Inning: 1 Brooklyn Joe Moeller pitching. Snipe Rodriguez flies out to the left fielder. Tom Hutton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Chuck Essigian grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Howie Reed pitching. Oscar Ujdur walks. Pat Springer pops out to the third baseman. Bud McAfee pops out to the third baseman. Bill Henley singles to left field. Junior Milosevich flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Brooklyn Bill Skowron singles to left field. Jeff Torborg grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Dick Stuart singles to right field. Tom Duryea grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Dick Stuart is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Donal Perez grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Dick Durning strikes out. Derrin Pickering walks. Joe Moeller flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Brooklyn Don Demeter hits a home run. Howie Reed flies out to the left fielder. Snipe Rodriguez hits a home run. Tom Hutton hits a home run. Chuck Essigian hits a home run. Bill Skowron strikes out. Jeff Torborg grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Oscar Ujdur singles to right field. Pat Springer walks. Bud McAfee doubles to center field. Oscar Ujdur scores. Pat Springer uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bill Henley strikes out. Junior Milosevich grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Bud McAfee advances to third on the play. Donal Perez singles to center field. Bud McAfee scores. Art Fowler comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dick Durning singles to center field. Donal Perez aggressively advances to third on the hit. Derrin Pickering singles to left field. Donal Perez scores. Joe Moeller grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Brooklyn Dick Stuart singles to left field. Tom Duryea grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Dick Stuart is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Don Demeter strikes out. Art Fowler lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Oscar Ujdur strikes out. Pat Springer singles to right field. Stan Williams comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bud McAfee grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Pat Springer is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Bill Henley singles to center field. Bud McAfee advances to third on the hit. Junior Milosevich strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Brooklyn Snipe Rodriguez flies out to the left fielder. Tom Hutton grounds out to the second baseman. Chuck Essigian walks. Bill Skowron walks. Jeff Torborg grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Chuck Essigian is out at third base. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Donal Perez pops out to the first baseman. Dick Durning flies out to the center fielder. Derrin Pickering grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Brooklyn Dick Stuart grounds out to the pitcher. Kirk Adams 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. Tom Duryea grounds out to the pitcher. Don Demeter strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Kirk Adams flies out to the left fielder. Oscar Ujdur grounds out to the third baseman. Pat Springer triples. Bud McAfee grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Brooklyn Stan Williams flies out to the center fielder. Snipe Rodriguez singles to right field. Tom Hutton flies out to the left fielder. Chuck Essigian strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Bill Henley strikes out. Junior Milosevich strikes out. Donal Perez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Brooklyn Bill Skowron grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jeff Torborg singles to left field. Dick Stuart grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jeff Torborg advances to second on the play. Tom Duryea grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Dick Durning flies out to the left fielder. Derrin Pickering singles to left field. Kirk Adams lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Derrin Pickering forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Oscar Ujdur grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Brooklyn Don Demeter strikes out. Gabby Foster is pinch hitting for Stan Williams. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 9 inning. Gabby Foster singles to center field. Harry McManus is pinch running for Gabby Foster on 1st base. Snipe Rodriguez walks. Tom Hutton flies out to the right fielder. Chuck Essigian flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Fred Gomez pitching. Pat Springer triples. The defense is playing the infield in. Bud McAfee singles to right field. Pat Springer scores. Brooklyn total runners left on base: 8 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 9
Game Notes Joe Moeller is injured and is expected to be out 11 days.
Brooklyn Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Mike Kekich did not respond to coaching in velocity Vern Espino did not respond to coaching in speed Jack Moates improves in contact_vs_lefty Dave Wahl improves in arm Vern Espino did not respond to coaching in SS
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ed Shetrone improves in arm Matt Borders did not respond to coaching in control Paul Dreifort improves in velocity Frank Sallee improves in contact_vs_lefty Brian Niehaus did not respond to coaching in C