Win: Orval Watkins (3-2) Loss: George Cross (2-9)
Save: Jeff Fittery (23)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati Fred Onslow pitching. Billy Hibbs pops out to the shortstop. Loren Maguire flies out to the center fielder. Bill Householder strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh George Cross pitching. Mo Bailey strikes out. Hank Fischlin flies out to the center fielder. Heinie Garrett grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Sandy Northey singles to left field. Ron Gilbert strikes out. Joe Outlaw grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Kiyoshi Sakurai grounds out to the second baseman. Cy Pisoni doubles to left field. Yoshiyasu Miyamoto flies out to the center fielder. Jim Cole grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Spike Schmidt flies out to the center fielder. Francisco Hepler grounds out to the second baseman. George Cross strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Jeremy Pena hits a home run. Fred Onslow grounds out to the pitcher. Mo Bailey flies out to the left fielder. Hank Fischlin singles to left field. Heinie Garrett singles to right field. Kiyoshi Sakurai flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Billy Hibbs flies out to the center fielder. Loren Maguire grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Householder walks. Sandy Northey grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Cy Pisoni singles to center field. Yoshiyasu Miyamoto grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Jim Cole strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Ron Gilbert singles to center field. Joe Outlaw strikes out. Spike Schmidt singles to left field. Ron Gilbert advances to third on the hit. Francisco Hepler singles to center field. Ron Gilbert scores. George Cross lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Billy Hibbs singles to center field. Spike Schmidt scores. Francisco Hepler is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Jeremy Pena grounds out to the pitcher. Fred Onslow strikes out. Mo Bailey strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Loren Maguire strikes out. Bill Householder grounds out to the second baseman. Sandy Northey singles to right field. Ron Gilbert strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Hank Fischlin reached on a 2-base throwing error by Loren Maguire. Heinie Garrett grounds out to the pitcher. Kiyoshi Sakurai grounds out to the third baseman. Cy Pisoni walks. Yoshiyasu Miyamoto grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Joe Outlaw singles past the third baseman. Spike Schmidt strikes out. Francisco Hepler flies out to the right fielder. George Cross grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Joe Outlaw is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Jim Cole flies out to the right fielder. Jeremy Pena strikes out. Buck Perrin is pinch hitting for Fred Onslow. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Buck Perrin hits a home run. Mo Bailey grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Orval Watkins pitching. Billy Hibbs singles to right field. Loren Maguire flies out to the center fielder. Bill Householder grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Billy Hibbs advances to second on the play. Sandy Northey reached on a fielding error by Hank Fischlin. Ron Gilbert flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Hank Fischlin grounds out to the shortstop. Heinie Garrett walks. Kiyoshi Sakurai singles to right field. Heinie Garrett advances to third on the hit. Mark Upton 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. Cy Pisoni walks. Yoshiyasu Miyamoto walks. Heinie Garrett scores. Jose Veres is pinch hitting for Jim Cole. Jose Veres grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Jeff Fittery comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Joe Outlaw flies out to the center fielder. Spike Schmidt strikes out. Francisco Hepler flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 6 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 7
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Bob Bruett improves in arm Gabby Crump improves in power_vs_lefty George Nourse improves in contact_vs_righty George Nourse improves in power_vs_righty
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Art Pegues did not respond to coaching in velocity Howie Arntzen did not respond to coaching in control Art Pegues did not respond to coaching in control Greg Crompton did not respond to coaching in velocity Steve Davis did not respond to coaching in 1B