Inning: 1 Cincinnati Xavier Pruett pitching. Frank Volz grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Grba grounds out to the second baseman. Zane Gill hits an infield single to the second baseman. Gil McGriff lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Los Angeles Bob Tinsley pitching. Juice Lieber doubles to right field. Mark Stevens grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Cunningham flies out to the center fielder. Paul Pasqua hits a home run. Juice Lieber scores. Kuniyuki Matoyama walks. Bryan Politte grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Ed Herzog flies out to the left fielder. Charlie Lowe grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Harvey Ryan singles to right field. Kory Nielsen walks. Bob Tinsley grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Los Angeles Jack Knode strikes out. Cliff Keough flies out to the right fielder. Xavier Pruett grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Frank Volz walks. Bob Grba strikes out. Zane Gill grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Los Angeles Juice Lieber grounds out to the shortstop. Mark Stevens grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Cunningham strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Gil McGriff doubles to left field. Ed Herzog walks. Charlie Lowe grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Gil McGriff is out at third base. Harvey Ryan strikes out. Kory Nielsen singles to center field. Ed Herzog scores. Charlie Lowe advances to third on the hit. Bob Tinsley grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Los Angeles Paul Pasqua flies out to the center fielder. Kuniyuki Matoyama singles past the second baseman. Bryan Politte walks. Jack Knode grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Frank Volz strikes out. Bob Grba singles to right field. Zane Gill doubles to center field. Bob Grba uses his aggressiveness and scores. Gil McGriff pops out to the pitcher. Ed Herzog reached on a 2-base fielding error by Jack Knode. Zane Gill scores. Charlie Lowe grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Los Angeles Cliff Keough flies out to the center fielder. Xavier Pruett flies out to the left fielder. Juice Lieber doubles to center field. Mark Stevens strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Harvey Ryan flies out to the left fielder. Kory Nielsen grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Tinsley flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Los Angeles Bob Cunningham grounds out to the shortstop. Paul Pasqua flies out to the right fielder. Kuniyuki Matoyama flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Frank Volz walks. Bob Grba walks. Zane Gill walks. Gil McGriff strikes out. Ed Herzog grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Los Angeles Red Freehan enters the game as a defensive replacement for Kory Nielsen at 3B. Bryan Politte walks. Jack Knode grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Bryan Politte is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Cliff Keough grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Charlie Lowe singles to left field. Harvey Ryan hits a home run. Charlie Lowe scores. Red Freehan grounds out to the third baseman. Memo Sunday is pinch hitting for Bob Tinsley. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Memo Sunday grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Volz singles to center field. Bob Grba walks. Zane Gill hits a home run. Frank Volz scores. Bob Grba scores. Gil McGriff walks. Ed Herzog singles to center field. Gil McGriff advances to third on the hit. Charlie Lowe singles to center field. Gil McGriff scores. Ed Herzog advances to third on the hit. Mark Gonzalez comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is pulled because he is getting hammered (Starting pitcher has given up 8 or more earned runs, he is tired, and the team is losing by more than 5 runs). Harvey Ryan strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Los Angeles Dan Higginbotham pitching. Mark Gonzalez grounds out to the shortstop. Juice Lieber flies out to the right fielder. Mark Stevens reached on a 2-base throwing error by Ed Herzog. Bob Cunningham flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Red Freehan grounds out to the shortstop. Alex Willson is pinch hitting for Dan Higginbotham. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Alex Willson pops out to the second baseman. Frank Volz strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Los Angeles Fats Coble pitching. Paul Pasqua singles to left field. Kuniyuki Matoyama grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Paul Pasqua is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Bryan Politte singles to left field. Jack Knode singles to center field. Kuniyuki Matoyama scores. Cliff Keough strikes out. Blas Thompson is pinch hitting for Mark Gonzalez. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Blas Thompson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 10 Los Angeles total runners LOB: 6
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: D Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Ed Norman did not respond to coaching in velocity Dick Thomas improves in range Pit Garcia did not respond to coaching in control George Briggs did not respond to coaching in velocity Win Osinski did not respond to coaching in velocity Ed Norman did not respond to coaching in velocity Hi Matthias did not respond to coaching in 2B
Los Angeles Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Dave Tobin did not respond to coaching in speed Mike Loynd did not respond to coaching in control Lee Vargas did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Ryan Tartabull did not respond to coaching in speed Mike Loynd did not respond to coaching in velocity Mark Pagliaroni improves in contact_vs_righty Lee Vargas did not respond to coaching in 3B