Win: Zane Smith (11-14) Loss: Ray Irwin (10-9)
Save: Jim Bibby (20)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Ray Irwin pitching. Sid Bream grounds out to the shortstop. Pete Holtzman singles to center field. RJ Reynolds flies out to the center fielder. Junior Ortiz strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Montreal Zane Smith pitching. Frank Piatt grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Johnny Glockson grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Colbert walks. Rafael Espinoza singles to right field. Jake Taylor flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Omar Moreno singles to center field. John Vail grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Omar Moreno advances to second on the play. Omar Moreno steals third. Mike Marty throws the ball into left field for an error. Runners advance a base. Omar Moreno scores. Dal Colbrunn singles to left field. Tim Foli grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Dal Colbrunn is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Zane Smith grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Tim Foli is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Montreal John Fussell walks. Mike Marty singles to left field. Joe Elliott singles to right field. John Fussell scores. Ray Irwin lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Frank Piatt strikes out. Johnny Glockson walks. Bob Colbert grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Sid Bream grounds out to the shortstop. Pete Holtzman strikes out. RJ Reynolds flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Montreal Rafael Espinoza singles to center field. Jake Taylor grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Rafael Espinoza is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. John Fussell grounds out to the third baseman. Jake Taylor advances to second on the play. Mike Marty walks. Joe Elliott strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Junior Ortiz strikes out. Omar Moreno singles to center field. John Vail flies out to the center fielder. Dal Colbrunn flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Montreal Ray Irwin grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Piatt reached on a fielding error by Pete Holtzman. Johnny Glockson grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Tim Foli pops out to the second baseman. Zane Smith strikes out. Sid Bream grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Montreal Bob Colbert singles to center field. Rafael Espinoza grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Jake Taylor grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Pete Holtzman triples. RJ Reynolds triples. Pete Holtzman scores. Junior Ortiz strikes out. Omar Moreno grounds out to the third baseman. RJ Reynolds scores. John Vail strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Montreal John Fussell strikes out. Mike Marty grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Elliott walks. Ray Irwin strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Dal Colbrunn walks. Tim Foli grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Dal Colbrunn advances to second on the play. Zane Smith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dal Colbrunn advances to third on the play. Sid Bream strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Montreal Luis Motley is pinch hitting for Frank Piatt. Luis Motley strikes out. Johnny Glockson flies out to the right fielder. Bob Colbert flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Kaiser Scioscia enters the game as a defensive replacement for Luis Motley at CF. Harry Wright comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Pete Holtzman strikes out. RJ Reynolds singles to center field. Junior Ortiz grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Montreal Jim Bibby 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. Rafael Espinoza grounds out to the second baseman. Jake Taylor grounds out to the second baseman. Emil Conroy is pinch hitting for John Fussell. Emil Conroy hits an infield single to the second baseman. Mike Marty pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Omar Moreno flies out to the left fielder. John Vail pops out to the first baseman. Dal Colbrunn strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Montreal Joe Elliott grounds out to the shortstop. Tsuneyuki Sato is pinch hitting for Harry Wright. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Tsuneyuki Sato walks. Kaiser Scioscia singles to left field. Johnny Glockson grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 4 Montreal total runners LOB: 10
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Pedro Cooper did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Gary Green did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Ed Breeding improves in arm Bill Frascatore did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Richie Zisk did not respond to coaching in 3B
Montreal Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Heinie Shannon did not respond to coaching in control Heinie Shannon did not respond to coaching in velocity Johnny Rightnowar improves in speed Lindsay McLeland did not respond to coaching in control Harry Boehler did not respond to coaching in SS