Win: Dave Herring (1-0) Loss: Chuck McLeland (0-2)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Chuck McLeland pitching. Alex Soderholm flies out to the center fielder. Joe Jackson pops out to the catcher. Gary Mack hits a home run. Tom McFarland singles to right field. Tom Leverette grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Los Angeles Julio King pitching. Ed Hall grounds out to the second baseman. Otis Cairo strikes out. Happy Johnston singles to center field. Happy Johnston is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Mark Sweeney walks. Mike Jones strikes out. Newt Arroyo grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Los Angeles Terry Sturgis doubles to center field. Art Simmons singles to right field. Terry Sturgis scores. Steve Alou pops out to the first baseman. Matt Masterson hits a home run. Art Simmons scores. Dave Herring comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Darryl Kmak grounds out to the third baseman. Chuck McLeland grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Dave Herring grounds out to the pitcher. Alex Soderholm grounds out to the pitcher. Joe Jackson grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Los Angeles Ed Hall grounds out to the shortstop. Otis Cairo flies out to the right fielder. Happy Johnston grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Gary Mack grounds out to the shortstop. Tom McFarland walks. Tom Leverette hits a home run. Tom McFarland scores. Mark Sweeney doubles to right field. Mike Jones walks. Newt Arroyo singles to right field. Mark Sweeney scores. Mike Jones aggressively advances to third on the hit. Mike Wyckoff comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dave Herring singles to left field. Mike Jones scores. Newt Arroyo advances to third on the hit. Alex Soderholm triples. Newt Arroyo scores. Dave Herring scores. Joe Jackson triples. Alex Soderholm scores. Elder Becker comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Gary Mack reached on a fielding error by Terry Sturgis. Joe Jackson scores. Tom McFarland flies out to the right fielder. Tom Leverette grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Los Angeles Terry Sturgis flies out to the right fielder. Art Simmons grounds out to the third baseman. Steve Alou grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Mark Sweeney flies out to the center fielder. Mike Jones walks. Newt Arroyo strikes out. Dave Herring singles to left field. Mike Jones advances to third on the hit. Alex Soderholm singles to left field. Mike Jones scores. Dave Herring advances to third on the hit. Joe Jackson grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Los Angeles Matt Masterson strikes out. Darryl Kmak flies out to the center fielder. Elder Becker grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Gary Mack hits a home run. Tom McFarland grounds out to the third baseman. Tom Leverette singles to right field. Tom Leverette is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Mark Sweeney flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Los Angeles Ed Hall flies out to the left fielder. Otis Cairo grounds out to the second baseman. Happy Johnston flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Mike Jones strikes out. Newt Arroyo flies out to the left fielder. Dave Herring grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Los Angeles Terry Sturgis grounds out to the third baseman. Art Simmons grounds out to the third baseman. Steve Alou grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Alex Soderholm strikes out. Joe Jackson flies out to the left fielder. Gary Mack grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Los Angeles Matt Masterson walks. Darryl Kmak strikes out. Elder Becker lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ed Hall grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Tom McFarland strikes out. Tom Leverette grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mark Sweeney singles to center field. Mike Jones pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Los Angeles Otis Cairo grounds out to the pitcher. Happy Johnston strikes out. Terry Sturgis flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 5 Los Angeles total runners LOB: 1
Batting:2B - Mark Sweeney (2).3B - Alex Soderholm (1), Joe Jackson (1).HR - Gary Mack 2 (2), Tom Leverette (2).GIDP - Newt Arroyo. Baserunning: CS - Tom Leverette (2).
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Pepper Johnson did not respond to coaching in arm Jack Bluejacket improves in power_vs_righty Pat McAndrew did not respond to coaching in speed Ricky Miller improves in arm
Los Angeles Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: D+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Rick McIvor did not respond to coaching in control Bart Morales did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Cleon Smith did not respond to coaching in velocity Ivy Burns did not respond to coaching in speed Ivy Burns improves in LF