Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Red Skidmore pitching. Ron Susko singles to right field. Merv Ruffin pops out to the first baseman. Jumbo Walker singles to right field. Shane Taveras strikes out. Darrell LaRose grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jumbo Walker is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Colorado Harmon Koskie pitching. George King strikes out. Rick McLaughlin singles to left field. Rick McLaughlin steals second. Adam Clark strikes out. Harvey Wapnick walks. Stan Knepper singles past the third baseman. Rick McLaughlin scores. Harvey Wapnick advances to third on the hit. Haywood Telgheder lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Gene Kelly walks. Guillermo Nichols pops out to the catcher. George Pruess strikes out. Harmon Koskie grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Gene Kelly is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Colorado Fred Heard grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Lefty Mielke singles to left field. Red Skidmore lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. George King flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Ron Susko strikes out. Merv Ruffin singles to center field. Merv Ruffin is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Jumbo Walker reached on a fielding error by Rick McLaughlin. Shane Taveras flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Colorado Rick McLaughlin grounds out to the shortstop. Adam Clark lines out to the shortstop. Harvey Wapnick walks. Stan Knepper walks. Haywood Telgheder strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Darrell LaRose flies out to the right fielder. Gene Kelly grounds out to the second baseman. Guillermo Nichols triples. George Pruess flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Colorado Fred Heard grounds out to the third baseman. Lefty Mielke walks. Lefty Mielke steals second. Red Skidmore strikes out. George King pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Harmon Koskie doubles past the center fielder. Ron Susko grounds out to the pitcher. Merv Ruffin lines out to the shortstop. Jumbo Walker grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Colorado Rick McLaughlin grounds out to the shortstop. Adam Clark flies out to the center fielder. Harvey Wapnick lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Shane Taveras grounds out to the pitcher. Darrell LaRose singles to center field. Gene Kelly flies out to the right fielder. Guillermo Nichols grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Darrell LaRose is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Colorado Stan Knepper grounds out to the shortstop. Haywood Telgheder flies out to the right fielder. Fred Heard hits a home run. Lefty Mielke grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Derrin Flannery enters the game as a defensive replacement for Haywood Telgheder at SS. George Pruess singles to left field. Jim Bare is pinch hitting for Harmon Koskie. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Jim Bare grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Ron Susko grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Colorado Ebba Garcia pitching. Red Skidmore grounds out to the shortstop. George King flies out to the left fielder. Rick McLaughlin strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Merv Ruffin singles past the first baseman. Jumbo Walker singles in front of the right fielder. Tony Oertel 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. Shane Taveras flies out to the left fielder. Darrell LaRose flies out to the left fielder. Gene Kelly strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Colorado Adam Clark strikes out. Harvey Wapnick strikes out. Stan Knepper grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Bumpus Bolton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Erv Foster is pinch hitting for Guillermo Nichols. Erv Foster flies out to the right fielder. George Pruess singles to right field. Mike Garcia is pinch hitting for Ebba Garcia. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Mike Garcia grounds out to the second baseman. George Pruess advances to second on the play. Ron Susko strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 10 Colorado total runners left on base: 6
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Al Horan did not respond to coaching in control Bill Ciaffone improves in contact_vs_righty Greg Murray improves in power_vs_lefty Greg Murray improves in contact_vs_lefty Paul Conlan did not respond to coaching in SS
Colorado Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bill Baxter did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Julio Baumer did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Bill Riesgo did not respond to coaching in control Jim 'Peanut' Cotter did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Bill Baxter did not respond to coaching in SS