Win: A.J. Scarsella (5-5) Loss: Harry Garland (12-9)
Save: Henry Baez (8)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh A.J. Scarsella pitching. Rusty McCleskey walks. Hal McCurdy strikes out. Angel Stone grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Harry Garland pitching. Frank Volz grounds out to the third baseman. Zane Gill reached on a fielding error by Harry Garland. Bob Grba walks. Dick Bernhard singles to center field. Zane Gill scores. Bob Grba advances to third on the hit. Gil McGriff flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Bob Grba scores. Joe Osik strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Danny Hare walks. Ethan Mahoney grounds out to the shortstop. Danny Hare advances to second on the play. Brant Waddell strikes out. Dick Federoff grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Memo Sunday grounds out to the second baseman. Alex Willson singles to left field. A.J. Scarsella fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. A.J. Scarsella grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Dave Rice singles to center field. Harry Garland lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Dave Rice forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Rusty McCleskey flies out to the center fielder. Hal McCurdy flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Frank Volz doubles to center field. Zane Gill walks. Bob Grba grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Frank Volz advances to third on the play. Dick Bernhard singles to center field. Frank Volz scores. Dick Bernhard steals second. Gil McGriff flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Angel Stone flies out to the center fielder. Danny Hare singles to right field. Ethan Mahoney flies out to the right fielder. Brant Waddell flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Joe Osik hits a home run. Memo Sunday doubles to right field. Jack Rosenberg comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Alex Willson grounds out to the shortstop. A.J. Scarsella grounds out to the third baseman. Frank Volz is hit by a pitch. Zane Gill singles to right field. Memo Sunday scores. Frank Volz advances to third on the hit. Bob Grba walks. Dick Bernhard strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Dick Federoff grounds out to the third baseman. Dave Rice walks. Jack Rosenberg lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Rusty McCleskey walks. Hal McCurdy reached on a 2-base throwing error by Frank Volz. Dave Rice scores. Angel Stone flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Gil McGriff strikes out. Joe Osik pops out to the second baseman. Memo Sunday grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Danny Hare flies out to the center fielder. Ethan Mahoney strikes out. Brant Waddell grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Alex Willson flies out to the left fielder. A.J. Scarsella strikes out. Frank Volz lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Dick Federoff grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dave Rice doubles to left field. Bill Mails is pinch hitting for Jack Rosenberg. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Bill Mails triples. Dave Rice scores. Rusty McCleskey singles to left field. Bill Mails scores. Hal McCurdy lines out to the first baseman. Angel Stone grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati George Leftwich pitching. Zane Gill grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Grba reached on a fielding error by Brant Waddell. Dick Bernhard walks. Gil McGriff grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Bob Grba is out at third base. Joe Osik strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Dick Guerrero enters the game as a defensive replacement for Memo Sunday at LF. Red Freehan enters the game as a defensive replacement for Alex Willson at 3B. Bob Tinsley 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. Danny Hare lines out to the second baseman. Ethan Mahoney singles to left field. Rod Kracher is pinch hitting for Brant Waddell. Rod Kracher doubles to center field. Ethan Mahoney uses his aggressiveness and scores. Dick Federoff flies out to the center fielder. Dave Rice strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Dick Lerchen enters the game as a defensive replacement for Rod Kracher at 1B. Dick Guerrero walks. Red Freehan singles to center field. Dick Guerrero advances to third on the hit. Fred Thomas is pinch hitting for Bob Tinsley. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Fred Thomas grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Red Freehan advances to second on the play. Frank Volz grounds out to the shortstop. Dick Guerrero scores. Red Freehan advances to third on the play. Hal Abrams comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Zane Gill singles to center field. Red Freehan scores. Bob Grba strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Henry Baez pitching. Norm Grabowski is pinch hitting for Hal Abrams. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Norm Grabowski flies out to the left fielder. Rusty McCleskey walks. Hal McCurdy grounds out to the third baseman. Rusty McCleskey advances to second on the play. Angel Stone singles to center field. Rusty McCleskey scores. Danny Hare walks. Passed ball. Angel Stone advances to third. Danny Hare advances to second. Ethan Mahoney strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 9 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 8
Batting:2B - Frank Volz (19), Memo Sunday (10).HR - Joe Osik (8).SF - Gil McGriff.GIDP - Bob Grba, A.J. Scarsella.HBP - Frank Volz (3). Baserunning: SB - Dick Bernhard (7). Fielding: E - Frank Volz.PB - Joe Osik.
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: D+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Al Pettis improves in control Rasty Johnson improves in range Bob Walker did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Joe Nicholas did not respond to coaching in speed Tom Malkmus improves in power_vs_lefty Bob Walker improves in speed
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: George Briggs did not respond to coaching in velocity Dan Higginbotham did not respond to coaching in velocity Kory Nielsen improves in range Charlie Lowe did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Charlie Lowe did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Dan Horsman did not respond to coaching in velocity Kory Nielsen did not respond to coaching in 2B