Win: Chris Gajkowski (11-5) Loss: Mike Maple (7-7)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati Mike Maple pitching. Fred Fowlkes strikes out. Al Mattick singles past the second baseman. Matt Ferriss doubles past the first baseman. Al Mattick uses his aggressiveness and scores. Cleatus Lumley hits a home run. Matt Ferriss scores. Kazuyuki Kikuchi walks. Roy Martinez singles past the second baseman. Kazuyuki Kikuchi advances to third on the hit. Jim Bradley hits a home run. Kazuyuki Kikuchi scores. Roy Martinez scores. Victor Ligtenberg comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ed Conroy strikes out. Chris Gajkowski pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Chris Gajkowski pitching. Joe Wallace walks. Jocko Luebber strikes out. Joe Wallace steals second. Cole Childress grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Joe Wallace advances to third on the play. Pretzel Kruk grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Fred Fowlkes doubles to right field. Al Mattick walks. Matt Ferriss singles to left field. Fred Fowlkes scores. Al Mattick advances to third on the hit. Cleatus Lumley walks. Kazuyuki Kikuchi doubles to center field. Al Mattick scores. Matt Ferriss scores. Cleatus Lumley uses his aggressiveness and scores. Roy Martinez strikes out. Jim Bradley grounds out to the shortstop. Ed Conroy reached on a 2-base throwing error by Cliff Simpson. Kazuyuki Kikuchi scores. Chris Gajkowski grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Leo Seats strikes out. Jerry Helfrich strikes out. Ruben Mills singles to right field. Cliff Simpson grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Ruben Mills is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Fred Fowlkes grounds out to the shortstop. Al Mattick strikes out. Matt Ferriss singles to left field. Cleatus Lumley grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Matt Ferriss is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Victor Ligtenberg strikes out. Joe Wallace walks. Jocko Luebber flies out to the right fielder. Cole Childress grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Joe Wallace is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Kazuyuki Kikuchi pops out to the shortstop. Roy Martinez grounds out to the third baseman. Jim Bradley strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Pretzel Kruk pops out to the shortstop. Leo Seats grounds out to the second baseman. Jerry Helfrich grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Ed Conroy walks. Ed Conroy steals second. Chris Gajkowski fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Chris Gajkowski strikes out. Fred Fowlkes flies out to the center fielder. Al Mattick singles past the second baseman. Ed Conroy scores. Art Painter comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is pulled because he is getting hammered (Relief pitcher has given up 5 or more earned runs, he is tired, and the team is losing by more than 5 runs). Matt Ferriss grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Al Mattick is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Ruben Mills singles to center field. Cliff Simpson grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Ruben Mills is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Art Painter lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Joe Wallace flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Cleatus Lumley singles to left field. Cleatus Lumley steals second. Kazuyuki Kikuchi flies out to the center fielder. Roy Martinez strikes out. Jim Bradley pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Jocko Luebber walks. Jocko Luebber steals second. Cole Childress singles to left field. Jocko Luebber scores. Pretzel Kruk hits a home run. Cole Childress scores. Leo Seats lines out to the shortstop. Jerry Helfrich pops out to the catcher. Ruben Mills singles to center field. Cliff Simpson walks. Art Painter singles to right field. Ruben Mills scores. Joe Wallace grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Ed Conroy hits an infield single to the pitcher. Ed Conroy is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Chris Gajkowski lines out to the first baseman. Fred Fowlkes pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Jocko Luebber singles to right field. Cole Childress flies out to the center fielder. Pretzel Kruk strikes out. Leo Seats walks. Jerry Helfrich hits an infield single to the second baseman. Ruben Mills flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Chikara Yamashita is pinch hitting for Al Mattick. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Chikara Yamashita grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Matt Ferriss singles to center field. Cleatus Lumley triples. Matt Ferriss scores. Kazuyuki Kikuchi strikes out. Roy Martinez grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Francisco Gilbreth 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. Cliff Simpson strikes out. Tony Bernal is pinch hitting for Art Painter. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Tony Bernal lines out to the first baseman. Joe Wallace strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Rafael Scoggins pitching. Jim Bradley grounds out to the shortstop. Ed Conroy grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Francisco Gilbreth grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Jocko Luebber grounds out to the shortstop. Cole Childress grounds out to the second baseman. Pretzel Kruk grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 5 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 9
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: A+ RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Sam Mohler did not respond to coaching in speed Red Loretta did not respond to coaching in range Ray Terry did not respond to coaching in speed Pete Charboneau improves in control Al Cousineau improves in power_vs_lefty Keisuke Tsujinaka did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: A+ RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Joe Connor improves in range Kevin Denning did not respond to coaching in speed Gordon Irelan did not respond to coaching in velocity Al Winters did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Malek Graeber did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Vic Mesner did not respond to coaching in range Kevin Denning did not respond to coaching in 1B