Win: Grant Porter (8-0) Loss: Denis Rodriguez (4-5)
Save: Larry Anderson (11)
Inning: 1 Arizona Denis Rodriguez pitching. Jose Kusnyer flies out to the center fielder. Tom Hanley singles to left field. Joe Lawless grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Tom Hanley is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Bob Dobbek flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Grant Porter pitching. John Hathaway pops out to the shortstop. Jamie Kruger grounds out to the pitcher. Mark Johnson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Arizona Emil Nixon strikes out. Luis Kappel singles to right field. Ramon Pope pops out to the catcher. Scott Torres strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Rip Williams flies out to the left fielder. Harry Weiland grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Talbot reached on a fielding error by Ramon Pope. Ed Talbot is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Arizona Grant Porter grounds out to the pitcher. Jose Kusnyer walks. Tom Hanley flies out to the center fielder. Joe Lawless flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Bobo Butcher grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Doherty strikes out. Denis Rodriguez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Arizona Bob Dobbek flies out to the left fielder. Emil Nixon doubles to left field. Luis Kappel singles to right field. Emil Nixon scores. Ramon Pope flies out to the center fielder. Scott Torres singles to center field. Grant Porter pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh John Hathaway singles to center field. Jamie Kruger flies out to the center fielder. John Hathaway steals second. Mark Johnson flies out to the center fielder. Rip Williams grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Arizona Jose Kusnyer grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Hanley triples. Joe Lawless flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Tom Hanley scores. Bob Dobbek flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Harry Weiland singles to right field. Ed Talbot singles to left field. Harry Weiland advances to third on the hit. Bobo Butcher strikes out. Joe Doherty singles to right field. Harry Weiland scores. The catcher fields the ball and Ed Talbot is thrown out at third. Joe Doherty advances to second on the play. Joe Doherty advances to second on the play. John Hathaway flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Arizona Emil Nixon pops out to the second baseman. Luis Kappel flies out to the right fielder. Ramon Pope grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Jamie Kruger grounds out to the second baseman. Mark Johnson strikes out. Rip Williams grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Arizona Scott Torres grounds out to the pitcher. Grant Porter grounds out to the pitcher. Jose Kusnyer pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Harry Weiland walks. Ed Talbot grounds into a force play to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Harry Weiland is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Bobo Butcher grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Ed Talbot is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ed Lerch comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Joe Doherty singles to left field. Bobo Butcher is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Arizona Tom Hanley strikes out. Joe Lawless walks. Bob Dobbek doubles to center field. Joe Lawless scores. Emil Nixon walks. Luis Kappel singles to center field. Bob Dobbek scores. Emil Nixon is thrown out trying to advance to third by the center fielder. Ramon Pope strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Al Mokan is pinch hitting for Denis Rodriguez. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Al Mokan strikes out. John Hathaway singles to center field. Jamie Kruger singles to center field. John Hathaway advances to third on the hit. Mark Johnson singles to center field. John Hathaway scores. Jamie Kruger advances to third on the hit. Rip Williams walks. Harry Weiland grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Jamie Kruger is out at home. Ed Talbot singles to left field. Mark Johnson scores. Bobo Butcher grounds into a fielders choice to the catcher. Rip Williams is out at home. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Arizona John Wistert pitching. Scott Torres grounds out to the shortstop. David Brown is pinch hitting for Ed Lerch. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. David Brown walks. Jose Kusnyer grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Larry Anderson pitching. Joe Doherty grounds out to the shortstop. Ira Talton is pinch hitting for John Wistert. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ira Talton flies out to the left fielder. John Hathaway walks. Jamie Kruger grounds into a force play to the second baseman. John Hathaway is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Arizona total runners LOB: 6 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 8
Game Notes Bobo Butcher is injured and is expected to be out 8 days.
Arizona Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ned Chism did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Fred Berres improves in arm Earl Hinchman did not respond to coaching in arm Ned Chism did not respond to coaching in arm Whitey Alcock did not respond to coaching in 2B
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Taylor Grich improves in range Herb Morris did not respond to coaching in control George Sweeney II did not respond to coaching in control Taylor Grich improves in power_vs_righty Tony Lopez did not respond to coaching in C