Win: Craig Gleason (12-6) Loss: Bill King (10-6)
Save: Jeff Fittery (39)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati Craig Gleason pitching. Spike Schmidt grounds out to the shortstop. Billy Hibbs flies out to the left fielder. Loren Maguire grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Bill King pitching. Slim Johnson hits a home run. Buck Perrin strikes out. Adolfo Gallivan strikes out. Jose Veres grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Bill Householder singles to center field. Ron Gilbert grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Bill Householder is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ron Gilbert steals second. Phil Willis reached on a fielding error by Craig Gleason. Bill Williams strikes out. Les Varsho strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Jim Balaz hits a home run. Yoshiyasu Miyamoto grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ross Johns singles to left field. Ross Johns is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Erik Pitts walks. Craig Gleason flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Bill King grounds out to the pitcher. Spike Schmidt walks. Billy Hibbs grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Spike Schmidt is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Loren Maguire grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Slim Johnson hits a home run. Buck Perrin grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Adolfo Gallivan flies out to the right fielder. Jose Veres hits a home run. Jack Augustine comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jim Balaz grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Bill Householder flies out to the right fielder. Ron Gilbert flies out to the right fielder. Phil Willis flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Yoshiyasu Miyamoto doubles to left field. Ross Johns strikes out. Yoshiyasu Miyamoto steals third. Erik Pitts hits a home run. Yoshiyasu Miyamoto scores. Harry Legg comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Craig Gleason grounds out to the third baseman. Slim Johnson singles to left field. Buck Perrin grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Bill Williams grounds out to the catcher. Les Varsho grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Harry Legg strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Adolfo Gallivan singles past the first baseman. Jose Veres flies out to the left fielder. Jim Balaz grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Adolfo Gallivan is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Yoshiyasu Miyamoto strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Spike Schmidt lines out to the second baseman. Billy Hibbs grounds out to the second baseman. Loren Maguire strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Ross Johns strikes out. Erik Pitts grounds out to the pitcher. Craig Gleason strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Bill Householder singles to center field. Ron Gilbert lines out to the shortstop. Phil Willis flies out to the left fielder. Bill Williams grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Slim Johnson strikes out. Buck Perrin strikes out. Adolfo Gallivan singles to left field. Jose Veres is hit by a pitch. Jim Balaz flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Les Varsho walks. Gabby Crump is pinch hitting for Harry Legg. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Les Varsho steals second. Gabby Crump singles to center field. Les Varsho scores. Spike Schmidt singles to left field. Billy Hibbs walks. Loren Maguire reached on a 2-base throwing error by Slim Johnson. Gabby Crump scores. Spike Schmidt scores. Ray Dunlap 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. Bill Householder strikes out. Ron Gilbert grounds out to the third baseman. Billy Hibbs scores. Loren Maguire advances to third on the play. Phil Willis walks. Bill Williams strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Johnnie Latham pitching. Yoshiyasu Miyamoto strikes out. Ross Johns pops out to the second baseman. Erik Pitts grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Jeff Fittery comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Les Varsho flies out to the left fielder. George Nourse is pinch hitting for Johnnie Latham. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. George Nourse walks. Spike Schmidt walks. Billy Hibbs singles to left field. Loren Maguire flies out to the left fielder. Bill Householder walks. George Nourse scores. Ron Gilbert pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 9 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 5
Game Notes Erik Pitts is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Lenny Neill did not respond to coaching in velocity Joe Zachry did not respond to coaching in arm Frank Smith did not respond to coaching in velocity George Incaviglia did not respond to coaching in control
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jack Young did not respond to coaching in velocity Walt Gonzalez improves in range Chick Foli did not respond to coaching in velocity Mark Collins improves in speed