Win: Bruce Kane (9-17) Loss: Sid Sularz (13-10)
Save: Ed Callahan (19)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati Sid Sularz pitching. Carmelo Keenan flies out to the right fielder. Bobo Kittridge pops out to the third baseman. Mike Gleich flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Bruce Kane pitching. Norm Gick strikes out. Gil Smith grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Zane Stuart flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Stu Lis grounds out to the third baseman. Ralph Sewell walks. Manny Hidalgo walks. Joe Litwhiler strikes out. Bob Fletcher flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Jake Dempsey grounds out to the second baseman. Floyd Vandenberg flies out to the right fielder. Bill Lumley walks. Bobby Abbott flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Bruce Kane strikes out. Carmelo Keenan flies out to the center fielder. Bobo Kittridge pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Paul Hoffman grounds out to the second baseman. Sid Sularz singles to right field. Norm Gick grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Mike Gleich grounds out to the second baseman. Stu Lis flies out to the right fielder. Ralph Sewell singles to right field. Manny Hidalgo singles to center field. Ralph Sewell advances to third on the hit. Joe Litwhiler flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Gil Smith strikes out. Zane Stuart singles to center field. Jake Dempsey flies out to the center fielder. Floyd Vandenberg flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Bob Fletcher flies out to the left fielder. Bruce Kane strikes out. Carmelo Keenan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Bill Lumley singles to right field. Bobby Abbott strikes out. Paul Hoffman singles to right field. Sid Sularz lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Norm Gick grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Bobo Kittridge grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Gleich strikes out. Stu Lis strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Gil Smith flies out to the left fielder. Zane Stuart strikes out. Jake Dempsey doubles to right field. Floyd Vandenberg grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Ralph Sewell strikes out. Manny Hidalgo singles to right field. Joe Litwhiler doubles to right field. Manny Hidalgo scores. Bob Fletcher singles to left field. Hal Westrum is pinch hitting for Bruce Kane. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Hal Westrum flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Joe Litwhiler scores. Bob Fletcher is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Ben Butler pitching. Bill Lumley grounds out to the second baseman. Bobby Abbott flies out to the right fielder. Wish Karp is pinch hitting for Paul Hoffman. Wish Karp singles to left field. Sid Sularz strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Howie Lelivelt enters the game as a defensive replacement for Wish Karp at C. Carmelo Keenan flies out to the left fielder. Bobo Kittridge strikes out. Mike Gleich walks. Stu Lis bunts for a base hit. William Luis 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. Ralph Sewell flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Norm Gick grounds out to the third baseman. Gil Smith lines out to the pitcher. Zane Stuart doubles to right field. Ed Callahan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states RP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Jake Dempsey strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Manny Hidalgo grounds out to the pitcher. Joe Litwhiler strikes out. Bob Fletcher pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Floyd Vandenberg singles past the shortstop. Bill Lumley strikes out. Bobby Abbott reached on a fielding error by Bobo Kittridge. Howie Lelivelt flies out to the left fielder. Greg DeBarr is pinch hitting for William Luis. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Greg DeBarr walks. Norm Gick strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 6 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 10
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Eddie Romonosky improves in velocity Red Roenicke improves in speed Jim Hunt did not respond to coaching in range Danny McKechnie did not respond to coaching in velocity Mark Luebke did not respond to coaching in LF
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: D+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jumbo Stewart improves in range Ed Wicker did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jumbo Stewart did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Johnny Anderson did not respond to coaching in control Jumbo Stewart did not respond to coaching in CF