Win: Gordon Baker (5-2) Loss: Tommy Braxton (3-12)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati Lucas Farley pitching. Fred King strikes out. Tom Gonzales flies out to the center fielder. Mike Quinn flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Razor Aloma pitching. Bud McAfee lines out to the third baseman. Pat Springer flies out to the right fielder. Donal Perez pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Bob Sloan grounds out to the second baseman. Lou Crawford flies out to the right fielder. Tim Mercker lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Junior Milosevich flies out to the center fielder. Bill Henley flies out to the left fielder. Dick Durning grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Terry Valentine walks. Oscar Peters singles to center field. Razor Aloma lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Fred King flies out to the left fielder. Passed ball. Terry Valentine scores. Oscar Peters advances to third. Tom Gonzales singles to center field. Oscar Peters scores. Mike Quinn singles to right field. Tom Gonzales is out trying to steal third. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Tricky Childress grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Doakes grounds out to the shortstop. Lucas Farley flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Bob Sloan flies out to the left fielder. Lou Crawford grounds out to the second baseman. Tim Mercker strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Bud McAfee singles to right field. Pat Springer pops out to the first baseman. Donal Perez strikes out. Junior Milosevich singles to left field. Bill Henley singles to left field. Dick Durning singles to center field. Bud McAfee scores. Junior Milosevich scores. Bill Henley advances to third on the hit. Tricky Childress hits a home run. Bill Henley scores. Dick Durning scores. Joe Doakes grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Terry Valentine strikes out. Oscar Peters strikes out. Frank Rath is pinch hitting for Razor Aloma. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Frank Rath grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Don Richardson pitching. Lucas Farley strikes out. Bud McAfee strikes out. Pat Springer walks. Donal Perez singles to right field. Pat Springer advances to third on the hit. Junior Milosevich strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Fred King reached on a fielding error by Lucas Farley. Tom Gonzales singles to left field. Fred King advances to third on the hit. Tom Gonzales steals second. Mike Quinn singles to right field. Fred King scores. Tom Gonzales scores. Bob Sloan hits a home run. Mike Quinn scores. Lou Crawford flies out to the center fielder. Tim Mercker hits a home run. Steve Flick comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Terry Valentine flies out to the right fielder. Oscar Peters singles to center field. Don Richardson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Bill Henley strikes out. Dick Durning pops out to the second baseman. Tricky Childress doubles past the center fielder. Joe Doakes lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Fred King flies out to the center fielder. Tom Gonzales grounds out to the third baseman. Mike Quinn strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Steve Flick grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bud McAfee singles to center field. Pat Springer strikes out. Donal Perez walks. Doug Sukla 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. Junior Milosevich grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Bob Sloan flies out to the center fielder. Lou Crawford doubles to left field. Tim Mercker flies out to the center fielder. Terry Valentine flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Bill Henley flies out to the center fielder. Dick Durning singles to center field. Tricky Childress reached on a 2-base throwing error by Lou Crawford. Joe Doakes grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Dick Durning scores. Tricky Childress advances to third on the play. Tommy Braxton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mark Fleming is pinch hitting for Steve Flick. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Mark Fleming flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Gordon Baker pitching. Oscar Peters singles to left field. Tommy Braxton fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Tommy Braxton grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Fred King doubles past the third baseman. Tom Gonzales singles to center field. Fred King scores. Tom Gonzales steals second. Mike Quinn flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Bud McAfee walks. Pat Springer doubles to left field. Donal Perez strikes out. Junior Milosevich singles to left field. Bud McAfee scores. Pat Springer scores. Bill Henley walks. Dick Durning flies out to the right fielder. Tricky Childress doubles to right field. Junior Milosevich scores. Cincinnati total runners left on base: 4 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 6
Batting:2B - Fred King (20), Lou Crawford (19).HR - Bob Sloan (21), Tim Mercker (24).GIDP - Tommy Braxton. Baserunning: SB - Tom Gonzales 2 (31).CS - Tom Gonzales (15). Fielding: E - Lou Crawford.
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jeff Egan improves in contact_vs_lefty Eric Kamieniecki did not respond to coaching in speed George Fishburn improves in power_vs_righty Jeff Egan improves in arm
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Joe Farmer improves in power_vs_lefty Paul Dreifort did not respond to coaching in velocity Jack Page improves in power_vs_lefty George Stewart did not respond to coaching in endurance Brian Niehaus did not respond to coaching in C