Win: Pinky Blake (2-0) Loss: Stubby Johnson (0-1)
Save: Wayne McNamara (1)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Stubby Johnson pitching. Keith Doby flies out to the right fielder. Happy Williamson hits a home run. Dave Crockett flies out to the left fielder. Joe Mead strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Atlanta Pinky Blake pitching. Ray Handrahan walks. Burleigh Ruhle grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Johnny North grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Joe Schellhase reached on a fielding error by Jay McBride. Joe Charles singles to right field. Joe Schellhase advances to third on the hit. Roy McLemore grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Schellhase scores. Joe Charles advances to second on the play. Jeff Branca strikes out. Pinky Blake singles to right field. Joe Charles scores. Keith Doby grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Atlanta Tom Lee flies out to the center fielder. Echo Charles walks. Scott Bonds walks. Joe Kahl flies out to the center fielder. Jay McBride flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Happy Williamson singles to center field. Happy Williamson steals second. Dave Crockett flies out to the left fielder. Joe Mead strikes out. Joe Schellhase singles to center field. Happy Williamson scores. Joe Charles hits a home run. Joe Schellhase scores. Roy McLemore pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Atlanta Stubby Johnson flies out to the center fielder. Ray Handrahan singles to left field. Burleigh Ruhle grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Ray Handrahan is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Johnny North flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Jeff Branca strikes out. Pinky Blake pops out to the second baseman. Keith Doby hits an infield single to the second baseman. Happy Williamson walks. Dave Crockett flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Atlanta Tom Lee lines out to the second baseman. Echo Charles grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Scott Bonds singles to center field. Joe Kahl strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Joe Mead strikes out. Joe Schellhase strikes out. Joe Charles grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Atlanta Jay McBride strikes out. Johnnie Dillinger is pinch hitting for Stubby Johnson. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Johnnie Dillinger grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ray Handrahan grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Lou Nelson pitching. Roy McLemore reached on a fielding error by Burleigh Ruhle. Jeff Branca doubles to center field. Pinky Blake pops out to the first baseman. Keith Doby singles past the first baseman. Roy McLemore scores. Happy Williamson singles to right field. Jeff Branca scores. Dave Crockett grounds out to the second baseman. Keith Doby advances to third on the play. Happy Williamson advances to second on the play. Joe Mead walks. Pancho Lipetri comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Joe Schellhase strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Atlanta Burleigh Ruhle grounds out to the shortstop. Johnny North hits a home run. Tom Lee flies out to the right fielder. Echo Charles hits a home run. Scott Bonds hits a home run. Ken Belk comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Joe Kahl flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Joe Charles grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Roy McLemore singles to left field. Jeff Branca singles to center field. Roy McLemore advances to third on the hit. Wally Vitelli is pinch hitting for Ken Belk. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Wally Vitelli strikes out. Keith Doby strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Atlanta Wayne McNamara pitching. Jay McBride strikes out. Gil Rufer is pinch hitting for Pancho Lipetri. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Gil Rufer grounds out to the second baseman. Ray Handrahan walks. Burleigh Ruhle strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Jack Hannahs pitching. Happy Williamson grounds out to the pitcher. Dave Crockett grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Mead strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Atlanta Johnny North pops out to the shortstop. Tom Lee flies out to the left fielder. Echo Charles pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Joe Schellhase reached on a fielding error by Jay McBride. Joe Charles grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Joe Schellhase is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Roy McLemore strikes out. Cristian Stephenson is pinch hitting for Jeff Branca. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Cristian Stephenson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Atlanta Scott Bonds singles to left field. Joe Kahl flies out to the center fielder. Jay McBride grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 9 Atlanta total runners LOB: 5
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Pat Virgil improves in range Marlan Golden did not respond to coaching in endurance Tom Walker did not respond to coaching in speed Marlan Golden did not respond to coaching in control Pat Virgil improves in contact_vs_righty Johnny Griffin did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty
Atlanta Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Kory Hawkes improves in power_vs_lefty Kory Hawkes improves in arm Jeff Toppin improves in power_vs_righty Joe Romano did not respond to coaching in speed Scott DeVogt did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jose McNeely did not respond to coaching in control Del Mingori did not respond to coaching in 2B