Inning: 1 Pittsburgh J.R. Mullin pitching. Ron Susko flies out to the right fielder. Merv Ruffin reached on a fielding error by Hector Souchock. Jumbo Walker grounds out to the second baseman. Merv Ruffin advances to second on the play. Darrell LaRose singles to left field. Merv Ruffin scores. Guillermo Nichols lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 New York Harmon Koskie pitching. Yukiyasu Sasaki singles in front of the center fielder. Roland Gustafsson flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Latham Singleton lines out to the third baseman. Chuck Holmes grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Yukiyasu Sasaki is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Gene Kelly flies out to the left fielder. George Pruess strikes out. Bryan Grieve strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 New York Billy Henry singles to left field. Erik Bliss strikes out. Bill Needham singles to center field. Billy Henry advances to third on the hit. Hector Souchock singles to left field. Billy Henry scores. Bill Needham advances to third on the hit. J.R. Mullin flies out to the right fielder. Yukiyasu Sasaki grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Harmon Koskie pops out to the third baseman. Ron Susko pops out to the first baseman. Merv Ruffin doubles to left field. Jumbo Walker grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 New York Roland Gustafsson strikes out. Latham Singleton grounds out to the third baseman. Chuck Holmes grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Darrell LaRose flies out to the right fielder. Guillermo Nichols grounds out to the second baseman. Gene Kelly singles to center field. George Pruess walks. Bryan Grieve singles to left field. Gene Kelly scores. Harmon Koskie lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 New York Billy Henry flies out to the left fielder. Erik Bliss pops out to the first baseman. Bill Needham singles to right field. Bill Needham steals second. Hector Souchock singles to left field. Bill Needham scores. J.R. Mullin grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Ron Susko grounds out to the second baseman. Merv Ruffin doubles to left field. Ty Granger 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. Jumbo Walker singles to center field. The defense is playing the infield in. Darrell LaRose singles to left field. Merv Ruffin scores. Guillermo Nichols strikes out. Gene Kelly grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 New York Yukiyasu Sasaki flies out to the left fielder. Roland Gustafsson grounds out to the shortstop. Latham Singleton pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh George Pruess grounds out to the pitcher. Bryan Grieve strikes out. Harmon Koskie strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 New York Chuck Holmes grounds out to the third baseman. Billy Henry grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Erik Bliss pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Ron Susko bunts for a base hit. Merv Ruffin grounds out to the second baseman. Ron Susko advances to second on the play. Craig Fletcher comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states RP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Jumbo Walker flies out to the left fielder. Darrell LaRose flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 New York Bill Needham grounds out to the third baseman. Hector Souchock strikes out. Sam Peterson is pinch hitting for Craig Fletcher. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Sam Peterson walks. Woody Hampton 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 1st. Yukiyasu Sasaki grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Jocko Johnson pitching. Guillermo Nichols walks. Gene Kelly singles to center field. George Pruess flies out to the center fielder. Jim Bare is pinch hitting for Bryan Grieve. Jim Bare strikes out. Tyson Layne is pinch hitting for Woody Hampton. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Tyson Layne singles to center field. Bill Nunn comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ron Susko grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 New York Spades Rath pitching. Roland Gustafsson strikes out. Marc Welby is pinch hitting for Latham Singleton. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Marc Welby singles to right field. Chuck Holmes hits an infield single to the third baseman. Billy Henry walks. The defense is playing the corners in. Erik Bliss strikes out. Bill Needham grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Merv Ruffin strikes out. Jumbo Walker grounds out to the second baseman. Darrell LaRose flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 New York Hector Souchock walks. Bill Nunn lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Yukiyasu Sasaki strikes out. Roland Gustafsson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 10 New York total runners LOB: 9
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bill Ciaffone did not respond to coaching in range Larry Edwards improves in speed Al Horan did not respond to coaching in control Hank Hannahs improves in power_vs_lefty Paul Conlan did not respond to coaching in SS
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: D+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Socks Sage improves in power_vs_lefty Gary Miklos did not respond to coaching in control George Adams improves in range Andy Diaz did not respond to coaching in velocity Larry Roberts did not respond to coaching in CF