Inning: 1 New York Harmon Koskie pitching. Roland Gustafsson strikes out. Bill Atwood doubles to center field. Bill Atwood is out trying to steal third. Erik Bliss doubles past the right fielder. Latham Singleton flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh J.R. Mullin pitching. Ron Susko singles past the first baseman. Merv Ruffin singles to left field. Jumbo Walker reached on a 2-base throwing error by Bill Atwood. Ron Susko scores. Darrell LaRose walks. Gene Kelly flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Merv Ruffin scores. Guillermo Nichols singles past the second baseman. Jumbo Walker scores. Shane Taveras grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 New York Billy Henry singles to left field. Chuck Holmes grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Yukiyasu Sasaki grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh George Pruess singles to right field. Harmon Koskie lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ron Susko grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! George Pruess advances to third on the play. Merv Ruffin flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 New York Bill Needham pops out to the third baseman. J.R. Mullin grounds out to the shortstop. Roland Gustafsson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Jumbo Walker flies out to the right fielder. Darrell LaRose hits a home run. Gene Kelly reached on a 2-base throwing error by Bill Atwood. Guillermo Nichols grounds out to the shortstop. Shane Taveras grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 New York Bill Atwood flies out to the right fielder. Erik Bliss flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Latham Singleton strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh George Pruess flies out to the right fielder. Harmon Koskie strikes out. Ron Susko flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 New York Billy Henry walks. Chuck Holmes grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Billy Henry is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Yukiyasu Sasaki flies out to the right fielder. Bill Needham lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Merv Ruffin singles to center field. Jumbo Walker reached on a fielding error by Erik Bliss. Darrell LaRose flies out to the left fielder. Gene Kelly triples. Merv Ruffin scores. Jumbo Walker scores. Guillermo Nichols singles to left field. Gene Kelly scores. Shane Taveras grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Guillermo Nichols advances to second on the play. George Pruess hits a home run. Guillermo Nichols scores. Harmon Koskie grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 New York J.R. Mullin grounds out to the shortstop. Roland Gustafsson grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Bill Atwood flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Ron Susko flies out to the center fielder. Merv Ruffin grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jumbo Walker hits a home run. Darrell LaRose singles to left field. Gene Kelly flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 New York Hector Souchock is pinch hitting for Erik Bliss. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Hector Souchock walks. Bob Gardner is pinch hitting for Latham Singleton. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Bob Gardner reached on a fielding error by Gene Kelly. Billy Henry strikes out. Chuck Holmes flies out to the left fielder. Yukiyasu Sasaki singles to left field. Hector Souchock is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Guillermo Nichols grounds out to the second baseman. Shane Taveras doubles to left field. George Pruess singles to right field. Shane Taveras scores. Harmon Koskie lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jim Bare is pinch hitting for Ron Susko. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jim Bare hits a home run. George Pruess scores. Jocko Johnson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is pulled because he is getting hammered (Starting pitcher has given up 8 or more earned runs, he is tired, and the team is losing by more than 5 runs). Tyson Layne is pinch hitting for Merv Ruffin. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Tyson Layne walks. Jumbo Walker strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 New York Bill Needham flies out to the right fielder. Sam Peterson is pinch hitting for Jocko Johnson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Sam Peterson flies out to the right fielder. Hughie Welch is pinch hitting for Roland Gustafsson. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Hughie Welch flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Craig Fletcher pitching. Erv Foster is pinch hitting for Darrell LaRose. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Erv Foster singles to center field. Gene Kelly grounds out to the second baseman. Erv Foster advances to second on the play. Guillermo Nichols strikes out. Shane Taveras walks. George Pruess singles to left field. Erv Foster scores. Shane Taveras advances to third on the hit. Harmon Koskie strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 New York Bill Atwood strikes out. Hector Souchock grounds out to the third baseman. Bob Gardner grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 New York total runners left on base: 3 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 7
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Gene Kittridge did not respond to coaching in control Clem Davis improves in velocity Bob Rossi did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Marc Welby did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Bob Rossi improves in LF
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Shooty Hawkins improves in contact_vs_righty Johnny Brenneman did not respond to coaching in control George Dumont improves in control Roger Ostrowski did not respond to coaching in range Herb Hardy improves in 3B