Win: Hal Neill (11-3) Loss: Ivan Cook (9-9)
Save: Charlie Valera (25)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Hal Neill pitching. Kelly Estrada singles to right field. Gil Clements strikes out. Pat Felsch singles to right field. Shannon Carter is hit by a pitch. Sean Lemaster singles to center field. Kelly Estrada scores. Pat Felsch is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Shannon Carter advances to third on the play. Tom Mead walks. Wingo Lagger flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Ivan Cook pitching. Scottie Wright flies out to the left fielder. Brett Carroll flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Mike Johnson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Shunichi Murata flies out to the left fielder. Ivan Cook strikes out. Kelly Estrada strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Jose Smith strikes out. Frank Schmidt grounds out to the second baseman. Tony Grove strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Gil Clements strikes out. Pat Felsch walks. Shannon Carter grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Pat Felsch is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Sean Lemaster strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Jim Menke singles to right field. Dennis Hyers singles to right field. Jim Menke advances to third on the hit. Dennis Hyers steals second. The defense is playing the infield in. Hal Neill grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! The defense is playing the infield in. Scottie Wright flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Jim Menke scores. Brett Carroll hits a home run. Dennis Hyers scores. Mike Johnson walks. Mike Johnson steals second. Jose Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Tom Mead singles to right field. Wingo Lagger strikes out. Tom Mead is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Shunichi Murata strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Frank Schmidt flies out to the center fielder. Tony Grove grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Menke grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Ivan Cook grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Kelly Estrada walks. Gil Clements singles to center field. Kelly Estrada advances to third on the hit. Pat Felsch strikes out. Shannon Carter grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Dennis Hyers hits a home run. Hal Neill grounds out to the third baseman. Scottie Wright walks. Brett Carroll pops out to the second baseman. Mike Johnson flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Sean Lemaster singles to right field. Tom Mead grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Jack Young is pinch hitting for Wingo Lagger. Jack Young singles to right field. Jack Young steals second. Shunichi Murata lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Red Wilson enters the game as a defensive replacement for Jack Young at SS. Jose Smith pops out to the first baseman. Frank Schmidt flies out to the left fielder. Tony Grove strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Joe Krug is pinch hitting for Ivan Cook. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Joe Krug walks. Kelly Estrada grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Joe Krug is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Gil Clements grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Kelly Estrada is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Pat Felsch singles to left field. Chick Gerlach 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. Shannon Carter flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Rob Eaton pitching. Jim Menke doubles to left field. Dennis Hyers grounds out to the shortstop. Chick Gerlach walks. Scottie Wright pops out to the first baseman. Brett Carroll flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Sean Lemaster grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Mead grounds out to the third baseman. Red Wilson grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Mike Johnson grounds out to the second baseman. Jose Smith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Frank Schmidt walks. Tony Grove singles to right field. Frank Schmidt advances to third on the hit. Jim Menke strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Charlie Valera comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Shunichi Murata flies out to the right fielder. Bob Manuel is pinch hitting for Rob Eaton. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Bob Manuel flies out to the center fielder. Kelly Estrada strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 9 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 6
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Sam Bailey improves in arm Ed Hook did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty George Wilson did not respond to coaching in velocity Ken Wolf did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Ken Wolf did not respond to coaching in SS
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Billy Ginn improves in arm Jonah Leskanic did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Dion Thomasson improves in contact_vs_lefty Red Jones did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Red Jones improves in SS