Inning: 1 Cincinnati Paul Nops pitching. Glen Close singles to left field. Sammy Blue grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Randy Brucker strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Doc Hanford pitching. Jim Maddox grounds out to the second baseman. Kevin Verbanic singles to center field. Gabe Melendez singles to center field. Mike Stoneham hits a home run. Kevin Verbanic scores. Gabe Melendez scores. Aiden Garcia strikes out. Jim Greer flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Bud Sweeney grounds out to the shortstop. Bruce Candaele grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Claire Hammond strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Henry Okrie singles to center field. Fritz Mullen grounds out to the pitcher. Henry Okrie advances to second on the play. Paul Nops grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Maddox hits a home run. Henry Okrie scores. Kevin Verbanic singles to center field. Gabe Melendez grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Kevin Verbanic is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Bruce Cable strikes out. Chris Wheelock grounds out to the second baseman. Doc Hanford strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Mike Stoneham strikes out. Aiden Garcia is hit by a pitch. Aiden Garcia steals second. Jim Greer singles to center field. Henry Okrie lines out to the second baseman. Fritz Mullen walks. Paul Nops grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Glen Close pops out to the first baseman. Sammy Blue strikes out. Randy Brucker flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Jim Maddox hits an infield single to the shortstop. Kevin Verbanic flies out to the right fielder. Gabe Melendez pops out to the second baseman. Mike Stoneham grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Jim Maddox is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Bud Sweeney grounds out to the pitcher. Bruce Candaele strikes out. Claire Hammond strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Mike Stanton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Aiden Garcia doubles to right field. Jim Greer walks. Henry Okrie grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Aiden Garcia advances to third on the play. Jim Greer advances to second on the play. Fritz Mullen strikes out. Paul Nops singles to right field. Aiden Garcia scores. Jim Maddox flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Bruce Cable walks. Bruce Cable steals second. Aiden Garcia throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Chris Wheelock flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Bruce Cable scores. Gene Bejma is pinch hitting for Mike Stanton. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Gene Bejma hits a home run. Glen Close flies out to the center fielder. Sammy Blue flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Bill Milstead pitching. Kevin Verbanic hits an infield single to the third baseman. Gabe Melendez pops out to the third baseman. Mike Stoneham singles to left field. Aiden Garcia strikes out. Jim Greer strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Randy Brucker grounds out to the pitcher. Bud Sweeney grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Bruce Candaele reached on a 2-base throwing error by Jim Greer. Claire Hammond strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Henry Okrie grounds out to the pitcher. Fritz Mullen singles to center field. Paul Nops lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jim Maddox singles to left field. Fritz Mullen scores. Bill Criscola comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Kevin Verbanic grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Bruce Cable grounds out to the third baseman. Chris Wheelock grounds out to the second baseman. Kelly Pounds is pinch hitting for Bill Criscola. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Kelly Pounds grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Frank Dressler pitching. Gabe Melendez reached on a 2-base throwing error by Glen Close. Mike Stoneham grounds out to the shortstop. Aiden Garcia walks. Jim Greer grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Glen Close strikes out. Sammy Blue grounds out to the second baseman. Randy Brucker strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 1 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 11
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Dutch Bennett did not respond to coaching in velocity Dutch Bennett did not respond to coaching in control Joe Muniz improves in velocity George Malmberg improves in speed Cozy Plunk did not respond to coaching in 2B
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jimmy Faul improves in power_vs_righty John Castillo did not respond to coaching in speed John Castillo improves in contact_vs_lefty John Castillo did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty