Win: Brian Kimball (19-4) Loss: Shag Long (3-14)
Save: Don Coomer (33)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati Brian Kimball pitching. Red Barron singles to center field. Skip Temple flies out to the left fielder. Glenn Meaney flies out to the center fielder. Ray Hewitt singles to center field. Red Barron advances to third on the hit. Harry Burgess grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Shag Long pitching. Bob Osborne flies out to the center fielder. Red Garcia singles to right field. Dennis Craddock flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Guy Chouneau flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Charlie Lemaster strikes out. Bobby Schemanske grounds out to the third baseman. Mike Slapnicka singles in front of the right fielder. Shag Long strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Wesley Fitzmorris grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Juul triples. Mike Fink strikes out. Kewpie Grostas strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Red Barron grounds out to the pitcher. Skip Temple pops out to the first baseman. Glenn Meaney flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Brian Kimball strikes out. Bob Osborne flies out to the center fielder. Red Garcia grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Ray Hewitt pops out to the second baseman. Harry Burgess strikes out. Charlie Lemaster grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Dennis Craddock singles to right field. Guy Chouneau strikes out. Wesley Fitzmorris strikes out. Bill Juul singles to center field. Dennis Craddock advances to third on the hit. Mike Fink singles to right field. Dennis Craddock scores. Bill Juul advances to third on the hit. Kewpie Grostas strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Bobby Schemanske singles to center field. Mike Slapnicka pops out to the first baseman. Shag Long lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Red Barron grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Brian Kimball grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Osborne walks. Red Garcia flies out to the right fielder. Dennis Craddock flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Skip Temple triples. The defense is playing the infield in. Glenn Meaney grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Ray Hewitt pops out to the shortstop. Harry Burgess strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Guy Chouneau pops out to the shortstop. Wesley Fitzmorris doubles to center field. Bill Juul flies out to the center fielder. Mike Fink reached on a 2-base throwing error by Bobby Schemanske. Wesley Fitzmorris scores. Kewpie Grostas flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Charlie Lemaster strikes out. Bobby Schemanske walks. Mike Slapnicka pops out to the second baseman. Shag Long grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Bobby Schemanske is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Lefty LaRue is pinch hitting for Brian Kimball. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Lefty LaRue flies out to the center fielder. Bob Osborne flies out to the right fielder. Red Garcia grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Shinji Yamaguchi pitching. Red Barron doubles to center field. Skip Temple grounds out to the third baseman. Glenn Meaney walks. Ray Hewitt reached on a fielding error by Guy Chouneau. Harry Burgess flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Red Barron is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Dennis Craddock singles to right field. Guy Chouneau flies out to the center fielder. Wesley Fitzmorris grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Don Coomer comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Charlie Lemaster strikes out. Bobby Schemanske singles to right field. Mike Slapnicka flies out to the right fielder. Art Myers is pinch hitting for Shag Long. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Art Myers strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 9 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 6
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Al Grimm improves in velocity Leon Turner did not respond to coaching in control Ed Zahniser did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Al Grimm improves in control Shawn Adduci did not respond to coaching in control Ed Zahniser did not respond to coaching in speed
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Hal Gomez did not respond to coaching in arm Hi Costello improves in power_vs_righty Frank Forsch improves in power_vs_righty Dutch McNeal did not respond to coaching in endurance Jim Nelson improves in contact_vs_righty Jack Ozmer improves in contact_vs_righty