Inning: 1 Cincinnati Mark Brunet pitching. Frank Volz singles to left field. Zane Gill pops out to the first baseman. Bob Grba is hit by a pitch. John Kelly flies out to the left fielder. Gil McGriff flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Pit Garcia pitching. Rusty McCleskey strikes out. Kurt Henderson strikes out. Hal McCurdy reached on a fielding error by Ed Herzog. Ethan Mahoney strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Ed Herzog grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Osik flies out to the left fielder. Alex Willson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Jim Nunez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dusty Banister walks. Tom Malkmus flies out to the left fielder. Bill Mails pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Pit Garcia pops out to the second baseman. Frank Volz strikes out. Zane Gill flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Mark Brunet grounds out to the third baseman. Rusty McCleskey grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Kurt Henderson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Bob Grba strikes out. John Kelly grounds out to the second baseman. Gil McGriff grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Hal McCurdy singles to center field. Ethan Mahoney strikes out. Jim Nunez grounds out to the third baseman. Hal McCurdy advances to second on the play. Dusty Banister singles to right field. Hal McCurdy scores. Tom Malkmus grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Dusty Banister is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Ed Herzog flies out to the center fielder. Joe Osik pops out to the second baseman. Alex Willson singles to left field. Pit Garcia strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Bill Mails grounds out to the third baseman. Mark Brunet grounds out to the third baseman. Rusty McCleskey grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Frank Volz grounds out to the shortstop. Zane Gill pops out to the third baseman. Bob Grba grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Kurt Henderson reached on a fielding error by Frank Volz. Hal McCurdy grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Kurt Henderson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ethan Mahoney pops out to the third baseman. Jim Nunez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Dave Rice enters the game as a defensive replacement for Kurt Henderson at LF. John Kelly flies out to the left fielder. Gil McGriff strikes out. Ed Herzog flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Dusty Banister hits an infield single to the pitcher. Tom Malkmus grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Bill Mails flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Harvey Ryan is pinch hitting for Joe Osik. Harvey Ryan walks. Red Freehan is pinch hitting for Alex Willson. Red Freehan strikes out. Memo Sunday is pinch hitting for Pit Garcia. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Memo Sunday singles to center field. Harvey Ryan advances to third on the hit. Frank Volz flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Harvey Ryan is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Henry Baez pitching. Rafael Gourriel enters the game as a defensive replacement for Harvey Ryan at C. Mark Brunet grounds out to the shortstop. Rusty McCleskey flies out to the left fielder. Dave Rice walks. Hal McCurdy flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Zane Gill hits a home run. Bob Grba grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). John Kelly strikes out. Gil McGriff strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Ethan Mahoney flies out to the right fielder. Jim Nunez flies out to the center fielder. Dusty Banister lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Cincinnati Ed Herzog singles to left field. Eddie Hardgrove 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 1st. Rafael Gourriel singles past the shortstop. Ed Herzog advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the infield in. Red Freehan flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Ed Herzog scores. Henry Baez lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Frank Volz singles to center field. Rafael Gourriel scores. Zane Gill hits a home run. Frank Volz scores. Hal Abrams comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bob Grba strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Pittsburgh Tom Malkmus flies out to the left fielder. Bill Mails grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Erik Cummings 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. Danny Hare is pinch hitting for Hal Abrams. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Danny Hare pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 4 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 5
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Dan Higginbotham did not respond to coaching in control Charlie Lowe improves in power_vs_lefty Dick Thomas improves in power_vs_righty Win Osinski did not respond to coaching in velocity Brett Kubinski did not respond to coaching in velocity Jack Enwright improves in control Kory Nielsen did not respond to coaching in 2B
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Norm Grabowski improves in range Garry Kopf did not respond to coaching in speed Walt Gale improves in power_vs_lefty Max Cimino did not respond to coaching in velocity Denny Franklin did not respond to coaching in velocity Al Pettis did not respond to coaching in control