Win: Sterling Alexander (9-5) Loss: Elmer North (3-4)
Save: Eddie Finlayson (9)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati Cal Sloat pitching. Jerry Mitchell grounds out to the shortstop. Larry Durrett singles to left field. Dutch Cole grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Sterling Alexander pitching. Antwan Randle El grounds out to the second baseman. Will Lee pops out to the catcher. Ed Boland flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Ted Gabrielson flies out to the left fielder. Billy Valle singles to center field. Harry Davis flies out to the center fielder. Billy Adams flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Carl Leius grounds out to the shortstop. Art Kipp flies out to the left fielder. Rich Theiss strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Cliff Carrasquel singles to center field. Sterling Alexander lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jerry Mitchell strikes out. Larry Durrett flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Ken Dotel strikes out. German Baskette strikes out. Cal Sloat grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Dutch Cole pops out to the third baseman. Ted Gabrielson singles to right field. Ted Gabrielson steals second. Billy Valle triples. Ted Gabrielson scores. Harry Davis flies out to the left fielder. Billy Adams singles to left field. Billy Valle scores. Cliff Carrasquel strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Antwan Randle El pops out to the shortstop. Will Lee walks. Ed Boland pops out to the catcher. Carl Leius grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Will Lee is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Sterling Alexander flies out to the center fielder. Jerry Mitchell strikes out. Larry Durrett grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Art Kipp grounds out to the third baseman. Rich Theiss flies out to the center fielder. Ken Dotel singles to center field. German Baskette walks. Cal Sloat grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Dutch Cole singles to right field. Ted Gabrielson strikes out. Dutch Cole steals second. Billy Valle grounds out to the second baseman. Dutch Cole advances to third on the play. Harry Davis grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Antwan Randle El strikes out. Will Lee singles to left field. Will Lee steals second. Ed Boland singles to left field. Will Lee scores. Carl Leius strikes out. Art Kipp singles to center field. Ed Boland advances to third on the hit. Rich Theiss grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Billy Adams grounds out to the third baseman. Cliff Carrasquel flies out to the center fielder. Sterling Alexander flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Ken Dotel grounds out to the second baseman. German Baskette strikes out. Jermaine Uribe is pinch hitting for Cal Sloat. 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. Jermaine Uribe hits a home run. Antwan Randle El grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Elmer North pitching. Jerry Mitchell singles to center field. Jerry Mitchell steals second. Larry Durrett strikes out. Dutch Cole singles past the second baseman. Jerry Mitchell is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Ted Gabrielson grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Dutch Cole is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Will Lee singles in front of the center fielder. Ed Boland grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Will Lee is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Carl Leius strikes out. Art Kipp grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ed Boland is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Billy Valle flies out to the center fielder. Harry Davis reached on a 2-base fielding error by Carl Leius. Billy Adams hits a home run. Harry Davis scores. Cliff Carrasquel strikes out. Ted Humphreys is pinch hitting for Sterling Alexander. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Ted Humphreys singles to center field. Hector Ferran 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. Jerry Mitchell walks. Larry Durrett grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Jerry Mitchell is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Eddie Finlayson pitching. Rich Theiss strikes out. Ken Dotel strikes out. German Baskette strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 7 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 6
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Larry Holt did not respond to coaching in velocity Al Knapp improves in arm Joe Burda improves in control Cad Swindells did not respond to coaching in control March Ojala did not respond to coaching in 3B
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Win Benton improves in velocity Johnnie Kenney improves in power_vs_righty Luis Merena improves in control Luis Merena did not respond to coaching in velocity George Howard did not respond to coaching in 1B