Win: Larry Johnson Loss: Yuichiro Ito
Save: Toshimitsu Tsujii
Inning: 1 New York Yuichiro Ito pitching. Dumont Cresskill singles to left field. Dumont Cresskill is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Spider Legg flies out to the left fielder. Hidetoshi Takamori grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Larry Johnson pitching. Akiyoshi Kobayakawa grounds out to the pitcher. Dave Metzger strikes out. Art Houser singles past the second baseman. Tom Marquis strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 New York Old Man River singles to left field. Magdiel Varona flies out to the center fielder. Kirk Reese singles to right field. Keiichiro Hattori grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Andy Marshall strikes out. Shaun Noftsker grounds out to the shortstop. Pat Agee grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 New York Roy Scott flies out to the center fielder. Larry Johnson grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Dumont Cresskill grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Keith Masaoka grounds out to the third baseman. Yuichiro Ito grounds out to the shortstop. Akiyoshi Kobayakawa grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 New York Spider Legg pops out to the shortstop. Hidetoshi Takamori strikes out. Old Man River grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Dave Metzger singles to center field. Art Houser strikes out. Tom Marquis strikes out. Andy Marshall flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 New York Magdiel Varona singles to right field. Kirk Reese grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Keiichiro Hattori strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Shaun Noftsker strikes out. Pat Agee strikes out. Keith Masaoka pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 New York Roy Scott strikes out. Larry Johnson singles to center field. Dumont Cresskill strikes out. Spider Legg singles to left field. Larry Johnson advances to third on the hit. Hidetoshi Takamori singles to left field. Larry Johnson scores. Spider Legg advances to third on the hit. Old Man River is hit by a pitch. Magdiel Varona walks. Spider Legg scores. Kirk Reese strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Armando Koslo is pinch hitting for Yuichiro Ito. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Armando Koslo singles to center field. Akiyoshi Kobayakawa singles to right field. Armando Koslo advances to third on the hit. Dave Metzger strikes out. Art Houser singles to right field. Armando Koslo scores. Paul Kerrigan is pinch hitting for Tom Marquis. Paul Kerrigan walks. Andy Marshall flies out to the center fielder. Shaun Noftsker flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 New York George Pillette pitching. Keiichiro Hattori doubles past the left fielder. Roy Scott pops out to the third baseman. Larry Johnson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Keiichiro Hattori advances to third on the play. Dumont Cresskill flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Pat Agee strikes out. Johnny Theobald is pinch hitting for Keith Masaoka. Johnny Theobald pops out to the third baseman. Donnie Pritchard is pinch hitting for George Pillette. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Donnie Pritchard grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 New York Bernie Benjamin pitching. Spider Legg grounds out to the second baseman. Hidetoshi Takamori strikes out. Old Man River singles to right field. Magdiel Varona flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Akiyoshi Kobayakawa flies out to the right fielder. Dave Metzger singles to center field. Art Houser walks. Paul Kerrigan flies out to the center fielder. Andy Marshall walks. Shaun Noftsker grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 New York Kirk Reese doubles to right field. Keiichiro Hattori reached on a 2-base fielding error by Dave Metzger. Kirk Reese scores. Roy Scott reached on a fielding error by Johnny Theobald. Shane McManus is pinch hitting for Larry Johnson. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Shane McManus flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Keiichiro Hattori scores. Dumont Cresskill flies out to the right fielder. Mike Stearns comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Spider Legg grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Roy Scott is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Toshimitsu Tsujii pitching. Pat Agee lines out to the second baseman. Johnny Theobald walks. Ed Holley is pinch hitting for Mike Stearns. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ed Holley flies out to the center fielder. Akiyoshi Kobayakawa singles to left field. Johnny Theobald advances to third on the hit. Dave Metzger strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 New York total runners LOB: 7 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 10