Win: Steve Donahue (9-3) Loss: Joe Benton (2-7)
Save: Harry Giordano (20)
Inning: 1 Colorado Steve Donahue pitching. Bill Snyder strikes out. Jerry McQuinn strikes out. Dink Johnson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Keith Hoffman pitching. Kelly Estrada flies out to the right fielder. Gil Clements strikes out. Rick Kosco flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Colorado Joe Oester walks. Ed Smith lines out to the second baseman. Joe Oester steals second. Frank Garrido flies out to the right fielder. Jon Feldman flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Pat Felsch strikes out. Chris Grunwald strikes out. Leo Wise flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Colorado Rodney Sawyer flies out to the right fielder. Keith Hoffman flies out to the left fielder. Bill Snyder walks. Jerry McQuinn grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Bill Snyder is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Jack Young grounds out to the shortstop. Sean Lemaster grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Steve Donahue flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Colorado Dink Johnson flies out to the right fielder. Joe Oester strikes out. Ed Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Kelly Estrada singles to right field. Gil Clements flies out to the left fielder. Rick Kosco flies out to the center fielder. Kelly Estrada steals second. Pat Felsch walks. Chris Grunwald walks. Leo Wise walks. Kelly Estrada scores. Jack Young grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Colorado Frank Garrido strikes out. Jon Feldman walks. Rodney Sawyer grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Sean Lemaster strikes out. Steve Donahue flies out to the center fielder. Kelly Estrada grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Colorado Keith Hoffman flies out to the left fielder. Bill Snyder singles to center field. Jerry McQuinn singles to left field. Bill Snyder advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the corners in. Dink Johnson singles to left field. Bill Snyder scores. Jerry McQuinn advances to third on the hit. Joe Oester doubles to center field. Jerry McQuinn scores. Ed Smith strikes out. Frank Garrido strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Gil Clements strikes out. Rick Kosco doubles to right field. Pat Felsch grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rick Kosco advances to third on the play. Chris Grunwald lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Colorado Jon Feldman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rodney Sawyer strikes out. Keith Hoffman strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Leo Wise grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Manuel is pinch hitting for Jack Young. Bob Manuel grounds out to the shortstop. Sean Lemaster pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Colorado Bill Snyder grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jerry McQuinn grounds out to the second baseman. Dink Johnson pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Jim Santana is pinch hitting for Steve Donahue. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Jim Santana doubles to center field. Joe Benton 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. Kelly Estrada hits a home run. Jim Santana scores. Gil Clements flies out to the center fielder. Rick Kosco flies out to the left fielder. Pat Felsch strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Colorado Harry Giordano pitching. Joe Oester doubles to center field. Ed Smith strikes out. Frank Garrido grounds out to the shortstop. Jon Feldman flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Colorado total runners left on base: 5 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 4
Colorado Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Curt Monroe improves in arm Steve Burdette improves in arm Earl Cianfrocco improves in velocity Chuck Deshaies did not respond to coaching in velocity Butch Encarnacion did not respond to coaching in 1B
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ivan Cook did not respond to coaching in control Al Dunn did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty John Hyatt improves in contact_vs_lefty Bill Rodriguez improves in velocity Phil Sweasy did not respond to coaching in CF