Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Duke White pitching. Julio Gotay flies out to the center fielder. John Romonosky grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! John Bollo walks. Bill Towne grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Galen Cisco pitching. Dave Burke walks. Steve Gipson grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Will Cerutti hits an infield single to the pitcher. Billy Madison walks. Steve Mann grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Billy Madison is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Don Santo hits an infield single to the pitcher. Alex Grammas walks. Joe Slaughter singles to left field. Don Santo scores. Alex Grammas aggressively advances to third on the hit. Don Dorner singles past the shortstop. Alex Grammas scores. Joe Slaughter advances to third on the hit. Galen Cisco is hit by a pitch. Julio Gotay singles to right field. Joe Slaughter scores. Don Dorner scores. Galen Cisco advances to third on the hit. Sandy Hart comes in from the bullpen to pitch. John Romonosky singles to left field. Galen Cisco scores. Julio Gotay advances to third on the hit. John Bollo singles to left field. Julio Gotay scores. John Romonosky advances to third on the hit. Bill Towne strikes out. Don Santo singles to center field. John Romonosky scores. John Bollo advances to third on the hit. Alex Grammas grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Don Santo advances to second on the play. Joe Slaughter grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Greg Stanka strikes out. Beauty Connelly singles to center field. Lee Butka grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Beauty Connelly advances to second on the play. Sandy Hart grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Don Dorner walks. Galen Cisco lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Julio Gotay hits a home run. Don Dorner scores. John Romonosky strikes out. John Bollo singles to center field. Bill Towne singles to right field. John Bollo advances to third on the hit. Don Santo singles to right field. John Bollo scores. Bill Towne advances to third on the hit. Alex Grammas grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Dave Burke grounds out to the second baseman. Steve Gipson strikes out. Will Cerutti singles to left field. Billy Madison singles to right field. Will Cerutti advances to third on the hit. Steve Mann grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Joe Slaughter singles to right field. Joe Slaughter is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Don Dorner walks. Galen Cisco lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Julio Gotay walks. John Romonosky walks. John Bollo walks. Don Dorner scores. Hal Gaston comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is pulled because he is getting hammered (Relief pitcher has given up 5 or more earned runs, he is tired, and the team is losing by more than 5 runs). Bill Towne singles to right field. Julio Gotay scores. John Romonosky scores. John Bollo advances to third on the hit. Don Santo grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Greg Stanka pops out to the first baseman. Beauty Connelly grounds out to the third baseman. Lee Butka walks. Hal Gaston grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Lee Butka is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Alex Grammas hits a home run. Joe Slaughter walks. Joe Slaughter steals second. Don Dorner hits an infield single to the pitcher. Galen Cisco pops out to the second baseman. Julio Gotay strikes out. John Romonosky lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Dave Burke singles to right field. Steve Gipson grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Dave Burke is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Will Cerutti flies out to the left fielder. Billy Madison doubles to left field. Steve Gipson uses his aggressiveness and scores. Steve Mann singles past the shortstop. Billy Madison scores. Greg Stanka flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh John Bollo grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Towne flies out to the left fielder. Don Santo reached on a 2-base fielding error by Will Cerutti. Alex Grammas flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Beauty Connelly is hit by a pitch. Lee Butka flies out to the left fielder. Hal Gaston lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Dave Burke flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Joe Slaughter doubles to left field. Ron DeFreitas is pinch hitting for Don Dorner. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ron DeFreitas pops out to the second baseman. Galen Cisco grounds out to the shortstop. Julio Gotay doubles to left field. Joe Slaughter scores. John Romonosky walks. Les Patterson is pinch hitting for John Bollo. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Les Patterson grounds into a force play to the first baseman. John Romonosky is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Steve Gipson hits an infield single to the second baseman. Will Cerutti strikes out. Steve Gipson steals second. Billy Madison bunts for a base hit. Steve Mann pops out to the shortstop. Greg Stanka lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Bill Towne walks. Don Santo strikes out. Alex Grammas flies out to the left fielder. Joe Slaughter flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Beauty Connelly grounds out to the third baseman. Lee Butka strikes out. Blas Zupo is pinch hitting for Hal Gaston. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Blas Zupo flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Pablo Lopez pitching. Ron DeFreitas doubles to center field. Galen Cisco lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Julio Gotay flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Ron DeFreitas scores. John Romonosky grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Dave Burke strikes out. Steve Gipson doubles past the center fielder. Will Cerutti flies out to the right fielder. Billy Madison grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 13 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 11
Batting:2B - Julio Gotay (18), Joe Slaughter (22), Ron DeFreitas (2).HR - Julio Gotay (4), Alex Grammas (11).SF - Julio Gotay.HBP - Galen Cisco (1). Baserunning: SB - Joe Slaughter (8).CS - Joe Slaughter (4).
Batting:2B - Steve Gipson (19), Billy Madison (16).GIDP - Steve Gipson.HBP - Beauty Connelly (2). Baserunning: SB - Steve Gipson (12). Fielding: E - Will Cerutti.
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Tris Rye improves in power_vs_righty Reuben Amaro did not respond to coaching in speed Reuben Amaro improves in contact_vs_righty Phil Ouellette did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Jim Garcia did not respond to coaching in 3B
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bill Batsch did not respond to coaching in control Ernie Durnbaugh did not respond to coaching in control Trever Woehr did not respond to coaching in endurance Doug Byrd improves in range