Win: Chris Gajkowski (14-9) Loss: Mike Maple (10-13)
Save: Jamie Scarsella (13)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati Mike Maple pitching. Fred Fowlkes walks. Fred Fowlkes steals second. Al Mattick strikes out. Matt Ferriss strikes out. Jose Klopp hits a home run. Fred Fowlkes scores. Kazuyuki Kikuchi walks. Vic Eggert doubles to center field. Kazuyuki Kikuchi uses his aggressiveness and scores. Dan Molyneaux walks. Jim Bradley grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Chris Gajkowski pitching. Jocko Luebber grounds out to the pitcher. Cole Childress strikes out. Pretzel Kruk grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Chris Gajkowski singles to left field. Fred Fowlkes grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Al Mattick doubles past the first baseman. Matt Ferriss singles to center field. Al Mattick scores. Jose Klopp strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Joe Tyrone strikes out. Leo Seats walks. Ruben Mills pops out to the second baseman. Bryan Ens grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Leo Seats is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Kazuyuki Kikuchi walks. Vic Eggert flies out to the right fielder. Dan Molyneaux flies out to the right fielder. Jim Bradley walks. Chris Gajkowski grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Jerry Helfrich walks. Mike Maple lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jocko Luebber walks. Cole Childress strikes out. Pretzel Kruk pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Fred Fowlkes strikes out. Al Mattick pops out to the first baseman. Matt Ferriss singles past the second baseman. Jose Klopp reached on a 2-base throwing error by Leo Seats. Kazuyuki Kikuchi triples. Matt Ferriss scores. Jose Klopp scores. Vic Eggert walks. Dan Molyneaux strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Joe Tyrone singles to left field. Leo Seats strikes out. Ruben Mills hits a home run. Joe Tyrone scores. Bryan Ens pops out to the third baseman. Jerry Helfrich flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Jim Bradley walks. Chris Gajkowski lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Fred Fowlkes flies out to the left fielder. Al Mattick grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Mike Maple flies out to the center fielder. Jocko Luebber singles to right field. Jocko Luebber steals second. Cole Childress singles to right field. Jocko Luebber scores. Pretzel Kruk strikes out. Joe Tyrone singles to left field. Leo Seats grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Matt Ferriss strikes out. Jose Klopp flies out to the center fielder. Kazuyuki Kikuchi grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Ruben Mills strikes out. Bryan Ens grounds out to the second baseman. Jerry Helfrich grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Vic Eggert grounds out to the shortstop. Dan Molyneaux flies out to the center fielder. Jim Bradley strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Mike Maple grounds out to the shortstop. Jocko Luebber grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Cole Childress strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Chris Gajkowski grounds out to the second baseman. Fred Fowlkes strikes out. Al Mattick hits an infield single to the second baseman. Matt Ferriss lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Pretzel Kruk hits a home run. Joe Tyrone pops out to the second baseman. Leo Seats singles to left field. Leo Seats is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Ruben Mills flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Jose Klopp singles to center field. Kazuyuki Kikuchi grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Jose Klopp is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Kazuyuki Kikuchi is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Vic Eggert grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Jamie Scarsella comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Bryan Ens singles to center field. Jerry Helfrich flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Tony Bernal is pinch hitting for Mike Maple. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Tony Bernal singles to center field. Bryan Ens advances to third on the hit. Tony Bernal steals second. Jocko Luebber strikes out. Cole Childress flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 9 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 7
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: A+ RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Steve Mead did not respond to coaching in control Masato Hironaga did not respond to coaching in arm Steve Mead did not respond to coaching in control Steve Mead did not respond to coaching in velocity Jim Sauer did not respond to coaching in arm Pete Charboneau did not respond to coaching in velocity
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: A+ RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Gordon Irelan did not respond to coaching in velocity Kevin Denning did not respond to coaching in range Al Winters improves in contact_vs_righty Kevin Denning did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Joe Connor improves in range Derrick Tanner improves in power_vs_righty Dick Geiger did not respond to coaching in CF