Win: Emil Bronkey (7-7) Loss: Rocky Aspromonte (2-21)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati Rocky Aspromonte pitching. Shawn Quirico grounds out to the second baseman. Danny Brohamer singles to right field. Sal Jonnard singles in front of the left fielder. Tetsuya Yamaguchi singles past the third baseman. Danny Brohamer scores. Sal Jonnard advances to third on the hit. Charlie Songer hits a home run. Sal Jonnard scores. Tetsuya Yamaguchi scores. Bob Enright doubles to right field. Joe Reilly doubles to left field. Bob Enright scores. Bob Standridge grounds out to the shortstop. Emil Bronkey strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Houston Emil Bronkey pitching. Skeeter Shannon grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Money hits a home run. Oscar Miller strikes out. Dave Spurgeon grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Shawn Quirico singles to right field. Danny Brohamer grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Shawn Quirico is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Sal Jonnard flies out to the right fielder. Danny Brohamer steals second. Tetsuya Yamaguchi grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Houston Joe Bullard grounds out to the third baseman. Paul Marion doubles to center field. Shigeo Yoshitoshi flies out to the right fielder. Shinji Morikawa strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Charlie Songer pops out to the second baseman. Bob Enright flies out to the right fielder. Joe Reilly walks. Bob Standridge lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Houston Rocky Aspromonte reached on a fielding error by Bob Enright. Skeeter Shannon singles to left field. Joe Money pops out to the shortstop. Oscar Miller strikes out. Dave Spurgeon singles to right field. Rocky Aspromonte is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Emil Bronkey grounds out to the shortstop. Shawn Quirico singles to right field. Danny Brohamer singles to center field. Sal Jonnard grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Houston Joe Bullard flies out to the right fielder. Paul Marion strikes out. Shigeo Yoshitoshi walks. Shigeo Yoshitoshi is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Brian Powers comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tetsuya Yamaguchi strikes out. Charlie Songer strikes out. Bob Enright grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Shinji Morikawa singles in front of the right fielder. Brian Powers lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Skeeter Shannon flies out to the left fielder. Joe Money grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Joe Reilly walks. Bob Standridge singles to center field. Emil Bronkey fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Emil Bronkey singles to right field. Joe Reilly is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Bob Standridge advances to third on the play. Shawn Quirico grounds out to the pitcher. Emil Bronkey advances to second on the play. Danny Brohamer hits a home run. Bob Standridge scores. Emil Bronkey scores. Tom Welteroth comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Sal Jonnard pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Oscar Miller walks. Dave Spurgeon doubles to left field. Oscar Miller scores. Joe Bullard strikes out. Paul Marion singles to right field. Dave Spurgeon is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Shigeo Yoshitoshi singles to right field. Shinji Morikawa singles to right field. Paul Marion scores. Shigeo Yoshitoshi advances to third on the hit. Joe Gorecki is pinch hitting for Tom Welteroth. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Joe Gorecki grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Jeff Hamilton pitching. Tetsuya Yamaguchi pops out to the first baseman. Charlie Songer strikes out. Bob Enright grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Skeeter Shannon strikes out. Joe Money lines out to the shortstop. Oscar Miller grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Dennis Monroe is pinch hitting for Joe Reilly. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Dennis Monroe grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Standridge pops out to the first baseman. Emil Bronkey flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Houston Kerry East is pinch hitting for Dave Spurgeon. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Kerry East hits a home run. Johnny Lee comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joe Bullard walks. Paul Marion grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Joe Bullard is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Shigeo Yoshitoshi hits a home run. Paul Marion scores. Shinji Morikawa grounds out to the shortstop. Bert Darrow is pinch hitting for Jeff Hamilton. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Bert Darrow grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Steve Brittain pitching. Shawn Quirico singles to center field. Danny Brohamer grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Shawn Quirico is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Danny Brohamer is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Sal Jonnard singles to right field. Sal Jonnard steals second. Tetsuya Yamaguchi singles to right field. Sal Jonnard scores. Charlie Songer hits a home run. Tetsuya Yamaguchi scores. Bob Enright grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Skeeter Shannon grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Money strikes out. Oscar Miller grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 4 Houston total runners LOB: 5
Batting:2B - Bob Enright (18), Joe Reilly (5).HR - Danny Brohamer (11), Charlie Songer 2 (34).GIDP - Sal Jonnard. Baserunning: SB - Danny Brohamer (13), Sal Jonnard (12).CS - Danny Brohamer (13). Fielding: E - Bob Enright.
Batting:2B - Dave Spurgeon (16), Paul Marion (19).HR - Joe Money (13), Kerry East (1), Shigeo Yoshitoshi (14). Baserunning: CS - Shigeo Yoshitoshi (7).
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Tim East did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Ed Gladd did not respond to coaching in velocity Slim Lee did not respond to coaching in control Tim East improves in range Stefan Reiser did not respond to coaching in velocity Ed Gladd did not respond to coaching in velocity Jeff Betcher improves in 2B
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Maurice Upright improves in arm Wes Clement improves in arm Danny Henion did not respond to coaching in velocity Wes Clement improves in speed Bob Bateman did not respond to coaching in speed Joe Montejo improves in arm Jeff Radmanovich did not respond to coaching in 1B