Win: Doc Cooney (16-12) Loss: Jason Cypert (6-5)
Save: George Rickert (18)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati Doc Cooney pitching. Fred Fowlkes strikes out. Al Mattick pops out to the shortstop. Matt Ferriss flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Pittsburgh Steve Mead pitching. Cole Childress grounds out to the shortstop. Pretzel Kruk doubles to center field. Joe Tyrone singles to center field. Pretzel Kruk scores. Ruben Mills singles to right field. Joe Tyrone advances to third on the hit. Sam Barlow pops out to the catcher. Tony Bernal walks. Jocko Luebber flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Jose Klopp strikes out. Kazuyuki Kikuchi flies out to the left fielder. Al Pittman reached on a 2-base throwing error by Sam Barlow. Vic Eggert strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Cliff Simpson grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Doc Cooney walks. Cole Childress singles to right field. Pretzel Kruk grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Ed Conroy strikes out. Steve Mead reached on a 2-base throwing error by Jocko Luebber. Fred Fowlkes flies out to the left fielder. Al Mattick strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Joe Tyrone strikes out. Ruben Mills strikes out. Sam Barlow singles to right field. Pat Priddy comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Tony Bernal triples. Sam Barlow scores. Jocko Luebber flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Matt Ferriss grounds out to the second baseman. Jose Klopp hits a home run. Kazuyuki Kikuchi strikes out. Al Pittman flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Cliff Simpson pops out to the second baseman. Doc Cooney grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Cole Childress grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Vic Eggert strikes out. Ed Conroy flies out to the left fielder. Pat Priddy grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Pretzel Kruk flies out to the center fielder. Joe Tyrone grounds out to the shortstop. Ruben Mills hits an infield single to the shortstop. Sam Barlow singles to right field. Tony Bernal flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Fred Fowlkes grounds out to the third baseman. Al Mattick walks. Matt Ferriss singles to left field. Al Mattick is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder. Jose Klopp doubles to right field. Matt Ferriss scores. Kazuyuki Kikuchi singles to left field. Jose Klopp scores. Al Pittman hits an infield single to the pitcher. Vic Eggert singles to right field. Kazuyuki Kikuchi scores. Ed Conroy grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Jocko Luebber singles to right field. Cliff Simpson grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Jocko Luebber is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Doc Cooney lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Cole Childress strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Shane Wickland is pinch hitting for Pat Priddy. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Shane Wickland flies out to the left fielder. Fred Fowlkes lines out to the first baseman. Al Mattick grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Francisco Gilbreth pitching. Pretzel Kruk strikes out. Joe Tyrone singles to center field. Joe Tyrone steals second. Ruben Mills singles to left field. Joe Tyrone scores. Jason Cypert comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Sam Barlow singles to right field. Tony Bernal strikes out. Jocko Luebber strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Matt Ferriss singles to center field. Jose Klopp singles to left field. Kazuyuki Kikuchi grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Matt Ferriss advances to third on the play. Jose Klopp advances to second on the play. Al Pittman walks. Vic Eggert flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Matt Ferriss is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Cliff Simpson grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Wallace is pinch hitting for Doc Cooney. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Joe Wallace walks. Cole Childress strikes out. Pretzel Kruk hits a home run. Joe Wallace scores. Hector Conlan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joe Tyrone grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cincinnati George Rickert pitching. Tom Brunansky enters the game as a defensive replacement for Ruben Mills at CF. Ed Conroy strikes out. Jim Bradley is pinch hitting for Hector Conlan. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jim Bradley walks. Fred Fowlkes flies out to the center fielder. Al Mattick strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 7 Pittsburgh total runners left on base: 10
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Jim Williams did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Masato Hironaga did not respond to coaching in speed Ron Bartling did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jim Sauer did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Masato Hironaga improves in power_vs_lefty Al Cousineau did not respond to coaching in speed
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: A+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Dick Geiger did not respond to coaching in arm Wade DiMaggio did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Tony Lemonds did not respond to coaching in velocity Dick Geiger did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Dick Geiger improves in contact_vs_lefty Vic Mesner did not respond to coaching in speed Dick Geiger did not respond to coaching in CF