Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Cesar Shore pitching. Bud McAfee flies out to the right fielder. Pat Springer singles to center field. Donal Perez grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Pat Springer is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Junior Milosevich flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Lucas Farley pitching. Fred King strikes out. Tom Gonzales grounds out to the catcher - great play by the catcher to prevent a single! Mike Quinn grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Larry Embrey grounds out to the second baseman. Oscar Ujdur flies out to the right fielder. Tricky Childress grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Bob Sloan hits a home run. Lou Crawford walks. Tim Mercker grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Lou Crawford is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Spider Brown walks. Terry Valentine strikes out. Cesar Shore singles to center field. Tim Mercker scores. Fred King singles to right field. Spider Brown scores. Gordon Baker comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tom Gonzales grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Fred King is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Derrin Pickering walks. Gordon Baker lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bud McAfee flies out to the center fielder. Pat Springer walks. Donal Perez walks. Junior Milosevich strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Mike Quinn doubles past the center fielder. Bob Sloan doubles to right field. Mike Quinn scores. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Lou Crawford flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Bob Sloan is thrown out at the plate. Tim Mercker doubles to right field. Spider Brown grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Larry Embrey grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Oscar Ujdur singles to center field. Tricky Childress flies out to the left fielder. Derrin Pickering flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Terry Valentine singles to center field. Cesar Shore lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Fred King flies out to the right fielder. Tom Gonzales reached on a 2-base throwing error by Junior Milosevich. Terry Valentine scores. Mike Quinn walks. Bob Sloan singles to right field. Tom Gonzales scores. Mike Quinn advances to third on the hit. Lou Crawford hits a home run. Mike Quinn scores. Bob Sloan scores. Tim Mercker grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Gordon Baker singles to left field. Bud McAfee pops out to the shortstop. Pat Springer grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Spider Brown walks. Terry Valentine grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Cesar Shore singles to right field. Fred King flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Donal Perez walks. Junior Milosevich flies out to the left fielder. Larry Embrey pops out to the catcher. Oscar Ujdur lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Tom Gonzales strikes out. Patsy Archie comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Mike Quinn grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Sloan pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Tricky Childress singles to center field. Tricky Childress is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Derrin Pickering strikes out. Patsy Archie walks. Bud McAfee walks. Pat Springer singles to left field. Patsy Archie scores. Donal Perez grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Lou Crawford flies out to the center fielder. Tim Mercker flies out to the center fielder. Spider Brown doubles to right field. Terry Valentine walks. Cesar Shore pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Junior Milosevich walks. Larry Embrey strikes out. Oscar Ujdur pops out to the shortstop. Dick Durning is pinch hitting for Tricky Childress. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Dick Durning doubles to center field. Junior Milosevich uses his aggressiveness and scores. Derrin Pickering pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Alex Romero is pinch hitting for Fred King. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Alex Romero singles to center field. Hank Ruether is pinch hitting for Tom Gonzales. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Hank Ruether grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Mike Quinn flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Mark Fleming is pinch hitting for Patsy Archie. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Mark Fleming flies out to the center fielder. Jack Goolsby is pinch hitting for Bud McAfee. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jack Goolsby singles to left field. Pat Springer doubles to left field. Donal Perez lines out to the first baseman. Junior Milosevich singles to right field. Jack Goolsby scores. Pat Springer scores. Larry Embrey walks. Oscar Ujdur flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 11 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 6
Batting:2B - Mike Quinn (6), Bob Sloan (5), Tim Mercker (7), Spider Brown (9).HR - Bob Sloan (5), Lou Crawford (11).GIDP - Hank Ruether, Terry Valentine.
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Joe Farmer improves in contact_vs_righty George Stewart did not respond to coaching in velocity Frank Sallee improves in arm Alex Rossy improves in power_vs_lefty Brian Niehaus did not respond to coaching in C
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Chuck McConnell improves in speed Jeff Egan did not respond to coaching in speed Jeff Egan improves in arm Eric Kamieniecki did not respond to coaching in speed