Win: Mike Arnold (10-4) Loss: Bernardo Cooke (8-8)
Save: Bill Reed (36)
Inning: 1 Los Angeles Mike Arnold pitching. Fred Smith singles to left field. Herman Pemberton grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Fred Smith is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Fran Schmidt grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Bernardo Cooke pitching. Wilfred Weidman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Vince Van Poppel pops out to the second baseman. Eddie Coleman hits a home run. Jeff Jones lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Los Angeles Chad Martinez grounds out to the shortstop. Al Hansen flies out to the right fielder. Skel Forsch grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Taku Nakatani walks. Phil Hutton strikes out. Benny Cruz singles to center field. Taku Nakatani advances to third on the hit. Benny Cruz steals second. Billy Mitchell walks. Mike Arnold strikes out. Wilfred Weidman reached on a 2-base throwing error by Chad Martinez. Taku Nakatani scores. Benny Cruz scores. Vince Van Poppel grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Los Angeles D.T. Thomas grounds out to the shortstop. Warren McMackin grounds out to the second baseman. Bernardo Cooke grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Eddie Coleman pops out to the third baseman. Jeff Jones singles to center field. Taku Nakatani grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Los Angeles Fred Smith flies out to the center fielder. Herman Pemberton singles to right field. Fran Schmidt pops out to the shortstop. Chad Martinez pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Phil Hutton grounds out to the shortstop. Benny Cruz grounds out to the third baseman. Billy Mitchell walks. Mike Arnold reached on a 2-base throwing error by Chad Martinez. Wilfred Weidman strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Los Angeles Al Hansen grounds out to the shortstop. Skel Forsch strikes out. D.T. Thomas pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Vince Van Poppel flies out to the center fielder. Eddie Coleman flies out to the right fielder. Jeff Jones walks. Taku Nakatani doubles to left field. Jeff Jones uses his aggressiveness and scores. Phil Hutton grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Los Angeles Warren McMackin walks. Bernardo Cooke lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Fred Smith strikes out. Herman Pemberton doubles to left field. Warren McMackin scores. Fran Schmidt singles to left field. Herman Pemberton uses his aggressiveness and scores. Chad Martinez hits a home run. Fran Schmidt scores. Al Hansen grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Benny Cruz singles past the shortstop. Billy Mitchell strikes out. Mike Arnold lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Wilfred Weidman strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Los Angeles Skel Forsch grounds out to the shortstop. D.T. Thomas singles to center field. D.T. Thomas steals second. Warren McMackin flies out to the right fielder. Bernardo Cooke grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Vince Van Poppel doubles to right field. Chuck Randall 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. Eddie Coleman flies out to the left fielder. Jeff Jones flies out to the center fielder. Taku Nakatani singles to left field. Vince Van Poppel scores. Phil Hutton walks. Benny Cruz flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Los Angeles Fred Smith flies out to the left fielder. Herman Pemberton strikes out. Fran Schmidt flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Billy Mitchell pops out to the second baseman. Felipe Davila is pinch hitting for Mike Arnold. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Felipe Davila strikes out. Wilfred Weidman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Los Angeles Bill Reed pitching. Chad Martinez flies out to the right fielder. Al Hansen walks. Skel Forsch grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Al Hansen advances to second on the play. D.T. Thomas walks. Warren McMackin strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Los Angeles total runners left on base: 4 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 8
Los Angeles Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Oscar Hurst did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Wade Manuel did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Keith Lozado did not respond to coaching in control Spencer Houtz improves in power_vs_lefty Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance.
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Bobby Keyser improves in arm Jack Ebright improves in power_vs_righty Cobe Lindemann did not respond to coaching in control Al McCreery did not respond to coaching in speed Norm Cummings did not respond to coaching in control