Inning: 1 Cincinnati Augie Dicken pitching. John Varney strikes out. Brett Carroll strikes out. Frank Schmidt grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Hal Neill pitching. Joe Krug pops out to the shortstop. Shunichi Murata singles to right field. Pat Felsch strikes out. Shunichi Murata steals second. Shannon Carter strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Mike Johnson pops out to the first baseman. Tony Grove flies out to the right fielder. Jim Menke strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Sean Lemaster hits a home run. Kelly Brown strikes out. Jack Young flies out to the center fielder. Tom Mead walks. Augie Dicken grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Billy Fulgham doubles past the left fielder. Larry Sommer strikes out. Hal Neill flies out to the right fielder. John Varney walks. Brett Carroll strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Joe Krug pops out to the shortstop. Shunichi Murata walks. Pat Felsch flies out to the center fielder. Shannon Carter grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Frank Schmidt grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Johnson grounds out to the shortstop. Tony Grove grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Sean Lemaster singles to right field. Kelly Brown strikes out. Jack Young strikes out. Tom Mead flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Jim Menke singles to center field. Billy Fulgham singles to left field. Jim Menke advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the corners in. Larry Sommer singles to center field. Jim Menke scores. Billy Fulgham advances to third on the hit. Hal Neill strikes out. Larry Sommer steals second. John Varney strikes out. Brett Carroll doubles to right field. Billy Fulgham scores. Larry Sommer scores. Frank Schmidt flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Augie Dicken flies out to the left fielder. Joe Krug strikes out. Shunichi Murata grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Mike Johnson flies out to the center fielder. Tony Grove strikes out. Jim Menke flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Pat Felsch grounds out to the pitcher. Shannon Carter hits a home run. Sean Lemaster grounds out to the shortstop. Kelly Brown grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Billy Fulgham strikes out. Larry Sommer doubles to center field. John Latham 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. Hal Neill strikes out. John Varney singles to center field. Larry Sommer scores. John Varney steals second. Brett Carroll strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Jack Young grounds out to the third baseman. Tom Mead strikes out. Pete Juden is pinch hitting for John Latham. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Pete Juden grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Tom Foster pitching. Frank Schmidt singles to center field. Frank Schmidt steals second. Mike Johnson flies out to the left fielder. Tony Grove singles to center field. Frank Schmidt scores. Jim Menke singles to left field. Billy Fulgham pops out to the catcher. Larry Sommer is hit by a pitch. Hal Neill doubles to left field. Tony Grove scores. Jim Menke scores. Larry Sommer uses his aggressiveness and scores. Rob Eaton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. John Varney singles to right field. Hal Neill scores. John Varney steals second. Brett Carroll walks. Frank Schmidt strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Joe Krug singles to center field. Randy Proctor is pinch hitting for Shunichi Murata. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Randy Proctor flies out to the right fielder. Pat Felsch singles to right field. Joe Krug advances to third on the hit. Shannon Carter grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Krug scores. Pat Felsch advances to second on the play. Sean Lemaster walks. Kelly Brown singles to right field. Pat Felsch is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Mike Johnson hits a home run. Tony Grove walks. Jim Menke flies out to the right fielder. Billy Fulgham flies out to the center fielder. John Sosa comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tony Grove is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Henry Davis is pinch hitting for Jack Young. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Henry Davis walks. Tom Mead strikes out. John Sosa lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Joe Krug lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 6 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 6
Batting:2B - Brett Carroll (4), Billy Fulgham (9), Larry Sommer (6), Hal Neill (1).HR - Mike Johnson (13).HBP - Larry Sommer (1). Baserunning: SB - John Varney 2 (8), Frank Schmidt (15), Larry Sommer (2).CS - Tony Grove (7).
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Red Jones did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Bill Benitez did not respond to coaching in control Doug Kerns did not respond to coaching in velocity Harvey Miller did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Yoandry Leyva did not respond to coaching in SS
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Chris Grunwald improves in range Kelly Estrada did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Ken Connolly improves in speed Jeff Smith did not respond to coaching in control