Win: Don Murray (10-8) Loss: Candy Cooper (7-11)
Save: Ed Hendrickson (3)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati Don Murray pitching. Doyt Miller strikes out. Ralph Johnston flies out to the right fielder. Oscar Gaston grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Candy Cooper pitching. Ace Luskey grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Carew flies out to the center fielder. John Beasley doubles to center field. John Melillo walks. Luis Coughtry flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Naoyuki Shigemura strikes out. Jerry Burk pops out to the first baseman. Bill Gilks strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Al Marsh flies out to the left fielder. Buster Donahue singles to center field. Dick Mazzera walks. Don Murray 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 walks. Joe Carew strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Jack Solomon grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bert Lowdermilk strikes out. Candy Cooper strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh John Beasley doubles to right field. John Melillo flies out to the left fielder. Luis Coughtry grounds out to the shortstop. Al Marsh flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Doyt Miller strikes out. Ralph Johnston singles to right field. Oscar Gaston pops out to the second baseman. Naoyuki Shigemura grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ralph Johnston is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Buster Donahue flies out to the center fielder. Dick Mazzera singles to center field. Don Murray lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ace Luskey reached on a fielding error by Doyt Miller. Joe Carew strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Jerry Burk strikes out. Bill Gilks grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jack Solomon grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh John Beasley flies out to the right fielder. John Melillo strikes out. Luis Coughtry flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Bert Lowdermilk grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Candy Cooper grounds out to the shortstop. Doyt Miller singles to center field. Ralph Johnston pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Al Marsh grounds out to the second baseman. Buster Donahue grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dick Mazzera grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Oscar Gaston walks. Naoyuki Shigemura singles to center field. Jerry Burk doubles to center field. Oscar Gaston scores. Naoyuki Shigemura is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Bill Gilks grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Jerry Burk advances to third on the play. Jack Solomon grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Luis Clowers is pinch hitting for Don Murray. 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. Luis Clowers singles to center field. Ace Luskey grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Luis Clowers advances to second on the play. Joe Carew doubles to left field. Luis Clowers scores. John Beasley singles to right field. Joe Carew scores. John Melillo walks. Luis Coughtry walks. Al Marsh grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Andy Murphy pitching. Bert Lowdermilk grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Candy Cooper pops out to the shortstop. Doyt Miller singles to right field. Ralph Johnston reached on a 2-base throwing error by Buster Donahue. Oscar Gaston walks. Naoyuki Shigemura strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Bert Poorman is pinch hitting for Buster Donahue. Bert Poorman singles to right field. Bert Poorman steals second. Dick Mazzera strikes out. Ed Reberger is pinch hitting for Andy Murphy. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ed Reberger doubles past the center fielder. Bert Poorman scores. Jim Parrish comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ace Luskey flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Joe Carew strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Ed Hendrickson pitching. Dan Baldwin enters the game as a defensive replacement for Bert Poorman at SS. Jerry Burk walks. Bill Gilks flies out to the center fielder. Jack Solomon grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jerry Burk is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Bert Lowdermilk singles to right field. Maurice Turner is pinch hitting for Jim Parrish. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Maurice Turner strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 8 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 11
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Mose Queen did not respond to coaching in velocity Don Ragan did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Tom Jorgensen did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill Bieser did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Don Ragan did not respond to coaching in arm Francis McGlinchy improves in contact_vs_lefty Josh Brown did not respond to coaching in SS
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: John Reynolds improves in endurance Otto Smith did not respond to coaching in velocity Emil Compton improves in power_vs_lefty Butch Johnson did not respond to coaching in speed Tink Kokos improves in range Tim Booker improves in power_vs_righty John Dettore did not respond to coaching in CF