Win: Orval Watkins (2-1) Loss: Frank Allen (3-1)
Save: Jeff Fittery (10)
Inning: 1 Brooklyn Craig Gleason pitching. Rollie Frias strikes out. Billy Hibbs grounds out to the shortstop. Gary Manning strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Gil Zambrano pitching. Otto Buice grounds out to the second baseman. George Frisbee singles to center field. Tom Piechota flies out to the center fielder. Steve Thiel strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Brooklyn Bill Dundon flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Joe Perry doubles to left field. Ed Mintz grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Perry advances to third on the play. Gary Sutcliffe grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Doug Whitfield strikes out. Hiroaki Yamada grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Bob Gross grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Brooklyn Frank Tyler strikes out. Gil Zambrano grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Rollie Frias strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Anthony Curd flies out to the center fielder. Craig Gleason flies out to the center fielder. Otto Buice hits a home run. George Frisbee grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Brooklyn Billy Hibbs strikes out. Gary Manning singles to left field. Gary Manning is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Bill Dundon singles to center field. Joe Perry flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Tom Piechota singles to left field. Tom Piechota steals second. Steve Thiel singles to right field. Tom Piechota scores. Doug Whitfield walks. Hiroaki Yamada strikes out. Bob Gross strikes out. Anthony Curd flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Brooklyn Ed Mintz hits a home run. Gary Sutcliffe lines out to the shortstop. Frank Tyler grounds out to the third baseman. Gil Zambrano strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Craig Gleason grounds out to the third baseman. Otto Buice flies out to the left fielder. George Frisbee grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Brooklyn Rollie Frias singles to center field. Billy Hibbs flies out to the left fielder. Gary Manning strikes out. Bill Dundon singles to right field. Bill Brown 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. Joe Perry flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Tom Piechota grounds out to the catcher. Steve Thiel grounds out to the third baseman. Doug Whitfield grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Brooklyn Ed Mintz singles to right field. Ed Mintz is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Gary Sutcliffe flies out to the right fielder. Frank Tyler flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Hiroaki Yamada strikes out. Bob Gross flies out to the left fielder. Anthony Curd singles past the third baseman. Pete Emmer is pinch hitting for Bill Brown. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Pete Emmer grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Anthony Curd is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Brooklyn Charlie Kemmer pitching. Larry Pitula is pinch hitting for Gil Zambrano. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Larry Pitula singles to left field. Rollie Frias singles to right field. Billy Hibbs doubles past the first baseman. Larry Pitula scores. Rollie Frias uses his aggressiveness and scores. Orval Watkins comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Gary Manning flies out to the right fielder. Bill Dundon singles to center field. Billy Hibbs scores. Joe Perry strikes out. Ed Mintz flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Frank Allen pitching. Otto Buice walks. George Frisbee flies out to the center fielder. Tom Piechota doubles to left field. Steve Thiel triples. Otto Buice scores. Tom Piechota scores. Ed Corbitt comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Doug Whitfield pops out to the first baseman. Hiroaki Yamada singles to left field. Steve Thiel scores. Bob Gross singles to center field. Hiroaki Yamada advances to third on the hit. Anthony Curd grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Brooklyn Jeff Fittery comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Gary Sutcliffe strikes out. Frank Tyler strikes out. Mike Snell is pinch hitting for Ed Corbitt. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Mike Snell lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Brooklyn total runners left on base: 5 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 6
Game Notes Tom Piechota is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
Brooklyn Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bunny Hughes did not respond to coaching in control Steve Garrison did not respond to coaching in range Amos Moses did not respond to coaching in control Bud Mullane improves in arm Cal Dempsey did not respond to coaching in 1B
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Hank Hurley did not respond to coaching in velocity Dave Falteisek did not respond to coaching in velocity Monty Mullin improves in arm Dave Johnson did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty