Win: Doug Crawford (1-0) Loss: Dana Little (0-3)
Save: Jamie Scarsella (1)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Doug Crawford pitching. Joe Wallace singles to center field. Joe Wallace steals second. Jocko Luebber flies out to the right fielder. Cole Childress strikes out. Joe Tyrone grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Dana Little pitching. Fred Fowlkes flies out to the center fielder. Al Mattick flies out to the left fielder. Ray Terry strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Pretzel Kruk pops out to the third baseman. Leo Seats doubles to left field. Ruben Mills flies out to the left fielder. Sam Barlow grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Jose Klopp strikes out. Al Pittman pops out to the second baseman. Roy Martinez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Dana Little strikes out. Joe Wallace pops out to the shortstop. Jocko Luebber grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Vic Eggert walks. Vic Eggert steals second. Ed Conroy walks. Doug Crawford fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Doug Crawford grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Vic Eggert advances to third on the play. Fred Fowlkes grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Cole Childress singles to center field. Joe Tyrone flies out to the left fielder. Pretzel Kruk flies out to the left fielder. Leo Seats grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Cole Childress is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Al Mattick singles to center field. Ray Terry walks. Jose Klopp strikes out. Al Pittman singles to right field. Al Mattick scores. Roy Martinez flies out to the right fielder. Vic Eggert grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Ruben Mills singles to center field. Sam Barlow flies out to the right fielder. Dana Little fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Dana Little strikes out. Ruben Mills steals second. Joe Wallace strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Ed Conroy singles to right field. Doug Crawford lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Fred Fowlkes walks. Al Mattick doubles to left field. Ed Conroy scores. Fred Fowlkes uses his aggressiveness and scores. Ray Terry strikes out. Jose Klopp flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Jocko Luebber grounds out to the second baseman. Cole Childress strikes out. Joe Tyrone singles to left field. Pretzel Kruk strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Al Pittman strikes out. Roy Martinez strikes out. Vic Eggert doubles to center field. Ed Conroy walks. Dan Molyneaux is pinch hitting for Doug Crawford. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Dan Molyneaux grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Francisco Gilbreth pitching. Leo Seats flies out to the left fielder. Ruben Mills walks. Ruben Mills steals second. Sam Barlow strikes out. Dana Little strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Fred Fowlkes grounds out to the third baseman. Al Mattick reached on a fielding error by Pretzel Kruk. Ray Terry grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Al Mattick is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Jose Klopp is hit by a pitch. John Lansing 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 2nd. Al Pittman grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Joe Wallace strikes out. Jocko Luebber bunts for a base hit. Cole Childress walks. Joe Tyrone singles to center field. Jocko Luebber scores. Hector Conlan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pretzel Kruk grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Roy Martinez strikes out. Vic Eggert walks. Ed Conroy lines out to the shortstop. Shane Wickland is pinch hitting for Hector Conlan. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Shane Wickland grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Vic Eggert is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Jamie Scarsella pitching. Leo Seats grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Ruben Mills flies out to the left fielder. Sam Barlow flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 7 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 9
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: A RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Dick Geiger did not respond to coaching in arm Tony Lemonds did not respond to coaching in velocity Yoshihiro Matsunaga did not respond to coaching in velocity Ed Orie did not respond to coaching in control Dick Kolp did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Yoshihiro Matsunaga did not respond to coaching in velocity Kevin Denning did not respond to coaching in 1B
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: A+ RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Mike Brown improves in power_vs_lefty Marcus Nagle improves in contact_vs_lefty Pat Priddy did not respond to coaching in velocity Pete Charboneau did not respond to coaching in velocity Pete Charboneau improves in endurance Yusniel Sanchez did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty