Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Ricky Wring pitching. Merv Ruffin lines out to the second baseman. Jumbo Walker singles to right field. Darrell LaRose grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Colorado Chris Fain pitching. George King flies out to the right fielder. Daryl Dixon strikes out. Harvey Wapnick walks. Harvey Wapnick steals second. Adam Clark flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Gene Kelly flies out to the right fielder. Bill Sloat strikes out. Tyson Layne flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Colorado Bill Baxter flies out to the left fielder. Wally Lezcano singles to center field. Wayne Wells walks. Lefty Mielke strikes out. Ricky Wring grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Bryan Grieve grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Jim Bare walks. Chris Fain lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Jim Bare forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Merv Ruffin grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Chris Fain is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Colorado George King flies out to the left fielder. Daryl Dixon lines out to the third baseman. Harvey Wapnick strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Jumbo Walker grounds out to the second baseman. Darrell LaRose flies out to the right fielder. Gene Kelly singles to left field. Bill Sloat strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Colorado Adam Clark flies out to the left fielder. Bill Baxter strikes out. Wally Lezcano singles to left field. Wayne Wells strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Tyson Layne pops out to the first baseman. Bryan Grieve strikes out. Jim Bare flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Colorado Lefty Mielke flies out to the left fielder. Ricky Wring flies out to the left fielder. George King flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Chris Fain grounds out to the third baseman. Merv Ruffin walks. Jumbo Walker hits a home run. Merv Ruffin scores. Darrell LaRose grounds out to the shortstop. Gene Kelly flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Colorado Daryl Dixon grounds out to the third baseman. Harvey Wapnick flies out to the left fielder. Adam Clark grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Bill Sloat grounds out to the shortstop. Tyson Layne singles to right field. Bryan Grieve grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Colorado Fred Heard is pinch hitting for Bill Baxter. Fred Heard grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Wally Lezcano grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Wayne Wells flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Rick McLaughlin enters the game as a defensive replacement for Fred Heard at 2B. Jim Bare singles to left field. Chris Fain lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Merv Ruffin grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Bare advances to third on the play. Jumbo Walker grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Colorado Lefty Mielke singles to center field. Spades Rath 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. Ricky Wring fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Ricky Wring strikes out. George King walks. Daryl Dixon strikes out. Harvey Wapnick pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Darrell LaRose flies out to the center fielder. Gene Kelly grounds out to the pitcher. Bill Sloat flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Colorado Adam Clark grounds out to the pitcher. Rick McLaughlin strikes out. Wally Lezcano doubles to center field. Wayne Wells flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 3 Colorado total runners LOB: 7
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Herb Hardy improves in power_vs_lefty Herb Hardy did not respond to coaching in range Shooty Hawkins improves in contact_vs_lefty Bill Ciaffone improves in power_vs_righty Paul Conlan did not respond to coaching in SS
Colorado Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Bruce Giannelli did not respond to coaching in velocity Julio Baumer improves in contact_vs_lefty Phil Aguilera improves in power_vs_lefty Scott Moore improves in arm Bill Clements improves in SS