Win: Tony Lindsey (7-2) Loss: Tsuneo Tahara (6-4)
Save: Mike Lowery (5)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Tsuneo Tahara pitching. Rich Acker grounds out to the second baseman. Emil Grunwald walks. Dennis Carrasco flies out to the center fielder. Jim Moreno strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Los Angeles Tony Lindsey pitching. Art Karchner flies out to the center fielder. Jim Beech grounds out to the second baseman. Gary Walberg grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Charley Hickman grounds out to the shortstop. Scott Crooke pops out to the shortstop. Specs Jefferson grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Los Angeles Brian Fussell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Willie McCovey grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Osvaldo Gonzalez pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Davey Sipin pops out to the catcher. Tony Lindsey grounds out to the second baseman. Rich Acker singles to left field. Emil Grunwald flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Los Angeles Brad Arlin singles to center field. Doug Kircher strikes out. Tsuneo Tahara lays a bunt down the third base line. The third baseman fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first for the 5-6-4 double play (2B covering 1st). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Dennis Carrasco grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Jim Moreno singles to left field. Jim Moreno is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Charley Hickman hits an infield single to the shortstop. Scott Crooke walks. Specs Jefferson grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Scott Crooke is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Los Angeles Art Karchner grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Beech doubles to center field. Gary Walberg grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Beech advances to third on the play. Brian Fussell strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Davey Sipin singles to right field. Tony Lindsey lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Rich Acker strikes out. Emil Grunwald grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Los Angeles Willie McCovey flies out to the center fielder. Osvaldo Gonzalez grounds out to the pitcher. Brad Arlin grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Dennis Carrasco singles to center field. Jim Moreno singles to right field. Charley Hickman strikes out. Scott Crooke grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dennis Carrasco advances to third on the play. Jim Moreno advances to second on the play. Specs Jefferson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Los Angeles Doug Kircher singles to left field. Tsuneo Tahara lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Art Karchner flies out to the left fielder. Jim Beech strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Davey Sipin grounds out to the third baseman. Tony Lindsey strikes out. Rich Acker grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Los Angeles Gary Walberg grounds out to the shortstop. Brian Fussell lines out to the second baseman. Willie McCovey strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Emil Grunwald singles to left field. Emil Grunwald steals second. Dennis Carrasco grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Strelecki 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 2nd. Jim Moreno doubles to left field. Emil Grunwald scores. Charley Hickman strikes out. Scott Crooke strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Los Angeles Mike Lowery 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. Osvaldo Gonzalez flies out to the center fielder. Brad Arlin walks. Doug Kircher grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Specs Jefferson strikes out. Davey Sipin walks. Mike Lowery lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first for the 1-6-4 double play (2B covering 1st). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Los Angeles Mike Rincon is pinch hitting for Joe Strelecki. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Mike Rincon pops out to the shortstop. Art Karchner reached on a 2-base throwing error by Specs Jefferson. Jim Beech flies out to the right fielder. Gary Walberg strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 8 Los Angeles total runners LOB: 3
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Doc Williams did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Otis Birtsas did not respond to coaching in control Freddie Brookens improves in range Ron Minchey improves in range
Los Angeles Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bob Uhalt did not respond to coaching in control Bill Martin improves in control Garth Lowery did not respond to coaching in arm John Lanier did not respond to coaching in velocity Garth Lowery did not respond to coaching in CF