Win: Yoshinari Morioka (1-0) Loss: Fred Monaco (0-1)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Bill Bowles pitching. Herbie Conway singles to left field. Ray Pall singles past the first baseman. Art Theobald grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Herbie Conway advances to third on the play. Red Storke walks. Yuset Rondon singles to right field. Herbie Conway scores. Red Storke advances to third on the hit. Ray Harris walks. Neil Masterson grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 1 Colorado Rafael Yochim pitching. Slim Hutchinson singles to center field. Ed Hamrick strikes out. Swat Foor walks. Kevin Cook strikes out. Joe Patton hits a home run. Slim Hutchinson scores. Swat Foor scores. Bert Luhrsen comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tommy Cacek lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh John Pulido walks. Bert Luhrsen fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Bert Luhrsen strikes out. Herbie Conway flies out to the right fielder. Ray Pall grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Colorado Rene Brower singles to right field. Larry Bonds grounds out to the shortstop. Rene Brower advances to second on the play. Bill Bowles grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rene Brower advances to third on the play. Slim Hutchinson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Art Theobald singles to center field. Red Storke grounds out to the pitcher. Art Theobald advances to second on the play. Yuset Rondon strikes out. Ray Harris flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Colorado Ed Hamrick walks. Swat Foor grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ed Hamrick advances to second on the play. Kevin Cook pops out to the second baseman. Joe Patton doubles to center field. Ed Hamrick scores. Tommy Cacek grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Neil Masterson strikes out. John Pulido strikes out. Bert Luhrsen singles to right field. Herbie Conway doubles to center field. Bert Luhrsen uses his aggressiveness and scores. Ray Pall walks. Art Theobald singles to left field. Herbie Conway scores. Ray Pall advances to third on the hit. Red Storke walks. Yuset Rondon singles to left field. Ray Pall scores. Art Theobald scores. Red Storke advances to third on the hit. Geraldo Flinn comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ray Harris walks. Neil Masterson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Colorado Rene Brower singles to center field. Larry Bonds singles to center field. Geraldo Flinn lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Slim Hutchinson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ed Hamrick grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh John Pulido doubles to right field. Bert Luhrsen fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Bert Luhrsen grounds out to the third baseman. Herbie Conway grounds out to the second baseman. John Pulido advances to third on the play. Ray Pall walks. Art Theobald strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Colorado Swat Foor strikes out. Kevin Cook flies out to the center fielder. Joe Patton flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Red Storke grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Yuset Rondon pops out to the third baseman. Ray Harris hits a home run. Damian Ritter comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Neil Masterson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Colorado Tommy Cacek grounds out to the second baseman. Rene Brower walks. Ed Terrell comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Larry Bonds doubles past the third baseman. Damian Ritter flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Rene Brower scores. Slim Hutchinson doubles to left field. Larry Bonds scores. Greg Weis comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ed Hamrick flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh John Pulido walks. Walt Lefevre is pinch hitting for Greg Weis. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Walt Lefevre grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Herbie Conway walks. Ray Pall flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Colorado Tom Allen pitching. Swat Foor strikes out. Kevin Cook singles to center field. Joe Patton strikes out. Tommy Cacek strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Art Theobald strikes out. Red Storke strikes out. Yuset Rondon flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Colorado Rene Brower strikes out. Larry Bonds singles to right field. Walter Heilmann is pinch hitting for Damian Ritter. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Walter Heilmann walks. Slim Hutchinson flies out to the right fielder. Ed Hamrick grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Yoshinari Morioka pitching. Ray Harris flies out to the center fielder. Neil Masterson walks. Neil Masterson steals second. John Pulido reached on a fielding error by Tommy Cacek. Glenn Kirby is pinch hitting for Tom Allen. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Glenn Kirby pops out to the shortstop. Herbie Conway grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Colorado Fred Monaco pitching. Swat Foor flies out to the right fielder. Kevin Cook grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Patton singles to right field. Tommy Cacek walks. Rene Brower doubles past the left fielder. Joe Patton scores. Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 13 Colorado total runners left on base: 8
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: A Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Vern Shore improves in contact_vs_righty Fernando Bush did not respond to coaching in control Rip Campbell did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Buck Daney improves in contact_vs_lefty
Colorado Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Randy Boken did not respond to coaching in velocity Mike Habenicht improves in velocity Bill Gonzales did not respond to coaching in velocity Hank Carter did not respond to coaching in control