Inning: 1 Cincinnati Mel Distaso pitching. Wesley Shannon triples. Bob Sloan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Wesley Shannon scores. Mike Quinn flies out to the center fielder. Brian Melton hits a home run. Tim Mercker doubles to center field. Juan McCormick doubles to center field. Tim Mercker scores. Leo Wilhelm grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 New York Joe Harmon pitching. Kurt Swann pops out to the first baseman. Roy Newell walks. Neil Frisk pops out to the catcher. Bert Brillheart walks. Marty Easterling walks. Offa Hughes grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Ike Wever flies out to the right fielder. Joe Harmon singles to center field. Wesley Shannon walks. Bob Sloan grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Wesley Shannon is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Mike Quinn singles to right field. Joe Harmon scores. Bob Sloan advances to third on the hit. Mike Briley comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Brian Melton walks. Tim Mercker strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 New York Bob Baez grounds out to the shortstop. Jake Reinholz strikes out. Mike Briley strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Juan McCormick flies out to the center fielder. Leo Wilhelm pops out to the shortstop. Ike Wever triples. Joe Harmon flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 New York Kurt Swann singles to left field. Roy Newell flies out to the center fielder. Neil Frisk hits an infield single to the third baseman. Bert Brillheart singles to left field. Kurt Swann scores. Neil Frisk advances to third on the hit. Marty Easterling strikes out. Offa Hughes grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Wesley Shannon triples. Bob Sloan flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Wesley Shannon scores. Mike Quinn flies out to the left fielder. Brian Melton flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 New York Bob Baez strikes out. Jake Reinholz grounds out to the second baseman. Harry Purtell is pinch hitting for Mike Briley. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Harry Purtell grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Akimitsu Eto pitching. Tim Mercker flies out to the right fielder. Juan McCormick hits a home run. Leo Wilhelm grounds out to the pitcher. Ike Wever strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 New York Kurt Swann grounds out to the third baseman. Roy Newell strikes out. Neil Frisk reached on a 2-base throwing error by Juan McCormick. Bert Brillheart pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Joe Harmon strikes out. Wesley Shannon flies out to the right fielder. Bob Sloan pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 New York Marty Easterling flies out to the center fielder. Offa Hughes strikes out. Bob Baez doubles to right field. Jake Reinholz pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Mike Quinn flies out to the center fielder. Brian Melton walks. Tim Mercker grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Brian Melton is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Juan McCormick flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 New York Norman Weiss is pinch hitting for Akimitsu Eto. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Norman Weiss lines out to the shortstop. Kurt Swann grounds out to the shortstop. Roy Newell singles to left field. Neil Frisk pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Eddie Johnson pitching. Leo Wilhelm strikes out. Ike Wever flies out to the left fielder. Joe Harmon strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 New York Tetsuya Mochizuki is pinch hitting for Bert Brillheart. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Tetsuya Mochizuki strikes out. Marty Easterling grounds out to the second baseman. Offa Hughes grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Wesley Shannon strikes out. Bob Sloan flies out to the center fielder. Mike Quinn strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 New York Bob Baez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Jake Reinholz walks. Ray Wolf is pinch hitting for Eddie Johnson. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Passed ball. Jake Reinholz advances to second. Ray Wolf doubles to left field. Jake Reinholz scores. Cesar Shore 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. Kurt Swann strikes out. Roy Newell flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 6 New York total runners LOB: 9
Batting:2B - Tim Mercker (21), Juan McCormick (5).3B - Wesley Shannon 2 (8), Ike Wever (1).HR - Brian Melton (14), Juan McCormick (13).SF - Bob Sloan. Fielding: E - Juan McCormick.PB - Wesley Shannon.
Game Notes Mel Distaso is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Hank Ruether improves in arm Hank Ruether improves in contact_vs_righty Terry Valentine improves in power_vs_righty Tom Gonzales improves in power_vs_lefty
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Doc Bradley did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jake did not respond to coaching in control Matty Ianniello improves in range Moriaki Yamaguchi did not respond to coaching in control Matty Ianniello did not respond to coaching in LF