Win: Earl Polley (1-0) Loss: Randy Beville (0-1)
Save: Yoshio Sato (2)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati Earl Polley pitching. Dean Ghoh grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Jimenez strikes out. Charlie Irwin strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Randy Beville pitching. Dick Young strikes out. Pop Lopez hits a home run. Orth Lollar singles to right field. Gazelle Beatty strikes out. Jimmie Foxx Jr. strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Carl Caligiuri pops out to the shortstop. Ed Stearns flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Lee Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Bill Barnes hits a home run. Charlie Geyer singles to left field. Rudy Duncan flies out to the left fielder. Earl Polley fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Earl Polley grounds out to the pitcher. Charlie Geyer advances to second on the play. Dick Young singles to left field. Charlie Geyer scores. Pop Lopez grounds into a force play to the first baseman - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Dick Young is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Guillermo McCrabb flies out to the center fielder. Rube Engle strikes out. Randy Beville grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Orth Lollar flies out to the left fielder. Gazelle Beatty singles to left field. Jimmie Foxx Jr. flies out to the left fielder. Bill Barnes walks. Charlie Geyer strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Dean Ghoh grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Jimenez grounds out to the third baseman. Charlie Irwin pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Rudy Duncan singles to center field. Earl Polley fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Earl Polley flies out to the left fielder. Dick Young strikes out. Pop Lopez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Carl Caligiuri hits a home run. Ed Stearns hits a home run. Lee Smith singles to right field. Guillermo McCrabb strikes out. Rube Engle strikes out. Randy Beville grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Orth Lollar grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Gazelle Beatty triples. Jimmie Foxx Jr. grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Gazelle Beatty scores. Bill Barnes walks. Charlie Geyer walks. Chad Brock 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. Rudy Duncan flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Dean Ghoh grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Jimenez strikes out. Charlie Irwin grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Yoshihasa Minagawa is pinch hitting for Earl Polley. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Yoshihasa Minagawa hits a home run. Ray Jordan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dick Young flies out to the right fielder. Pop Lopez singles to center field. Orth Lollar strikes out. Gazelle Beatty grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Pop Lopez is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Yoshio Sato pitching. Carl Caligiuri strikes out. Ed Stearns walks. Lee Smith doubles to left field. Guillermo McCrabb singles to center field. Ed Stearns scores. Lee Smith scores. Rube Engle strikes out. Bryan Williams is pinch hitting for Ray Jordan. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bryan Williams strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh William Lunar pitching. Jimmie Foxx Jr. strikes out. Bill Barnes singles to left field. Charlie Geyer hits a home run. Bill Barnes scores. Wid Morman comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rudy Duncan doubles to right field. Yoshio Sato flies out to the left fielder. Dick Young walks. Pop Lopez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Mickey Clarke enters the game as a defensive replacement for Rudy Duncan at RF. Dean Ghoh grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Jimenez singles to left field. Charlie Irwin flies out to the left fielder. Bill Jimenez is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Orth Lollar singles to left field. Gazelle Beatty grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Jimmie Foxx Jr. singles to center field. Bill Barnes hits a home run. Jimmie Foxx Jr. scores. Heinie Chozen comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Charlie Geyer singles to right field. Mickey Clarke singles to center field. Yoshio Sato strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Carl Caligiuri grounds out to the third baseman. Ed Stearns strikes out. Lee Smith hits a home run. Guillermo McCrabb grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 2 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 12
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C Batter Mentor Grade: C- Improvements: Doc Hernandez did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill Padden did not respond to coaching in control Joe Becker improves in contact_vs_lefty Doc Hernandez did not respond to coaching in velocity Dave Hackett did not respond to coaching in 2B
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jesse Bennett improves in range John Jelks did not respond to coaching in speed Adam Lynn did not respond to coaching in velocity Nelson Keupper improves in speed