Inning: 1 Cincinnati Elliott Niehoff pitching. Shane Clement grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Frank Unser singles to right field. Dixie Fernandez grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Benny Ferrarese pitching. Gene LaPalme walks. Biff Epps walks. Carden Twitchell flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Jeff Quintana grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Bob Muser grounds out to the third baseman. Chris Bradley flies out to the center fielder. Dick Mlicki hits a home run. Jeffrey Allie flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Bill Lanning singles to right field. Steve Grant strikes out. Bill Lanning steals second. Rabbit Brewer grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Bill Mokan doubles to right field. Bill Lanning scores. Elliott Niehoff grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Hank Brown singles to right field. Benny Ferrarese lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Shane Clement walks. Frank Unser walks. Dixie Fernandez pops out to the catcher. Bob Muser singles to center field. Hank Brown scores. Shane Clement scores. Chris Bradley walks. Dick Mlicki grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Gene LaPalme grounds out to the second baseman. Biff Epps walks. Carden Twitchell doubles to center field. Biff Epps uses his aggressiveness and scores. Jeff Quintana walks. Bill Lanning hits an infield single to the third baseman. Steve Grant strikes out. Rabbit Brewer flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Jeffrey Allie flies out to the center fielder. Hank Brown singles to left field. Benny Ferrarese lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Shane Clement hits a home run. Hank Brown scores. Frank Unser grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Bill Mokan singles to center field. Bill Mokan is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Elliott Niehoff singles to right field. Gene LaPalme reached on a fielding error by Jeffrey Allie. Biff Epps singles to left field. Elliott Niehoff scores. Gene LaPalme advances to third on the hit. Carden Twitchell grounds out to the shortstop. Gene LaPalme scores. Biff Epps advances to second on the play. Jeff Quintana singles to right field. Biff Epps scores. Bill Lanning flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Dixie Fernandez strikes out. Bob Muser singles to center field. Chris Bradley strikes out. Dick Mlicki grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Bob Muser is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Steve Grant flies out to the center fielder. Rabbit Brewer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Mokan singles to right field. Yoshio Uno comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Elliott Niehoff grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Jeffrey Allie strikes out. Hank Brown flies out to the right fielder. Yoshio Uno strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Gene LaPalme walks. Gene LaPalme steals second. Biff Epps grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Gene LaPalme advances to third on the play. Carden Twitchell singles to center field. Gene LaPalme scores. Jeff Quintana grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Carden Twitchell is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Kip Quirico comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jeff Quintana steals second. Bill Lanning walks. Steve Grant singles to center field. Jeff Quintana scores. Bill Lanning advances to third on the hit. Rabbit Brewer flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Shane Clement grounds out to the pitcher. Frank Unser grounds out to the second baseman. Dixie Fernandez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Bill Mokan singles to left field. Elliott Niehoff lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Gene LaPalme singles to center field. Bill Mokan scores. Biff Epps walks. Hal Foster comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Carden Twitchell strikes out. Jeff Quintana grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Bob Muser hits an infield single to the pitcher. Chris Bradley flies out to the center fielder. Zoilo Pool comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Dick Mlicki strikes out. Bob Muser is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Bill Lanning grounds out to the third baseman. Steve Grant flies out to the center fielder. Rabbit Brewer flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Gene Fallenstein comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Jeffrey Allie pops out to the shortstop. Hank Brown reached on a 2-base fielding error by Biff Epps. Giovanni Schofield is pinch hitting for Hal Foster. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Giovanni Schofield singles to left field. Hank Brown scores. Shane Clement strikes out. Frank Unser singles to left field. Dixie Fernandez singles to center field. Giovanni Schofield scores. Frank Unser advances to third on the hit. Bob Muser strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 6 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 11
Game Notes Benny Ferrarese is injured and is expected to be out 44 days.
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Willie Campbell improves in power_vs_lefty Tanyon Wagner did not respond to coaching in arm Kiki Norman did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Willie Campbell did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Carl Caffie did not respond to coaching in control Carl Caffie did not respond to coaching in velocity Tanyon Wagner improves in LF
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: D+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Benny Cruz did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Dave McFadden improves in power_vs_righty Darrin Patterson improves in velocity Sid Mason did not respond to coaching in control Bubba Gutteridge improves in velocity Lerrin Fritz did not respond to coaching in velocity Dave McFadden did not respond to coaching in CF