Win: John Candelaria (11-8) Loss: Sammy Steirer (11-16)
Save: Bob Kipper (8)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Sammy Steirer pitching. Dutch Held grounds out to the shortstop. Sid Bream grounds out to the third baseman. Charlie Claire singles to right field. Max Case singles to center field. Charlie Claire advances to third on the hit. John Vail singles to left field. Charlie Claire scores. RJ Reynolds strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Montreal John Candelaria pitching. Johnny Glockson grounds out to the shortstop. Jack Kramer lines out to the third baseman. Tsuneyuki Sato strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Omar Moreno strikes out. Junior Ortiz pops out to the second baseman. John Candelaria flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Montreal Frank Piatt strikes out. Jake Taylor pops out to the second baseman. John Fussell pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Dutch Held singles to right field. Sid Bream walks. Charlie Claire grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Dutch Held advances to third on the play. Max Case grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Montreal Kaiser Scioscia singles past the shortstop. Kaiser Scioscia is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Rafael Espinoza grounds out to the shortstop. Sammy Steirer singles to left field. Johnny Glockson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh John Vail pops out to the shortstop. RJ Reynolds strikes out. Omar Moreno flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Montreal Jack Kramer singles to right field. Tsuneyuki Sato grounds out to the second baseman. Jack Kramer advances to second on the play. Frank Piatt strikes out. Jack Kramer is out trying to steal third. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Junior Ortiz flies out to the center fielder. John Candelaria flies out to the center fielder. Dutch Held walks. Dutch Held steals second. Sid Bream walks. Charlie Claire strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Montreal Jake Taylor walks. John Fussell flies out to the center fielder. Kaiser Scioscia grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Max Case singles to right field. John Vail grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. RJ Reynolds walks. Omar Moreno grounds into a force play to the shortstop. RJ Reynolds is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Montreal Rafael Espinoza singles to center field. Rafael Espinoza steals second. Sammy Steirer fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Sammy Steirer singles past the second baseman. Johnny Glockson strikes out. Jack Kramer flies out to the left fielder. Tsuneyuki Sato walks. Frank Piatt strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Junior Ortiz flies out to the center fielder. John Candelaria strikes out. Dutch Held grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Montreal Jake Taylor singles to left field. Emil Conroy is pinch hitting for John Fussell. Passed ball. Jake Taylor advances to second. Emil Conroy strikes out. Kaiser Scioscia grounds out to the pitcher. Rafael Espinoza strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Sid Bream singles past the second baseman. Charlie Claire strikes out. Sid Bream is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Max Case strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Montreal Bob Kipper 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. Luis Motley is pinch hitting for Sammy Steirer. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Luis Motley walks. Johnny Glockson grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Jack Kramer grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Harry Wright pitching. John Vail pops out to the third baseman. RJ Reynolds walks. Omar Moreno flies out to the left fielder. Junior Ortiz flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Montreal Tsuneyuki Sato flies out to the center fielder. Frank Piatt grounds out to the second baseman. Jake Taylor grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 7 Montreal total runners LOB: 5
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Carlos Ardoin improves in power_vs_lefty Richie Zisk did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty John Milligan did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Billy Stein did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Richie Zisk did not respond to coaching in 3B
Montreal Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Lindsay McLeland did not respond to coaching in control John Buddin improves in contact_vs_righty Bob Koster did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Lindsay McLeland did not respond to coaching in velocity Harry Boehler did not respond to coaching in SS