Win: Walt Robinson (7-15) Loss: Enrique Romo (9-8)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Wally Bordagaray pitching. Steve Nicosia doubles to left field. Orlando Merced grounds out to the shortstop. Lou Martin singles to right field. Steve Nicosia scores. Bobby Bonilla hits a home run. Lou Martin scores. Damon Giles grounds out to the third baseman. Sam Evans strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Dock Ellis pitching. Bobby Schmitz singles to center field. Ken Sauer singles to left field. Bob Keen grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ken Sauer is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Rudy Groth walks. Jim Welch grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Bobby Schmitz is out at home. Wiley Patterson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Lednier Molinet flies out to the left fielder. Jeff Martinez grounds out to the second baseman. Dock Ellis grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Rafael Atkins singles to center field. Mark Millette walks. Wally Bordagaray fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Wally Bordagaray flies out to the right fielder. Bobby Schmitz hits a home run. Rafael Atkins scores. Mark Millette scores. Rick Rhoden comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ken Sauer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Keen grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Steve Nicosia triples. Orlando Merced hits an infield single to the second baseman. Steve Nicosia scores. Juan Brown comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Lou Martin strikes out. Bobby Bonilla grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Rudy Groth singles to center field. Jim Welch grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rudy Groth advances to second on the play. Wiley Patterson walks. Rafael Atkins grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Wiley Patterson is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Mark Millette lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Damon Giles grounds out to the pitcher. Sam Evans flies out to the left fielder. Lednier Molinet grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Juan Brown grounds out to the pitcher. Bobby Schmitz grounds out to the third baseman. Ken Sauer singles to center field. Bob Keen walks. Rudy Groth singles to right field. Ken Sauer scores. Bob Keen advances to third on the hit. Jim Welch grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Jeff Martinez flies out to the center fielder. Rick Rhoden doubles past the center fielder. Steve Nicosia grounds out to the shortstop. Orlando Merced doubles to center field. Rick Rhoden scores. Lou Martin grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Wiley Patterson singles to right field. Rafael Atkins singles to center field. Wiley Patterson advances to third on the hit. Mark Millette grounds out to the third baseman. Wiley Patterson scores. Rafael Atkins advances to second on the play. Jim Gott comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Juan Brown strikes out. Bobby Schmitz singles to left field. Rafael Atkins scores. Ken Sauer singles to center field. Bobby Schmitz is thrown out trying to advance to third by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Bobby Bonilla flies out to the right fielder. Damon Giles flies out to the center fielder. Sam Evans flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Bob Keen flies out to the center fielder. Rudy Groth pops out to the second baseman. Jim Welch flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Lednier Molinet walks. Jeff Martinez grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Jim Gott singles to left field. Steve Nicosia pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Wiley Patterson pops out to the shortstop. Rafael Atkins walks. Mark Millette singles to left field. Rafael Atkins aggressively advances to third on the hit. Enrique Romo comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Jake Brottem is pinch hitting for Juan Brown. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jake Brottem strikes out. Bobby Schmitz grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Walt Robinson pitching. Dusty Rogell enters the game as a defensive replacement for Bob Keen at 3B. Ralph Dantonio enters the game as a defensive replacement for Rudy Groth at C. Orlando Merced grounds out to the third baseman. Lou Martin strikes out. Bobby Bonilla grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Ken Sauer strikes out. Dusty Rogell grounds out to the third baseman. Ralph Dantonio strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Damon Giles singles to left field. Sam Evans singles to center field. Damon Giles advances to third on the hit. Lednier Molinet grounds out to the second baseman. Damon Giles scores. Sam Evans advances to second on the play. Jeff Martinez grounds out to the pitcher. Enrique Romo flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Jim Welch strikes out. Wiley Patterson strikes out. Rafael Atkins pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Pittsburgh Steve Nicosia flies out to the center fielder. Orlando Merced flies out to the center fielder. Lou Martin grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Cincinnati Mark Millette singles to left field. Mark Millette steals second. Ed Hurst is pinch hitting for Walt Robinson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ed Hurst singles to left field. Mark Millette scores. Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 3 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 10
Batting:2B - Steve Nicosia (34), Orlando Merced (27), Rick Rhoden (1).3B - Steve Nicosia (6).HR - Bobby Bonilla (8).GIDP - Bobby Bonilla , Jeff Martinez.
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Lloyd Martyn did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Brian Starrette improves in contact_vs_lefty Charley Hickman improves in contact_vs_lefty Dummy Klieman did not respond to coaching in endurance
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jim Armstrong improves in contact_vs_righty Reb Glaiser did not respond to coaching in endurance Matty Wagner improves in power_vs_lefty Carl Steinbach improves in range Carl Steinbach did not respond to coaching in SS