Win: Mike Hurst (3-6) Loss: Howie Ortiz (8-9)
Save: Tom Allen (2)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Howie Ortiz pitching. Herbie Conway walks. Ray Pall grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Herbie Conway is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Art Theobald singles to left field. Ray Pall advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the infield in. Red Storke singles to right field. Ray Pall scores. Art Theobald advances to third on the hit. Walt Lefevre singles to left field. Art Theobald scores. Red Storke advances to third on the hit. Walt Lefevre steals second. Ray Harris grounds out to the third baseman. Neil Masterson singles to right field. Red Storke scores. Walt Lefevre scores. John Pulido grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Mike Hurst pitching. Herb Richards flies out to the center fielder. Doug Piatt doubles to right field. Al Linde doubles past the center fielder. Doug Piatt scores. Dave Brown strikes out. Darcy Blessitt strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Mike Hurst grounds out to the shortstop. Herbie Conway strikes out. Ray Pall pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Tom Eason singles to center field. Johnny Stimmel grounds out to the pitcher. Tom Eason advances to second on the play. Karl Freeman flies out to the right fielder. Howie Ortiz grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Art Theobald strikes out. Red Storke flies out to the center fielder. Walt Lefevre strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Herb Richards flies out to the left fielder. Doug Piatt pops out to the first baseman. Al Linde flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Ray Harris pops out to the third baseman. Neil Masterson singles to center field. Neil Masterson steals second. John Pulido strikes out. Mike Hurst flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Dave Brown singles to center field. Dave Brown steals second. Dave Brown steals third. Darcy Blessitt grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tom Eason walks. Johnny Stimmel grounds out to the third baseman. Tom Eason advances to second on the play. Karl Freeman flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Herbie Conway triples. Ray Pall grounds out to the shortstop. Herbie Conway scores. Art Theobald walks. Red Storke singles to left field. Art Theobald advances to third on the hit. Red Storke steals second. Walt Lefevre lines out to the third baseman. Ray Harris flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Howie Ortiz grounds out to the shortstop. Herb Richards flies out to the left fielder. Doug Piatt strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Neil Masterson flies out to the center fielder. John Pulido singles to center field. Mike Hurst lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Herbie Conway grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Al Linde singles to left field. Dave Brown flies out to the center fielder. Tom Allen 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. Darcy Blessitt grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Ray Pall grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Art Theobald strikes out. Red Storke flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Bob Montemayor is pinch hitting for Tom Eason. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Bob Montemayor flies out to the center fielder. Gene Nahorodny is pinch hitting for Johnny Stimmel. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Gene Nahorodny grounds out to the third baseman. Rod Simmons is pinch hitting for Karl Freeman. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Rod Simmons flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Walt Lefevre grounds out to the shortstop. Rolla Fernandez is pinch hitting for Ray Harris. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Rolla Fernandez singles to left field. Neil Masterson grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Howie Ortiz strikes out. Micah Wagner is pinch hitting for Herb Richards. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Micah Wagner grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Morris is pinch hitting for Doug Piatt. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Joe Morris walks. Al Linde flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh John Pulido flies out to the center fielder. Tom Allen walks. Ira Burke is pinch hitting for Herbie Conway. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ira Burke walks. Ray Pall flies out to the left fielder. George Partee is pinch hitting for Art Theobald. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. George Partee triples. Tom Allen scores. Ira Burke scores. Red Storke doubles to left field. George Partee scores. Jack Albright comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is pulled because he is getting hammered (Starting pitcher has given up 8 or more earned runs, he is tired, and the team is losing by more than 5 runs). Walt Lefevre strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Dave Brown singles to right field. Dave Brown gets picked off first. Darcy Blessitt flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Bob Montemayor walks. Gene Nahorodny flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 6 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 6
Batting:2B - Red Storke (15).3B - Herbie Conway (2), George Partee (1).GIDP - Neil Masterson. Baserunning: SB - Red Storke (10), Walt Lefevre (8), Neil Masterson (14).
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Vern Shore improves in speed Paul Davie did not respond to coaching in control Fernando Bush did not respond to coaching in control Rip Campbell improves in power_vs_lefty
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Charlie Phillips did not respond to coaching in control Kazumi Yamamoto did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Tiny Crimian improves in speed Jim Braun did not respond to coaching in range