Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Rick Bivin pitching. Paul Grove walks. Kevin Porter strikes out. Tom Shoffner walks. Darryl Griffey singles to center field. Paul Grove scores. Tom Shoffner advances to third on the hit. Ralph Hamlin grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 New York Aurelio Borbon pitching. Al Wilson grounds out to the second baseman. Curt Thomas grounds out to the second baseman. Eddie Zwilling grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh George Schorr singles to left field. Walt Ventura singles to right field. George Schorr is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Cliff Tompkins strikes out. Aurelio Borbon singles to center field. Walt Ventura advances to third on the hit. Paul Grove grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 New York Dave Abernathy singles to center field. Tom Robertson walks. Grover Garagozzo grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dave Abernathy advances to third on the play. Tom Robertson advances to second on the play. Frank Clancy singles to right field. Dave Abernathy scores. Tom Robertson is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Doug Nye pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Kevin Porter walks. Passed ball. Kevin Porter advances to second. Tom Shoffner walks. Darryl Griffey flies out to the right fielder. Ralph Hamlin doubles to left field. Kevin Porter scores. Tom Shoffner uses his aggressiveness and scores. George Schorr singles to center field. Ralph Hamlin scores. Walt Ventura hits a home run. George Schorr scores. Chester Struss comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Cliff Tompkins flies out to the left fielder. Aurelio Borbon grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 New York Chester Struss grounds out to the third baseman. Al Wilson singles to center field. Curt Thomas singles to center field. Al Wilson advances to third on the hit. Eddie Zwilling singles past the shortstop. Al Wilson scores. Dave Abernathy pops out to the second baseman. Tom Robertson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Paul Grove singles to right field. Kevin Porter reached on a fielding error by Grover Garagozzo. Tom Shoffner strikes out. Darryl Griffey strikes out. Ralph Hamlin singles to right field. Paul Grove scores. George Schorr flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 New York Grover Garagozzo grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Clancy reached on a 2-base fielding error by George Schorr. Doug Nye is hit by a pitch. Chester Struss fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Chester Struss flies out to the left fielder. Al Wilson singles to right field. Frank Clancy scores. Curt Thomas flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Walt Ventura grounds out to the second baseman. Cliff Tompkins singles to center field. Aurelio Borbon fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Aurelio Borbon flies out to the center fielder. Paul Grove doubles to left field. Cliff Tompkins scores. Bill Carlyle comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Kevin Porter pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 New York Eddie Zwilling lines out to the shortstop. Dave Abernathy lines out to the shortstop. Tom Robertson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Tom Shoffner grounds out to the third baseman. Darryl Griffey grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ralph Hamlin flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 New York Grover Garagozzo grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Clancy pops out to the third baseman. Doug Nye pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh George Schorr hits a home run. Bernard Callahan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Walt Ventura strikes out. Cliff Tompkins singles to right field. Aurelio Borbon lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Paul Grove singles past the first baseman. Kevin Porter flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 New York Tim Wilson is pinch hitting for Bernard Callahan. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Tim Wilson strikes out. Al Wilson strikes out. Curt Thomas flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Gary Timberlake pitching. Tom Shoffner strikes out. Doug Jordan is pinch hitting for Darryl Griffey. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Doug Jordan singles to right field. Willie Dusak is pinch hitting for Ralph Hamlin. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Willie Dusak strikes out. George Schorr grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 New York Harold Gubanich enters the game as a defensive replacement for Willie Dusak at 1B. Ed Wegman 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. Eddie Zwilling flies out to the center fielder. Howard Flaherty is pinch hitting for Dave Abernathy. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Howard Flaherty flies out to the left fielder. Tom Robertson walks. Grover Garagozzo singles to center field. Tom Robertson advances to third on the hit. Frank Clancy grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Walt Ventura singles to left field. Cliff Tompkins singles to right field. Walt Ventura advances to third on the hit. Virgil French is pinch hitting for Ed Wegman. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Cliff Tompkins is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Virgil French flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Walt Ventura scores. Paul Grove grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 New York Larry Garagiola pitching. Nippy Mossi is pinch hitting for Doug Nye. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Nippy Mossi flies out to the center fielder. Gary Timberlake grounds out to the second baseman. Al Wilson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 9 New York total runners LOB: 7
Batting:2B - Paul Grove (21), Ralph Hamlin (14).HR - George Schorr (6), Walt Ventura (6).SF - Virgil French.GIDP - Ralph Hamlin. Baserunning: CS - Cliff Tompkins (1). Fielding: E - George Schorr.
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Steve Blackwell improves in contact_vs_righty Leron Thon improves in power_vs_righty Joe Carman improves in range Bob Johnson did not respond to coaching in control Randy Wiley did not respond to coaching in 2B
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Mike Vail did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Rob Worthington did not respond to coaching in control Mickey Skinner did not respond to coaching in arm Webster Walewander did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty