Win: Al Listach (9-2) Loss: Spades Rath (5-6)
Save: Tony Oertel (13)
Inning: 1 Colorado Damian Seale pitching. Bill Baxter singles to center field. Fred Heard grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Bill Baxter is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Wally Lezcano grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Al Listach pitching. Ron Susko strikes out. Merv Ruffin walks. Darrell LaRose grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Merv Ruffin advances to second on the play. Gene Kelly grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Colorado Stan Knepper grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Haywood Telgheder singles to left field. Adam Clark singles to right field. Haywood Telgheder advances to third on the hit. Lefty Mielke grounds out to the third baseman. Haywood Telgheder scores. Adam Clark advances to second on the play. Jimmy Hemingway strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Guillermo Nichols grounds out to the second baseman. Shane Taveras strikes out. George Pruess singles to center field. Tyson Layne flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Colorado Al Listach strikes out. Bill Baxter flies out to the right fielder. Fred Heard flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Damian Seale grounds out to the second baseman. Ron Susko strikes out. Merv Ruffin strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Colorado Wally Lezcano flies out to the left fielder. Stan Knepper strikes out. Haywood Telgheder strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Darrell LaRose walks. Gene Kelly grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Darrell LaRose is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Guillermo Nichols flies out to the left fielder. Shane Taveras strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Colorado Adam Clark grounds out to the shortstop. Lefty Mielke grounds out to the third baseman. Jimmy Hemingway grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh George Pruess grounds out to the second baseman. Tyson Layne flies out to the center fielder. Damian Seale flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Colorado Al Listach grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Baxter grounds out to the pitcher. Fred Heard flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Ron Susko grounds out to the third baseman. Merv Ruffin flies out to the center fielder. Darrell LaRose grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Colorado Wally Lezcano grounds out to the second baseman. Stan Knepper grounds out to the shortstop. Haywood Telgheder flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Derrin Flannery enters the game as a defensive replacement for Lefty Mielke at SS. Gene Kelly pops out to the second baseman. Guillermo Nichols walks. Shane Taveras strikes out. George Pruess grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Colorado Adam Clark flies out to the left fielder. Derrin Flannery strikes out. Jimmy Hemingway strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Tyson Layne hits a home run. Jim Bare is pinch hitting for Damian Seale. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Jim Bare strikes out. Ron Susko singles to center field. Merv Ruffin strikes out. Darrell LaRose pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Colorado Spades Rath pitching. Al Listach singles to right field. Bill Baxter reached on a fielding error by Shane Taveras. Fred Heard pops out to the first baseman. Wally Lezcano singles to left field. Al Listach scores. Bill Baxter advances to third on the hit. Jack Egan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Wally Lezcano steals second. Stan Knepper walks. Haywood Telgheder flies out to the center fielder. Adam Clark singles to left field. Bill Baxter scores. Wally Lezcano scores. Stan Knepper advances to third on the hit. Derrin Flannery grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Tony Oertel comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Gene Kelly singles to left field. Guillermo Nichols flies out to the right fielder. Shane Taveras grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Gene Kelly is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. George Pruess flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Colorado total runners LOB: 3 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 6
Colorado Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Scott Moore improves in range Bruce Giannelli improves in control Bruce Giannelli did not respond to coaching in velocity Steve Hawes did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Bill Clements did not respond to coaching in SS
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: John Sacka improves in contact_vs_lefty Al Horan did not respond to coaching in control George Dumont improves in control Herb Hardy improves in contact_vs_righty Paul Conlan did not respond to coaching in 1B