Win: Danny Benzinger (5-1) Loss: Dan Wickersham (1-2)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Forrest Miller pitching. Phil Hutton strikes out. Vince Van Poppel grounds out to the second baseman. Benny Cruz strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 San Diego Mike Arnold pitching. Emil Watwood grounds out to the shortstop. Ernie Smith strikes out. Dick James strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Felipe Davila singles to left field. Billy Mitchell grounds out to the third baseman. Felipe Davila advances to second on the play. Steve Gaedel grounds out to the second baseman. Felipe Davila advances to third on the play. Greg Cross strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 San Diego Sam Hoy singles to right field. Sam Hoy is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Jim Griffin grounds out to the shortstop. Sarge Rego strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Taku Nakatani grounds out to the pitcher. Mike Arnold grounds out to the second baseman. Phil Hutton grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 San Diego Atsushi Oda strikes out. Pat Jenkins strikes out. Forrest Miller grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Vince Van Poppel grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Benny Cruz singles to center field. Benny Cruz steals second. Felipe Davila grounds out to the third baseman. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Billy Mitchell triples. Benny Cruz scores. Steve Gaedel strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 San Diego Emil Watwood flies out to the center fielder. Ernie Smith walks. Dick James strikes out. Sam Hoy singles to right field. Ernie Smith advances to third on the hit. Jim Griffin flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Greg Cross strikes out. Taku Nakatani flies out to the right fielder. Mike Arnold grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 San Diego Sarge Rego pops out to the second baseman. Atsushi Oda flies out to the center fielder. Pat Jenkins grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Phil Hutton strikes out. Vince Van Poppel walks. Vince Van Poppel steals second. Benny Cruz grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Vince Van Poppel advances to third on the play. Felipe Davila pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 San Diego Shiro Wakabayashi is pinch hitting for Forrest Miller. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Shiro Wakabayashi strikes out. Emil Watwood singles to center field. Ernie Smith hits a home run. Emil Watwood scores. Dick James strikes out. Sam Hoy grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Danny Benzinger pitching. Billy Mitchell grounds out to the pitcher. Steve Gaedel grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Greg Cross singles to right field. Taku Nakatani grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 San Diego Jim Griffin singles to right field. Sarge Rego grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Atsushi Oda doubles to left field. Pat Jenkins walks. Danny Benzinger grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Mike Kingman is pinch hitting for Mike Arnold. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Mike Kingman pops out to the third baseman. Phil Hutton singles to right field. Vince Van Poppel singles to center field. Phil Hutton advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the corners in. Benny Cruz flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Phil Hutton scores. Felipe Davila grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 San Diego Dan Wickersham pitching. Emil Watwood strikes out. Ernie Smith strikes out. Dick James singles past the second baseman. Sam Hoy grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Billy Mitchell strikes out. Steve Gaedel lines out to the first baseman. Greg Cross singles to left field. Greg Cross is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 San Diego Jim Griffin strikes out. Sarge Rego grounds out to the shortstop. Atsushi Oda walks. Pat Jenkins walks. Danny Benzinger hits a home run. Atsushi Oda scores. Pat Jenkins scores. Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 5 San Diego total runners left on base: 5
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Rudy Pettit did not respond to coaching in arm Frank Shaw did not respond to coaching in velocity Buddy George did not respond to coaching in velocity Paul Kerrigan did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Larry Converse did not respond to coaching in speed
San Diego Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Randy Schirick did not respond to coaching in control Ralph Fitzpatrick improves in speed Rafael Feinberg improves in range Jody Lysander did not respond to coaching in endurance Jason Bell improves in power_vs_righty Lew Harrelson improves in power_vs_lefty Jason Bell did not respond to coaching in 1B