Win: Steve Munoz (8-3) Loss: Gene Thompson (2-2)
Save: Bob Brumley (2)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Candy Cooper pitching. Ted Blong lines out to the second baseman. Juan Hyzdu flies out to the right fielder. Kazuto Yamazaki strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Jeff Gotay pitching. Juan Pennington singles to center field. Shoji Narita flies out to the left fielder. Jose Moon lines out to the second baseman. Bob Inglett walks. Bill DiSarcina singles to center field. Juan Pennington scores. McKay Brittin singles to right field. Bob Inglett scores. Jake Livengood strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Greg Partenheimer flies out to the left fielder. Danny Weaver grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Carew hits an infield single to the second baseman. Algie Belitz walks. Bill Green lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Omar Alomar singles to left field. Candy Cooper lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Juan Pennington grounds out to the third baseman. Shoji Narita strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Jeff Gotay flies out to the right fielder. Ted Blong singles to left field. Ted Blong steals second. Juan Hyzdu strikes out. Kazuto Yamazaki singles to left field. Ted Blong scores. Greg Partenheimer singles to left field. Kazuto Yamazaki advances to third on the hit. Danny Weaver flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Jose Moon strikes out. Bob Inglett walks. Bill DiSarcina singles to center field. McKay Brittin singles to right field. Bob Inglett scores. Jake Livengood strikes out. Omar Alomar flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Joe Carew flies out to the left fielder. Algie Belitz walks. Bill Green triples. Algie Belitz scores. Jeff Gotay walks. Ted Blong singles to center field. Bill Green scores. Juan Hyzdu strikes out. Kazuto Yamazaki pops out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Candy Cooper grounds out to the pitcher. Juan Pennington grounds out to the shortstop. Shoji Narita walks. Shoji Narita is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Greg Partenheimer strikes out. Danny Weaver flies out to the center fielder. Joe Carew walks. Algie Belitz walks. Bill Green walks. Jeff Gotay strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Jose Moon flies out to the right fielder. Bob Inglett pops out to the third baseman. Bill DiSarcina doubles past the left fielder. McKay Brittin grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Ted Blong grounds out to the pitcher. Juan Hyzdu singles to left field. Rick Jones comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Kazuto Yamazaki grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Juan Hyzdu is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Greg Partenheimer grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Jake Livengood flies out to the center fielder. Omar Alomar reached on a fielding error by Jeff Gotay. Rickey Fetzer is pinch hitting for Rick Jones. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Rickey Fetzer grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Gene Thompson pitching. Danny Weaver walks. Joe Carew grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Algie Belitz grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Steve Munoz comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Juan Pennington pops out to the third baseman. Shoji Narita flies out to the right fielder. Jose Moon grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Bill Green grounds out to the shortstop. Marcus Bartholomew is pinch hitting for Steve Munoz. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Marcus Bartholomew singles to left field. Ted Blong doubles past the third baseman. Marcus Bartholomew uses his aggressiveness and scores. Juan Hyzdu strikes out. Kazuto Yamazaki walks. Greg Partenheimer lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Chris Pipgras pitching. Bob Inglett strikes out. Bill DiSarcina grounds out to the shortstop. McKay Brittin flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Koichi Kido comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Danny Weaver singles to left field. Joe Carew walks. Algie Belitz flies out to the center fielder. Bill Green grounds out to the second baseman. Danny Weaver advances to third on the play. Joe Carew advances to second on the play. Dave Rodriguez is pinch hitting for Chris Pipgras. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Dave Rodriguez doubles to center field. Danny Weaver scores. Joe Carew scores. Todd Harshman comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ted Blong flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Bob Brumley pitching. Jake Livengood strikes out. Omar Alomar doubles to left field. Bucky Pepper is pinch hitting for Todd Harshman. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Bucky Pepper strikes out. Juan Pennington pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 13 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 7
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Luis Chiamparino did not respond to coaching in control Jorge Palacios did not respond to coaching in velocity Chad Slagle did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty John Melillo improves in range Whitey Lira improves in power_vs_lefty Bobby Logan improves in contact_vs_righty Rip Schmidt did not respond to coaching in LF
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Fritzie Lindquist did not respond to coaching in velocity Johnny Rowland did not respond to coaching in control Don Causey did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Tim Fairly did not respond to coaching in control Harry Ludwig did not respond to coaching in control Fritzie Lindquist did not respond to coaching in velocity