Win: Don Grace (8-5) Loss: Ben Hottman (5-8)
Save: Johnny Galvin (23)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Don Grace pitching. Matt Davis grounds out to the second baseman. Yenier Ortiz strikes out. Al Randall grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Ben Hottman pitching. Jordan Goldsmith singles to left field. Eddie Slaughter strikes out. Willie Moran flies out to the right fielder. Jason Taveras singles to center field. Jordan Goldsmith advances to third on the hit. Harry Radke flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Fred Pazik singles to center field. Hideyuki Sakaguchi strikes out. Bob Dunlap grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Pat Tremark flies out to the left fielder. Jim Wolcott grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Langston reached on a 2-base fielding error by Bob Dunlap. Don Grace grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Danny Tidrow flies out to the right fielder. Jose Abbott flies out to the center fielder. Ben Hottman grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Jordan Goldsmith singles to center field. Eddie Slaughter strikes out. Willie Moran flies out to the center fielder. Jason Taveras flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Matt Davis pops out to the second baseman. Yenier Ortiz walks. Yenier Ortiz steals second. Al Randall strikes out. Fred Pazik lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Harry Radke grounds out to the pitcher. Pat Tremark strikes out. Jim Wolcott hits a home run. Bill Langston grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Hideyuki Sakaguchi strikes out. Bob Dunlap flies out to the right fielder. Danny Tidrow walks. Jose Abbott singles to center field. Ben Hottman pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Don Grace strikes out. Jordan Goldsmith strikes out. Eddie Slaughter singles to center field. Willie Moran walks. Jason Taveras walks. Harry Radke walks. Eddie Slaughter scores. Pat Tremark strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Matt Davis strikes out. Yenier Ortiz grounds out to the shortstop. Al Randall singles to center field. Fred Pazik grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Jim Wolcott singles to left field. Bill Langston strikes out. Jim Wolcott steals second. Don Grace singles to left field. Jim Wolcott scores. Jerry Petoskey comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Jordan Goldsmith grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Don Grace is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Eddie Slaughter walks. Willie Moran grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Hideyuki Sakaguchi lines out to the second baseman. Bob Dunlap singles to left field. Danny Tidrow flies out to the right fielder. Bob Dunlap is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Jason Taveras lines out to the second baseman. Harry Radke strikes out. Pat Tremark grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Jose Abbott grounds out to the second baseman. Gus Eichhorn is pinch hitting for Jerry Petoskey. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Gus Eichhorn singles to right field. Gus Eichhorn is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Matt Davis strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Heinie Hostetler pitching. Jim Wolcott singles to right field. Jim Wolcott steals second. Bill Langston singles to right field. Jim Wolcott scores. Bill Langston steals second. Don Grace lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball and Bill Langston is thrown out at third. Jordan Goldsmith strikes out. Eddie Slaughter walks. Willie Moran singles to right field. Jason Taveras strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Yenier Ortiz grounds out to the third baseman. Al Randall hits a home run. Fred Pazik flies out to the center fielder. Hideyuki Sakaguchi walks. Johnny Galvin comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Bob Dunlap grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Hideyuki Sakaguchi is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 5 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 12
Game Notes Jerry Petoskey is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: John Schmidt improves in range Bill Vaughn did not respond to coaching in arm Mickey DeMiller did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Mickey DeMiller did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Bill Vaughn did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Buzz Letchas did not respond to coaching in speed Bruce Guinn did not respond to coaching in 1B
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ben Buice did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Fred Kimm did not respond to coaching in speed Ben Buice did not respond to coaching in arm Samiel von Weber did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Samiel von Weber improves in arm Pete Ter improves in contact_vs_lefty Cy Knight did not respond to coaching in 3B