Win: George Long (4-1) Loss: Lloyd Nichols (1-5)
Save: Fred Barker (7)
Inning: 1 San Francisco Lloyd Nichols pitching. Rex McCarver walks. Morris Virgil grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Rex McCarver is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Morris Virgil is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Tom Jordan walks. Tommy Carlos singles in front of the left fielder. Wilton Hulett grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Tommy Carlos is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh George Long pitching. Tim Shamberger flies out to the left fielder. Randy Reiniger singles to right field. Spud Glenn singles to left field. Pinch Lewis strikes out. Skel Reynolds flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 San Francisco Mike Rainey grounds out to the shortstop. Joey Fisher strikes out. Takahiro Jo singles to center field. George Long strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Gene Kessinger walks. Bill Tyler walks. Bob Payne walks. Lloyd Nichols grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Gene Kessinger scores. Bill Tyler advances to third on the play. Tim Shamberger walks. Randy Reiniger flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 San Francisco Rex McCarver walks. Morris Virgil strikes out. Tom Jordan walks. Tommy Carlos flies out to the left fielder. Wilton Hulett grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Spud Glenn strikes out. Pinch Lewis flies out to the left fielder. Skel Reynolds grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 San Francisco Mike Rainey doubles to center field. Joey Fisher grounds out to the third baseman. Takahiro Jo walks. George Long lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Rex McCarver walks. Morris Virgil hits a home run. Mike Rainey scores. Takahiro Jo scores. Rex McCarver scores. Tom Jordan grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Gene Kessinger walks. Bill Tyler grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Bob Payne singles to left field. Lloyd Nichols strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 San Francisco Tommy Carlos grounds out to the shortstop. Wilton Hulett lines out to the second baseman. Mike Rainey grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Tim Shamberger singles to left field. Randy Reiniger strikes out. Tim Shamberger is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Spud Glenn singles to center field. Pinch Lewis singles to left field. Spud Glenn is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 San Francisco Joey Fisher flies out to the right fielder. Takahiro Jo flies out to the right fielder. George Long pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Skel Reynolds reached on a fielding error by Wilton Hulett. Gene Kessinger walks. Bill Tyler singles to right field. Skel Reynolds scores. Gene Kessinger advances to third on the hit. Bob Payne grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Gene Kessinger scores. Josh Cort comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Lloyd Nichols grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 San Francisco Rex McCarver walks. Morris Virgil grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Tom Jordan pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Tim Shamberger flies out to the center fielder. Randy Reiniger grounds out to the third baseman. Spud Glenn grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 San Francisco Miguel Pierce comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Tommy Carlos strikes out. Wilton Hulett strikes out. Mike Rainey flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Scott Potter enters the game as a defensive replacement for Rex McCarver at 1B. Pinch Lewis flies out to the center fielder. Skel Reynolds strikes out. Gene Kessinger grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 San Francisco Joey Fisher grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Takahiro Jo singles to left field. Rick Bowen is pinch hitting for Josh Cort. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Rick Bowen grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Fred Barker pitching. Bill Tyler strikes out. Bob Payne grounds out to the third baseman. Bob Harriss is pinch hitting for Miguel Pierce. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Bob Harriss doubles to left field. Tim Shamberger grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 San Francisco total runners LOB: 5 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 7
San Francisco Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Dale Dougherty improves in arm Jim Farrell did not respond to coaching in control Fred Caneira improves in velocity Dale Dougherty improves in contact_vs_righty Joe Masteller did not respond to coaching in 1B
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Gary Lewis improves in contact_vs_lefty Glenn Oliver did not respond to coaching in endurance Frank Gainey did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Del Weatherly did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Sam O'Conner did not respond to coaching in SS