Win: Max Vogelsong (2-0) Loss: Carlos Bertrand (1-1)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Max Vogelsong pitching. Antwan Randle El strikes out. Will Lee walks. Charley Croucher grounds out to the pitcher. Will Lee advances to second on the play. Carl Leius strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Carlos Bertrand pitching. Jerry Mitchell pops out to the second baseman. Larry Durrett grounds out to the shortstop. Dutch Cole walks. Tony Graff flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Wally Ordenana grounds out to the pitcher. Rich Theiss flies out to the left fielder. Ken Dotel strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Billy Valle pops out to the second baseman. Brad Stanceu strikes out. Billy Adams grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh German Baskette singles to left field. Carlos Bertrand lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Antwan Randle El grounds out to the third baseman. Will Lee singles to center field. German Baskette scores. Charley Croucher grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Will Lee is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Cliff Carrasquel singles to left field. Max Vogelsong lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jerry Mitchell singles to right field. Cliff Carrasquel scores. Larry Durrett grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jerry Mitchell is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Dutch Cole grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Carl Leius flies out to the right fielder. Wally Ordenana grounds out to the pitcher. Rich Theiss grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Tony Graff doubles to left field. Billy Valle grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Brad Stanceu flies out to the left fielder. Billy Adams singles to right field. Tony Graff scores. Cliff Carrasquel singles to center field. Billy Adams advances to third on the hit. Max Vogelsong pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Ken Dotel walks. German Baskette strikes out. Carlos Bertrand lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Antwan Randle El strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Jerry Mitchell strikes out. Larry Durrett strikes out. Dutch Cole flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Will Lee walks. Charley Croucher flies out to the right fielder. Will Lee steals second. Carl Leius pops out to the second baseman. Wally Ordenana grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Tony Graff pops out to the third baseman. Billy Valle flies out to the left fielder. Brad Stanceu grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Rich Theiss grounds out to the second baseman. Ken Dotel grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). German Baskette strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Billy Adams doubles to center field. Cliff Carrasquel singles to center field. Billy Adams scores. Max Vogelsong lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jerry Mitchell singles to right field. Cliff Carrasquel scores. Larry Durrett singles to right field. Jerry Mitchell advances to third on the hit. Larry Durrett steals second. Dutch Cole grounds out to the second baseman. Jerry Mitchell scores. Larry Durrett advances to third on the play. Tony Graff hits a home run. Larry Durrett scores. Smoky Rogodzinski is pinch hitting for Billy Valle. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Smoky Rogodzinski walks. Brad Stanceu grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Bill Daley is pinch hitting for Carlos Bertrand. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Bill Daley grounds out to the second baseman. Antwan Randle El singles to center field. Will Lee grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Chris Layne pitching. Billy Adams strikes out. Cliff Carrasquel doubles to center field. Max Vogelsong strikes out. Jerry Mitchell strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Charley Croucher grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Winn is pinch hitting for Carl Leius. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jim Winn flies out to the right fielder. Wally Ordenana pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 4 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 6
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Luis Merena did not respond to coaching in control Win Benton did not respond to coaching in control Alan Murray improves in power_vs_righty John Beard did not respond to coaching in speed Bill Hutchinson did not respond to coaching in 2B
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Darryl Knight did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Steve Kurtz improves in velocity Morrie Pozo did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Larry Holt did not respond to coaching in control March Ojala did not respond to coaching in 3B