Win: Julio King (14-5) Loss: Koichi Chikami (1-12)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh A.J. Lowery pitching. Alex Soderholm strikes out. Joe Jackson flies out to the left fielder. Gary Mack grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Los Angeles Julio King pitching. Happy Johnston pops out to the third baseman. Otis Cairo strikes out. Ron Parks strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Tom McFarland pops out to the second baseman. Tom Leverette grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mark Sweeney singles to center field. Mike Jones flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Los Angeles Art Simmons flies out to the center fielder. Steve Alou strikes out. Matt Masterson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Babe Swan grounds out to the second baseman. Julio King grounds out to the pitcher. Alex Soderholm singles to right field. Joe Jackson pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Los Angeles Darryl Kmak doubles to right field. Pedro Lamb grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Darryl Kmak advances to third on the play. A.J. Lowery pops out to the first baseman. Happy Johnston grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Gary Mack reached on a 2-base throwing error by Pedro Lamb. Tom McFarland reached on a fielding error by Pedro Lamb. Tom Leverette strikes out. Mark Sweeney flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Gary Mack scores. Mike Jones flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Los Angeles Otis Cairo flies out to the left fielder. Ron Parks strikes out. Art Simmons strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Babe Swan strikes out. Julio King strikes out. Alex Soderholm walks. Joe Jackson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Los Angeles Steve Alou singles to right field. Matt Masterson strikes out. Darryl Kmak flies out to the center fielder. Pedro Lamb grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Gary Mack strikes out. Tom McFarland strikes out. Tom Leverette grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Los Angeles A.J. Lowery flies out to the right fielder. Happy Johnston flies out to the left fielder. Otis Cairo flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Mark Sweeney flies out to the right fielder. Mike Jones walks. Babe Swan walks. Freddie Harrington 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. Julio King lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Alex Soderholm strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Los Angeles Ron Parks strikes out. Art Simmons strikes out. Steve Alou triples. Matt Masterson singles to right field. Steve Alou scores. Matt Masterson steals second. Darryl Kmak hits an infield single to the catcher. Pedro Lamb pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Joe Jackson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Gary Mack strikes out. Tom McFarland flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Los Angeles Jim Starr is pinch hitting for Freddie Harrington. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jim Starr flies out to the right fielder. Happy Johnston flies out to the left fielder. Otis Cairo strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Koichi Chikami pitching. Tom Leverette hits a home run. Mark Sweeney flies out to the left fielder. Mike Jones singles past the shortstop. Babe Swan reached on a fielding error by Art Simmons. Julio King lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Alex Soderholm walks. Joe Jackson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Los Angeles Ron Parks flies out to the right fielder. Art Simmons flies out to the right fielder. Steve Alou strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 9 Los Angeles total runners LOB: 4
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Pepper Johnson did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Ricky Miller improves in contact_vs_righty Mutt Griffith did not respond to coaching in velocity Ken Gallego did not respond to coaching in control
Los Angeles Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Mike Wyckoff did not respond to coaching in velocity Pat Gardner improves in range Nixey Kirke did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Pat Gardner did not respond to coaching in range