Win: Jesus Nickle (8-7) Loss: Gene Fishburn (7-9)
Save: Joe Price (30)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati Gene Fishburn pitching. Mike Laga singles to center field. Angel Escobar singles to right field. Mike Laga advances to third on the hit. Barry Bonds grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Laga scores. Angel Escobar advances to second on the play. Jose Uribe walks. Robin Yount grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Angel Escobar advances to third on the play. Jose Uribe advances to second on the play. Tripp Cromer singles to left field. Angel Escobar scores. Jose Uribe scores. Tripp Cromer steals second. Stan Robertson pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Chicago Jesus Nickle pitching. Jim Nekola strikes out. Luke Riley flies out to the right fielder. Memo Kane grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Bob Melvin flies out to the center fielder. Jesus Nickle strikes out. Mike Laga flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Chicago Mike Holbrook grounds out to the shortstop. Dutch Dyer singles to left field. Kevin Grieve walks. Ty Watson flies out to the center fielder. Tim Cooper grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Angel Escobar singles to center field. Barry Bonds grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Angel Escobar is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jose Uribe strikes out. Robin Yount flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Chicago Gene Fishburn grounds out to the third baseman. Jim Nekola singles past the third baseman. Luke Riley grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Jim Nekola advances to second on the play. Memo Kane grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Tripp Cromer flies out to the center fielder. Stan Robertson strikes out. Bob Melvin flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Chicago Mike Holbrook walks. Dutch Dyer reached on a fielding error by Bob Melvin. Kevin Grieve flies out to the left fielder. Ty Watson strikes out. Tim Cooper singles to right field. Mike Holbrook scores. Dutch Dyer advances to third on the hit. Gene Fishburn flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Jesus Nickle grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Mike Laga flies out to the center fielder. Angel Escobar flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Chicago Jim Nekola singles to right field. Luke Riley strikes out. Memo Kane triples. Jim Nekola scores. Mike Holbrook strikes out. Dutch Dyer grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Barry Bonds flies out to the left fielder. Jose Uribe singles to right field. Jose Uribe steals second. Robin Yount flies out to the right fielder. Tripp Cromer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Chicago Kevin Grieve singles to right field. Ty Watson grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Kevin Grieve is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Tim Cooper doubles to right field. Gene Fishburn strikes out. Jim Nekola lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Stan Robertson flies out to the center fielder. Bob Melvin hits a home run. Greg Lanier comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jesus Nickle grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Laga triples. Angel Escobar strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Chicago Luke Riley flies out to the left fielder. Memo Kane grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Holbrook grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Barry Bonds flies out to the right fielder. Jose Uribe walks. Jose Uribe steals second. Robin Yount grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jose Uribe advances to third on the play. Tripp Cromer walks. Tripp Cromer is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Chicago Kelly Downs comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Dutch Dyer strikes out. Kevin Grieve strikes out. Ty Watson walks. Tim Cooper flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Stan Robertson walks. Bob Melvin strikes out. John Browne is pinch hitting for Kelly Downs. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. John Browne strikes out. Mike Laga strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Chicago Joe Price pitching. Tony Davis is pinch hitting for Greg Lanier. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Tony Davis walks. Jim Nekola walks. Luke Riley grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tony Davis advances to third on the play. Jim Nekola advances to second on the play. Memo Kane grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tony Davis scores. Jim Nekola advances to third on the play. Mike Holbrook strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 6 Chicago total runners LOB: 10
Batting:3B - Mike Laga (3).HR - Bob Melvin (8). Baserunning: SB - Jose Uribe 2 (14), Tripp Cromer (11).CS - Tripp Cromer (4). Fielding: E - Bob Melvin.
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Julian Tavarez did not respond to coaching in velocity Jermaine Allensworth did not respond to coaching in range Fred Grahe did not respond to coaching in velocity Rodney Vernon did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Darryl Strawberry did not respond to coaching in LF
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Brian Adams did not respond to coaching in velocity Chris Cumberland improves in power_vs_lefty Jim Allen did not respond to coaching in velocity Joe Keisler improves in endurance Leroy Mitchell did not respond to coaching in 2B