Win: Julio King (8-8) Loss: Smoky Brown (7-2)
Save: Ken McCormick (4)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Smoky Brown pitching. Alex Soderholm singles to left field. Alex Soderholm steals second. Joe Jackson flies out to the left fielder. Gary Mack reached on a fielding error by Crazy Spiezio. Tom McFarland walks. Tom Leverette flies out to the right fielder. Mike Jones strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 1 Colorado Julio King pitching. Bill Scott walks. Kevin Wise singles to center field. Mike Cappuzzello flies out to the right fielder. Phil Rawley flies out to the left fielder. Crazy Spiezio strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Jeff Gruber flies out to the center fielder. Greg Comiskey strikes out. Julio King grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Colorado Bill Aker flies out to the right fielder. Amos Otis grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Al Mayo hits a home run. Smoky Brown grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Alex Soderholm flies out to the center fielder. Joe Jackson walks. Gary Mack flies out to the right fielder. Tom McFarland walks. Tom Leverette flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Colorado Bill Scott flies out to the left fielder. Kevin Wise pops out to the second baseman. Mike Cappuzzello grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Mike Jones flies out to the center fielder. Jeff Gruber singles to left field. Greg Comiskey singles past the second baseman. Julio King lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Alex Soderholm reached on a fielding error by Phil Rawley. Jeff Gruber scores. Joe Jackson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Colorado Phil Rawley singles to center field. Crazy Spiezio reached on a fielding error by Joe Jackson. Bill Aker flies out to the center fielder. Amos Otis singles to right field. Phil Rawley scores. Al Mayo flies out to the center fielder. Smoky Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Gary Mack lines out to the second baseman. Tom McFarland strikes out. Tom Leverette strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Colorado Bill Scott walks. Kevin Wise grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Mike Cappuzzello grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Mike Jones strikes out. Jeff Gruber hits a home run. Greg Comiskey pops out to the third baseman. Julio King strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Colorado Phil Rawley strikes out. Crazy Spiezio grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Aker strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Alex Soderholm triples. The defense is playing the infield in. Joe Jackson singles to center field. Alex Soderholm scores. Gary Mack walks. Tom McFarland singles to center field. Joe Jackson scores. Gary Mack advances to third on the hit. Tom Leverette flies out to the right fielder. Mel Mails 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 3rd. Mike Jones grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Colorado Amos Otis pops out to the shortstop. Al Mayo flies out to the center fielder. Fred lewis is pinch hitting for Mel Mails. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Fred lewis pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Charlie Flagstead pitching. Jeff Gruber flies out to the right fielder. Greg Comiskey singles to left field. Julio King lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Alex Soderholm singles to right field. Greg Comiskey scores. Alex Soderholm steals second. Joe Jackson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Colorado Bill Scott doubles to left field. Kevin Wise pops out to the third baseman. Mike Cappuzzello walks. Phil Rawley singles to right field. Crazy Spiezio strikes out. Bill Aker grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Gary Mack lines out to the first baseman. Tom McFarland strikes out. Tom Leverette flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Colorado Lou Keltner comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Steve Reuss is pinch hitting for Amos Otis. Steve Reuss doubles to left field. Al Mayo grounds out to the second baseman. Steve Reuss advances to third on the play. Ducky Moore is pinch hitting for Charlie Flagstead. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ducky Moore doubles past the right fielder. Steve Reuss scores. Ken McCormick comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Scott grounds out to the third baseman. Kevin Wise strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 9 Colorado total runners LOB: 8
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ricky Miller did not respond to coaching in arm Bob Pless did not respond to coaching in speed Pat McAndrew did not respond to coaching in range Walt McCarver improves in power_vs_lefty
Colorado Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C- Improvements: Les Miller did not respond to coaching in control Brian Smith did not respond to coaching in control Rick Schoonmaker improves in speed Charlie Goldstein did not respond to coaching in control Rick Hageman did not respond to coaching in SS