Win: Eddie Hardgrove (8-5) Loss: Ricky Ginn (14-11)
Save: Hal Abrams (5)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Ricky Ginn pitching. Tonny Cruz grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Nicholas pops out to the catcher. Ethan Mahoney pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Micheal Nakazato pitching. Ed Herzog grounds out to the second baseman. Stu Glossop bunts for a base hit. Gil McGriff walks. Kory Nielsen singles to left field. Stu Glossop scores. Gil McGriff advances to third on the hit. Harvey Ryan singles to left field. Gil McGriff scores. Dick Thomas grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Kory Nielsen advances to third on the play. Harvey Ryan advances to second on the play. Bob Grba strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Dick Lerchen singles to center field. Dick Lerchen steals second. Tom Malkmus flies out to the left fielder. Jack Ray strikes out. Garry Kopf walks. Walt Gale walks. Micheal Nakazato strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Charlie Lowe flies out to the right fielder. Ricky Ginn singles to right field. Ed Herzog flies out to the center fielder. Stu Glossop flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Tonny Cruz walks. Joe Nicholas flies out to the right fielder. Ethan Mahoney strikes out. Dick Lerchen strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Gil McGriff pops out to the shortstop. Kory Nielsen hits a home run. Eddie Hardgrove comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Harvey Ryan grounds out to the second baseman. Dick Thomas pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Tom Malkmus flies out to the left fielder. Jack Ray flies out to the right fielder. Garry Kopf walks. Walt Gale grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Bob Grba grounds out to the second baseman. Charlie Lowe grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Ricky Ginn grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Eddie Hardgrove grounds out to the second baseman. Tonny Cruz singles to right field. Joe Nicholas singles to center field. Ethan Mahoney walks. Dick Lerchen strikes out. Tom Malkmus singles to center field. Tonny Cruz scores. Joe Nicholas scores. Ethan Mahoney advances to third on the hit. Jack Ray hits a home run. Ethan Mahoney scores. Tom Malkmus scores. Garry Kopf grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Ed Herzog strikes out. Stu Glossop flies out to the center fielder. Gil McGriff flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Walt Gale singles to left field. Bob Walker is pinch hitting for Eddie Hardgrove. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Bob Walker singles to left field. Tonny Cruz flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Joe Nicholas singles to center field. Ethan Mahoney singles to left field. Walt Gale scores. Bob Walker is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Joe Nicholas advances to third on the play. Dick Lerchen flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Lucky Cole pitching. Kory Nielsen hits a home run. Harvey Ryan hits an infield single to the second baseman. Dick Thomas pops out to the shortstop. Bob Grba hits an infield single to the pitcher. Charlie Lowe flies out to the center fielder. Ricky Ginn strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Tom Malkmus triples. Jack Ray grounds out to the second baseman. Tom Malkmus scores. Garry Kopf walks. Walt Gale grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Rasty Johnson enters the game as a defensive replacement for Garry Kopf at RF. Chet Booles comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ed Herzog reached on a fielding error by Dick Lerchen. Stu Glossop grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Gil McGriff flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Cuckoo Hulett is pinch hitting for Chet Booles. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Cuckoo Hulett grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Dan Higginbotham 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. Tonny Cruz flies out to the right fielder. Joe Nicholas walks. Ethan Mahoney grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Joe Nicholas is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Mark Brunet pitching. Kory Nielsen is hit by a pitch. Harvey Ryan flies out to the center fielder. Dick Thomas grounds out to the shortstop. Kory Nielsen advances to second on the play. Bob Grba doubles to left field. Kory Nielsen scores. Charlie Lowe strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Dick Lerchen singles to right field. Tom Malkmus strikes out. Jack Ray flies out to the right fielder. Rasty Johnson singles to center field. Walt Gale flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Hal Abrams comes in from the bullpen to pitch. John Kelly is pinch hitting for Dan Higginbotham. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. John Kelly hits a home run. Ed Herzog flies out to the center fielder. Stu Glossop grounds out to the shortstop. Gil McGriff grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 10 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 6
Game Notes Ethan Mahoney is injured and is expected to be out 37 days.
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Vernon Young did not respond to coaching in velocity Marv Lisi did not respond to coaching in velocity Glenn Elliott improves in arm Jim Dressler improves in velocity Dick Lynch improves in arm Diego Perkins improves in power_vs_righty
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bob Hoover did not respond to coaching in control Dutch Ortiz did not respond to coaching in control Bill Proctor did not respond to coaching in control Win Osinski did not respond to coaching in control Bill Proctor did not respond to coaching in control Ray Kaiserling did not respond to coaching in velocity Eddie Donovan did not respond to coaching in 2B