Inning: 1 Atlanta Sparky Botting pitching. Carmelo Singleton grounds out to the second baseman. Cleon Taveras walks. Dave Taylor strikes out. Gus Young singles to center field. Cleon Taveras advances to third on the hit. Hal Freese grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Guy Niekro pitching. Kraig Balasco strikes out. Roy Gentile grounds out to the second baseman. Denny Hale grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Atlanta Koji Yamauchi hits a home run. Tomoshi Kondo flies out to the left fielder. Jack Brickell grounds out to the shortstop. Guy Niekro grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Richie Marquis hits a home run. Xavier Johnson flies out to the left fielder. Billy McCracken grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Doug Haines grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Atlanta Carmelo Singleton singles past the first baseman. Cleon Taveras walks. Dave Taylor pops out to the second baseman. Gus Young walks. Hal Freese grounds out to the second baseman. Carmelo Singleton scores. Cleon Taveras advances to third on the play. Gus Young advances to second on the play. Koji Yamauchi flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Dan Cowan strikes out. Sparky Botting flies out to the right fielder. Kraig Balasco grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Atlanta Tomoshi Kondo strikes out. Jack Brickell flies out to the right fielder. Guy Niekro grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Roy Gentile flies out to the center fielder. Denny Hale strikes out. Richie Marquis pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Atlanta Carmelo Singleton singles to right field. Cleon Taveras grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Carmelo Singleton is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Dave Taylor strikes out. Gus Young doubles to left field. Cleon Taveras uses his aggressiveness and scores. Hal Freese strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Xavier Johnson flies out to the right fielder. Billy McCracken strikes out. Doug Haines grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Atlanta Koji Yamauchi strikes out. Tomoshi Kondo strikes out. Jack Brickell grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Dan Cowan grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Sparky Botting strikes out. Kraig Balasco grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Atlanta Guy Niekro grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Carmelo Singleton walks. Cleon Taveras singles to right field. Carmelo Singleton advances to third on the hit. Al Allison 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. Dave Taylor doubles to right field. Carmelo Singleton scores. Cleon Taveras uses his aggressiveness and scores. Gus Young strikes out. Hal Freese grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Roy Gentile strikes out. Denny Hale pops out to the shortstop. Richie Marquis grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Atlanta Koji Yamauchi walks. Tomoshi Kondo hits a home run. Koji Yamauchi scores. Tony Dunn comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jack Brickell grounds out to the second baseman. Charles Mayes is pinch hitting for Guy Niekro. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Charles Mayes walks. Carmelo Singleton singles to center field. Charles Mayes advances to third on the hit. Cleon Taveras flies out to the left fielder. Dave Taylor singles to center field. Charles Mayes scores. Carmelo Singleton advances to third on the hit. Dave Taylor is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Buster Bibby pitching. Xavier Johnson strikes out. Billy McCracken walks. Doug Haines flies out to the right fielder. Dan Cowan singles to right field. Billy McCracken advances to third on the hit. Lew Hearron is pinch hitting for Tony Dunn. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Lew Hearron walks. Kraig Balasco triples. Billy McCracken scores. Dan Cowan scores. Lew Hearron scores. Jimmy Musial comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Roy Gentile walks. Denny Hale pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Atlanta Jack Caudill pitching. Gus Young grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Hal Freese grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Koji Yamauchi doubles to left field. Tomoshi Kondo flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Richie Marquis singles to center field. Xavier Johnson flies out to the center fielder. Billy McCracken grounds out to the shortstop. Richie Marquis advances to second on the play. Doug Haines strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Atlanta total runners LOB: 8 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 3
Atlanta Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Matt Abbott did not respond to coaching in velocity Baldy Consolo did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Steve Power improves in arm Carl Hardy did not respond to coaching in control
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Joe Moore did not respond to coaching in control Marcus Diering improves in range Bob Vasquez improves in contact_vs_righty Joe Thurmond did not respond to coaching in control