Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Frank Hearn pitching. Bud McAfee walks. Pat Springer strikes out. Donal Perez grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Joe Moeller pitching. Fred King singles to right field. Tom Gonzales grounds out to the third baseman. Fred King advances to second on the play. Mike Quinn singles to center field. Fred King scores. Bob Sloan singles to center field. Mike Quinn advances to third on the hit. Lou Crawford strikes out. Tim Mercker strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Junior Milosevich flies out to the center fielder. Bill Henley grounds out to the second baseman. Oscar Ujdur pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Spider Brown singles to center field. Spider Brown steals second. Terry Valentine strikes out. Frank Hearn reached on a 2-base throwing error by Oscar Ujdur. Spider Brown scores. Fred King singles to right field. Tom Gonzales strikes out. Mike Quinn flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Tricky Childress grounds out to the third baseman. Derrin Pickering strikes out. Joe Moeller singles to right field. Bud McAfee strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Bob Sloan hits a home run. Lou Crawford walks. Lou Crawford steals second. Tim Mercker singles to center field. Lou Crawford scores. Spider Brown singles to center field. Tim Mercker advances to third on the hit. Terry Valentine strikes out. Frank Hearn strikes out. Fred King walks. Tom Gonzales walks. Tim Mercker scores. Mike Quinn grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Pat Springer flies out to the left fielder. Donal Perez walks. Junior Milosevich pops out to the second baseman. Bill Henley strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Bob Sloan singles to center field. Bob Sloan is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Lou Crawford strikes out. Tim Mercker pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Oscar Ujdur reached on a 2-base throwing error by Tom Gonzales. Tricky Childress flies out to the center fielder. Derrin Pickering singles to right field. Oscar Ujdur scores. Mark Fleming is pinch hitting for Joe Moeller. 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. Derrin Pickering steals second. Mark Fleming grounds out to the second baseman. Derrin Pickering advances to third on the play. Bud McAfee reached on a fielding error by Spider Brown. Derrin Pickering scores. Pat Springer walks. Don Richardson 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. Donal Perez grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Kirk Adams pitching. Spider Brown doubles to right field. Terry Valentine singles to center field. Terry Valentine steals second. Don Richardson strikes out. Fred King strikes out. Tom Gonzales doubles to right field. Spider Brown scores. Terry Valentine scores. Gordon Baker comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mike Quinn singles past the first baseman. Tom Gonzales scores. Bob Sloan singles to left field. Lou Crawford walks. Tim Mercker flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Junior Milosevich strikes out. Bill Henley grounds out to the second baseman. Oscar Ujdur flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Spider Brown singles to center field. Terry Valentine flies out to the right fielder. Don Richardson 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 strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Tricky Childress strikes out. Derrin Pickering strikes out. Gordon Baker grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Tom Gonzales hits a home run. Mike Quinn walks. Mike Quinn steals second. Bob Sloan flies out to the left fielder. Lou Crawford flies out to the left fielder. Tim Mercker grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Jack Goolsby is pinch hitting for Bud McAfee. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jack Goolsby grounds out to the third baseman. Pat Springer flies out to the right fielder. Donal Perez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Spider Brown walks. Terry Valentine strikes out. Frank Rath is pinch hitting for Don Richardson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Frank Rath doubles to center field. Alex Romero is pinch hitting for Fred King. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Alex Romero grounds out to the second baseman. Spider Brown scores. Frank Rath advances to third on the play. Hank Ruether is pinch hitting for Tom Gonzales. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Hank Ruether hits a home run. Frank Rath scores. Mike Quinn grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Doug Sukla pitching. Junior Milosevich grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Henley grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Oscar Ujdur singles to right field. Dick Durning is pinch hitting for Tricky Childress. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Dick Durning singles to right field. Derrin Pickering flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 6 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 12
Batting:2B - Tom Gonzales (17), Spider Brown (13), Frank Rath (6).HR - Tom Gonzales (6), Hank Ruether (1), Bob Sloan (17). Baserunning: SB - Mike Quinn (21), Lou Crawford (12), Spider Brown (7), Terry Valentine (17).CS - Bob Sloan (9). Fielding: E - Tom Gonzales, Spider Brown.
Game Notes Derrin Pickering is injured and is expected to be out 53 days.
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bill Dugas improves in contact_vs_righty Matt Borders did not respond to coaching in velocity Frank Sallee improves in range Paul Dreifort did not respond to coaching in endurance Brian Niehaus did not respond to coaching in C
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Kevin Fries did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Michael Kuczek did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Luther Lopatka did not respond to coaching in endurance Chuck Bernal did not respond to coaching in velocity