Inning: 1 Chicago Ebba Garcia pitching. Mal Fonseca triples. Chris Bluejacket doubles to right field. Mal Fonseca scores. Harley Donaldson strikes out. Wil Swift grounds out to the second baseman. Chris Bluejacket advances to third on the play. Huck Rossi grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Karl Hubbell pitching. George Pruess strikes out. Jim Bare flies out to the right fielder. Shane Taveras flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Chicago Dunlap Yount flies out to the right fielder. Ray Rico singles to center field. Cristian Tovar pops out to the third baseman. Karl Hubbell grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Tyson Layne walks. Erv Foster pops out to the second baseman. Jumbo Walker singles to right field. Bill Sloat walks. A.J. Ferguson grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Chicago Mal Fonseca pops out to the first baseman. Chris Bluejacket walks. Chris Bluejacket steals second. Harley Donaldson strikes out. Wil Swift grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Ebba Garcia grounds out to the shortstop. George Pruess grounds out to the third baseman. Jim Bare grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Chicago Huck Rossi pops out to the catcher. Dunlap Yount pops out to the shortstop. Ray Rico doubles to center field. Cristian Tovar grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Shane Taveras hits a home run. Tyson Layne strikes out. Erv Foster walks. Jumbo Walker grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Chicago Karl Hubbell grounds out to the pitcher. Mal Fonseca walks. Chris Bluejacket grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Mal Fonseca is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Harley Donaldson walks. Jack Egan 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 1st. Wil Swift flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Bill Sloat lines out to the shortstop. A.J. Ferguson walks. Jack Egan fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Jack Egan strikes out. George Pruess doubles past the first baseman. Jim Bare flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Chicago Huck Rossi grounds out to the pitcher. Dunlap Yount strikes out. Ray Rico flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Shane Taveras singles past the third baseman. Tyson Layne walks. Erv Foster doubles to center field. Shane Taveras scores. Dixie Bando comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jumbo Walker triples. Tyson Layne scores. Erv Foster scores. Bill Sloat reached on a fielding error by Cristian Tovar. Jumbo Walker scores. A.J. Ferguson grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Bill Sloat is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Jack Egan lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. George Pruess walks. Jim Bare grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Chicago Cristian Tovar pops out to the shortstop. Bill Johnson is pinch hitting for Dixie Bando. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bill Johnson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mal Fonseca singles to right field. Chris Bluejacket grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Mal Fonseca is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Bill McGraw pitching. Shane Taveras flies out to the center fielder. Tyson Layne doubles to center field. Erv Foster strikes out. Jumbo Walker grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Chicago Harley Donaldson grounds out to the second baseman. Wil Swift reached on a 2-base throwing error by A.J. Ferguson. Huck Rossi pops out to the shortstop. Dunlap Yount strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Bill Sloat grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! A.J. Ferguson strikes out. Darrell LaRose is pinch hitting for Jack Egan. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Darrell LaRose flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Chicago Woody Hampton pitching. Ray Rico strikes out. Cristian Tovar grounds out to the second baseman. Masaru Yoshioka is pinch hitting for Bill McGraw. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Masaru Yoshioka singles to right field. Mal Fonseca lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Chicago total runners left on base: 9 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 7
Game Notes Shane Taveras is injured and is expected to be out 37 days.
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Glenn Stafford did not respond to coaching in control Kevin Lajoie improves in velocity Glenn Stafford did not respond to coaching in control Carl Hall did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Champ Biggio did not respond to coaching in 3B
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: George Dumont improves in velocity Denver Martin did not respond to coaching in velocity Herb Hardy did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Greg Murray did not respond to coaching in range Paul Conlan did not respond to coaching in SS