Win: Ghee Butters (19-6) Loss: Jack Dinges (3-11)
Save: Bill Reed (41)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Jack Dinges pitching. Steve Knight strikes out. Vince Van Poppel grounds out to the pitcher. Eddie Coleman flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 San Diego Ghee Butters pitching. Cal Hooper strikes out. Emil Watwood grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Ernie Smith walks. Bob Wright grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Jeff Jones singles in front of the left fielder. Taku Nakatani flies out to the center fielder. Phil Hutton grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Jeff Jones is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Benny Cruz pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 San Diego Glenn Pagan grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Dick James grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Griffin flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Greg Cross strikes out. Ghee Butters grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Steve Knight walks. Vince Van Poppel grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 San Diego Atsushi Oda grounds out to the shortstop. Jack Dinges strikes out. Cal Hooper walks. Cal Hooper steals second. Emil Watwood grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Eddie Coleman hits a home run. Jeff Jones flies out to the center fielder. Taku Nakatani pops out to the shortstop. Phil Hutton pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 San Diego Ernie Smith flies out to the left fielder. Bob Wright flies out to the right fielder. Glenn Pagan singles to right field. Dick James grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Glenn Pagan is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Benny Cruz grounds out to the second baseman. Danny Benzinger 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. Greg Cross singles to right field. Ghee Butters lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Steve Knight strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 San Diego Jim Griffin flies out to the left fielder. Atsushi Oda flies out to the right fielder. Danny Benzinger pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Vince Van Poppel is hit by a pitch. Eddie Coleman grounds out to the third baseman. Vince Van Poppel advances to second on the play. Jeff Jones doubles to center field. Vince Van Poppel scores. Taku Nakatani grounds out to the shortstop. Phil Hutton grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 San Diego Cal Hooper flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Emil Watwood lines out to the shortstop. Ernie Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Benny Cruz walks. Greg Cross pops out to the third baseman. Ghee Butters lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Steve Knight singles to left field. Benny Cruz scores. Vince Van Poppel flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 San Diego Bob Wright grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Glenn Pagan singles to left field. Dick James grounds into a force play to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Glenn Pagan is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Dick James is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Eddie Coleman walks. Eddie Coleman is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Jeff Jones grounds out to the third baseman. Taku Nakatani flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 San Diego Jim Griffin grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Atsushi Oda grounds out to the third baseman. Shiro Wakabayashi is pinch hitting for Danny Benzinger. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Shiro Wakabayashi singles to center field. Cal Hooper strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Ryuichi Nishiyama pitching. Phil Hutton strikes out. Benny Cruz walks. Benny Cruz steals second. Greg Cross strikes out. Billy Mitchell is pinch hitting for Ghee Butters. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Billy Mitchell grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 San Diego Bill Reed pitching. Emil Watwood grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Ernie Smith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Wright pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 6 San Diego total runners LOB: 4
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Buddy George did not respond to coaching in velocity Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Cobe Lindemann did not respond to coaching in control Frank Shaw did not respond to coaching in velocity Jesse Henderson improves in speed Rudy Pettit improves in power_vs_righty
San Diego Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Lew Harrelson improves in range Ken Christensen did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Sam Grieve improves in control Red Zupo did not respond to coaching in control Sam Grieve did not respond to coaching in velocity Emil Yeabsley did not respond to coaching in control Charlie Lancaster did not respond to coaching in SS