Win: Boog Shoffner (3-1) Loss: Milt Castino (0-5)
Save: Luis Brown (14)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati Milt Castino pitching. Gerald Taylor walks. Magglio Rijo strikes out. Brad Crist strikes out. Jerry Arias pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Hal Zinser pitching. Jack Glinatsis hits a home run. Ollie Ballou lines out to the shortstop. John Trillo strikes out. Art Croushore bunts for a base hit. Mark Bowers hits a home run. Art Croushore scores. Boog Shoffner comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Eric Bowman flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Jim Bork grounds out to the third baseman. Rip McIntosh singles to center field. Rip McIntosh steals second. Joe Meusel singles to right field. Rip McIntosh scores. Dave Kilroy strikes out. Boog Shoffner reached on a 2-base throwing error by Milt Castino. Gerald Taylor singles to left field. Joe Meusel scores. Boog Shoffner scores. Magglio Rijo grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Gerald Taylor is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Piggy Acker flies out to the right fielder. Ray Olson strikes out. Milt Castino strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Brad Crist singles to center field. Jerry Arias grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Brad Crist is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jim Bork strikes out. Rip McIntosh flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Jack Glinatsis grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ollie Ballou doubles to center field. John Trillo strikes out. Art Croushore flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Joe Meusel flies out to the left fielder. Dave Kilroy grounds out to the third baseman. Boog Shoffner grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Mark Bowers walks. Eric Bowman flies out to the center fielder. Piggy Acker flies out to the left fielder. Ray Olson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Gerald Taylor grounds out to the shortstop. Magglio Rijo grounds out to the third baseman. Brad Crist walks. Jerry Arias grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Brad Crist is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Milt Castino strikes out. Jack Glinatsis grounds out to the second baseman. Ollie Ballou grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Jim Bork strikes out. Rip McIntosh bunts for a base hit. Rip McIntosh steals second. Joe Meusel flies out to the right fielder. Dave Kilroy singles to left field. Rip McIntosh scores. Boog Shoffner lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh John Trillo grounds out to the third baseman. Art Croushore grounds out to the second baseman. Mark Bowers grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Gerald Taylor strikes out. Magglio Rijo grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Brad Crist singles to center field. Jerry Arias flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Eric Bowman walks. Piggy Acker grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Eric Bowman is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Ray Olson strikes out. Bob Welch is pinch hitting for Milt Castino. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Bob Welch grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Piggy Acker is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Bob Strickland pitching. Jim Bork grounds out to the shortstop. Rip McIntosh strikes out. Joe Meusel singles to right field. Dave Kilroy doubles to right field. Joe Meusel uses his aggressiveness and scores. Shannon Lazorko comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Boog Shoffner grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Jack Glinatsis grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ollie Ballou strikes out. John Trillo grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Gerald Taylor grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Magglio Rijo hits an infield single to the shortstop. Brad Crist singles to left field. Magglio Rijo aggressively advances to third on the hit. Brad Crist is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Jerry Arias flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Luis Brown comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Art Croushore grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Mark Bowers grounds out to the pitcher. Eric Bowman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 8 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 3
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: John Booe did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Bill Traynor did not respond to coaching in arm Jerry Bond did not respond to coaching in velocity Jerry Bond did not respond to coaching in control Bill Traynor did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Jerry Bond did not respond to coaching in velocity Hal Haynes did not respond to coaching in C
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Fred Power improves in arm Sam Friedrichs improves in contact_vs_lefty Charlie May did not respond to coaching in control Randy Demola did not respond to coaching in range Charlie May did not respond to coaching in control Randy Demola did not respond to coaching in arm