Win: Yancey Cravat (3-9) Loss: Mark Gorecki (10-11)
Save: Mike Hampton (27)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati Mark Gorecki pitching. Harry Simpson singles to left field. Joe Gordon grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Harry Simpson is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Chick Krueger grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Chicago Red Kerr pitching. Bobby Bonura flies out to the right fielder. Yordanis Perez strikes out. Joe Kemmler singles to right field. Joe McClain walks. Hector Donovan strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Joe Morton strikes out. Bruce Decatur grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Nicholson lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Chicago Donnie Kirkland pops out to the second baseman. Darrell Money singles to left field. Darrell Money steals second. Jeff Fisher singles to left field. Darrell Money scores. Mark Gorecki lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bobby Bonura grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati John Brown singles to center field. John Brown steals second. Joe Becker grounds out to the second baseman. John Brown advances to third on the play. Red Kerr reached on a fielding error by Darrell Money. John Brown scores. Harry Simpson strikes out. Joe Gordon singles to left field. Chick Krueger strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Chicago Yordanis Perez singles to right field. Yordanis Perez gets picked off first. Joe Kemmler strikes out. Joe McClain singles to center field. Hector Donovan singles to right field. Donnie Kirkland walks. Darrell Money walks. Joe McClain scores. Yancey Cravat comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jeff Fisher strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Joe Morton grounds out to the second baseman. Bruce Decatur flies out to the center fielder. Joe Nicholson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Chicago Mark Gorecki grounds out to the third baseman. Bobby Bonura grounds out to the second baseman. Yordanis Perez lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati John Brown singles to right field. Joe Becker singles to right field. John Brown advances to third on the hit. Yancey Cravat flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, John Brown scores. Harry Simpson walks. Joe Gordon grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Becker advances to third on the play. Harry Simpson advances to second on the play. Chick Krueger flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Chicago Joe Kemmler strikes out. Joe McClain singles to right field. Hector Donovan grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Joe McClain is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Donnie Kirkland grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Hector Donovan is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Joe Morton grounds out to the second baseman. Bruce Decatur strikes out. Joe Nicholson pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Chicago Darrell Money grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jeff Fisher strikes out. Mark Gorecki grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati John Brown singles to center field. John Brown steals second. Joe Becker grounds out to the third baseman. Yancey Cravat grounds out to the third baseman. Jack Roberts 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. Harry Simpson singles to right field. John Brown scores. Joe Gordon strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Chicago Bobby Bonura flies out to the right fielder. Yordanis Perez strikes out. Joe Kemmler walks. Joe McClain bunts for a base hit. Hector Donovan grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Joe Kemmler is out at third base. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Chick Krueger strikes out. Joe Morton bunts for a base hit. Bruce Decatur singles to center field. Joe Morton advances to third on the hit. Joe Nicholson pops out to the shortstop. John Brown singles to center field. Joe Morton scores. Bruce Decatur advances to third on the hit. Jim Blosser comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joe Becker grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Chicago Clyde Moore enters the game as a defensive replacement for Bruce Decatur at 3B. Donnie Kirkland singles to left field. Darrell Money singles to left field. Donnie Kirkland aggressively advances to third on the hit. Rod Smith comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Darrell Money steals second. Jeff Fisher strikes out. Harvey Stynes is pinch hitting for Jim Blosser. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Harvey Stynes strikes out. Bobby Bonura flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Dizzy Taylor pitching. Damon Fahr is pinch hitting for Rod Smith. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Damon Fahr flies out to the right fielder. Harry Simpson grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Joe Gordon singles to center field. Chick Krueger grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Chicago Mike Hampton pitching. Yordanis Perez grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Kemmler singles to right field. Joe McClain grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Joe Kemmler is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Hector Donovan grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 8 Chicago total runners LOB: 12
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Rod Sloat improves in speed Don Marrero improves in velocity Jimmy House did not respond to coaching in range Bill Appier improves in range Jimmy House did not respond to coaching in range Jim Miller did not respond to coaching in velocity Dave Brinkman did not respond to coaching in CF
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Charles Collins did not respond to coaching in control Bill Cronin did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Rick Keough improves in arm Orlando Wojna did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Bill Cronin did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Rick Keough improves in range Rafael Metzger did not respond to coaching in CF