Win: Dave Dallessandro (4-1) Loss: Trace Staley (3-2)
Save: Dan Higginbotham (5)
Inning: 1 Atlanta Dave Dallessandro pitching. Rod Osborn strikes out. Cleveland Rocker singles to right field. Kat Timpf grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Trace Staley pitching. Dick Thomas singles past the second baseman. Roberto Lowe bunts for a base hit. Kory Nielsen grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Dick Thomas advances to third on the play. Hi Matthias singles to left field. Dick Thomas scores. Bob DeSa singles to left field. Hi Matthias advances to third on the hit. Eddie Donovan walks. John McNealy pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Atlanta Anchor Kellett grounds out to the second baseman. Ollie Lindsey grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jim Comstock strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Cam Harris singles to center field. Dave Dallessandro lays down a bunt. The catcher 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). Dick Thomas grounds into a force play to the first baseman - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Dave Dallessandro is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Roberto Lowe strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Atlanta Hank Bedford walks. Jeff Wright pops out to the first baseman. Hank Bedford steals second. Trace Staley grounds out to the third baseman. Rod Osborn flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Kory Nielsen singles to left field. Hi Matthias pops out to the shortstop. Bob DeSa flies out to the left fielder. Eddie Donovan singles to center field. John McNealy strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Atlanta Cleveland Rocker grounds out to the shortstop. Kat Timpf hits a home run. Anchor Kellett doubles to center field. Ollie Lindsey pops out to the second baseman. Jim Comstock flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Cam Harris grounds out to the second baseman. Dave Dallessandro grounds out to the pitcher. Dick Thomas grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Atlanta Hank Bedford lines out to the shortstop. Jeff Wright singles to right field. Trace Staley lays a bunt down the third base line. The third baseman 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). Rod Osborn singles to left field. Trace Staley advances to third on the hit. Cleveland Rocker flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Roberto Lowe pops out to the catcher. Kory Nielsen strikes out. Hi Matthias grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Atlanta Kat Timpf walks. Anchor Kellett singles to center field. Kat Timpf advances to third on the hit. Ollie Lindsey strikes out. Jim Comstock flies out to the right fielder. Hank Bedford flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Bob DeSa singles to left field. Eddie Donovan walks. John McNealy grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Eddie Donovan is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Cam Harris strikes out. Dave Dallessandro pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Atlanta Jeff Wright reached on a fielding error by Eddie Donovan. Trace Staley lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, Jeff Wright forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Rod Osborn singles to right field. Cleveland Rocker walks. The defense is playing the corners in. Kat Timpf strikes out. Anchor Kellett pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Dick Thomas flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Roberto Lowe singles to center field. Kory Nielsen singles to left field. Roberto Lowe advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the corners in. Hi Matthias doubles to left field. Roberto Lowe scores. Kory Nielsen uses his aggressiveness and scores. Fester Adams 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. Bob DeSa strikes out. Eddie Donovan singles to center field. Hi Matthias is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Atlanta Dan Higginbotham comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Ollie Lindsey grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jim Comstock reached on a fielding error by John McNealy. Hank Bedford grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati John McNealy walks. Cam Harris grounds out to the second baseman. John McNealy advances to second on the play. Dan Higginbotham grounds out to the second baseman. John McNealy advances to third on the play. Dick Thomas reached on a fielding error by Jim Comstock. John McNealy scores. Roberto Lowe singles to left field. Dick Thomas advances to third on the hit. Kory Nielsen walks. Hi Matthias strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Atlanta Jeff Wright grounds out to the second baseman. Ron Deasley is pinch hitting for Fester Adams. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ron Deasley grounds out to the second baseman. Rod Osborn strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Atlanta total runners left on base: 9 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 12
Atlanta Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Pirate Booty did not respond to coaching in endurance Livan Barber did not respond to coaching in velocity Cy Bransfield improves in power_vs_righty Livan Barber did not respond to coaching in velocity Jack Bethea did not respond to coaching in velocity Tom Romonosky did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Harry McMullen did not respond to coaching in SS
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Dick Pena did not respond to coaching in control Bob Combs did not respond to coaching in velocity Mike Kane did not respond to coaching in control Joe Garcia improves in speed Dick Rightnowar did not respond to coaching in control Mike Kane did not respond to coaching in velocity Jeff Hardin did not respond to coaching in 2B