Win: Ramon Olivera (10-6) Loss: Fritz Cain (7-4)
Save: Newt Kaiser (18)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Ramon Olivera pitching. Ted Blong singles to left field. Wally Daly pops out to the shortstop. Ted Blong steals second. Art Robles grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Ted Blong advances to third on the play. Ace Luskey singles to left field. Ted Blong scores. Ace Luskey steals second. Bill DiSarcina throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Don White grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Fritz Cain pitching. Jake Livengood strikes out. Shoji Narita singles to center field. Bill DiSarcina strikes out. Juan Pennington singles to right field. Rickey Fetzer singles to right field. Shoji Narita scores. Jose Moon singles to left field. Juan Pennington scores. Rickey Fetzer advances to third on the hit. Roy Twombly flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Al Burns flies out to the right fielder. Chad Slagle grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Joe Carew grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Omar Alomar strikes out. Ramon Olivera singles to right field. Jake Livengood flies out to the left fielder. Shoji Narita singles to center field. Ramon Olivera advances to third on the hit. Bill DiSarcina strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Fritz Cain walks. Ted Blong grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Fritz Cain is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ted Blong steals second. Wally Daly grounds out to the second baseman. Ted Blong advances to third on the play. Art Robles grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Juan Pennington triples. Rickey Fetzer flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Juan Pennington scores. Jose Moon strikes out. Roy Twombly strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Ace Luskey walks. Don White grounds out to the second baseman. Ace Luskey advances to second on the play. Al Burns singles to center field. Ace Luskey scores. Chad Slagle strikes out. Joe Carew grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Al Burns is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Omar Alomar strikes out. Ramon Olivera grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jake Livengood is hit by a pitch. Shoji Narita strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Fritz Cain grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ted Blong grounds out to the third baseman. Wally Daly singles to center field. Wally Daly is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Bill DiSarcina singles to center field. Juan Pennington reached on a fielding error by Al Burns. Rickey Fetzer grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Bill DiSarcina advances to third on the play. Jose Moon singles to left field. Bill DiSarcina scores. Roy Twombly strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Art Robles singles to center field. Art Robles steals second. Ace Luskey flies out to the left fielder. Don White grounds out to the pitcher. Al Burns strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Omar Alomar singles to center field. Chris Pipgras comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Ramon Olivera lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jake Livengood pops out to the second baseman. Shoji Narita flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Chad Slagle grounds out to the pitcher. Joe Carew grounds out to the second baseman. David Hockette is pinch hitting for Chris Pipgras. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. David Hockette singles to center field. Ted Blong pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Jorge Palacios pitching. Bill DiSarcina strikes out. Juan Pennington flies out to the center fielder. Rickey Fetzer doubles to right field. Jose Moon pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Wally Daly grounds out to the third baseman. Art Robles grounds out to the second baseman. Ace Luskey singles to center field. Ace Luskey steals second. Todd Harshman 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. Don White flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Roy Twombly pops out to the third baseman. Omar Alomar strikes out. McKay Brittin is pinch hitting for Todd Harshman. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. McKay Brittin strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Newt Kaiser pitching. Al Burns grounds out to the second baseman. Chad Slagle flies out to the right fielder. Joe Carew flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 6 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 8
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Luis Coughtry improves in contact_vs_lefty Len Miller did not respond to coaching in velocity Dan Diaz improves in velocity Les Ryan did not respond to coaching in velocity Luis Coughtry improves in power_vs_lefty Les Ryan did not respond to coaching in control Al Marsh improves in 2B
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Lloyd Davis did not respond to coaching in range Brett House improves in control Lloyd Davis improves in speed Brett House did not respond to coaching in velocity Tim Fairly improves in control Tim Fairly did not respond to coaching in control