Win: Benito Johnston (15-4) Loss: George Cook (12-10)
Save: Ron Benes (20)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Benito Johnston pitching. Johnny Thompson grounds out to the shortstop. John Reder strikes out. Mike Carroll walks. Joe Garcia strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Cincinnati George Cook pitching. Rick Gerlach singles to center field. Rick Gerlach steals second. Jim Dunlap lines out to the third baseman. Jay Habyan lines out to the second baseman. Brad Kerlin walks. Katsuyuki Onishi singles to left field. Rick Gerlach scores. Brad Kerlin aggressively advances to third on the hit. Bill Allen grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Joe Norton flies out to the right fielder. Larry Brickell strikes out. George Meyer singles to right field. Don Jordan strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Billy Kisinger walks. Frank Monchak strikes out. Benito Johnston lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Rick Gerlach flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh George Cook grounds out to the third baseman. Johnny Thompson grounds out to the third baseman. John Reder flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Jim Dunlap grounds out to the shortstop. Jay Habyan strikes out. Brad Kerlin flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Mike Carroll walks. Joe Garcia strikes out. Joe Norton strikes out. Larry Brickell singles to right field. Mike Carroll advances to third on the hit. George Meyer pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Katsuyuki Onishi singles past the shortstop. Bill Allen grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Katsuyuki Onishi is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Billy Kisinger flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Frank Monchak strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Don Jordan strikes out. George Cook flies out to the center fielder. Johnny Thompson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Benito Johnston grounds out to the second baseman. Rick Gerlach singles to right field. Jim Dunlap flies out to the left fielder. Jay Habyan strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh John Reder flies out to the right fielder. Mike Carroll strikes out. Joe Garcia strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Brad Kerlin flies out to the center fielder. Katsuyuki Onishi grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Allen flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Joe Norton singles to left field. Larry Brickell flies out to the left fielder. George Meyer strikes out. Don Jordan strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Billy Kisinger flies out to the center fielder. Frank Monchak singles to left field. Benito Johnston lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Rick Gerlach pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Danny Froelich is pinch hitting for George Cook. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Danny Froelich singles to right field. Johnny Thompson strikes out. John Reder walks. Mike Carroll grounds into a force play to the second baseman. John Reder is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Joe Garcia flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Mark Edwards pitching. Jim Dunlap singles to center field. Jim Dunlap steals second. Jay Habyan strikes out. Brad Kerlin grounds out to the shortstop. Katsuyuki Onishi hits a home run. Jim Dunlap scores. Ernie Belinsky comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Allen reached on a 2-base fielding error by Joe Norton. Billy Kisinger flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Joe Norton walks. Larry Brickell flies out to the left fielder. George Meyer flies out to the right fielder. Don Jordan singles to left field. Joe Norton advances to third on the hit. Ron Benes 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. Bill Johnson is pinch hitting for Ernie Belinsky. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Bill Johnson walks. Johnny Thompson singles to center field. Joe Norton scores. John Reder grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 10 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 7
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Urbane Jorgensen improves in contact_vs_lefty Dee Gulan did not respond to coaching in control Bob Little did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Rich Minchey improves in contact_vs_lefty
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jim Williams improves in range Jim Williams improves in speed Simmy Masters did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Andy Liebhardt did not respond to coaching in velocity Jim Williams did not respond to coaching in RF