Win: Art Young (18-5) Loss: Ted Willis (16-5)
Save: Bobby Wicker (17)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati Art Young pitching. Scott Shevlin flies out to the right fielder. Dominic Guillen grounds out to the shortstop. Jeffrey Gerken singles to left field. Bill Bauer singles to center field. Jeffrey Gerken advances to third on the hit. Brent Neale hits a home run. Jeffrey Gerken scores. Bill Bauer scores. Sheldon Rogers strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Ted Willis pitching. Ed Nixon grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Darryl Griffey strikes out. Tom Shoffner singles to right field. Virgil French grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Tom Shoffner is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Mike Wine lines out to the pitcher. Frank Keller strikes out. Ted Willis grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Jackie Fryman doubles past the third baseman. Cliff Tompkins pops out to the shortstop. Simmy Brown flies out to the right fielder. Willie Dusak strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Scott Shevlin walks. Dominic Guillen grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Jeffrey Gerken flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Art Young singles to center field. Ed Nixon strikes out. Darryl Griffey pops out to the shortstop. Tom Shoffner lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Bill Bauer grounds out to the second baseman. Brent Neale singles to left field. Sheldon Rogers grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Brent Neale is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Sheldon Rogers is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Virgil French singles to center field. Jackie Fryman grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Virgil French is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Cliff Tompkins singles to left field. Jackie Fryman advances to third on the hit. Simmy Brown singles to center field. Jackie Fryman scores. Cliff Tompkins advances to third on the hit. Willie Dusak grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Mike Wine strikes out. Frank Keller grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Ted Willis strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Art Young grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Nixon singles to center field. Darryl Griffey walks. Tom Shoffner triples. Ed Nixon scores. Darryl Griffey scores. The defense is playing the infield in. Virgil French singles past the shortstop. Tom Shoffner scores. Frank Lobert comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jackie Fryman singles to center field. Virgil French advances to third on the hit. Cliff Tompkins flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Virgil French scores. Jackie Fryman steals second. Simmy Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Scott Shevlin grounds out to the third baseman. Dominic Guillen strikes out. Jeffrey Gerken strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Willie Dusak strikes out. Art Young grounds out to the shortstop. Ed Nixon strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Bill Bauer pops out to the shortstop. Brent Neale grounds out to the second baseman. Sheldon Rogers doubles to center field. Mike Wine grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Darryl Griffey strikes out. Tom Shoffner flies out to the left fielder. Virgil French strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Frank Keller strikes out. Toshio Ichiba is pinch hitting for Frank Lobert. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Toshio Ichiba hits an infield single to the pitcher. Bobby Wicker 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 1st. Scott Shevlin singles to center field. Toshio Ichiba advances to third on the hit. Dominic Guillen grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Walt Covington pitching. Jackie Fryman grounds out to the shortstop. Kevin Porter is pinch hitting for Cliff Tompkins. Kevin Porter flies out to the right fielder. Paul Grove is pinch hitting for Simmy Brown. Paul Grove strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cincinnati March Hulswitt enters the game as a defensive replacement for Kevin Porter at C. Ralph Hamlin enters the game as a defensive replacement for Paul Grove at RF. Jeffrey Gerken grounds out to the pitcher. Bill Bauer flies out to the right fielder. Brent Neale grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 2 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 5
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Billy Roberts improves in arm George Hale did not respond to coaching in endurance George Hale did not respond to coaching in velocity George Hale did not respond to coaching in control Howie Karpel did not respond to coaching in 3B
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Terry Bruner did not respond to coaching in range Terry Bruner improves in contact_vs_lefty Fred McGinn improves in power_vs_lefty Danny Santiago did not respond to coaching in velocity George Schorr did not respond to coaching in 1B