Win: Jitsuo Handa (5-3) Loss: Pat Blaylock (14-4)
Save: Pete Akers (34)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Candy Cooper pitching. Ace Luskey singles past the shortstop. Ace Luskey steals second. Joe Carew singles to right field. Ace Luskey scores. Ed Milligan is hit by a pitch. John Beasley walks. Miguel Rosen flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Joe Carew scores. John Melillo bunts for a base hit. Luis Coughtry pops out to the second baseman. Art Hoey strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Pat Blaylock pitching. Harry Jones flies out to the center fielder. Doyt Miller strikes out. Ralph Johnston strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Pat Blaylock pops out to the second baseman. Ace Luskey hits an infield single to the second baseman. Joe Carew strikes out. Ace Luskey gets picked off first. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Oscar Gaston walks. Em Wolf doubles to center field. Naoyuki Shigemura singles to right field. Oscar Gaston scores. Em Wolf scores. Phil Walberg is hit by a pitch. Jerry Burk singles to center field. Naoyuki Shigemura scores. Candy Cooper lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Harry Jones flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Phil Walberg is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Ed Milligan grounds out to the third baseman. John Beasley grounds out to the third baseman. Miguel Rosen flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Doyt Miller singles to right field. Ralph Johnston doubles to center field. Doyt Miller uses his aggressiveness and scores. Oscar Gaston singles to center field. Em Wolf flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Ralph Johnston scores. Naoyuki Shigemura strikes out. Phil Walberg strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh John Melillo grounds out to the second baseman. Luis Coughtry walks. Art Hoey walks. Pat Blaylock lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ace Luskey grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Jerry Burk strikes out. Candy Cooper flies out to the right fielder. Harry Jones grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Joe Carew walks. Joe Carew steals second. Ed Milligan singles to right field. Joe Carew scores. Ed Milligan steals second. John Beasley hits a home run. Ed Milligan scores. Jitsuo Handa comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Miguel Rosen grounds out to the catcher. John Melillo hits a home run. Luis Coughtry strikes out. Art Hoey grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Doyt Miller strikes out. Ralph Johnston strikes out. Oscar Gaston singles to left field. Em Wolf singles to right field. Naoyuki Shigemura hits a home run. Oscar Gaston scores. Em Wolf scores. Phil Walberg flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Luis Clowers is pinch hitting for Pat Blaylock. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Luis Clowers grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ace Luskey grounds out to the pitcher. Joe Carew strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Ed Hendrickson pitching. Jerry Burk flies out to the right fielder. Maurice Turner is pinch hitting for Jitsuo Handa. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Maurice Turner flies out to the center fielder. Harry Jones hits an infield single to the second baseman. Doyt Miller singles to center field. Harry Jones advances to third on the hit. Ralph Johnston lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Tim Fairly pitching. Ed Milligan strikes out. John Beasley flies out to the right fielder. Miguel Rosen walks. John Melillo pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Oscar Gaston lines out to the second baseman. Em Wolf pops out to the shortstop. Naoyuki Shigemura strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Luis Coughtry walks. Art Hoey grounds out to the second baseman. Luis Coughtry advances to second on the play. Al Marsh is pinch hitting for Ed Hendrickson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Al Marsh grounds out to the second baseman. Luis Coughtry advances to third on the play. Ace Luskey strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Harry Wasdell pitching. Phil Walberg doubles to right field. Jerry Burk strikes out. Tadahiro Kawakami is pinch hitting for Tim Fairly. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Tadahiro Kawakami walks. Harry Jones walks. Doyt Miller flies out to the center fielder. Ralph Johnston walks. Phil Walberg scores. Oscar Gaston strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Pete Akers pitching. Joe Carew strikes out. Ed Milligan strikes out. John Beasley reached on a fielding error by Ralph Johnston. Miguel Rosen singles to center field. John Melillo flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 9 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 7
Batting:HR - John Beasley (18), John Melillo (22).SF - Miguel Rosen.HBP - Ed Milligan (2). Baserunning: SB - Ace Luskey (19), Joe Carew (8), Ed Milligan (23).
Batting:2B - Ralph Johnston (17), Em Wolf (15), Phil Walberg (12).HR - Naoyuki Shigemura (26).SF - Em Wolf.HBP - Phil Walberg (1). Fielding: E - Ralph Johnston.
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: John Reynolds improves in velocity Tim Booker did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Emil Compton did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Bien Nabors did not respond to coaching in velocity Eddie Sexauer did not respond to coaching in velocity Bien Nabors did not respond to coaching in velocity John Dettore did not respond to coaching in CF
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Carlos Robinson improves in power_vs_righty Francis McGlinchy did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Don Ragan did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Bill Bieser did not respond to coaching in speed Mel Pascual did not respond to coaching in endurance Josh Brown did not respond to coaching in arm Steve Brown did not respond to coaching in 2B