Sam Barlow steals second. Mark Morrison grounds out to the shortstop. Cliff Simpson strikes out. Cole Childress is pinch hitting for Francisco Adamson. Cole Childress singles past the third baseman. Sam Barlow scores. Tadahiro Mitsuhashi flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Atlanta Dick Stewart singles to left field. Rob Rusch flies out to the center fielder. Walter Cramer grounds out to the shortstop. Dick Stewart advances to second on the play. Rafael Scoggins comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states RP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Garry Kuhel grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Joe Wallace flies out to the center fielder. Jocko Luebber grounds out to the shortstop. Leo Seats singles to left field. Tom Brunansky grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Leo Seats is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Atlanta Sid Suzuki strikes out. Paul Stewart is pinch hitting for Togie Manders. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Paul Stewart flies out to the right fielder. Ed Moraga flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 7 Atlanta total runners LOB: 7
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: A RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Gordon Irelan improves in velocity Bryan Ens did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Malek Graeber did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Joe Connor improves in power_vs_lefty Dick Geiger did not respond to coaching in speed Ed Orie did not respond to coaching in control Kevin Denning improves in 1B
Atlanta Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Norm Gentry did not respond to coaching in endurance Albert McHenry did not respond to coaching in speed Ramon Higginson improves in range John Smyres did not respond to coaching in velocity John Smyres did not respond to coaching in control Steve Burgmeier did not respond to coaching in control Mike Hamrick did not respond to coaching in 3B