Win: Effie Rayford (8-11) Loss: Danny Sheely (7-8)
Save: Matt Bateman (21)
Inning: 1 New York Ed Baird pitching. Bruce Riley grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Willis grounds out to the shortstop. Max Castillo flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Effie Rayford pitching. Katsuhiko Sakai pops out to the third baseman. Joe Pescador flies out to the right fielder. Jason Lopez singles to center field. Dave Bale flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 New York Bill Hallman singles past the first baseman. Chris Judge grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Hallman advances to second on the play. Gaylen McGhee pops out to the first baseman. Edgar Doljack flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Lou Picinich grounds out to the second baseman. Al Konieczny grounds out to the second baseman. Oscar Beers pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 New York Dixie Hook strikes out. Effie Rayford hits an infield single to the shortstop. Bruce Riley grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Jeff Walker singles to center field. Ed Baird lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Katsuhiko Sakai strikes out. Joe Pescador strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 New York Bob Willis singles to left field. Bob Willis steals second. Max Castillo strikes out. Bill Hallman flies out to the center fielder. Chris Judge singles to center field. Gaylen McGhee strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Jason Lopez grounds out to the second baseman. Dave Bale grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Lou Picinich singles past the third baseman. Al Konieczny grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 New York Edgar Doljack grounds out to the third baseman. Dixie Hook walks. Effie Rayford lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Danny Sheely 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. Bruce Riley flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Oscar Beers grounds out to the shortstop. Jeff Walker grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Danny Sheely strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 New York Bob Willis grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Max Castillo grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Hallman singles to center field. Chris Judge strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Katsuhiko Sakai flies out to the center fielder. Joe Pescador grounds out to the third baseman. Jason Lopez grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 New York Gaylen McGhee singles to center field. Edgar Doljack walks. Gaylen McGhee steals third. Dixie Hook singles to right field. Gaylen McGhee scores. Edgar Doljack advances to third on the hit. Dickie Zamora comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Effie Rayford reached on a fielding error by Lou Picinich. Edgar Doljack scores. Bruce Riley grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dixie Hook advances to third on the play. Effie Rayford advances to second on the play. Bob Willis is hit by a pitch. Max Castillo singles to right field. Dixie Hook scores. Bill Hallman singles to right field. Effie Rayford scores. Chris Judge grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Dave Bale doubles to left field. Lou Picinich doubles to right field. Dave Bale scores. Al Konieczny flies out to the left fielder. Oscar Beers strikes out. Jeff Walker grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 New York Gaylen McGhee pops out to the second baseman. Edgar Doljack flies out to the right fielder. Dixie Hook walks. William Tanis comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Effie Rayford strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Heinie Garciaparra enters the game as a defensive replacement for Bill Hallman at SS. Johnny Jackson enters the game as a defensive replacement for Dixie Hook at CF. William Tanis walks. Katsuhiko Sakai hits a home run. William Tanis scores. Joe Pescador grounds out to the second baseman. Jason Lopez strikes out. Earl Marak comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Dave Bale pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 New York Bruce Riley reached on a fielding error by Al Konieczny. Bob Willis singles to center field. Bruce Riley advances to third on the hit. Max Castillo flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Bruce Riley scores. Heinie Garciaparra pops out to the second baseman. Chris Judge grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Bob Willis is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Matt Bateman comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Lou Picinich strikes out. Al Konieczny flies out to the right fielder. Oscar Beers strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 New York total runners LOB: 9 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 4
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ray Zepp improves in power_vs_righty Dutch Coble improves in contact_vs_lefty Danny Dyer improves in range Danny Dyer improves in contact_vs_lefty George Braun did not respond to coaching in velocity Jack Brown improves in contact_vs_righty
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Rich Heredia improves in power_vs_lefty Rudy Gerber improves in speed Kent Connelly did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Ken McHenry did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Kent Connelly did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Kent Connelly improves in speed