Win: Rome Royster (9-4) Loss: Paul Cabrera (7-6)
Save: Mul Fautsch (23)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Rome Royster pitching. Joe Wallace singles to left field. Leo Seats strikes out. Cole Childress grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Chicago Paul Cabrera pitching. Hal Covington grounds out to the shortstop. Dan Mattimore hits a home run. Tom Mensor grounds out to the third baseman. Gus Smyth strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Joe Tyrone grounds out to the shortstop. Pretzel Kruk strikes out. Cliff Simpson grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Chicago Blaise Bushelman strikes out. Daisuke Haba walks. Ralph Mondesi strikes out. Paul Clack singles to left field. Daisuke Haba advances to third on the hit. Rome Royster grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Ruben Mills walks. Mark Morrison strikes out. Paul Cabrera lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Joe Wallace flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Chicago Hal Covington grounds out to the third baseman. Dan Mattimore strikes out. Tom Mensor singles to right field. Tom Mensor steals second. Gus Smyth walks. Blaise Bushelman singles past the shortstop. Tom Mensor scores. Gus Smyth advances to third on the hit. Daisuke Haba grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Leo Seats grounds out to the second baseman. Cole Childress singles to right field. Joe Tyrone strikes out. Pretzel Kruk doubles to right field. Cole Childress uses his aggressiveness and scores. Cliff Simpson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Chicago Ralph Mondesi reached on a 2-base throwing error by Cliff Simpson. Paul Clack singles to center field. Ralph Mondesi scores. Rome Royster lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Hal Covington strikes out. Paul Clack steals third. Dan Mattimore grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Ruben Mills pops out to the third baseman. Mark Morrison flies out to the center fielder. Paul Cabrera flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Chicago Tom Mensor hits a home run. Gus Smyth strikes out. Blaise Bushelman walks. Blaise Bushelman steals second. Daisuke Haba strikes out. Ralph Mondesi grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Joe Wallace singles to left field. Leo Seats flies out to the left fielder. Joe Wallace steals second. Cole Childress pops out to the third baseman. Joe Tyrone walks. Pretzel Kruk grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Chicago Paul Clack grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rome Royster strikes out. Hal Covington singles to center field. Dan Mattimore flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Cliff Simpson flies out to the left fielder. Ruben Mills singles to right field. Mark Morrison strikes out. Paul Cabrera strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Chicago Tom Mensor grounds out to the third baseman. Gus Smyth strikes out. Blaise Bushelman grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh JuJu Freeman enters the game as a defensive replacement for Paul Clack at SS. Joe Wallace grounds out to the shortstop. Leo Seats grounds out to the second baseman. Cole Childress singles to center field. Joe Tyrone flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Chicago Daisuke Haba grounds out to the second baseman. Ralph Mondesi strikes out. JuJu Freeman flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Mul Fautsch comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Pretzel Kruk grounds out to the shortstop. Cliff Simpson grounds out to the third baseman. Ruben Mills strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 6 Chicago total runners left on base: 7
Game Notes Mark Morrison is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: A RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bryan Ens improves in range Tony Lemonds did not respond to coaching in control Dick Kolp improves in power_vs_righty Derrick Tanner improves in power_vs_lefty Malek Graeber improves in power_vs_lefty Gordon Irelan did not respond to coaching in control Kevin Denning improves in 1B
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: A+ RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: A Improvements: John McLeland did not respond to coaching in speed Charlie Brewer improves in speed Alexander Jackson-Henry did not respond to coaching in speed John McLeland did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Andres Gossieaux did not respond to coaching in range John McLeland did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Charlie Brewer did not respond to coaching in 1B