Win: Paul Balboni (1-0) Loss: Shag Long (0-1)
Save: John Glover (2)
Inning: 1 Arizona Shag Long pitching. Hector Washburn grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Layton walks. Nick Mahoney flies out to the right fielder. Bob Layton steals second. Joe Shea walks. Christopher Coogan flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Paul Balboni pitching. Red Garcia flies out to the right fielder. Osmel Diaz flies out to the right fielder. Lefty LaRue strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Arizona Monte Vahrenhorst pops out to the first baseman. Rich Smith singles to center field. Rich Dorsett flies out to the left fielder. Paul Balboni grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Rich Smith is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Dick Hiser singles to right field. J.C. McGaffigan grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Keith Larmore reached on a 2-base throwing error by Monte Vahrenhorst. Bill Juul hits an infield single to the pitcher. Jack Ozmer singles to center field. Keith Larmore scores. Shag Long strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Arizona Hector Washburn strikes out. Bob Layton walks. Nick Mahoney strikes out. Joe Shea pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Red Garcia strikes out. Osmel Diaz grounds out to the shortstop. Lefty LaRue singles to center field. Dick Hiser grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Lefty LaRue is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Arizona Christopher Coogan singles to right field. Christopher Coogan steals second. Monte Vahrenhorst grounds out to the third baseman. Rich Smith hits a home run. Christopher Coogan scores. Rich Dorsett grounds out to the second baseman. Paul Balboni pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh J.C. McGaffigan walks. Keith Larmore flies out to the right fielder. Bill Juul strikes out. Jack Ozmer grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Arizona Hector Washburn grounds out to the pitcher. Bob Layton singles to right field. Nick Mahoney strikes out. Joe Shea singles to center field. Bob Layton advances to third on the hit. Christopher Coogan grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Shag Long grounds out to the third baseman. Red Garcia lines out to the pitcher. Osmel Diaz strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Arizona Monte Vahrenhorst hits a home run. Rich Smith pops out to the third baseman. Rich Dorsett grounds out to the third baseman. Paul Balboni grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Lefty LaRue singles to right field. Dick Hiser reached on a fielding error by Rich Dorsett. J.C. McGaffigan pops out to the shortstop. Keith Larmore singles to center field. Lefty LaRue scores. Bill Juul grounds out to the pitcher. Dick Hiser advances to third on the play. Keith Larmore advances to second on the play. Jack Ozmer strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Arizona Hector Washburn grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Layton pops out to the second baseman. Nick Mahoney pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Bob Osborne is pinch hitting for Shag Long. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Bob Osborne walks. Red Garcia flies out to the center fielder. Osmel Diaz strikes out. Lefty LaRue strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Arizona Frank Downs pitching. Joe Shea grounds out to the second baseman. Christopher Coogan strikes out. Monte Vahrenhorst flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh James Duran enters the game as a defensive replacement for Hector Washburn at 3B. Mordecai Colborn enters the game as a defensive replacement for Joe Shea at 2B. Donger Young enters the game as a defensive replacement for Rich Smith at RF. Ron Beltran comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Dick Hiser strikes out. J.C. McGaffigan flies out to the center fielder. Keith Larmore grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Arizona Donger Young strikes out. Rich Dorsett flies out to the center fielder. Zeke Hennigan is pinch hitting for Ron Beltran. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Zeke Hennigan flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh John Glover pitching. Bill Juul grounds out to the second baseman. Jack Ozmer flies out to the center fielder. Hal Gomez is pinch hitting for Frank Downs. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Hal Gomez grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Arizona total runners LOB: 6 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 7
Batting:HR - Monte Vahrenhorst (1), Rich Smith (1). Baserunning: SB - Bob Layton (1), Christopher Coogan (2). Fielding: E - Monte Vahrenhorst, Rich Dorsett.
Arizona Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Pete Grubb did not respond to coaching in control Jeff Lohr did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Esteban Gruber improves in power_vs_righty Dan Reed improves in power_vs_lefty Esteban Gruber improves in power_vs_righty Jim Kelleher improves in arm Jeff Lohr improves in 2B
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Brad Flaherty did not respond to coaching in arm Ed Gerber did not respond to coaching in velocity Ernest Mouton improves in velocity Johnny Cochrane improves in arm Brad Flaherty did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Dick Dee did not respond to coaching in speed Bob Littell improves in 1B