Inning: 1 New York Bill Rapp pitching. Erik Bliss strikes out. Yukiyasu Sasaki flies out to the left fielder. Leo Ogrodowski strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Nate Murphy pitching. Merv Ruffin grounds out to the second baseman. Jumbo Walker grounds out to the shortstop. Shane Taveras strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 New York Bill Needham flies out to the center fielder. Harry Pittman singles to left field. Harry Pittman is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Roland Gustafsson walks. Chuck Holmes strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Gene Kelly strikes out. Guillermo Nichols flies out to the center fielder. George Pruess strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 New York Randy Nieves grounds out to the pitcher. Nate Murphy strikes out. Erik Bliss singles to left field. Erik Bliss steals second. Yukiyasu Sasaki pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Erv Foster flies out to the center fielder. Jim Bare singles to left field. Bill Rapp fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Bill Rapp pops out to the second baseman. Merv Ruffin grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jim Bare is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 New York Leo Ogrodowski grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Needham flies out to the right fielder. Harry Pittman strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Jumbo Walker singles to center field. Shane Taveras grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Jumbo Walker advances to second on the play. Gene Kelly singles to left field. Jumbo Walker scores. Guillermo Nichols pops out to the first baseman. George Pruess flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 New York Roland Gustafsson flies out to the center fielder. Chuck Holmes flies out to the center fielder. Randy Nieves grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Erv Foster grounds out to the third baseman. Jim Bare hits a home run. Bill Rapp strikes out. Merv Ruffin singles to left field. Jumbo Walker singles to center field. Shane Taveras grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 New York Nate Murphy pops out to the first baseman. Erik Bliss strikes out. Yukiyasu Sasaki pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Gene Kelly singles to center field. Guillermo Nichols singles to center field. George Pruess pops out to the shortstop. Erv Foster flies out to the center fielder. Jim Bare walks. Bill Rapp grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 New York Leo Ogrodowski grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Needham grounds out to the third baseman. Bob Gardner is pinch hitting for Harry Pittman. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Bob Gardner flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Merv Ruffin grounds out to the second baseman. Jumbo Walker doubles to center field. J.R. Mullin 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 hits a home run. Jumbo Walker scores. Gene Kelly flies out to the right fielder. Guillermo Nichols flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 New York Danny Johnson is pinch hitting for Roland Gustafsson. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Danny Johnson singles to center field. Ebba Garcia 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. Chuck Holmes hits a home run. Danny Johnson scores. Spades Rath comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Charlie Pickrel is pinch hitting for Randy Nieves. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Charlie Pickrel grounds out to the pitcher. Bill Atwood is pinch hitting for J.R. Mullin. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bill Atwood grounds out to the second baseman. Erik Bliss grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Jocko Johnson pitching. George Pruess grounds out to the second baseman. Erv Foster grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Bare grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 New York Yukiyasu Sasaki strikes out. Leo Ogrodowski strikes out. Bill Needham grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 New York total runners left on base: 2 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 7
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Billy Henry did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Hughie Welch improves in contact_vs_lefty Andy Diaz improves in control Lamar Nagy did not respond to coaching in arm Tom Stellmayer improves in RF
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: George Dumont did not respond to coaching in control Denver Martin did not respond to coaching in control Al Horan did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill Ciaffone improves in power_vs_righty Paul Conlan did not respond to coaching in SS