Inning: 1 Colorado Jim Kerr pitching. Larry Heath strikes out. Wayne Durham grounds out to the second baseman. Greg LeClaire grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 San Diego Fred Corey pitching. Shitoshi Nitta triples. Doc Sprite strikes out. Oscar Robertson strikes out. Nick Meyers grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Colorado Jamie Shinnick walks. Lee Kitson strikes out. Art Gleaton strikes out. Earl Palys grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 San Diego Chris Reynolds strikes out. Hal Dowse grounds out to the shortstop. Ed Auerbach flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Colorado Pat Ray singles to left field. Fred Corey lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Larry Heath strikes out. Wayne Durham singles to left field. Pat Ray scores. Wayne Durham steals second. Greg LeClaire singles to left field. Wayne Durham scores. Jamie Shinnick grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 San Diego Gary Valentine hits a home run. Jim Kerr grounds out to the third baseman. Shitoshi Nitta flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Doc Sprite grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Colorado Lee Kitson hits a home run. Art Gleaton walks. Kei Matsumoto 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 1st. Earl Palys grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Art Gleaton is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Pat Ray doubles to left field. Fred Corey hits an infield single to the third baseman. Earl Palys scores. Larry Heath singles to right field. Pat Ray scores. Fred Corey aggressively advances to third on the hit. Wayne Durham flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Fred Corey is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 San Diego Oscar Robertson pops out to the first baseman. Nick Meyers singles to center field. Chris Reynolds flies out to the right fielder. Nick Meyers steals second. Hal Dowse singles past the third baseman. Ed Auerbach lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Colorado Pete Bigbee comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Greg LeClaire singles to left field. Greg LeClaire steals second. Jamie Shinnick strikes out. Lee Kitson grounds out to the second baseman. Greg LeClaire advances to third on the play. Art Gleaton pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 San Diego Gary Valentine walks. Pete Bigbee lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Shitoshi Nitta walks. Doc Sprite grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Gary Valentine is out at third base. Oscar Robertson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Colorado Earl Palys singles to center field. Pat Ray strikes out. Fred Corey lays a bunt down the third base line. The pitcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. (SS covering 2nd). Larry Heath singles to left field. Wayne Durham singles to center field. Fred Corey scores. Mark Casa comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Greg LeClaire singles to left field. Larry Heath scores. Wayne Durham advances to third on the hit. Jamie Shinnick strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 San Diego Nick Meyers strikes out. Chris Reynolds triples. Hal Dowse pops out to the shortstop. Ed Auerbach strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Colorado Lee Kitson grounds out to the second baseman. Art Gleaton strikes out. Earl Palys flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 San Diego Gary Valentine reached on a fielding error by Lee Kitson. Bill Bolick is pinch hitting for Mark Casa. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bill Bolick pops out to the shortstop. Shitoshi Nitta strikes out. Doc Sprite singles to left field. Oscar Robertson grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Doc Sprite is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Colorado Randy Mantz pitching. Pat Ray doubles to center field. Fred Corey fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Fred Corey singles to right field. Pat Ray scores. Larry Heath strikes out. Wayne Durham strikes out. Greg LeClaire doubles to left field. Jamie Shinnick flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 San Diego Nick Meyers hits a home run. Hank Donovan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Chris Reynolds grounds out to the shortstop. Hal Dowse grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ed Auerbach grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Colorado Ryoji Kamei comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Lee Kitson strikes out. Art Gleaton strikes out. Earl Palys grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 San Diego Gary Valentine singles to center field. Ryoji Kamei lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Shitoshi Nitta hits a home run. Gary Valentine scores. John Clark comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Doc Sprite strikes out. Oscar Robertson lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Colorado total runners LOB: 8 San Diego total runners LOB: 8
Batting:2B - Greg LeClaire (14), Pat Ray 2 (7).HR - Lee Kitson (19). Baserunning: SB - Wayne Durham (26), Greg LeClaire (13). Fielding: E - Lee Kitson.
Game Notes Ed Auerbach is injured and is expected to be out 62 days. Oscar Robertson is injured and is expected to be out 8 days.
Colorado Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Corey Decker did not respond to coaching in velocity Stew LaManna improves in speed Jack Mills did not respond to coaching in speed Jerry Jurewicz improves in range
San Diego Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Dick Coombs improves in contact_vs_lefty Ed Brower improves in arm Ed Brower improves in power_vs_lefty Chad Finney improves in range