Win: Bill Stearns (6-8) Loss: Joe Smith (3-11)
Save: Jess Bates (15)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Joe Smith pitching. Phil Valentine walks. Richie Jordan hits an infield single to the shortstop. Jace Dillon grounds out to the second baseman. Phil Valentine advances to third on the play. Richie Jordan advances to second on the play. The defense is playing the infield in. Robert Bruce III pops out to the shortstop. Damaso Caithamer strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Bill Stearns pitching. Bob Holt pops out to the second baseman. Frank Borkowski grounds out to the second baseman. Carl Rudolph grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Ike Hodge flies out to the left fielder. Kunio Maeda strikes out. Troy Pena grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Ray Robertson grounds out to the second baseman. Charlie Baumholtz strikes out. Ray Henderson pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Bill Stearns strikes out. Phil Valentine strikes out. Richie Jordan flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Dave Thomas grounds out to the shortstop. Ruben Cone strikes out. Joe Smith pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Jace Dillon doubles to center field. Robert Bruce III singles to center field. Jace Dillon scores. Damaso Caithamer hits an infield single to the first baseman. Ike Hodge singles to center field. Robert Bruce III scores. Damaso Caithamer advances to third on the hit. Kunio Maeda singles to left field. Damaso Caithamer scores. Ike Hodge advances to third on the hit. Troy Pena doubles to center field. Ike Hodge scores. Kunio Maeda uses his aggressiveness and scores. Cooper Bolt comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Stearns lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Phil Valentine flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Troy Pena scores. Richie Jordan reached on a fielding error by Dave Thomas. Jace Dillon strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Bob Holt strikes out. Frank Borkowski strikes out. Carl Rudolph hits a home run. Ray Robertson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Robert Bruce III singles to center field. Robert Bruce III steals second. Damaso Caithamer grounds out to the shortstop. Ike Hodge strikes out. Kunio Maeda grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Charlie Baumholtz strikes out. Ray Henderson grounds out to the third baseman. Dave Thomas walks. Ruben Cone grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Dave Thomas is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Troy Pena hits a home run. Bill Stearns singles to center field. Phil Valentine strikes out. Richie Jordan strikes out. Jace Dillon grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Ramon Ceasar is pinch hitting for Cooper Bolt. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Ramon Ceasar singles to center field. Bob Holt reached on a 2-base throwing error by Ike Hodge. Frank Borkowski strikes out. Carl Rudolph strikes out. Ray Robertson doubles to right field. Ramon Ceasar scores. Bob Holt scores. Charlie Baumholtz walks. Ray Henderson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Barney Lemon pitching. Robert Bruce III hits a home run. Damaso Caithamer walks. Ike Hodge strikes out. Kunio Maeda flies out to the left fielder. Troy Pena grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Damaso Caithamer is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Dave Thomas strikes out. Ruben Cone grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Gary Hostetler is pinch hitting for Barney Lemon. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Gary Hostetler walks. Bob Holt grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Frank Yates pitching. Bill Stearns grounds out to the shortstop. Ralph Watson is pinch hitting for Phil Valentine. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ralph Watson strikes out. Richie Jordan grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Frank Borkowski walks. Carl Rudolph doubles to center field. Frank Borkowski uses his aggressiveness and scores. Ray Robertson triples. Carl Rudolph scores. Charlie Baumholtz strikes out. Ray Henderson flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Ray Robertson is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Jace Dillon hits a home run. Robert Bruce III strikes out. Damaso Caithamer grounds out to the third baseman. Ike Hodge flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Dave Thomas flies out to the right fielder. Ruben Cone hits a home run. Larry Naylor is pinch hitting for Frank Yates. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Larry Naylor singles to right field. Jess Bates comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Bob Holt walks. Frank Borkowski walks. Carl Rudolph grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Larry Naylor is out at home. Ash Campbell is pinch hitting for Ray Robertson. Ash Campbell grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 6 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 7
Batting:2B - Jace Dillon (9), Troy Pena (6).HR - Jace Dillon (9), Robert Bruce III (10), Troy Pena (11).SF - Phil Valentine. Baserunning: SB - Robert Bruce III (8). Fielding: E - Ike Hodge.
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Russ Rowe did not respond to coaching in velocity Jeff Dykstra improves in arm Russ Rowe did not respond to coaching in endurance Jorge Guillen did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Garry Hamm did not respond to coaching in 1B
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: D RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C- Improvements: Paul Lombardi did not respond to coaching in velocity Preacher Anderson did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Bob Tufts did not respond to coaching in arm Jack Traven improves in contact_vs_righty