Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Jim Prieto pitching. Ron Williams walks. Ron Williams steals second. Hal Moses grounds out to the shortstop. Rick Johnston doubles to right field. Ron Williams scores. Joe Hill flies out to the center fielder. Jerry Worrell grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Ken Mertz pitching. Katsuhiko Sakai strikes out. Mike Schulte singles to left field. Jason Lopez singles to left field. Juan Keisler grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Buster Moore doubles to right field. Vance Skiff singles to center field. Ed Heredia triples. Buster Moore scores. Vance Skiff scores. John Block comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ken Mertz flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Ed Heredia scores. Ron Williams grounds out to the second baseman. Hal Moses singles to center field. Rick Johnston flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Norm McGraw flies out to the center fielder. Al Konieczny grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Oscar Beers hits a home run. Phil Jackson is hit by a pitch. John Block grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Phil Jackson is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Joe Hill doubles to right field. Jerry Worrell singles to center field. Joe Hill scores. Mickey Rand comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Buster Moore grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Jerry Worrell is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Buster Moore steals second. Vance Skiff grounds out to the shortstop. Ed Heredia strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Katsuhiko Sakai grounds out to the third baseman. Mike Schulte singles to right field. Jason Lopez singles in front of the left fielder. Juan Keisler grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Ken Mertz pops out to the first baseman. Ron Williams walks. Hal Moses walks. Rick Johnston doubles to right field. Ron Williams scores. Hal Moses uses his aggressiveness and scores. Hal Dear comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joe Hill strikes out. Jerry Worrell grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Norm McGraw strikes out. Al Konieczny singles to left field. Oscar Beers strikes out. Phil Jackson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Buster Moore grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Vance Skiff walks. Ed Heredia lines out to the third baseman. Ken Mertz singles to left field. Ron Williams pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Hal Dear singles to left field. Katsuhiko Sakai strikes out. Ken Bielaski 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. Mike Schulte grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Hal Dear is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Jason Lopez flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Hal Moses walks. Rick Johnston singles to center field. Hal Moses advances to third on the hit. Dickie Zamora comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rick Johnston is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Joe Hill flies out to the center fielder. Jerry Worrell grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Juan Keisler grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Norm McGraw flies out to the center fielder. Al Konieczny walks. Oscar Beers flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Buster Moore grounds out to the third baseman. Vance Skiff pops out to the first baseman. Ed Heredia strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Phil Jackson flies out to the center fielder. Dickie Zamora pops out to the third baseman. Katsuhiko Sakai strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Johnny Wilmot is pinch hitting for Ken Bielaski. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Johnny Wilmot strikes out. Ron Williams grounds out to the shortstop. Hal Moses walks. Rick Johnston doubles to right field. Hal Moses uses his aggressiveness and scores. Joe Hill hits a home run. Rick Johnston scores. Jerry Worrell strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Jim Jackson pitching. Mike Schulte singles to left field. Jason Lopez grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Juan Keisler grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Buster Moore grounds out to the third baseman. Vance Skiff grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Heredia strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Norm McGraw strikes out. Al Konieczny singles to right field. Oscar Beers singles to right field. Al Konieczny advances to third on the hit. Phil Jackson singles past the first baseman. Al Konieczny scores. Oscar Beers advances to third on the hit. Dickie Zamora singles to left field. Oscar Beers scores. Phil Jackson advances to third on the hit. Katsuhiko Sakai singles to left field. Phil Jackson scores. Carl Phebus comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mike Schulte grounds out to the second baseman. Dickie Zamora advances to third on the play. Katsuhiko Sakai advances to second on the play. Jason Lopez grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 7 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 8
Batting:2B - Rick Johnston 3 (11), Joe Hill (7), Buster Moore (6).3B - Ed Heredia (2).HR - Joe Hill (11).SF - Ken Mertz. Baserunning: SB - Ron Williams (6), Buster Moore (5).CS - Rick Johnston (7).
Game Notes Jim Jackson is injured and is expected to be out 24 days.
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Gus Eichhorn improves in speed Johnny Figueroa did not respond to coaching in control Tom Hayes did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Jim Nieman did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jack Whittaker improves in speed Frank Holland did not respond to coaching in velocity
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Mike Albrecht improves in range Billy Kelly improves in contact_vs_righty Len Stidham improves in contact_vs_righty Billy Kelly improves in contact_vs_righty Jeff Walker did not respond to coaching in range George Faircloth improves in range