Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Lefty Bruner pitching. Joe Merritt doubles to center field. Masato Fukuyama strikes out. Clay Sutko grounds out to the shortstop. Tim Clark singles to center field. Joe Merritt scores. Joe Williams strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Shuzo Tomashino pitching. Darren Dugan flies out to the center fielder. Phil Lidle hits a home run. Jake Wingfield strikes out. Willie Meyers strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Johnny Blasingame pops out to the third baseman. John Glenn grounds out to the shortstop. Rocky Garbey strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Bob Hoover grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tom Wyatt flies out to the center fielder. Bob Kramer grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Shuzo Tomashino singles to center field. Joe Merritt grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Masato Fukuyama singles to right field. Clay Sutko singles to left field. Tim Clark lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Nathan Jones singles to left field. Lefty Bruner pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Darren Dugan flies out to the center fielder. Phil Lidle strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Joe Williams grounds out to the third baseman. Johnny Blasingame strikes out. John Glenn grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Jake Wingfield grounds out to the second baseman. Willie Meyers grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Hoover hits a home run. Tom Wyatt grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Rocky Garbey walks. Shuzo Tomashino lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Joe Merritt walks. Masato Fukuyama flies out to the left fielder. Clay Sutko flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Bob Kramer grounds out to the second baseman. Nathan Jones singles to right field. Lefty Bruner fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Lefty Bruner grounds out to the third baseman. Nathan Jones advances to second on the play. Darren Dugan grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Tim Clark flies out to the right fielder. Joe Williams strikes out. Johnny Blasingame strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Phil Lidle lines out to the first baseman. Jake Wingfield strikes out. Willie Meyers walks. Bob Hoover singles to center field. Willie Meyers advances to third on the hit. Tom Wyatt flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh John Glenn grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Rocky Garbey strikes out. Shuzo Tomashino grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Bob Kramer walks. Nathan Jones flies out to the center fielder. Lefty Bruner lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Bob Kramer forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Darren Dugan pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Joe Merritt doubles to center field. Bob Price 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. Masato Fukuyama doubles to right field. Joe Merritt scores. Clay Sutko singles to right field. Masato Fukuyama scores. Scat Johnson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tim Clark singles to center field. Clay Sutko advances to third on the hit. Joe Williams strikes out. Tim Clark steals second. Johnny Blasingame flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Clay Sutko scores. John Glenn grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Phil Lidle singles to left field. Jake Wingfield strikes out. Willie Meyers walks. Bob Hoover singles to center field. Phil Lidle scores. Willie Meyers advances to third on the hit. Tom Wyatt grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Rocky Garbey singles to left field. King Cole is pinch hitting for Shuzo Tomashino. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. King Cole strikes out. Joe Merritt singles to left field. Rocky Garbey advances to third on the hit. Masato Fukuyama strikes out. Joe Merritt steals second. Clay Sutko hits a home run. Rocky Garbey scores. Joe Merritt scores. Duke Johnson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tim Clark lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Hank Sharp pitching. Bob Kramer grounds out to the shortstop. Nathan Jones grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Yasuhiko Ueda is pinch hitting for Duke Johnson. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Yasuhiko Ueda grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 6 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 6
Batting:2B - Joe Merritt 2 (26), Masato Fukuyama (15).HR - Clay Sutko (16).SF - Johnny Blasingame.GIDP - Joe Merritt. Baserunning: SB - Joe Merritt (21), Tim Clark (13).
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Mark Hosey did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Neal Bertotti improves in power_vs_lefty Dan Nolte did not respond to coaching in endurance Julio Stahl did not respond to coaching in range Art Rodgers improves in speed Neal Bertotti did not respond to coaching in speed Bert Allen did not respond to coaching in 2B
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C- Improvements: Thornton Navarro did not respond to coaching in control Thornton Navarro did not respond to coaching in velocity Thornton Navarro did not respond to coaching in control Thornton Navarro did not respond to coaching in control Eddie Kelly did not respond to coaching in velocity Al Corbin did not respond to coaching in speed