Win: Rich Purtell (6-9) Loss: Tommy Bender (6-10)
Save: Jack Hannahs (30)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Rich Purtell pitching. Michael Gonzalez walks. Happy Williamson flies out to the right fielder. Keith Doby grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Michael Gonzalez is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Joe Schellhase singles to right field. Keith Doby advances to third on the hit. John Speier grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Atlanta Tommy Bender pitching. Joe Altamirano grounds out to the second baseman. Scott DeVogt strikes out. Oscar Carter grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Jose Snyder hits a home run. Pat Virgil strikes out. Joe Charles doubles to right field. Tommy Bender grounds out to the third baseman. Michael Gonzalez flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Atlanta Hardy Reidy singles to left field. Cupid LaManna grounds out to the third baseman. Hardy Reidy advances to second on the play. Kory Hawkes flies out to the center fielder. Charlie Raggio flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Happy Williamson pops out to the first baseman. Keith Doby grounds out to the pitcher. Joe Schellhase flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Atlanta Scott Bonds doubles to center field. Rich Purtell fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Rich Purtell flies out to the right fielder. Joe Altamirano grounds out to the second baseman. Scott Bonds advances to third on the play. Scott DeVogt pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh John Speier flies out to the right fielder. Jose Snyder strikes out. Pat Virgil grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Atlanta Oscar Carter flies out to the left fielder. Hardy Reidy grounds out to the second baseman. Cupid LaManna grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Joe Charles grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Tommy Bender grounds out to the shortstop. Michael Gonzalez grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Atlanta Kory Hawkes reached on a 2-base throwing error by Joe Charles. Charlie Raggio triples. Kory Hawkes scores. Scott Bonds flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Charlie Raggio scores. Rich Purtell strikes out. Joe Altamirano strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Happy Williamson pops out to the shortstop. Keith Doby grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Schellhase singles to right field. John Speier grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Atlanta Scott DeVogt grounds out to the pitcher. Oscar Carter pops out to the third baseman. Hardy Reidy doubles to center field. Cupid LaManna pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Jose Snyder pops out to the third baseman. Pat Virgil flies out to the left fielder. Joe Charles singles to right field. Tommy Bender strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Atlanta Kory Hawkes pops out to the first baseman. Charlie Raggio strikes out. Scott Bonds singles to right field. Rich Purtell strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Michael Gonzalez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Happy Williamson grounds out to the second baseman. Keith Doby strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Atlanta Joe Altamirano grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Scott DeVogt strikes out. Oscar Carter grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Jack Hannahs comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Joe Schellhase strikes out. John Speier flies out to the center fielder. Jose Snyder lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 5 Atlanta total runners left on base: 4
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ed Barr did not respond to coaching in control Ralph Daringer did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Les Bool improves in contact_vs_lefty Ed Barr did not respond to coaching in control Craig Trujillo improves in arm Ellis Baez improves in arm
Atlanta Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C- Improvements: Cookie Chaplin did not respond to coaching in endurance Bobby Boddicker improves in arm Shaggy Rogers did not respond to coaching in velocity Ray DeWitt improves in contact_vs_righty Tony Dobens did not respond to coaching in velocity Bobby Boddicker did not respond to coaching in speed Steve Seybold did not respond to coaching in SS