Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Jim Prieto pitching. Fred Aaron walks. Ed Heredia grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Joe Baecht strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cincinnati John Reed pitching. Katsuhiko Sakai strikes out. Mike Schulte strikes out. Bill Speake pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Pat Matuzak flies out to the left fielder. Gus Eichhorn lines out to the pitcher. Jack Whittaker strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Jack Hallman grounds out to the second baseman. Norm McGraw walks. Len Stidham walks. Rudy Gerber triples. Norm McGraw scores. Len Stidham scores. Xavier Christenbury pops out to the catcher. Jim Prieto singles to right field. Rudy Gerber scores. Katsuhiko Sakai grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Tom Hayes walks. Rick Johnston singles to right field. Tom Hayes advances to third on the hit. John Reed grounds out to the pitcher. Rick Johnston advances to second on the play. Fred Aaron doubles to right field. Tom Hayes scores. Rick Johnston scores. Ed Heredia grounds out to the second baseman. Fred Aaron advances to third on the play. Joe Baecht grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Mike Schulte walks. Bill Speake flies out to the center fielder. Jack Hallman grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Pat Matuzak strikes out. Gus Eichhorn grounds out to the shortstop. Jack Whittaker strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Norm McGraw flies out to the center fielder. Len Stidham flies out to the right fielder. Rudy Gerber singles to center field. Xavier Christenbury singles to left field. Rudy Gerber aggressively advances to third on the hit. Jim Prieto grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Tom Hayes lines out to the third baseman. Rick Johnston strikes out. John Reed flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Katsuhiko Sakai singles to right field. Mike Schulte grounds into a force play to the first baseman - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Katsuhiko Sakai is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Bill Speake strikes out. Jack Hallman flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Fred Aaron pops out to the shortstop. Ed Heredia flies out to the left fielder. Joe Baecht flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Norm McGraw singles to right field. Len Stidham singles to center field. Rudy Gerber strikes out. Xavier Christenbury grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Pat Matuzak grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Gus Eichhorn flies out to the right fielder. Jack Whittaker is hit by a pitch. Tom Hayes singles to center field. Frank Pfister comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Rick Johnston strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Frank Pfister flies out to the right fielder. Katsuhiko Sakai strikes out. Mike Schulte pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Ed Culler is pinch hitting for John Reed. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Ed Culler reached on a 2-base fielding error by Rudy Gerber. Fred Aaron singles to center field. Ed Heredia walks. Bob Shanner comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states RP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Joe Baecht grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Culler scores. Fred Aaron advances to third on the play. Ed Heredia advances to second on the play. Pat Matuzak lines out to the shortstop. Gus Eichhorn walks. Jack Whittaker singles to center field. Fred Aaron scores. Ed Heredia uses his aggressiveness and scores. Tom Hayes flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Stu Nicosia pitching. Bill Speake walks. Jack Hallman walks. Norm McGraw grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Jack Hallman is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Len Stidham doubles to right field. Bill Speake scores. Rudy Gerber grounds out to the second baseman. Norm McGraw scores. Len Stidham advances to third on the play. Benny Goldstein comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Xavier Christenbury singles to right field. Len Stidham scores. Bob Shanner grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Xavier Christenbury is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Rick Johnston singles to center field. Johnny Wilmot is pinch hitting for Benny Goldstein. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Johnny Wilmot singles to left field. Fred Aaron flies out to the right fielder. Ed Heredia pops out to the shortstop. Joe Baecht singles to left field. Rick Johnston is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 6 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 6
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Terry Polli did not respond to coaching in control Tetsuya Nogusa did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Bob Dunlap improves in range Steve Sommers improves in contact_vs_lefty Kid Church did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Frank Sizemore did not respond to coaching in range
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Chick Wagner did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Gale Doyle did not respond to coaching in velocity Doc Marshall did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty George Baumholtz did not respond to coaching in arm George Faircloth did not respond to coaching in speed Bob Gleich did not respond to coaching in range