Win: Mickey Jantzen (4-5) Loss: Stan Pool (2-1)
Save: Harry Kluszewski (4)
Inning: 1 Arizona Mickey Jantzen pitching. Ozzie Grant strikes out. Dustin Crenshaw flies out to the center fielder. Jack Straw flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Stan Pool pitching. Chet Farr doubles to center field. Ivan Plodinec triples. Chet Farr scores. Vic Britton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Alomar flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Ivan Plodinec scores. Jake Vina strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Arizona Joe Lowenstein singles to left field. Dixon Gabrielson grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Bert McGinn singles to center field. Weldon Wheeler grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Bert McGinn is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Ryan Gonzalez singles to left field. Red Hernandez grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Bid Markle hits a home run. Mickey Jantzen singles to left field. Chet Farr walks. Ivan Plodinec doubles to center field. Mickey Jantzen scores. Chet Farr uses his aggressiveness and scores. Vic Britton grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Arizona Angel Vandagrift strikes out. Stan Pool strikes out. Ozzie Grant flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Joe Alomar walks. Jake Vina flies out to the left fielder. Ryan Gonzalez pops out to the shortstop. Red Hernandez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Arizona Dustin Crenshaw hits a home run. Jack Straw strikes out. Joe Lowenstein hits an infield single to the pitcher. Dixon Gabrielson grounds out to the pitcher. Joe Lowenstein advances to second on the play. Bert McGinn flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Bid Markle flies out to the center fielder. Mickey Jantzen strikes out. Chet Farr flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Arizona Weldon Wheeler grounds out to the second baseman. Angel Vandagrift strikes out. Keni Watanabe is pinch hitting for Stan Pool. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Keni Watanabe flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Ernie Usher pitching. Ivan Plodinec strikes out. Vic Britton walks. Joe Alomar strikes out. Jake Vina singles to center field. Vic Britton advances to third on the hit. Ryan Gonzalez walks. Red Hernandez singles to left field. Vic Britton scores. Jake Vina scores. Ryan Gonzalez advances to third on the hit. Craig Grace comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bid Markle flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Arizona Ozzie Grant strikes out. Dustin Crenshaw pops out to the shortstop. Jack Straw grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Mickey Jantzen strikes out. Chet Farr grounds out to the third baseman. Ivan Plodinec strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Arizona Dutch Rettenmund is pinch hitting for Joe Lowenstein. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Dutch Rettenmund grounds out to the pitcher. Dixon Gabrielson grounds out to the shortstop. Bert McGinn flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Vic Britton strikes out. Joe Alomar grounds out to the second baseman. Jake Vina strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Arizona Weldon Wheeler flies out to the center fielder. Angel Vandagrift strikes out. Eddy Cochrane is pinch hitting for Craig Grace. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Eddy Cochrane grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Walter Jones pitching. Ryan Gonzalez strikes out. Mickey Clark is pinch hitting for Red Hernandez. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Mickey Clark flies out to the left fielder. Bid Markle flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Arizona Ozzie Grant hits a home run. Jeff Herrera is pinch hitting for Dustin Crenshaw. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jeff Herrera doubles to center field. Jack Straw flies out to the right fielder. Dutch Rettenmund flies out to the center fielder. Dixon Gabrielson triples. Jeff Herrera scores. Neil Falkenberg comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bert McGinn hits a home run. Dixon Gabrielson scores. Harry Kluszewski comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Weldon Wheeler singles past the first baseman. Angel Vandagrift lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Arizona total runners left on base: 3 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 4
Game Notes Joe Lowenstein is injured and is expected to be out 29 days.
Arizona Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Paul Ho did not respond to coaching in arm Paul Ho did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jamie Erickson improves in velocity Jay Herbert improves in arm
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Barry Foster improves in contact_vs_lefty Tom Fowler did not respond to coaching in control Jeff Ehrhardt did not respond to coaching in control Tom Fowler improves in control