Inning: 1 Colorado Sioux Cash pitching. Al DeMerit grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Heathcliff Eenhoorn walks. Joe Allen walks. Eddie Barajas grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Ed McDonald pitching. Bill Koehler flies out to the center fielder. Phil Valentine hits a home run. Richie Jordan strikes out. Jace Dillon flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Colorado Pedro Santos grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Lavelle flies out to the center fielder. Benny Palmquist lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Robert Bruce III flies out to the right fielder. Damaso Caithamer singles to left field. Ike Hodge strikes out. Kunio Maeda grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Damaso Caithamer is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Colorado John Kuiper singles past the shortstop. Ed McDonald lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Al DeMerit strikes out. Heathcliff Eenhoorn strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Sioux Cash grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Koehler flies out to the right fielder. Phil Valentine doubles to center field. Richie Jordan grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Colorado Joe Allen grounds out to the pitcher. Eddie Barajas flies out to the left fielder. Pedro Santos grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Jace Dillon strikes out. Robert Bruce III strikes out. Damaso Caithamer singles to left field. Ike Hodge flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Colorado Joe Lavelle flies out to the left fielder. Benny Palmquist flies out to the left fielder. John Kuiper grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Kunio Maeda strikes out. Sioux Cash grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Koehler singles to left field. Phil Valentine singles to right field. Bill Koehler advances to third on the hit. Richie Jordan strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Colorado Ed McDonald flies out to the left fielder. Al DeMerit flies out to the right fielder. Heathcliff Eenhoorn walks. Joe Allen strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Jace Dillon flies out to the right fielder. Robert Bruce III hits a home run. Damaso Caithamer grounds out to the second baseman. Ike Hodge flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Colorado Eddie Barajas grounds out to the second baseman. Pedro Santos singles to right field. Joe Lavelle grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Kunio Maeda grounds out to the shortstop. Sioux Cash strikes out. Bill Koehler grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Colorado Benny Palmquist pops out to the shortstop. John Kuiper grounds out to the pitcher. Greg Krausse is pinch hitting for Ed McDonald. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Greg Krausse singles to center field. Al DeMerit walks. Jim Schupp 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. Heathcliff Eenhoorn singles to center field. Greg Krausse is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Terry Rainer pitching. Phil Valentine singles to right field. Phil Valentine is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Richie Jordan strikes out. Jace Dillon singles to center field. Robert Bruce III flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Colorado Joe Allen singles to left field. Eddie Barajas walks. Pedro Santos flies out to the right fielder. Joe Lavelle singles to center field. Joe Allen scores. Oscar Hamric is pinch running for Joe Lavelle on 1st base. Benny Palmquist singles past the shortstop. John Kuiper triples. Eddie Barajas scores. Oscar Hamric scores. Benny Palmquist scores. Jerry Lotz comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Terry Rainer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Al DeMerit triples. John Kuiper scores. Heathcliff Eenhoorn pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Damaso Caithamer strikes out. Ike Hodge singles to right field. Kunio Maeda walks. Troy Pena is pinch hitting for Jerry Lotz. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Troy Pena flies out to the center fielder. Bill Koehler strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Colorado total runners LOB: 5 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 8
Game Notes Phil Valentine is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
Colorado Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Alta Gonzalez did not respond to coaching in range Joe Delahanty improves in power_vs_righty Nate Betzel improves in arm Glen Redmond did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jack Hollins did not respond to coaching in LF
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Jorge Guillen improves in power_vs_righty Dutch Nagy did not respond to coaching in velocity Jorge Guillen improves in contact_vs_lefty Tom Moore did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Mike Meluskey did not respond to coaching in SS