Win: Pinky Blake (3-3) Loss: Fred Zimmerman (2-1)
Save: Pete Stine (1)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Fred Zimmerman pitching. Happy Williamson singles to left field. Joe Schellhase flies out to the left fielder. Wally Vitelli grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Atlanta Pinky Blake pitching. Echo Charles flies out to the left fielder. Johnnie Dillinger lines out to the pitcher. Johnny Heydon walks. Gil Rufer pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Joe Charles walks. Joe Mead strikes out. Cristian Stephenson hits a home run. Joe Charles scores. Joe Donnelly grounds out to the second baseman. Juan Kunz singles to left field. Pinky Blake strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Atlanta Tiger Lyons grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Marshall Herriage flies out to the right fielder. Tom Lee grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Happy Williamson grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Schellhase doubles to right field. Wally Vitelli reached on a 2-base throwing error by Joe Leshnock. Joe Schellhase scores. Joe Charles strikes out. Joe Mead hits a home run. Wally Vitelli scores. Cristian Stephenson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Atlanta Joe Leshnock strikes out. Fred Zimmerman grounds out to the third baseman. Echo Charles grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Joe Donnelly singles to right field. Juan Kunz grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Pinky Blake pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Atlanta Johnnie Dillinger flies out to the center fielder. Johnny Heydon flies out to the left fielder. Gil Rufer pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Happy Williamson flies out to the left fielder. Joe Schellhase flies out to the center fielder. Wally Vitelli doubles past the center fielder. Joe Charles grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Atlanta Tiger Lyons grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Marshall Herriage singles to right field. Tom Lee singles to center field. Marshall Herriage steals third. Joe Leshnock flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Marshall Herriage scores. Tim Nye is pinch hitting for Fred Zimmerman. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Tim Nye flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Weldon Mann pitching. Joe Mead strikes out. Cristian Stephenson grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Donnelly flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Atlanta Echo Charles singles to center field. Johnnie Dillinger grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Echo Charles is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Johnny Heydon grounds out to the pitcher. Johnnie Dillinger advances to second on the play. Gil Rufer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Juan Kunz singles to left field. Roy McLemore is pinch hitting for Pinky Blake. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Roy McLemore strikes out. Happy Williamson hits a home run. Juan Kunz scores. Billy Ewing comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joe Schellhase flies out to the left fielder. Wally Vitelli grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Atlanta Pete Stine pitching. Burleigh Ruhle is pinch hitting for Tiger Lyons. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Burleigh Ruhle pops out to the second baseman. Marshall Herriage strikes out. Tom Lee strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Joe Charles flies out to the center fielder. Joe Mead flies out to the center fielder. Cristian Stephenson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Atlanta Mike Pellagrini is pinch hitting for Joe Leshnock. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Mike Pellagrini singles to left field. Les Shreve is pinch hitting for Billy Ewing. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Les Shreve grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Echo Charles grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Scotty Renna pitching. Joe Donnelly strikes out. Monte Burkhart is pinch hitting for Juan Kunz. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Monte Burkhart singles to center field. Pete Stine lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jose Snyder is pinch hitting for Happy Williamson. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jose Snyder walks. Joe Schellhase flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Atlanta Johnnie Dillinger strikes out. Johnny Heydon grounds out to the shortstop. Jeff Toppin is pinch hitting for Gil Rufer. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jeff Toppin flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 4 Atlanta total runners LOB: 3
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Marlan Golden did not respond to coaching in endurance Marlan Golden did not respond to coaching in control Harry Cecena did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Bill Schmidt did not respond to coaching in velocity Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance.
Atlanta Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: J.T. Abernathy did not respond to coaching in velocity Curt Finley improves in power_vs_lefty Charlie Raggio improves in range Kory Hawkes did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Joe Altamirano improves in speed Ed Westrum did not respond to coaching in range Charlie Raggio did not respond to coaching in 3B