Inning: 1 Cincinnati
Dock Ellis pitching.
Bob Keen flies out to the left fielder.
Keiichi Yasuda grounds out to the second baseman.
Frank Lauterborn strikes out.
Runners left on base: 0

Inning: 1 Pittsburgh
Mike Dayett pitching.
Damon Giles strikes out.
Mike Easler grounds out to the second baseman.
Hack Moore walks.
Steve Nicosia singles to right field.
Lou Martin singles to left field.
Hack Moore scores.
Steve Nicosia advances to third on the hit.
Leonelkis Rodriguez flies out to the left fielder.
Runners left on base: 2

Inning: 2 Cincinnati
Mike French pops out to the third baseman.
Dusty Rogell singles to center field.
Passed ball.
Dusty Rogell advances to second.
Mark Millette strikes out.
Al Wegman walks.
Carlos Shields flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double!
Runners left on base: 2

Inning: 2 Pittsburgh
Don Mattern walks.
Lednier Molinet strikes out.
Dock Ellis fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes.
Dock Ellis flies out to the right fielder.
Damon Giles flies out to the left fielder.
Runners left on base: 1

Inning: 3 Cincinnati
Mike Dayett flies out to the right fielder.
Bob Keen singles to center field.
Keiichi Yasuda strikes out.
Frank Lauterborn singles past the third baseman.
Bob Keen advances to third on the hit.
Mike French doubles to left field.
Bob Keen scores.
Dusty Rogell strikes out.
Runners left on base: 2

Inning: 3 Pittsburgh
Mike Easler walks.
Mike Easler steals second.
Hack Moore strikes out.
Steve Nicosia walks.
Lou Martin flies out to the left fielder.
Leonelkis Rodriguez singles to right field.
Mike Easler scores.
Steve Nicosia advances to third on the hit.
Don Mattern singles to center field.
Steve Nicosia scores.
Leonelkis Rodriguez advances to third on the hit.
Lednier Molinet flies out to the left fielder.
Runners left on base: 2

Inning: 4 Cincinnati
Mark Millette strikes out.
Al Wegman flies out to the center fielder.
Carlos Shields flies out to the center fielder.
Runners left on base: 0

Inning: 4 Pittsburgh
Dock Ellis walks.
Damon Giles strikes out.
Mike Easler singles to left field.
Hack Moore grounds into a force play to the pitcher.
Mike Easler is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag.
Steve Nicosia walks.
Lou Martin singles to center field.
Dock Ellis scores.
Hack Moore scores.
Steve Nicosia advances to third on the hit.
Leonelkis Rodriguez flies out to the center fielder.
Runners left on base: 2

Inning: 5 Cincinnati
Mike Dayett flies out to the right fielder.
Bob Keen strikes out.
Keiichi Yasuda flies out to the left fielder.
Runners left on base: 0

Inning: 5 Pittsburgh
Don Mattern strikes out.
Lednier Molinet walks.
Dock Ellis lays a bunt down the first base line.
He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance.
Damon Giles singles to left field.
Lednier Molinet scores.
Mike Easler hits a home run.
Damon Giles scores.
Jerry Spiezio 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).
Hack Moore grounds out to the third baseman.
Runners left on base: 0

Inning: 6 Cincinnati
Frank Lauterborn singles to right field.
Mike French grounds into a 3-6-3 double play.
Dusty Rogell walks.
Mark Millette pops out to the third baseman.
Runners left on base: 1

Inning: 6 Pittsburgh
Steve Nicosia grounds out to the pitcher.
Lou Martin grounds out to the second baseman.
Leonelkis Rodriguez pops out to the second baseman.
Runners left on base: 0

Inning: 7 Cincinnati
Milt Sperring 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.
Al Wegman grounds out to the second baseman.
Carlos Shields grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted).
Ernie Hatcher is pinch hitting for Jerry Spiezio. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning.
Ernie Hatcher lines out to the third baseman.
Runners left on base: 0

Inning: 7 Pittsburgh
Mike Hamner pitching.
Don Mattern singles to center field.
Lednier Molinet walks.
Milt Sperring fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes.
Milt Sperring flies out to the center fielder.
Damon Giles grounds into a 5-4-3 double play.
Runners left on base: 1

Inning: 8 Cincinnati
Bob Keen flies out to the left fielder.
Keiichi Yasuda hits a home run.
Frank Lauterborn singles to center field.
Mike French hits a home run.
Frank Lauterborn scores.
Enrique Romo comes in from the bullpen to pitch.
Dusty Rogell singles to right field.
Mark Millette singles to left field.
Dusty Rogell is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder.
Mark Millette steals second.
Al Wegman singles to left field.
Mark Millette scores.
Carlos Shields singles to center field.
Mark Wise is pinch hitting for Mike Hamner. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning.
Mark Wise grounds into a force play to the second baseman.
Carlos Shields is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag.
Runners left on base: 2

Inning: 8 Pittsburgh
Walt Robinson pitching.
Mike Easler walks.
Hack Moore grounds into a force play to the third baseman.
Mike Easler is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag.
Steve Nicosia walks.
Hack Moore steals third.
Lou Martin lines out to the third baseman.
Leonelkis Rodriguez grounds out to the third baseman.
Runners left on base: 2

Inning: 9 Cincinnati
Bob Keen walks.
Keiichi Yasuda grounds into a force play to the first baseman - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single!
Bob Keen is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag.
Frank Lauterborn grounds out to the third baseman.
Keiichi Yasuda advances to second on the play.
Mike French singles to center field.
Dusty Rogell flies out to the left fielder.
Runners left on base: 2
Cincinnati total runners left on base: 9
Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 10