Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Candy Cooper pitching. Wally Daly grounds out to the pitcher. Ted Blong strikes out. Danny Weaver hits a home run. Art Robles grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Steve Munoz pitching. Dale Nichols walks. Rickey Fetzer strikes out. Bucky Pepper pops out to the third baseman. Juan Pennington pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Dave Rodriguez hits an infield single to the second baseman. Kazuto Yamazaki strikes out. Dave Rodriguez is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). John Melillo strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Phil Walberg singles to center field. Bill Gilks pops out to the first baseman. McKay Brittin singles to right field. Phil Walberg advances to third on the hit. Tyson Nation grounds out to the third baseman. McKay Brittin advances to second on the play. Candy Cooper strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Joe Sizemore strikes out. Steve Munoz strikes out. Wally Daly singles to left field. Wally Daly steals second. Ted Blong flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Dale Nichols grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rickey Fetzer singles to center field. Bucky Pepper flies out to the center fielder. Juan Pennington flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Danny Weaver walks. Art Robles strikes out. Dave Rodriguez strikes out. Kazuto Yamazaki strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Phil Walberg singles to right field. Bill Gilks strikes out. Phil Walberg is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). McKay Brittin grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh John Melillo strikes out. Joe Sizemore strikes out. Steve Munoz grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Tyson Nation grounds out to the third baseman. Candy Cooper strikes out. Dale Nichols singles to right field. Rickey Fetzer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Wally Daly grounds out to the third baseman. Ted Blong singles to center field. Ted Blong steals second. Danny Weaver singles to center field. Ted Blong scores. Art Robles grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Danny Weaver is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Dave Rodriguez doubles to right field. Art Robles uses his aggressiveness and scores. Kazuto Yamazaki pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Bucky Pepper walks. Juan Pennington grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Bucky Pepper is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Phil Walberg hits an infield single to the third baseman. Bill Gilks walks. McKay Brittin doubles to right field. Juan Pennington scores. Phil Walberg scores. 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. Tyson Nation walks. Candy Cooper flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Bill Gilks scores. Dale Nichols flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh John Melillo flies out to the right fielder. Joe Sizemore doubles to right field. Joe Carew is pinch hitting for Chris Pipgras. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Joe Carew flies out to the center fielder. Wally Daly grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Fritz Cain pitching. Rickey Fetzer pops out to the shortstop. Bucky Pepper lines out to the third baseman. Juan Pennington flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Ted Blong grounds out to the shortstop. Danny Weaver grounds out to the third baseman. Art Robles flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Phil Walberg strikes out. Bill Gilks grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). McKay Brittin singles to right field. Tyson Nation strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Dave Rodriguez grounds out to the second baseman. Kazuto Yamazaki lines out to the pitcher. John Melillo singles to right field. Joe Sizemore grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Candy Cooper strikes out. Dale Nichols strikes out. Rickey Fetzer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Pittsburgh Ace Luskey is pinch hitting for Fritz Cain. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ace Luskey grounds out to the third baseman. Wally Daly singles to left field. Ted Blong singles to right field. Wally Daly advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the infield in. Harry Ludwig 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. Danny Weaver singles to right field. Wally Daly scores. Ted Blong advances to third on the hit. Art Robles grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ted Blong scores. Danny Weaver advances to second on the play. Dave Rodriguez walks. Kazuto Yamazaki doubles to center field. Danny Weaver scores. Dave Rodriguez uses his aggressiveness and scores. Newt Kaiser comes in from the bullpen to pitch. John Melillo hits a home run. Kazuto Yamazaki scores. Joe Sizemore walks. Ace Luskey singles to center field. Joe Sizemore advances to third on the hit. Wally Daly grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 10 Cincinnati Jim Wilson pitching. Bucky Pepper strikes out. Juan Pennington strikes out. Phil Walberg grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 7 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 8
Game Notes Danny Weaver is injured and is expected to be out 10 days.
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Ernie Figueroa improves in arm Pat Blaylock did not respond to coaching in control Bert Poorman improves in power_vs_lefty Raleigh Rakers improves in range Luis Coughtry improves in range Bobby Logan did not respond to coaching in arm Miguel Rosen did not respond to coaching in 3B
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Garry Steels did not respond to coaching in control Garry Steels improves in endurance Jose Moon did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Wilbur Haydel did not respond to coaching in control Fritzie Lindquist improves in control John Mack did not respond to coaching in arm