Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Jack Conway pitching. Bob Pulliam grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! George Pruess strikes out. Jim Bare grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Chris Fain pitching. Al Schoeneweis flies out to the right fielder. Les Durham strikes out. Marv Gionfriddo grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Shane Taveras flies out to the center fielder. Erv Foster grounds out to the second baseman. Darrell LaRose walks. Mike Garcia walks. Bill Sloat singles to left field. Darrell LaRose scores. Chris Fain strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Pat Daniels singles to left field. Curt Grissom strikes out. Bronson Stone flies out to the left fielder. Joe Daneker flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Bob Pulliam singles to center field. George Pruess grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Jim Bare flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Mike Burris flies out to the right fielder. Jack Conway strikes out. Al Schoeneweis singles to center field. Les Durham strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Shane Taveras strikes out. Erv Foster pops out to the first baseman. Darrell LaRose strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Marv Gionfriddo singles past the shortstop. Marv Gionfriddo steals second. Pat Daniels flies out to the center fielder. Curt Grissom grounds out to the second baseman. Marv Gionfriddo advances to third on the play. Bronson Stone flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Mike Garcia flies out to the right fielder. Bill Sloat grounds out to the shortstop. Chris Fain singles past the second baseman. Bob Pulliam strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Joe Daneker doubles to left field. Mike Burris grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Daneker advances to third on the play. The defense is playing the infield in. Jack Conway strikes out. Woody Hampton 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 1st. Al Schoeneweis grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh George Pruess grounds out to the third baseman. Jim Bare grounds out to the shortstop. Shane Taveras flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Les Durham singles to right field. Marv Gionfriddo flies out to the right fielder. Les Durham steals second. Pat Daniels singles to left field. Les Durham scores. Manny Hand comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pat Daniels is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Curt Grissom flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Erv Foster strikes out. Darrell LaRose flies out to the left fielder. Mike Garcia grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Bronson Stone strikes out. Joe Daneker grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Mike Burris grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Bill Sloat flies out to the right fielder. Ron Susko is pinch hitting for Manny Hand. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ron Susko flies out to the left fielder. Bob Pulliam grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Spades Rath pitching. Jack Conway flies out to the center fielder. Al Schoeneweis strikes out. Les Durham strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh George Pruess strikes out. Jim Bare walks. Shane Taveras flies out to the right fielder. Jim Bare steals second. Jim Brinkopf 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. Erv Foster grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Marv Gionfriddo strikes out. Pat Daniels walks. Curt Grissom walks. Bronson Stone flies out to the right fielder. Joe Daneker walks. Mike Burris pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 10 Pittsburgh Darrell LaRose grounds out to the pitcher. Mike Garcia flies out to the center fielder. Bill Sloat strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Cincinnati Ed Pennock is pinch hitting for Jim Brinkopf. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Ed Pennock strikes out. Bill Rapp 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. Al Schoeneweis grounds out to the shortstop. Les Durham pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 11 Pittsburgh Paul Block pitching. Jumbo Walker is pinch hitting for Bill Rapp. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jumbo Walker singles to left field. Bob Pulliam singles to center field. George Pruess pops out to the first baseman. Jim Bare strikes out. Shane Taveras strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 11 Cincinnati Juan DiSarcina pitching. Marv Gionfriddo singles to center field. Pat Daniels flies out to the right fielder. Curt Grissom grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Marv Gionfriddo is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Curt Grissom steals second. Bill Sloat throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Bronson Stone pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 12 Pittsburgh Erv Foster flies out to the right fielder. Darrell LaRose grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mike Garcia grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 12 Cincinnati Joe Daneker grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mike Burris flies out to the left fielder. Cy Charboneau is pinch hitting for Paul Block. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Cy Charboneau strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 13 Pittsburgh Bob Chism pitching. Bill Sloat doubles to left field. Merv Ruffin is pinch hitting for Juan DiSarcina. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Merv Ruffin flies out to the left fielder. Bob Pulliam singles to right field. The defense is playing the corners in. George Pruess grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 13 Cincinnati Jimmy Cole pitching. Al Schoeneweis singles to right field. Les Durham flies out to the right fielder. Marv Gionfriddo hits a home run. Al Schoeneweis scores. Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 7 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 8
Batting:2B - Joe Daneker (2).HR - Marv Gionfriddo (27). Baserunning: SB - Les Durham (15), Marv Gionfriddo (23), Curt Grissom (11).CS - Pat Daniels (11).
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Pat Ruberto improves in control Al Horan did not respond to coaching in velocity Tyson Layne improves in arm Al Horan did not respond to coaching in control Tyson Layne did not respond to coaching in RF
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Augie Levine improves in arm Denis Wills improves in contact_vs_lefty Augie Levine did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Ken Zimmerman improves in power_vs_righty Brook Grove did not respond to coaching in 2B