Win: Joe Flick (3-6) Loss: Ray Hrbek (4-10)
Save: Norm King (2)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati Ray Hrbek pitching. Cliff Rijo flies out to the left fielder. Carlos Jorge walks. Luis Lara flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Dave Tettleton walks. Spencer Steer singles to right field. Carlos Jorge scores. Dave Tettleton advances to third on the hit. Freddy Chelini grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Joe Flick pitching. Rip Perrin pops out to the second baseman. Erik Trosky pops out to the first baseman. Burt York singles to right field. Koji Hirai strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Mel Collins walks. Jerry Mathes strikes out. Joe Flick lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Cliff Rijo grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Jorge Stiely grounds out to the shortstop. Sean Medich flies out to the right fielder. Maury Dishman strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Carlos Jorge grounds out to the third baseman. Luis Lara grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Dave Tettleton singles to right field. Spencer Steer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Calvin Lawson flies out to the center fielder. Ray Hrbek strikes out. Rip Perrin singles to center field. Erik Trosky flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Freddy Chelini grounds out to the shortstop. Mel Collins grounds out to the third baseman. Jerry Mathes strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Burt York singles to center field. Koji Hirai walks. Jorge Stiely doubles to center field. Burt York scores. Koji Hirai uses his aggressiveness and scores. Sean Medich singles to left field. Jorge Stiely scores. Maury Dishman walks. Calvin Lawson walks. Ray Hrbek pops out to the second baseman. Rip Perrin pops out to the first baseman. Erik Trosky strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Joe Flick strikes out. Cliff Rijo walks. Carlos Jorge singles to center field. Cliff Rijo advances to third on the hit. Luis Lara doubles to right field. Cliff Rijo scores. Carlos Jorge is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Dave Tettleton walks. Spencer Steer grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Burt York walks. Koji Hirai walks. Jorge Stiely grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Burt York advances to third on the play. Sean Medich grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Freddy Chelini singles to right field. Mel Collins singles to right field. Jerry Mathes flies out to the right fielder. Joe Flick fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Joe Flick flies out to the center fielder. Cliff Rijo singles to right field. Carlos Jorge hits an infield single to the third baseman. Freddy Chelini scores. Emil Boak comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Luis Lara hits an infield single to the pitcher. Mel Collins scores. Dave Tettleton flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Maury Dishman lines out to the second baseman. Calvin Lawson reached on a fielding error by Spencer Steer. Emil Boak lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Rip Perrin flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Spencer Steer grounds out to the shortstop. Freddy Chelini walks. Mel Collins singles to left field. Freddy Chelini advances to third on the hit. Jerry Mathes reached on a 2-base throwing error by Calvin Lawson. Freddy Chelini scores. Joe Flick strikes out. Cliff Rijo flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Erik Trosky flies out to the center fielder. Burt York singles to center field. Koji Hirai grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Carlos Jorge pops out to the second baseman. Luis Lara strikes out. Dave Tettleton flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Norm King comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Jorge Stiely strikes out. Sean Medich pops out to the shortstop. Maury Dishman pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Spencer Steer grounds out to the second baseman. Freddy Chelini strikes out. Mel Collins pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Calvin Lawson strikes out. Dante Sherman is pinch hitting for Emil Boak. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Dante Sherman flies out to the left fielder. Rip Perrin doubles to left field. Erik Trosky grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 11 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 8
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Rex Bashang improves in contact_vs_righty Nico Hoerner did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Joendry Vargas improves in arm Chad Nicholson improves in contact_vs_righty Eduardo Quintero improves in CF
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Red Dejan improves in contact_vs_lefty Ray Escobar did not respond to coaching in velocity Red Dejan did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Chris Wilson improves in power_vs_righty