Win: Salome Alberto (14-3) Loss: Butch Thomas (16-8)
Save: Frank Schiappacasse (28)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati Butch Thomas pitching. Spike Schmidt grounds out to the shortstop. Les Varsho grounds out to the shortstop. Ron Gilbert strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Salome Alberto pitching. Jim Zeile pops out to the third baseman. Adolfo Gallivan walks. George Frisbee grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Bill Williams walks. Phil Willis doubles to left field. Katsumi Kanamori flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Bill Williams scores. Billy Hibbs strikes out. Loren Maguire strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Joey Sierra hits a home run. Yasmany Santoya doubles to right field. Buck Perrin flies out to the center fielder. Jeff Cullen strikes out. Doug Whitfield flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Salome Alberto pops out to the third baseman. Spike Schmidt walks. Les Varsho strikes out. Ron Gilbert grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Spike Schmidt is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Butch Thomas singles to right field. Jim Zeile flies out to the right fielder. Adolfo Gallivan flies out to the center fielder. George Frisbee grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Butch Thomas is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Bill Williams grounds out to the shortstop. Phil Willis flies out to the right fielder. Katsumi Kanamori grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Joey Sierra walks. Joey Sierra steals second. Yasmany Santoya hits a home run. Joey Sierra scores. Buck Perrin flies out to the right fielder. Jeff Cullen strikes out. Doug Whitfield grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Billy Hibbs pops out to the catcher. Loren Maguire singles to center field. Salome Alberto lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Spike Schmidt reached on a 2-base throwing error by Jim Zeile. Loren Maguire scores. Les Varsho pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Butch Thomas flies out to the right fielder. Jim Zeile grounds out to the third baseman. Adolfo Gallivan reached on a fielding error by Salome Alberto. Adolfo Gallivan steals second. George Frisbee grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Ron Gilbert bunts for a base hit. Bill Williams singles to right field. Phil Willis singles to right field. Ron Gilbert scores. Bill Williams advances to third on the hit. Katsumi Kanamori singles to center field. Bill Williams scores. Phil Willis advances to third on the hit. Billy Hibbs pops out to the shortstop. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Phil Willis scores. Loren Maguire grounds out to the pitcher. Salome Alberto strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Joey Sierra hits a home run. Yasmany Santoya singles to center field. Buck Perrin flies out to the center fielder. Jeff Cullen flies out to the left fielder. Doug Whitfield grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Orval Watkins comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Spike Schmidt flies out to the center fielder. Les Varsho walks. Ron Gilbert singles to right field. Les Varsho advances to third on the hit. Bill Williams flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Les Varsho scores. Phil Willis hits a home run. Ron Gilbert scores. Fin Scheer comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Katsumi Kanamori flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Jim Balaz is pinch hitting for Fin Scheer. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jim Balaz walks. Jim Zeile flies out to the center fielder. Bill King comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Adolfo Gallivan grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jim Balaz is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. George Frisbee singles to center field. Adolfo Gallivan advances to third on the hit. Joey Sierra flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Ken Poholsky pitching. Billy Hibbs singles past the first baseman. Loren Maguire strikes out. Lynn Lewis is pinch hitting for Bill King. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Lynn Lewis doubles to left field. Billy Hibbs uses his aggressiveness and scores. Spike Schmidt strikes out. Les Varsho grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Bill Diorio pitching. Yasmany Santoya is hit by a pitch. Buck Perrin strikes out. Jeff Cullen walks. Pete Emmer is pinch hitting for Doug Whitfield. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Pete Emmer grounds out to the shortstop. Yasmany Santoya advances to third on the play. Jeff Cullen advances to second on the play. Mark Gerken is pinch hitting for Ken Poholsky. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Mark Gerken grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Yoshinori Hirota pitching. Ron Gilbert flies out to the center fielder. Bill Williams flies out to the center fielder. Phil Willis pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Jim Zeile walks. Adolfo Gallivan hits a home run. Jim Zeile scores. George Frisbee singles to right field. Joey Sierra strikes out. Yasmany Santoya singles to center field. George Frisbee advances to third on the hit. Frank Schiappacasse comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Buck Perrin flies out to the left fielder. Jeff Cullen flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 5 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 10
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Frank Smith did not respond to coaching in control Scott Samuls did not respond to coaching in velocity Lenny Neill did not respond to coaching in control Scott Samuls did not respond to coaching in control
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Tony Hendrick did not respond to coaching in speed Ed Fernandez did not respond to coaching in velocity Bronson Henry did not respond to coaching in velocity Bake Puleo did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty