Win: Jose Simons (6-0) Loss: Bernie Morrison (4-3)
Save: Harry Giordano (12)
Inning: 1 New York Jose Simons pitching. Speed Rose pops out to the third baseman. Freddy Hartley strikes out. Koji Umeda grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Bernie Morrison pitching. Kelly Estrada pops out to the third baseman. Gil Clements singles to left field. Sean Lemaster strikes out. Rick Kosco grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 New York Dwight Blackwell hits a home run. Jesse Oana grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Krug singles to left field. Paul McLaughlin strikes out. Rob Weaver grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Joe Krug is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Pat Felsch singles to right field. Chris Grunwald singles to center field. Pat Felsch advances to third on the hit. Leo Wise grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Pat Felsch scores. Shannon Carter walks. Jose Simons grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Shannon Carter is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 New York Bernie Morrison grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Speed Rose flies out to the left fielder. Freddy Hartley strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Kelly Estrada pops out to the second baseman. Gil Clements doubles to center field. Sean Lemaster pops out to the second baseman. Rick Kosco hits a home run. Gil Clements scores. Pat Felsch walks. Chris Grunwald singles to right field. Leo Wise singles to center field. Pat Felsch scores. Chris Grunwald advances to third on the hit. Shannon Carter strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 New York Koji Umeda doubles to right field. Dwight Blackwell strikes out. Koji Umeda is out trying to steal third. Jesse Oana singles to left field. Joe Krug strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Jose Simons grounds out to the third baseman. Kelly Estrada singles to left field. Gil Clements flies out to the center fielder. Kelly Estrada is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 New York Paul McLaughlin strikes out. Rob Weaver grounds out to the second baseman. Bernie Morrison grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Sean Lemaster hits a home run. Brian Gladden comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rick Kosco grounds out to the second baseman. Pat Felsch grounds out to the second baseman. Chris Grunwald strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 New York Speed Rose grounds out to the second baseman. Freddy Hartley singles to center field. Koji Umeda grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Freddy Hartley is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Dwight Blackwell grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Leo Wise strikes out. Shannon Carter walks. Jim Taylor comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Jose Simons fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Jose Simons grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 New York Jesse Oana strikes out. Joe Krug grounds out to the second baseman. Paul McLaughlin grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Kelly Estrada grounds out to the shortstop. Gil Clements strikes out. Sean Lemaster grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 New York Rob Weaver pops out to the shortstop. Jeff Brennan is pinch hitting for Jim Taylor. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jeff Brennan singles to right field. Jeff Brennan steals second. Speed Rose grounds out to the second baseman. Jeff Brennan advances to third on the play. Freddy Hartley triples. Jeff Brennan scores. Koji Umeda doubles to right field. Freddy Hartley scores. Dwight Blackwell strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Paul Whitney pitching. Rick Kosco flies out to the left fielder. Pat Felsch grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Chris Grunwald pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 New York Harry Giordano comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Jesse Oana singles to right field. Joe Krug walks. Paul McLaughlin flies out to the right fielder. Rob Weaver pops out to the first baseman. David Washburn is pinch hitting for Paul Whitney. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. David Washburn grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 New York total runners left on base: 6 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 4
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jim Magee did not respond to coaching in range Pete Sandberg did not respond to coaching in velocity John Harris improves in velocity Pete Sandberg improves in control Bill Cort did not respond to coaching in 3B
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ken Wolf did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Charley Zmich did not respond to coaching in velocity Al Dunn improves in contact_vs_righty Hal Barnes improves in power_vs_lefty Phil Sweasy did not respond to coaching in CF