Win: Dana Little (1-0) Loss: George Gibralter (1-1)
Save: George Rickert (2)
Inning: 1 Pittsburgh George Gibralter pitching. Jocko Luebber walks. Pretzel Kruk grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Jocko Luebber is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Joe Wallace grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Pretzel Kruk is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Joe Tyrone grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Dana Little pitching. Fred Fowlkes walks. Vic Eggert strikes out. Fred Fowlkes is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Matt Ferriss grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Pittsburgh Al Winters grounds out to the third baseman. Mark Morrison walks. Fred Dewey singles to left field. Mark Morrison advances to third on the hit. Cliff Simpson grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Chikara Yamashita grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Bradley grounds out to the shortstop. Roy Martinez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Pittsburgh Dana Little grounds out to the third baseman. Jocko Luebber flies out to the center fielder. Pretzel Kruk pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Dan Molyneaux strikes out. Jose Klopp walks. George Gibralter lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Fred Fowlkes grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Pittsburgh Joe Wallace walks. Joe Wallace steals second. Joe Tyrone singles to center field. Joe Wallace scores. Al Winters grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Tyrone advances to second on the play. Mark Morrison lines out to the third baseman. Fred Dewey flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Vic Eggert doubles to right field. Matt Ferriss grounds out to the second baseman. Vic Eggert advances to third on the play. The defense is playing the corners in. Chikara Yamashita pops out to the second baseman. Jim Bradley walks. Roy Martinez flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Pittsburgh Cliff Simpson walks. Dana Little fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Dana Little strikes out. Jocko Luebber pops out to the second baseman. Pretzel Kruk flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Dan Molyneaux doubles to center field. Jose Klopp singles to right field. Dan Molyneaux scores. George Gibralter lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Fred Fowlkes grounds out to the shortstop. Vic Eggert walks. Matt Ferriss strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Pittsburgh Joe Wallace walks. Joe Wallace steals second. Joe Tyrone flies out to the center fielder. Al Winters singles to center field. Joe Wallace scores. Al Winters is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Mark Morrison grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Chikara Yamashita grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Bradley walks. Roy Martinez walks. Dan Molyneaux grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Pittsburgh Jamie Scarsella 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. Fred Dewey grounds out to the shortstop. Cliff Simpson singles to right field. Dana Little pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Jocko Luebber grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Cliff Simpson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Leo Seats enters the game as a defensive replacement for Pretzel Kruk at 2B. Cole Childress enters the game as a defensive replacement for Al Winters at C. Jose Klopp grounds out to the second baseman. Shane Wickland is pinch hitting for Jamie Scarsella. 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 grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Pittsburgh Tatsuhito Kaneda pitching. Leo Seats strikes out. Joe Wallace grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Tyrone strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Vic Eggert flies out to the right fielder. Matt Ferriss grounds out to the pitcher. Chikara Yamashita walks. Jim Bradley singles to left field. Chikara Yamashita advances to third on the hit. George Rickert 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. Jim Bradley steals second. Roy Martinez walks. Dan Molyneaux grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Pittsburgh Cole Childress strikes out. Mark Morrison reached on a fielding error by Jose Klopp. Mark Morrison steals second. Fred Dewey grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Mark Morrison advances to third on the play. Cliff Simpson doubles to center field. Mark Morrison scores. George Rickert flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Jose Klopp flies out to the left fielder. Cleatus Lumley is pinch hitting for Tatsuhito Kaneda. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Cleatus Lumley walks. Cleatus Lumley steals second. Fred Fowlkes walks. Vic Eggert walks. Matt Ferriss walks. Cleatus Lumley scores. Chikara Yamashita strikes out. Jim Bradley grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Pittsburgh total runners LOB: 6 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 12
Batting:2B - Vic Eggert (1), Dan Molyneaux (2).GIDP - Dan Molyneaux. Baserunning: SB - Jim Bradley (1), Cleatus Lumley (2).CS - Fred Fowlkes (3). Fielding: E - Jose Klopp.
Pittsburgh Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Gordon Irelan improves in control Francisco Adamson did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Pablo Long improves in power_vs_righty Gordon Irelan did not respond to coaching in endurance Vic Mesner did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Wade DiMaggio did not respond to coaching in range Dick Geiger did not respond to coaching in CF
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: A+ RP Mentor Grade: A Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Kirk Castro did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Doug Small did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jim Williams did not respond to coaching in speed Marcus Nagle improves in arm Mike Brown did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Red Loretta did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty