Win: Pit Garcia (17-9) Loss: Max Cimino (8-6)
Save: Ricky Ginn (13)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati Max Cimino pitching. Frank Volz strikes out. Bob Grba singles to left field. Stu Glossop strikes out. Gil McGriff strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Pit Garcia pitching. Tonny Cruz singles to center field. Rusty McCleskey flies out to the left fielder. Jack Ray flies out to the right fielder. Dick Lerchen singles to left field. Tonny Cruz is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Ed Herzog flies out to the left fielder. Harvey Ryan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Charlie Lowe flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Billy Braun grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ethan Mahoney flies out to the right fielder. Tom Malkmus strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Takeshi Sasaki pops out to the shortstop. Pit Garcia strikes out. Frank Volz grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Joe Nicholas grounds out to the shortstop. Max Cimino grounds out to the second baseman. Tonny Cruz grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Bob Grba flies out to the right fielder. Stu Glossop hits a home run. Gil McGriff walks. Ed Herzog singles to center field. Gil McGriff advances to third on the hit. Harvey Ryan lines out to the second baseman. Charlie Lowe strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Rusty McCleskey singles to left field. Jack Ray grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rusty McCleskey advances to second on the play. Dick Lerchen flies out to the right fielder. Billy Braun strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Takeshi Sasaki grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Pit Garcia singles to left field. Frank Volz walks. Bob Grba hits a home run. Pit Garcia scores. Frank Volz scores. Stu Glossop hits a home run. Micheal Nakazato comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Gil McGriff grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Ed Herzog walks. Harvey Ryan singles to right field. Ed Herzog advances to third on the hit. Charlie Lowe grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Ethan Mahoney strikes out. Tom Malkmus strikes out. Joe Nicholas flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Takeshi Sasaki grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Pit Garcia singles to left field. Frank Volz strikes out. Bob Grba flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Don Stanton is pinch hitting for Micheal Nakazato. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Don Stanton hits a home run. Tonny Cruz pops out to the shortstop. Rusty McCleskey hits a home run. Jack Ray grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dick Lerchen grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Lucky Cole pitching. Stu Glossop pops out to the third baseman. Gil McGriff singles to right field. Ed Herzog grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Gil McGriff is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Harvey Ryan flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Billy Braun flies out to the center fielder. Ethan Mahoney flies out to the center fielder. Tom Malkmus walks. Joe Nicholas flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Charlie Lowe walks. Takeshi Sasaki grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Pit Garcia singles to left field. Frank Volz flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Papa Kobel is pinch hitting for Lucky Cole. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Papa Kobel flies out to the center fielder. Tonny Cruz grounds out to the second baseman. Rusty McCleskey singles to left field. Jack Ray singles to left field. Rusty McCleskey advances to third on the hit. Dick Lerchen strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Hal Abrams pitching. Bob Grba grounds out to the second baseman. Stu Glossop singles to right field. Gil McGriff grounds out to the third baseman. Stu Glossop advances to second on the play. Ed Herzog grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Ricky Ginn 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. Billy Braun flies out to the center fielder. Ethan Mahoney triples. Tom Malkmus singles in front of the left fielder. Ethan Mahoney scores. Joe Nicholas walks. Bob Walker is pinch hitting for Hal Abrams. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Bob Walker flies out to the center fielder. Tonny Cruz singles to left field. Tom Malkmus scores. Rusty McCleskey flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 9 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 7
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Otto James did not respond to coaching in control Otto James did not respond to coaching in velocity Dick Thomas did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Roberto Lowe improves in power_vs_lefty Hi Matthias improves in power_vs_righty George Briggs did not respond to coaching in control Dave Golvin did not respond to coaching in 2B
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Vernon Young did not respond to coaching in control Walt Gale did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Mike Baldschun did not respond to coaching in control Marv Lisi did not respond to coaching in control Barney Harley improves in power_vs_righty Jeff Bryant improves in range