Win: Dan Wickersham (1-1) Loss: Clancy Hackman (1-3)
Save: Bill Reed (9)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Neal Arlett pitching. Billy Mitchell flies out to the center fielder. Vince Van Poppel doubles to right field. Eddie Coleman singles to left field. Vince Van Poppel scores. Jeff Jones pops out to the third baseman. Eddie Coleman steals second. Taku Nakatani grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Los Angeles Al Glenn pitching. D.T. Thomas doubles to center field. Tony Castiglia walks. Skel Forsch lines out to the third baseman. Bill Quillen singles to center field. D.T. Thomas scores. Tony Castiglia advances to third on the hit. Chad Martinez singles to right field. Tony Castiglia scores. Bill Quillen advances to third on the hit. Phil Phyl grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Quillen scores. Chad Martinez advances to second on the play. Fred Smith flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Steve Knight doubles past the right fielder. Benny Cruz strikes out. Steve Gaedel walks. Al Glenn lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Billy Mitchell flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Los Angeles Fran Schmidt singles to center field. Neal Arlett lays down a bunt. He is safe at first. Runners advance. D.T. Thomas singles to right field. Fran Schmidt scores. Tony Castiglia singles to center field. Neal Arlett scores. D.T. Thomas advances to third on the hit. Skel Forsch walks. Bill Quillen grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. D.T. Thomas is out at home. Chad Martinez flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Tony Castiglia is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Vince Van Poppel singles to right field. Eddie Coleman walks. Jeff Jones singles to right field. Vince Van Poppel scores. Eddie Coleman advances to third on the hit. Taku Nakatani flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Eddie Coleman is thrown out at the plate. Steve Knight grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Los Angeles Phil Phyl strikes out. Fred Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Fran Schmidt pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Benny Cruz walks. Steve Gaedel grounds out to the pitcher. Benny Cruz advances to second on the play. Al Glenn singles to right field. Benny Cruz scores. Billy Mitchell grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Los Angeles Neal Arlett strikes out. D.T. Thomas grounds out to the second baseman. Tony Castiglia singles past the shortstop. Skel Forsch flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Vince Van Poppel strikes out. Eddie Coleman grounds out to the shortstop. Jeff Jones strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Los Angeles Bill Quillen strikes out. Chad Martinez grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Phil Phyl grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Taku Nakatani strikes out. Steve Knight strikes out. Benny Cruz singles to left field. Steve Gaedel triples. Benny Cruz scores. Al Glenn strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Los Angeles Fred Smith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Fran Schmidt flies out to the left fielder. Jay Kieschnick is pinch hitting for Neal Arlett. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Jay Kieschnick strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Les Pickering pitching. Billy Mitchell grounds out to the third baseman. Vince Van Poppel grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Eddie Coleman grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Los Angeles D.T. Thomas grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tony Castiglia walks. Skel Forsch grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Tony Castiglia is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Bill Quillen strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Jeff Jones grounds out to the second baseman. Taku Nakatani walks. Steve Knight flies out to the right fielder. Benny Cruz walks. Steve Gaedel singles to center field. Taku Nakatani scores. Benny Cruz advances to third on the hit. Clancy Hackman comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mike Kingman is pinch hitting for Al Glenn. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Mike Kingman flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Los Angeles Dan Wickersham pitching. Chad Martinez grounds out to the second baseman. Phil Phyl grounds out to the pitcher. Fred Smith pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Billy Mitchell singles to left field. Vince Van Poppel triples. Billy Mitchell scores. Eddie Coleman flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Vince Van Poppel scores. Jim Bratcher comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jeff Jones flies out to the left fielder. Taku Nakatani singles to left field. Taku Nakatani steals second. Taku Nakatani steals third. Steve Knight singles to center field. Taku Nakatani scores. Benny Cruz flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Los Angeles Bill Reed comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Fran Schmidt flies out to the left fielder. Tex Mahoney is pinch hitting for Jim Bratcher. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Tex Mahoney singles past the second baseman. D.T. Thomas grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 8 Los Angeles total runners LOB: 5
Batting:2B - Vince Van Poppel (8), Steve Knight (1).3B - Vince Van Poppel (3), Steve Gaedel (2).SF - Eddie Coleman.GIDP - Billy Mitchell. Baserunning: SB - Eddie Coleman (6), Taku Nakatani 2 (7).
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Paul Kerrigan did not respond to coaching in arm Larry Converse did not respond to coaching in range Jack Ebright improves in power_vs_lefty Cobe Lindemann did not respond to coaching in endurance Jack Ebright improves in power_vs_righty Orlando Lathers did not respond to coaching in range