Inning: 1 Colorado Steve Donahue pitching. Frank Garrido flies out to the right fielder. Bill Snyder hits a home run. Jerry McQuinn strikes out. Joe Oester grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Chuck Deshaies pitching. Kelly Estrada grounds out to the third baseman. Gil Clements pops out to the first baseman. Rick Kosco pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Colorado Ed Smith strikes out. Joe Schneider grounds out to the shortstop. Jon Feldman singles to left field. Tom Harding flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Bud Rhoads walks. Chris Grunwald strikes out. Bud Rhoads steals second. Ryan Gilbert strikes out. Sean Lemaster flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Colorado Chuck Deshaies flies out to the right fielder. Frank Garrido strikes out. Bill Snyder grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Earl Bailor strikes out. Steve Donahue pops out to the first baseman. Kelly Estrada flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Colorado Jerry McQuinn walks. Jerry McQuinn steals second. Joe Oester strikes out. Ed Smith walks. Joe Schneider grounds out to the third baseman. Jerry McQuinn advances to third on the play. Ed Smith advances to second on the play. Jon Feldman strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Gil Clements singles to left field. Rick Kosco strikes out. Bud Rhoads walks. Chris Grunwald walks. Ryan Gilbert grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Colorado Tom Harding grounds out to the shortstop. Chuck Deshaies strikes out. Frank Garrido grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Shannon Carter is pinch hitting for Sean Lemaster. Shannon Carter pops out to the first baseman. Earl Bailor flies out to the right fielder. Steve Donahue lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Colorado Red Wilson enters the game as a defensive replacement for Shannon Carter at 2B. Bill Snyder triples. Jerry McQuinn grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Snyder scores. Joe Oester flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Ed Smith flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Kelly Estrada pops out to the third baseman. Gil Clements flies out to the left fielder. Rick Kosco singles to center field. Bud Rhoads walks. Chris Grunwald strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Colorado Joe Schneider lines out to the first baseman. Jon Feldman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tom Harding flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Ryan Gilbert grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Manuel is pinch hitting for Red Wilson. Bob Manuel grounds out to the shortstop. Earl Bailor grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Colorado Gary Bird enters the game as a defensive replacement for Bob Manuel at 2B. Chuck Deshaies strikes out. Frank Garrido singles to center field. Bill Snyder walks. Darrin Keating comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Jerry McQuinn singles to center field. Joe Oester grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Garrido scores. Bill Snyder advances to third on the play. Jerry McQuinn advances to second on the play. Ed Smith pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Jim Santana is pinch hitting for Darrin Keating. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Jim Santana hits a home run. Kelly Estrada walks. Gil Clements strikes out. Rick Kosco flies out to the right fielder. Bud Rhoads lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Colorado Charley Zmich pitching. Joe Schneider singles to center field. Jon Feldman flies out to the center fielder. Tom Harding singles to center field. Joe Schneider advances to third on the hit. Bill Mack is pinch hitting for Chuck Deshaies. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Bill Mack singles to left field. Joe Schneider scores. Tom Harding aggressively advances to third on the hit. Frank Garrido flies out to the left fielder. Bill Snyder strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Willie Collum pitching. Chris Grunwald singles to left field. Ryan Gilbert singles to center field. Chris Grunwald advances to third on the hit. Gary Bird flies out to the left fielder. Earl Bailor flies out to the center fielder. Charley Zmich strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Colorado total runners LOB: 7 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 8
Game Notes Rick Kosco is injured and is expected to be out 10 days.
Colorado Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Jesse Grieve improves in range Bob Wolfe improves in speed Mike Valenzuela did not respond to coaching in range Joey Staton improves in power_vs_righty Jesse Grieve did not respond to coaching in LF
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bill Rodriguez did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill Rodriguez did not respond to coaching in velocity John Reed improves in power_vs_righty Bill Rodriguez did not respond to coaching in control