Win: Dick McAleer (2-2) Loss: Ray Roundball (2-2)
Save: Billy Hilly (8)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Ray Roundball pitching. Frank Leyritz grounds out to the second baseman. Tex Rogers singles to center field. Tommy Sutherland doubles to left field. Dewey Smith walks. Kurt Florence walks. Tex Rogers scores. Steve McGwire walks. Tommy Sutherland scores. Walt Riddlemoser singles to right field. Dewey Smith scores. Kurt Florence scores. Catfish Robinson singles to center field. Dick McAleer grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Dick McAleer pitching. Bobby Bullet singles to left field. Mikey Mystery grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Jeff Twentyfour grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Frank Leyritz pops out to the shortstop. Tex Rogers strikes out. Tommy Sutherland flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Ron Thirtyone flies out to the left fielder. Mike Thirty strikes out. Ricky Rancid walks. Arnold Thirtyfive walks. Bill Thirtytwo flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Dewey Smith doubles to center field. Kurt Florence grounds out to the second baseman. Dewey Smith advances to third on the play. Steve McGwire singles to center field. Dewey Smith scores. Naoki Maekawa comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Walt Riddlemoser singles to center field. Steve McGwire advances to third on the hit. Catfish Robinson grounds out to the shortstop. Steve McGwire scores. Walt Riddlemoser advances to second on the play. Dick McAleer flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Naoki Maekawa grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Bobby Bullet grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mikey Mystery strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Frank Leyritz triples. Tex Rogers hits an infield single to the second baseman. Frank Leyritz scores. Tommy Sutherland lines out to the pitcher. Tony Thunder comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dewey Smith grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Tex Rogers is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Kurt Florence strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Jeff Twentyfour grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ron Thirtyone strikes out. Mike Thirty walks. Ricky Rancid strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Steve McGwire grounds out to the second baseman. Walt Riddlemoser grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Catfish Robinson bunts for a base hit. Dick McAleer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Arnold Thirtyfive flies out to the center fielder. Bill Thirtytwo doubles to right field. Tony Thunder singles in front of the center fielder. Bill Thirtytwo is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Bobby Bullet singles to left field. Mikey Mystery grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Frank Leyritz singles to left field. Frank Leyritz is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Tex Rogers grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tommy Sutherland flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Jeff Twentyfour walks. Ron Thirtyone pops out to the catcher. Mike Thirty strikes out. Ricky Rancid flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Dewey Smith reached on a 2-base throwing error by Mikey Mystery. Garvin Moore comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states RP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Kurt Florence strikes out. Steve McGwire grounds out to the third baseman. Walt Riddlemoser grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Arnold Thirtyfive grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Thirtytwo walks. Red Dear is pinch hitting for Garvin Moore. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Red Dear grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Cutter Smoke pitching. Catfish Robinson walks. Catfish Robinson steals second. Dick McAleer lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Frank Leyritz grounds out to the shortstop. Catfish Robinson scores. Tex Rogers flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Bobby Bullet flies out to the left fielder. Mikey Mystery flies out to the right fielder. Jeff Twentyfour singles to center field. Ron Thirtyone lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Herbie Herr comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tommy Sutherland singles to center field. Dewey Smith lines out to the third baseman. Kurt Florence walks. Steve McGwire strikes out. Walt Riddlemoser strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Mike Thirty singles to right field. Ricky Rancid walks. Arnold Thirtyfive doubles to center field. Mike Thirty scores. Manabu Oda comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Charles Sutton is pinch hitting for Bill Thirtytwo. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Charles Sutton walks. George Herring is pinch hitting for Herbie Herr. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. George Herring walks. Ricky Rancid scores. Bobby Bullet strikes out. Mikey Mystery flies out to the left fielder. Jeff Twentyfour singles to center field. Arnold Thirtyfive scores. Billy Hilly comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Ron Thirtyone flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 8 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 10
Batting:2B - Tommy Sutherland (3), Dewey Smith (2).3B - Frank Leyritz (2).GIDP - Dick McAleer. Baserunning: SB - Catfish Robinson (3).CS - Frank Leyritz (3).
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Chad Dillhoefer improves in arm Spud Froelich did not respond to coaching in velocity Charlie Currie did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Grover Smith improves in arm
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Roy Rounders improves in speed Eddie Enforcer did not respond to coaching in control Angelo Ciola improves in endurance Preston McClain did not respond to coaching in velocity Wenty Thirtyeight did not respond to coaching in 3B