Win: Charlie Kahoe (9-11) Loss: Walter Smith (14-8)
Save: Walt Covington (24)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Charlie Kahoe pitching. Kevin Porter grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Shoffner hits a home run. Virgil French grounds out to the third baseman. Ralph Hamlin walks. Darryl Griffey flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Walter Smith pitching. Jeffrey Gerken flies out to the right fielder. Bill Bauer doubles to center field. Brent Neale flies out to the left fielder. Mike Zachary singles to right field. Mike Wine strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Walt Ventura walks. Doug Jordan grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Terry Bruner flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Dominic Guillen walks. Doug Holloman flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Dominic Guillen steals second. Alan Olson triples. Dominic Guillen scores. Charlie Kahoe strikes out. Jeffrey Gerken grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Walter Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Kevin Porter hits an infield single to the shortstop. Tom Shoffner strikes out. Virgil French flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Bill Bauer flies out to the center fielder. Brent Neale flies out to the center fielder. Mike Zachary singles to center field. Mike Wine grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Mike Zachary is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Ralph Hamlin strikes out. Darryl Griffey pops out to the pitcher. Walt Ventura singles past the shortstop. Doug Jordan walks. Terry Bruner grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Doug Jordan is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Dominic Guillen strikes out. Doug Holloman grounds out to the third baseman. Alan Olson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Walter Smith strikes out. Kevin Porter grounds out to the pitcher. Tom Shoffner flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Charlie Kahoe strikes out. Jeffrey Gerken flies out to the right fielder. Bill Bauer singles past the shortstop. Brent Neale singles past the first baseman. Mike Zachary strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Virgil French strikes out. Ralph Hamlin walks. Darryl Griffey strikes out. Walt Ventura grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Ralph Hamlin is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Mike Wine reached on a 2-base fielding error by Virgil French. Dominic Guillen hits a home run. Mike Wine scores. Doug Holloman grounds out to the shortstop. Alan Olson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Scott Shevlin is pinch hitting for Charlie Kahoe. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Scott Shevlin strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Steve Graves pitching. Doug Jordan strikes out. Terry Bruner grounds out to the second baseman. Harold Gubanich is pinch hitting for Walter Smith. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Harold Gubanich hits an infield single to the third baseman. Harold Gubanich steals second. Kevin Porter walks. Tom Shoffner walks. Virgil French strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Mike Eisenhart pitching. Jeffrey Gerken hits a home run. Bill Bauer pops out to the first baseman. Brent Neale strikes out. Mike Zachary singles to right field. Mike Zachary steals second. Mike Wine singles past the shortstop. Mike Zachary scores. Tyson Crisp comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dominic Guillen grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Ralph Hamlin strikes out. Darryl Griffey strikes out. Walt Ventura doubles to center field. Doug Jordan singles to center field. Walt Ventura scores. Walt Covington comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Terry Bruner walks. George Schorr is pinch hitting for Tyson Crisp. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. George Schorr singles to left field. Doug Jordan scores. Kevin Porter flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Aurelio Borbon pitching. Doug Holloman walks. Alan Olson pops out to the pitcher. Walt Covington lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jeffrey Gerken walks. Bill Bauer walks. Brent Neale doubles to center field. Doug Holloman scores. Jeffrey Gerken scores. Bill Bauer uses his aggressiveness and scores. Mike Zachary pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Tom Shoffner grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Nixon is pinch hitting for Virgil French. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ed Nixon grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ralph Hamlin flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 10 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 8
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Hank Vitiello improves in speed Steve Blackwell improves in arm Bob Welch improves in contact_vs_righty Leron Thon did not respond to coaching in range Randy Wiley improves in 2B
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: George Hale did not respond to coaching in control Josh Cannell improves in power_vs_righty Luis Daily did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Mark Romero did not respond to coaching in control Roy Winkelman did not respond to coaching in 1B