Win: Johnnie Latham (1-1) Loss: Ray Dunlap (0-1)
Save: Frank Schiappacasse (2)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati Ken Poholsky pitching. Spike Schmidt singles to left field. Chucky Brown singles to center field. Spike Schmidt advances to third on the hit. Ron Gilbert strikes out. Bill Williams grounds out to the second baseman. Spike Schmidt scores. Chucky Brown advances to second on the play. Bill Householder strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Roe Musgraves pitching. Yoshiyasu Miyamoto strikes out. Adolfo Gallivan strikes out. Buck Perrin grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Lynn Lewis singles to right field. Les Varsho singles to right field. Lynn Lewis advances to third on the hit. Billy Hibbs singles to center field. Lynn Lewis scores. Les Varsho advances to third on the hit. Roe Musgraves strikes out. Spike Schmidt singles to right field. Les Varsho scores. Chucky Brown strikes out. Ron Gilbert flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh George Frisbee pops out to the shortstop. Jim Balaz singles to center field. Joey Sierra grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Bill Williams pops out to the first baseman. Bill Householder flies out to the right fielder. Lynn Lewis pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Kiyoshi Sakurai grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Tom Mahoney hits a home run. Ken Poholsky singles to center field. Yoshiyasu Miyamoto strikes out. Adolfo Gallivan walks. Buck Perrin grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Les Varsho flies out to the right fielder. Billy Hibbs flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Roe Musgraves grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh George Frisbee flies out to the left fielder. Jim Balaz strikes out. Joey Sierra walks. Kiyoshi Sakurai singles to center field. Joey Sierra advances to third on the hit. Tom Mahoney grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Spike Schmidt strikes out. Chucky Brown walks. Ron Gilbert strikes out. Bill Williams doubles to right field. Bill Householder walks. Lynn Lewis flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Ken Poholsky singles to center field. Yoshiyasu Miyamoto grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Adolfo Gallivan hits a home run. Buck Perrin singles to center field. Buck Perrin gets picked off first. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Les Varsho grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Billy Hibbs flies out to the left fielder. Roe Musgraves strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh George Frisbee hits a home run. Jim Balaz grounds out to the third baseman. Joey Sierra grounds out to the third baseman. Kiyoshi Sakurai flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Spike Schmidt walks. Chucky Brown singles to right field. Spike Schmidt advances to third on the hit. Orval Watkins 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. Chucky Brown steals second. Ron Gilbert pops out to the shortstop. Bill Williams strikes out. Bill Householder grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Tom Mahoney strikes out. Jose Veres is pinch hitting for Orval Watkins. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jose Veres strikes out. Johnnie Latham comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Yoshiyasu Miyamoto walks. Adolfo Gallivan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Ray Dunlap pitching. Lynn Lewis strikes out. Les Varsho grounds out to the second baseman. Billy Hibbs strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Buck Perrin walks. George Frisbee grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Buck Perrin is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Jim Balaz grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Loren Maguire is pinch hitting for Johnnie Latham. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Loren Maguire hits a home run. Davy Pratt comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Spike Schmidt walks. Chucky Brown flies out to the center fielder. Ron Gilbert walks. Bill Williams flies out to the right fielder. Bill Householder grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Ron Gilbert is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Frank Schiappacasse pitching. Joey Sierra lines out to the second baseman. Kiyoshi Sakurai strikes out. Tom Mahoney flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 10 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 5
Game Notes Jim Balaz is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Scott Samuls did not respond to coaching in velocity Frank Smith improves in control Bob Bruett did not respond to coaching in range Scott Samuls did not respond to coaching in velocity
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jim Leonard improves in power_vs_lefty Walt Gonzalez did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Rick Coughlin improves in power_vs_lefty Bill Bella did not respond to coaching in velocity