Win: Jose Simons (13-5) Loss: Ginger Roberts (2-10)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Ginger Roberts pitching. Jack Young grounds out to the second baseman. Gil Clements grounds out to the shortstop. Rick Kosco reached on a fielding error by Bill Snyder. Gary Bird grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Rick Kosco is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Colorado Jose Simons pitching. Bill Snyder singles to center field. Ed Smith grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Jerry McQuinn strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Bud Rhoads grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ryan Gilbert strikes out. Shannon Carter strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Colorado Joe Oester pops out to the second baseman. Jon Feldman grounds out to the pitcher. Frank Garrido hits a home run. Rodney Sawyer grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Sean Lemaster singles to center field. Jose Simons lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jack Young grounds out to the third baseman. Gil Clements grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Colorado Glenn Durst walks. Ginger Roberts lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bill Snyder flies out to the left fielder. Ed Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Rick Kosco singles to right field. Gary Bird hits a home run. Rick Kosco scores. Bud Rhoads flies out to the center fielder. Ryan Gilbert pops out to the second baseman. Shannon Carter singles to left field. Sean Lemaster walks. Jose Simons strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Colorado Jerry McQuinn walks. Joe Oester doubles to center field. Jerry McQuinn uses his aggressiveness and scores. Jon Feldman strikes out. Frank Garrido strikes out. Rodney Sawyer flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Jack Young strikes out. Gil Clements singles to right field. Rick Kosco walks. Gary Bird strikes out. Bud Rhoads grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Rick Kosco is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Colorado Glenn Durst pops out to the first baseman. Ginger Roberts lines out to the third baseman. Bill Snyder lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Ryan Gilbert strikes out. Shannon Carter grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Sean Lemaster walks. Jose Simons strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Colorado Ed Smith singles to right field. Jerry McQuinn flies out to the left fielder. Joe Oester singles to left field. Jon Feldman flies out to the left fielder. Frank Garrido grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Jack Young flies out to the right fielder. Gil Clements strikes out. Rick Kosco strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Colorado Rodney Sawyer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Glenn Durst strikes out. Ginger Roberts grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Gary Bird grounds out to the second baseman. Bud Rhoads grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ryan Gilbert flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Colorado Bill Snyder grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Mack is pinch hitting for Ed Smith. Bill Mack grounds out to the third baseman. Jerry McQuinn walks. Joe Oester grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Dave Sanchez enters the game as a defensive replacement for Bill Mack at 3B. Shannon Carter is hit by a pitch. Sean Lemaster doubles to left field. Shannon Carter uses his aggressiveness and scores. Mark Corcoran comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bob Manuel is pinch hitting for Jose Simons. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Bob Manuel singles to right field. Sean Lemaster scores. Jack Young strikes out. Gil Clements hits a home run. Bob Manuel scores. Willie Collum comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rick Kosco doubles to center field. Gary Bird grounds out to the second baseman. Rick Kosco advances to third on the play. Bud Rhoads singles past the first baseman. Rick Kosco scores. Ryan Gilbert grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Colorado Chip Stetcher pitching. Alex Crim is pinch hitting for Jon Feldman. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Alex Crim strikes out. Frank Garrido flies out to the center fielder. Rodney Sawyer grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 8 Colorado total runners LOB: 5
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Charlie Autry did not respond to coaching in velocity Hal Barnes improves in contact_vs_lefty Phil Sweasy improves in power_vs_righty Ken Wolf improves in speed Phil Sweasy did not respond to coaching in CF
Colorado Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Buddy Steen improves in contact_vs_righty Buddy Steen improves in range Jim Ortiz improves in power_vs_lefty Joey Staton improves in power_vs_righty Bob Cannizzaro did not respond to coaching in 3B