Inning: 1 Pittsburgh George Maurer pitching. Takayuki Adachi flies out to the left fielder. Rickey Zacher flies out to the left fielder. Al Broberg grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Dan McDonald pitching. Narihide Nakamura grounds out to the second baseman. Kirby Behan triples. Jim Figga flies out to the left fielder. Pat Propst grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Chuck Cook grounds out to the second baseman. Dave Smith singles to right field. Bill Griggs pops out to the first baseman. Dave Smith is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Luke Ingersoll is hit by a pitch. Luke Ingersoll steals second. Rolla Shockley walks. Em Willson doubles to right field. Luke Ingersoll scores. Willie Lollar walks. George Maurer flies out to the left fielder. Narihide Nakamura strikes out. Kirby Behan doubles to center field. Rolla Shockley scores. Em Willson scores. Willie Lollar scores. Jim Figga flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Yoshio Takashima grounds out to the shortstop. Rob Biggie Costen strikes out. Dan McDonald grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Pat Propst strikes out. Luke Ingersoll strikes out. Rolla Shockley singles to right field. Em Willson doubles to right field. Willie Lollar pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Takayuki Adachi pops out to the third baseman. Rickey Zacher grounds out to the shortstop. Al Broberg reached on a fielding error by Jim Figga. Chuck Cook strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati George Maurer flies out to the center fielder. Narihide Nakamura triples. Kirby Behan singles to right field. Narihide Nakamura scores. Walt Coleman comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Kirby Behan steals second. Jim Figga grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Kirby Behan advances to third on the play. Pat Propst grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Dave Smith flies out to the center fielder. Bill Griggs singles to right field. Yoshio Takashima grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Luke Ingersoll flies out to the center fielder. Rolla Shockley walks. Em Willson flies out to the left fielder. Willie Lollar singles to right field. George Maurer flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Rob Biggie Costen grounds out to the second baseman. Wayne Pierson is pinch hitting for Walt Coleman. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Wayne Pierson pops out to the shortstop. Takayuki Adachi flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati William Neal pitching. Narihide Nakamura walks. Kirby Behan singles to center field. Narihide Nakamura advances to third on the hit. Jim Figga flies out to the center fielder. Kirby Behan steals second. Pat Propst singles to center field. Narihide Nakamura scores. Luke Ingersoll walks. Rolla Shockley walks. Kirby Behan scores. Rich Mowe comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Em Willson strikes out. Willie Lollar singles to center field. Pat Propst scores. George Maurer strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Rickey Zacher singles to center field. Al Broberg singles to left field. Rickey Zacher advances to third on the hit. Chuck Cook singles to right field. Rickey Zacher scores. Dave Smith reached on a 2-base throwing error by Rolla Shockley. Al Broberg scores. Bill Griggs strikes out. Yoshio Takashima flies out to the right fielder. Rob Biggie Costen grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Narihide Nakamura singles to left field. Kirby Behan grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Narihide Nakamura is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jim Figga hits a home run. Kirby Behan scores. Alex Higdon comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pat Propst strikes out. Luke Ingersoll grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Leo Runge enters the game as a defensive replacement for Pat Propst at LF. Matt Remy enters the game as a defensive replacement for Willie Lollar at 2B. Eusebio Sturgis 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. Wimpy Cairncross is pinch hitting for Alex Higdon. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Wimpy Cairncross flies out to the center fielder. Takayuki Adachi flies out to the right fielder. Rickey Zacher singles to center field. Barry Allen is pinch hitting for Al Broberg. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Barry Allen flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Kevin Neher pitching. Bob Acker is pinch hitting for Rolla Shockley. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Bob Acker singles to center field. Em Willson flies out to the center fielder. Matt Remy flies out to the center fielder. Jim Longmire is pinch hitting for Eusebio Sturgis. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bob Acker steals second. Jim Longmire strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Russ Lanford pitching. Stacker Roswell is pinch hitting for Chuck Cook. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Stacker Roswell strikes out. Ed Nielsen is pinch hitting for Dave Smith. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ed Nielsen strikes out. Bill Griggs strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 4 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 11
Game Notes Willie Lollar is injured and is expected to be out 35 days.
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Rick Kuhaulua did not respond to coaching in control Wally Jones did not respond to coaching in velocity Wally Jones did not respond to coaching in control Trevor Smith improves in range Jennings Cuellar did not respond to coaching in CF
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: D+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Tony Lewis did not respond to coaching in range Luis Farrell did not respond to coaching in control Buddy Swartz did not respond to coaching in arm Bill Burkhart improves in power_vs_righty Kenny Fleitas improves in LF