Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Jerry Penny pitching. Damon Giles grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Easler grounds out to the second baseman. Lednier Molinet grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Sandy Swift pitching. Bob Keen singles to left field. Bob Keen is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Ken Kitsos grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Lauterborn strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Ed Ott grounds out to the pitcher. Lou Martin flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Don Mattern strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati F.P. Boone pops out to the first baseman. Dusty Rogell strikes out. Broadway Birkbeck grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Orlando Merced singles to left field. Hack Moore flies out to the right fielder. Sandy Swift lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Damon Giles doubles to right field. Orlando Merced scores. Mike Easler strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Mark Millette grounds out to the third baseman. Rafael Atkins singles to right field. Jerry Penny fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Jerry Penny strikes out. Rafael Atkins steals second. Bob Keen grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Lednier Molinet strikes out. Ed Ott flies out to the right fielder. Lou Martin pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Ken Kitsos singles to center field. Frank Lauterborn reached on a fielding error by Hack Moore. F.P. Boone walks. Dusty Rogell singles to left field. Ken Kitsos scores. Frank Lauterborn scores. F.P. Boone advances to third on the hit. Broadway Birkbeck flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, F.P. Boone scores. Mark Millette singles past the third baseman. Rafael Atkins grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Don Mattern grounds out to the second baseman. Orlando Merced singles to left field. Hack Moore flies out to the right fielder. Sandy Swift strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Jerry Penny pops out to the second baseman. Bob Keen flies out to the left fielder. Ken Kitsos flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Damon Giles grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Mike Easler flies out to the left fielder. Lednier Molinet strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Frank Lauterborn strikes out. F.P. Boone grounds out to the shortstop. Dusty Rogell grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Ed Ott grounds out to the second baseman. Lou Martin singles to left field. Don Mattern walks. Orlando Merced flies out to the center fielder. Al Phillips 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. Hack Moore grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Bud Perez 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. Broadway Birkbeck flies out to the right fielder. Mark Millette strikes out. Rafael Atkins grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Jake Brottem enters the game as a defensive replacement for F.P. Boone at LF. Bud Perez flies out to the left fielder. Damon Giles strikes out. Mike Easler flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Jesse Treadway is pinch hitting for Al Phillips. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jesse Treadway singles to left field. Bob Keen singles to right field. Ken Kitsos strikes out. Frank Lauterborn grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Bob Keen is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jake Brottem singles to left field. Jesse Treadway scores. Dusty Rogell singles to left field. Frank Lauterborn scores. Vladimir Boyd comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Broadway Birkbeck flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Walt Robinson pitching. Lednier Molinet grounds out to the shortstop. Ed Ott flies out to the right fielder. Lou Martin singles to right field. Don Mattern strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 5 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 4
Game Notes Dusty Rogell is injured and is expected to be out 29 days.
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: McKay Caldwell did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Bruce Kison did not respond to coaching in control Bobby Bonilla improves in power_vs_righty Kent Tekulve did not respond to coaching in velocity
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ken Sauer improves in speed Wiley Patterson improves in power_vs_righty Lloyd Glover did not respond to coaching in control Wally Bordagaray did not respond to coaching in velocity Julio Glenn did not respond to coaching in CF