Win: Max Vogelsong (10-1) Loss: Carlos Bertrand (10-3)
Save: Eddie Finlayson (8)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati Carlos Bertrand pitching. Jerry Mitchell singles to right field. Larry Durrett strikes out. Dutch Cole grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Max Vogelsong pitching. Antwan Randle El strikes out. Will Lee grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Boland doubles to right field. Carl Leius strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Tony Graff grounds out to the shortstop. Billy Valle flies out to the left fielder. Harry Davis reached on a fielding error by Ken Dotel. Billy Adams strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Art Kipp strikes out. Rich Theiss pops out to the first baseman. Ken Dotel strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Cliff Carrasquel grounds out to the second baseman. Max Vogelsong singles to left field. Jerry Mitchell strikes out. Larry Durrett singles to center field. Dutch Cole singles to center field. Max Vogelsong is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh German Baskette walks. 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 grounds out to the second baseman. German Baskette advances to third on the play. Will Lee strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Tony Graff flies out to the left fielder. Billy Valle pops out to the third baseman. Harry Davis grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Ed Boland strikes out. Carl Leius strikes out. Art Kipp grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Billy Adams strikes out. Cliff Carrasquel flies out to the center fielder. Max Vogelsong strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Rich Theiss doubles to center field. Ken Dotel flies out to the center fielder. German Baskette hits an infield single to the pitcher. Carlos Bertrand flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Rich Theiss is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Jerry Mitchell singles to center field. Larry Durrett strikes out. Dutch Cole grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Jerry Mitchell advances to second on the play. Tony Graff grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Antwan Randle El grounds out to the pitcher. Will Lee flies out to the center fielder. Ed Boland doubles to right field. Carl Leius strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Billy Valle singles to right field. Harry Davis singles to center field. Billy Adams singles to center field. The defense is playing the corners in. Cliff Carrasquel grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Billy Valle is out at home. The defense is playing the corners in. Ted Humphreys is pinch hitting for Max Vogelsong. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Ted Humphreys doubles to center field. Harry Davis scores. Billy Adams scores. Cliff Carrasquel uses his aggressiveness and scores. Jerry Mitchell grounds out to the shortstop. Larry Durrett hits a home run. Ted Humphreys scores. Dutch Cole strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Hank Mack pitching. Art Kipp strikes out. Rich Theiss grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ken Dotel flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Tony Graff singles to left field. Chris Layne comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Billy Valle grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Tony Graff is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Harry Davis pops out to the second baseman. Billy Adams singles to left field. Billy Valle aggressively advances to third on the hit. Cliff Carrasquel singles past the first baseman. Billy Valle scores. Ted Gabrielson is pinch hitting for Hank Mack. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Ted Gabrielson flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Reid Foreman pitching. German Baskette strikes out. Chris Layne strikes out. Antwan Randle El singles past the second baseman. Will Lee bunts for a base hit. Ed Boland 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: 2 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Jerry Mitchell flies out to the center fielder. Larry Durrett singles to center field. Dutch Cole grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Larry Durrett advances to second on the play. Tony Graff walks. Smoky Rogodzinski is pinch hitting for Billy Valle. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Smoky Rogodzinski flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Jim Winn is pinch hitting for Carl Leius. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jim Winn strikes out. Art Kipp doubles to left field. Rich Theiss singles to center field. Art Kipp scores. Ken Dotel singles to center field. German Baskette strikes out. Jermaine Uribe is pinch hitting for Chris Layne. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jermaine Uribe walks. Eddie Finlayson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Antwan Randle El strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 7 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 9
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Zoilo Mercedes did not respond to coaching in speed Joe Burda did not respond to coaching in control Larry Holt did not respond to coaching in control Morrie Pozo did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty March Ojala did not respond to coaching in 3B
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: George Howard improves in contact_vs_righty Ron Jensen improves in velocity Ron Jensen did not respond to coaching in velocity Johnnie Kenney did not respond to coaching in range Hal Green did not respond to coaching in 3B