Win: Bill Kiser (1-0) Loss: Dan Wickersham (0-1)
Save: John Bowman (8)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati Doug Camilli pitching. Don Hoey grounds out to the third baseman. Kazuaki Hirose grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Seiichi Uchiyama grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Jerry Fitzke pitching. Steve Knight grounds out to the shortstop. Vince Van Poppel doubles to left field. Eddie Coleman walks. Jeff Jones grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Tetsuo Minami grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Yuzo Sanada singles to left field. David Pita strikes out. Frank Carden singles to center field. Yuzo Sanada is thrown out trying to advance to third by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Greg Cross singles to center field. Phil Hutton singles to right field. Greg Cross advances to third on the hit. Benny Cruz grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Greg Cross scores. Phil Hutton advances to second on the play. Steve Gaedel grounds out to the shortstop. Doug Camilli strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Enrique Williams grounds out to the shortstop. Jerry Fitzke strikes out. Don Hoey singles to right field. Don Hoey steals second. Kazuaki Hirose flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Steve Knight strikes out. Vince Van Poppel grounds out to the shortstop. Eddie Coleman singles to left field. Jeff Jones grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Seiichi Uchiyama strikes out. Tetsuo Minami walks. Yuzo Sanada grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Tetsuo Minami is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. David Pita grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Yuzo Sanada is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Greg Cross singles to center field. Phil Hutton lines out to the third baseman. Benny Cruz singles to center field. Greg Cross advances to third on the hit. Steve Gaedel grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Greg Cross scores. Benny Cruz advances to second on the play. Doug Camilli walks. Steve Knight singles to left field. Benny Cruz scores. Vince Van Poppel strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Frank Carden singles to right field. Enrique Williams hits a home run. Frank Carden scores. Jerry Fitzke flies out to the right fielder. Don Hoey doubles to left field. Kazuaki Hirose grounds out to the shortstop. Seiichi Uchiyama grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Eddie Coleman strikes out. Jeff Jones walks. Greg Cross grounds out to the shortstop. Jeff Jones advances to second on the play. Phil Hutton strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Tetsuo Minami grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Yuzo Sanada strikes out. David Pita grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Benny Cruz singles to center field. Steve Gaedel flies out to the left fielder. Doug Camilli lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Steve Knight pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Frank Carden doubles to center field. Dan Wickersham comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Enrique Williams hits an infield single to the second baseman. Tanyon Wagner is pinch hitting for Jerry Fitzke. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Tanyon Wagner flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Frank Carden is thrown out at the plate. Don Hoey grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Enrique Williams is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Bill Kiser pitching. Vince Van Poppel strikes out. Eddie Coleman pops out to the second baseman. Jeff Jones walks. Jeff Jones steals second. Greg Cross walks. Phil Hutton flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Kazuaki Hirose singles to center field. Seiichi Uchiyama doubles to center field. Kazuaki Hirose uses his aggressiveness and scores. Tetsuo Minami walks. Yuzo Sanada walks. David Pita singles to left field. Seiichi Uchiyama scores. Tetsuo Minami scores. Yuzo Sanada advances to third on the hit. Al Glenn comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Frank Carden flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Yuzo Sanada scores. Enrique Williams doubles to right field. David Pita is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Hideki Kono is pinch hitting for Bill Kiser. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Hideki Kono reached on a 2-base throwing error by Vince Van Poppel. Enrique Williams scores. Don Hoey grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Phil Baker pitching. Benny Cruz singles to left field. Steve Gaedel flies out to the left fielder. Billy Mitchell is pinch hitting for Al Glenn. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Billy Mitchell grounds out to the third baseman. Benny Cruz advances to second on the play. Steve Knight grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Bill Reed pitching. Kazuaki Hirose strikes out. Seiichi Uchiyama flies out to the center fielder. Tetsuo Minami strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Vince Van Poppel walks. Eddie Coleman walks. John Bowman comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Jeff Jones grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Vince Van Poppel is out at third base. Greg Cross walks. Phil Hutton strikes out. Benny Cruz flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 6 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 13
Batting:2B - Don Hoey (2), Seiichi Uchiyama (2), Frank Carden (5), Enrique Williams (7).HR - Enrique Williams (2).SF - Frank Carden. Baserunning: SB - Don Hoey (2).
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Sam Browne improves in range Al Jenkins improves in arm Karl McQuillan did not respond to coaching in velocity Will Mack did not respond to coaching in speed Al Jenkins did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Larry Stoneham did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty George Moyer did not respond to coaching in 1B
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jesse Henderson did not respond to coaching in arm Bobby Keyser improves in contact_vs_lefty Cobe Lindemann did not respond to coaching in control Larry Converse improves in contact_vs_righty Rudy Pettit improves in range Norm Cummings did not respond to coaching in control