Win: Jeff Gotay (15-2) Loss: Rick Jones (5-10)
Save: Chris Pipgras (16)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati Jeff Gotay pitching. Juan Pennington strikes out. Shoji Narita walks. Bucky Pepper strikes out. Bill DiSarcina strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Rick Jones pitching. Ted Blong grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Wally Daly strikes out. Art Robles grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Jake Livengood flies out to the center fielder. Don Causey grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). George Henry flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Ace Luskey singles to center field. Don White singles to right field. Ace Luskey advances to third on the hit. Al Burns flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Ace Luskey scores. Chad Slagle strikes out. Joe Carew grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Omar Alomar strikes out. Rick Jones strikes out. Juan Pennington grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Jeff Gotay strikes out. Ted Blong strikes out. Wally Daly grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Shoji Narita grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bucky Pepper reached on a 2-base throwing error by Al Burns. Bill DiSarcina grounds out to the third baseman. Jake Livengood strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Art Robles strikes out. Ace Luskey grounds out to the shortstop. Don White strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Don Causey walks. George Henry flies out to the center fielder. Omar Alomar flies out to the right fielder. Rick Jones flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Al Burns flies out to the right fielder. Chad Slagle singles to center field. Joe Carew grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Juan Pennington walks. Shoji Narita flies out to the center fielder. Bucky Pepper lines out to the second baseman. Juan Pennington is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Jeff Gotay pops out to the third baseman. Ted Blong walks. Wally Daly grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Bill DiSarcina pops out to the first baseman. Jake Livengood singles to right field. Jake Livengood is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Don Causey flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Art Robles singles to center field. Ace Luskey walks. Johnny Rowland 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 center fielder. Al Burns singles to left field. Art Robles is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Ace Luskey advances to third on the play. Chad Slagle reached on a fielding error by Bucky Pepper. Ace Luskey scores. Joe Carew doubles to right field. Al Burns scores. Jeff Gotay pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Cincinnati George Henry doubles to center field. Chris Pipgras 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. Omar Alomar grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! George Henry advances to third on the play. Rickey Fetzer is pinch hitting for Johnny Rowland. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Rickey Fetzer strikes out. Juan Pennington grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Koichi Kido pitching. Ted Blong flies out to the right fielder. Wally Daly pops out to the shortstop. Art Robles singles to center field. Ace Luskey doubles to center field. Art Robles uses his aggressiveness and scores. Don White strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Shoji Narita grounds out to the shortstop. Bucky Pepper strikes out. Bill DiSarcina lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 4 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 4
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Lloyd Davis improves in power_vs_lefty Larry Spongberg did not respond to coaching in velocity Ryohei Tanabe did not respond to coaching in velocity Maurice Turner improves in contact_vs_righty Tyson Nation improves in speed Tyson Nation did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Andy Murphy improves in control Al Marsh did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Les Ryan improves in velocity Andy Murphy did not respond to coaching in velocity Raleigh Rakers improves in power_vs_righty Les Ryan improves in control Al Marsh did not respond to coaching in 3B