Win: Ernie Earley (8-13) Loss: Charles McManus (4-10)
Save: Joe Straub (36)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati Charles McManus pitching. Adrian Warner grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Gant grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Jim Gibson doubles to center field. Nemo Rodriguez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Atlanta Ernie Earley pitching. Luis Cerce flies out to the right fielder. Tsubasa Okabe grounds out to the second baseman. Juan Urbanski pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Newt Wells grounds out to the third baseman. Scotty Blades pops out to the second baseman. Frank Kosman pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Atlanta Masaki Iyoda grounds out to the third baseman. Bob Howell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Hiroaki Tamura strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Karim German doubles to center field. Ernie Earley lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Adrian Warner flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Karim German scores. Frank Gant singles to center field. Jim Gibson grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Frank Gant is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Atlanta Ryan Leslie grounds out to the pitcher. Ryne Wise singles to center field. Charles McManus lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Luis Cerce flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Nemo Rodriguez grounds out to the shortstop. Newt Wells grounds out to the shortstop. Scotty Blades grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Atlanta Tsubasa Okabe grounds out to the second baseman. Juan Urbanski grounds out to the shortstop. Masaki Iyoda flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Frank Kosman grounds out to the second baseman. Karim German strikes out. Ernie Earley strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Atlanta Bob Howell singles to center field. Hiroaki Tamura strikes out. Ryan Leslie walks. Bob Howell steals third. Ryan Leslie is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Ryne Wise strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Adrian Warner walks. Adrian Warner steals second. Frank Gant singles past the shortstop. Adrian Warner scores. Jim Gibson strikes out. Nemo Rodriguez hits a home run. Frank Gant scores. Newt Wells walks. Scotty Blades pops out to the shortstop. Frank Kosman grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Newt Wells is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Atlanta Charles McManus singles to right field. Luis Cerce flies out to the right fielder. Charles McManus steals second. Tsubasa Okabe singles to center field. Charles McManus scores. Juan Urbanski grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Karim German strikes out. Ernie Earley grounds out to the shortstop. Adrian Warner pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Atlanta Masaki Iyoda grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Howell hits a home run. Hiroaki Tamura grounds out to the second baseman. Ryan Leslie strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Lou Shuman comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Frank Gant flies out to the center fielder. Jim Gibson grounds out to the third baseman. Nemo Rodriguez flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Atlanta Ryne Wise doubles to center field. Nick Dozier is pinch hitting for Lou Shuman. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Nick Dozier flies out to the left fielder. Luis Cerce grounds out to the second baseman. Ryne Wise advances to third on the play. Tsubasa Okabe strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Joe Ferraro pitching. Newt Wells grounds out to the third baseman. Scotty Blades lines out to the shortstop. Frank Kosman strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Atlanta Joe Straub comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Juan Urbanski grounds out to the second baseman. Masaki Iyoda grounds out to the pitcher. Bob Howell grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 3 Atlanta total runners LOB: 3
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: A Improvements: Roy Hubbard did not respond to coaching in velocity Allyn Kindall did not respond to coaching in control Fred Williams did not respond to coaching in velocity George Gomez improves in velocity Pep Pool did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Pete Calmus improves in power_vs_lefty Bob Sosa improves in power_vs_lefty Jesus Dierker did not respond to coaching in arm George Gomez did not respond to coaching in control Pete Calmus improves in contact_vs_righty
Atlanta Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Ed Chambers did not respond to coaching in arm Omar Gonzalez did not respond to coaching in velocity Pat Satriano improves in contact_vs_lefty Tom Popovich did not respond to coaching in endurance Rob Lipon improves in range Lou Fisher did not respond to coaching in control Dave Andrews did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Rob Lipon improves in contact_vs_lefty Gene Gerhart did not respond to coaching in velocity Eddie Washburn improves in speed