Inning: 1 Arizona Javi Escobar pitching. Jose Knight strikes out. Buddy Finnvold strikes out. Bill Castle strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Pop Taylor pitching. Bert Gwynn reached on a 2-base throwing error by Aurelio Castle. Don Penson strikes out. Hank Moss hits a home run. Bert Gwynn scores. Kid Leary doubles to center field. Arturo Cuellar singles to right field. Kid Leary scores. Jack Collins grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Arturo Cuellar advances to second on the play. Hiroyuki Matsui singles to center field. Arturo Cuellar scores. Hector Polonia singles to left field. Hiroyuki Matsui advances to third on the hit. Javi Escobar hits an infield single to the third baseman. Hiroyuki Matsui scores. Bert Gwynn singles to left field. Hector Polonia scores. Javi Escobar advances to third on the hit. Don Penson doubles to left field. Javi Escobar scores. Bert Gwynn uses his aggressiveness and scores. Hank Moss singles to center field. Don Penson scores. Kid Leary grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Hank Moss is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Arizona Larry DeBerry grounds out to the second baseman. Niko Goodrum grounds out to the catcher. Aurelio Castle grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Arturo Cuellar doubles to right field. Jack Collins strikes out. Hiroyuki Matsui strikes out. Hector Polonia flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Arizona Darren Onis grounds out to the second baseman. Harry Scurry grounds out to the third baseman. Pop Taylor grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Javi Escobar strikes out. Bert Gwynn singles to center field. Don Penson singles to right field. Bert Gwynn advances to third on the hit. Hank Moss strikes out. Kid Leary grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Arizona Jose Knight flies out to the right fielder. Buddy Finnvold flies out to the right fielder. Bill Castle grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Arturo Cuellar hits a home run. Jack Collins doubles to center field. Hiroyuki Matsui flies out to the center fielder. Hector Polonia walks. Javi Escobar lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bert Gwynn singles to left field. Jack Collins scores. Hector Polonia scores. Don Penson doubles to left field. Bert Gwynn uses his aggressiveness and scores. Hank Moss hits a home run. Don Penson scores. Mickey Foulke comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is pulled because he is getting hammered (Starting pitcher has given up 8 or more earned runs, he is tired, and the team is losing by more than 5 runs). Kid Leary flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Arizona Larry DeBerry walks. Niko Goodrum strikes out. Aurelio Castle strikes out. Darren Onis strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Arturo Cuellar grounds out to the third baseman. Jack Collins strikes out. Hiroyuki Matsui flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Arizona Harry Scurry grounds out to the third baseman. Mickey Foulke strikes out. Jose Knight grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Hector Polonia grounds out to the second baseman. Javi Escobar singles to right field. Bert Gwynn singles to left field. Javi Escobar advances to third on the hit. Don Penson strikes out. Hank Moss strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Arizona Buddy Finnvold grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Dick Schulte comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Bill Castle is hit by a pitch. Larry DeBerry strikes out. Chip Fullmer is pinch hitting for Niko Goodrum. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Chip Fullmer singles past the shortstop. Floyd Lovullo is pinch hitting for Aurelio Castle. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Floyd Lovullo grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Chip Fullmer is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Kid Leary strikes out. Arturo Cuellar strikes out. Jack Collins hits a home run. Hiroyuki Matsui walks. Hector Polonia grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Hiroyuki Matsui is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Arizona Darren Beltran is pinch hitting for Darren Onis. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Darren Beltran singles to right field. Harry Scurry flies out to the left fielder. Jack Conkley is pinch hitting for Mickey Foulke. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Darren Beltran is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Jack Conkley flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Jim Killeen pitching. Dick Schulte grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bert Gwynn strikes out. Don Penson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Arizona Jim Mirabelli is pinch hitting for Jose Knight. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jim Mirabelli strikes out. Buddy Finnvold strikes out. Bill Castle doubles to left field. Larry DeBerry grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Arizona total runners left on base: 4 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 7
Arizona Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: D Improvements: Brad Andrews improves in range Brad Andrews improves in range Ginger Baker improves in arm Billy Gibbons did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jim Macwhorter did not respond to coaching in 3B
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Darrel Parkinson did not respond to coaching in range Bill Ferrarese improves in arm Emilio Segura improves in power_vs_righty Rafael Perkins did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty