Win: Perry Hibbard (1-0) Loss: Keisuke Furukawa (6-12)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati Henry McCandless pitching. Rafael Gourriel singles to center field. Gene Cary grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Zane Gill flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Atlanta A.J. Scarsella pitching. Bart Frye grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Gardenhire grounds out to the third baseman. Johnny Fluhrer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Chris Hartsock comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Frank Volz singles to right field. Bob Grba singles past the second baseman. Frank Volz advances to third on the hit. John Kelly singles to left field. Frank Volz scores. Tomas Redmon comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Gil McGriff strikes out. Lew Isales doubles to right field. Bob Grba scores. John Kelly uses his aggressiveness and scores. A.J. Scarsella grounds out to the pitcher. Rafael Gourriel strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Atlanta Mike Lowery grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Wendell walks. Bill File hits a home run. Frank Wendell scores. Hi Perez singles to right field. Jouett Scott walks. Tomas Redmon lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bart Frye grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Gene Cary grounds out to the second baseman. Zane Gill walks. Frank Volz strikes out. Bob Grba grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Zane Gill is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Atlanta Bill Gardenhire walks. Johnny Fluhrer strikes out. Mike Lowery singles to left field. Bill Gardenhire advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the corners in. Frank Wendell hits a home run. Bill Gardenhire scores. Mike Lowery scores. Bill File singles to right field. Hi Perez grounds out to the third baseman. Bill File advances to second on the play. Jouett Scott grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati John Kelly singles to left field. Gil McGriff doubles past the right fielder. John Kelly uses his aggressiveness and scores. Lew Isales flies out to the center fielder. A.J. Scarsella flies out to the left fielder. Rafael Gourriel grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Atlanta Tomas Redmon strikes out. Bart Frye walks. Bill Gardenhire singles to center field. Bart Frye advances to third on the hit. Johnny Fluhrer strikes out. Mike Lowery flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Gene Cary flies out to the right fielder. Zane Gill flies out to the center fielder. Frank Volz doubles past the third baseman. Bob Grba flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Atlanta Frank Wendell walks. Bill File singles to right field. Frank Wendell advances to third on the hit. Hi Perez singles to right field. Frank Wendell scores. Jouett Scott singles to right field. Bill File scores. Tomas Redmon lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bart Frye grounds out to the third baseman. Hi Perez scores. Jouett Scott advances to third on the play. Bill Gardenhire singles to right field. Jouett Scott scores. Johnny Fluhrer lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati John Kelly singles to center field. Gil McGriff doubles to right field. John Kelly uses his aggressiveness and scores. Keisuke Furukawa comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Lew Isales walks. A.J. Scarsella lays down a bunt. The first baseman fields the ball, throws to third for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. Lew Isales advances to second on the play. Lew Isales advances to second on the play. Rafael Gourriel flies out to the left fielder. Gene Cary singles to right field. Lew Isales scores. A.J. Scarsella advances to third on the hit. Zane Gill walks. Frank Volz singles to left field. A.J. Scarsella scores. Bob Grba walks. Gene Cary scores. John Kelly grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Atlanta Mike Lowery singles to left field. Frank Wendell flies out to the right fielder. Bill File flies out to the center fielder. John Barfield 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. Hi Perez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Gil McGriff singles to right field. Lew Isales walks. Fred Thomas is pinch hitting for John Barfield. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Fred Thomas grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Gil McGriff advances to third on the play. Rafael Gourriel walks. Gene Cary grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Atlanta Gil Guerrero pitching. Jouett Scott flies out to the right fielder. Keisuke Furukawa strikes out. Bart Frye grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Zane Gill flies out to the left fielder. Frank Volz strikes out. Bob Grba grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Atlanta Bill Gardenhire pops out to the second baseman. Johnny Fluhrer grounds out to the third baseman. Mike Lowery grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cincinnati John Kelly singles to left field. Red Freehan is pinch hitting for Gil McGriff. Red Freehan triples. John Kelly scores. The defense is playing the infield in. Lew Isales lines out to the second baseman. The defense is playing the infield in. Dick Guerrero is pinch hitting for Gil Guerrero. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Dick Guerrero grounds out to the pitcher. Rafael Gourriel grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Atlanta Perry Hibbard pitching. Frank Wendell walks. Bill File flies out to the center fielder. Hi Perez strikes out. Frank Wendell steals second. Jouett Scott grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Cincinnati Gene Cary lines out to the shortstop. Zane Gill strikes out. Frank Volz flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Atlanta Keisuke Furukawa flies out to the right fielder. Bart Frye grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Gardenhire grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 11 Cincinnati Bob Grba singles to left field. John Kelly flies out to the left fielder. Red Freehan flies out to the right fielder. Lew Isales doubles to right field. Bob Grba uses his aggressiveness and scores. Perry Hibbard flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 11 Atlanta Mike Stanky enters the game as a defensive replacement for Gene Cary at 3B. Johnny Fluhrer doubles to right field. Mike Lowery grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Wendell flies out to the center fielder. Bill File doubles to center field. Johnny Fluhrer scores. Hi Perez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 12 Cincinnati Rafael Gourriel singles to center field. Mike Stanky grounds out to the pitcher. Rafael Gourriel advances to second on the play. Zane Gill flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Frank Volz hits a home run. Rafael Gourriel scores. Bob Grba strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 12 Atlanta Jouett Scott grounds out to the pitcher. Keisuke Furukawa lines out to the second baseman. Bart Frye grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 11 Atlanta total runners LOB: 9
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Brett Kubinski improves in velocity Fats Coble did not respond to coaching in velocity Pit Garcia did not respond to coaching in control Brett Kubinski did not respond to coaching in velocity Dan Horsman did not respond to coaching in velocity Babe Kennedy did not respond to coaching in control Kory Nielsen did not respond to coaching in 2B
Atlanta Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Rod Osborn improves in contact_vs_lefty Bobby Etchison did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Abner Poland did not respond to coaching in speed Cotton Singleton did not respond to coaching in range Bobby Etchison did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Dick Oliver did not respond to coaching in arm Jack Davis did not respond to coaching in 3B