Win: Ken Cheetah (4-0) Loss: Roy Smith (0-4)
Save: Klaus Hinternweh (5)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Ray Eddy pitching. Gazelle Beatty doubles to right field. Pop Lopez grounds out to the second baseman. Gazelle Beatty advances to third on the play. Jim Heiser grounds out to the shortstop. Gazelle Beatty scores. Bill Barnes pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Brooklyn Roy Smith pitching. John Brewington grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Roseman grounds out to the pitcher. Skel Clark singles to center field. Skel Clark steals second. Charlie Geyer throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. John Regan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Yoshihasa Minagawa walks. Charlie Geyer singles to center field. Dick Young singles to center field. Yoshihasa Minagawa scores. Jimmie Foxx Jr. grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Charlie Geyer advances to third on the play. Roy Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Brooklyn Bill Johnson doubles to center field. Gil Donlin walks. Bill Johnson steals third. Keiji Tsutsui flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Bill Johnson scores. Gil Donlin steals second. Passed ball. Gil Donlin advances to third. Garvin Vernon strikes out. Ray Eddy flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Gazelle Beatty walks. Pop Lopez strikes out. Jim Heiser walks. Bill Barnes strikes out. Yoshihasa Minagawa singles to right field. Gazelle Beatty scores. Jim Heiser advances to third on the hit. Charlie Geyer walks. Dick Young flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Brooklyn John Brewington walks. Jim Roseman walks. John Brewington steals third. Skel Clark hits a home run. John Brewington scores. Jim Roseman scores. John Regan grounds out to the pitcher. Bill Johnson doubles to left field. Gil Donlin singles to center field. Bill Johnson is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Keiji Tsutsui strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Jimmie Foxx Jr. grounds out to the second baseman. Roy Smith strikes out. Gazelle Beatty pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Brooklyn Garvin Vernon flies out to the left fielder. Rusty Just is pinch hitting for Ray Eddy. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Rusty Just walks. John Brewington grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Rusty Just is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jim Roseman reached on a 2-base fielding error by Dick Young. Skel Clark grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Ken Cheetah pitching. Pop Lopez strikes out. Jim Heiser flies out to the center fielder. Bill Barnes strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Brooklyn John Regan singles to center field. Bill Johnson strikes out. John Regan is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Gil Donlin grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Yoshihasa Minagawa strikes out. Charlie Geyer strikes out. Dick Young walks. Jimmie Foxx Jr. flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Brooklyn Keiji Tsutsui grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Garvin Vernon flies out to the center fielder. Ken Cheetah flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Orth Lollar is pinch hitting for Roy Smith. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Orth Lollar flies out to the left fielder. Gazelle Beatty pops out to the pitcher. Pop Lopez singles to right field. Jim Heiser reached on a 2-base throwing error by Skel Clark. Bill Barnes grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Brooklyn Harry Ortiz pitching. John Brewington walks. John Brewington steals second. Jim Roseman strikes out. Skel Clark walks. John Regan flies out to the center fielder. John Brewington steals third. Bill Johnson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Yoshihasa Minagawa flies out to the center fielder. Charlie Geyer singles to right field. Dick Young strikes out. Jimmie Foxx Jr. flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Brooklyn Gil Donlin walks. Keiji Tsutsui singles to left field. Gil Donlin advances to third on the hit. Keiji Tsutsui steals second. Garvin Vernon grounds out to the second baseman. Gil Donlin scores. Keiji Tsutsui advances to third on the play. Merv Stark is pinch hitting for Ken Cheetah. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Merv Stark singles to center field. Keiji Tsutsui scores. Merv Stark steals second. John Brewington flies out to the center fielder. Jim Roseman strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Klaus Hinternweh pitching. Nelson Keupper is pinch hitting for Harry Ortiz. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Nelson Keupper flies out to the center fielder. Gazelle Beatty flies out to the center fielder. Pop Lopez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 8 Brooklyn total runners left on base: 8
Batting:2B - Bill Johnson 2 (9).HR - Skel Clark (9).SF - Keiji Tsutsui. Baserunning: SB - John Brewington 3 (6), Skel Clark (3), Bill Johnson (4), Gil Donlin (2), Keiji Tsutsui (2), Merv Stark (5).CS - John Regan (1). Fielding: E - Skel Clark.
Game Notes Yoshihasa Minagawa is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ron Davison improves in power_vs_righty Ron Davison improves in contact_vs_righty Hugh Jourdan improves in arm John Jelks improves in power_vs_lefty
Brooklyn Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Tony Johnson did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty John Greenberg improves in contact_vs_righty Osamu Hirao did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Woody Cullen improves in contact_vs_lefty