Inning: 1 Cincinnati Hideaki Murata pitching. Katsuhiko Sakai strikes out. Les Fryman walks. Bill Speake pops out to the third baseman. Doc Marshall strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Atlanta Sheldon Geygan pitching. Tiny Easler grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Mel Dreifort singles to center field. Ezra Hutchinson grounds out to the third baseman. Mel Dreifort advances to second on the play. Ziggy Lane grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Norm McGraw singles to right field. Frank McColl strikes out. Xavier Christenbury strikes out. Bill Sperry strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Atlanta Pedro Chappelle walks. Pedro Chappelle steals second. Strick Jester strikes out. Bevo Guardado grounds out to the third baseman. Troy Bruyette strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Sheldon Geygan grounds out to the third baseman. Katsuhiko Sakai strikes out. Les Fryman strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Atlanta Hideaki Murata lines out to the shortstop. Tiny Easler bunts for a base hit. Mel Dreifort singles to center field. Ezra Hutchinson pops out to the second baseman. Ziggy Lane grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Bill Speake singles to left field. Doc Marshall walks. Norm McGraw walks. Frank McColl grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Bill Speake scores. Doc Marshall advances to third on the play. Xavier Christenbury grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Atlanta Pedro Chappelle flies out to the center fielder. Strick Jester strikes out. Bevo Guardado doubles to center field. Frank Pfister 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. Troy Bruyette strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Bill Sperry strikes out. Frank Pfister singles to center field. Katsuhiko Sakai doubles to left field. Frank Pfister is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Les Fryman singles to left field. Katsuhiko Sakai scores. Bill Speake grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Les Fryman is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Atlanta Hideaki Murata grounds out to the third baseman. Tiny Easler flies out to the center fielder. Mel Dreifort reached on a fielding error by Les Fryman. Ezra Hutchinson is hit by a pitch. Ziggy Lane singles to left field. Mel Dreifort scores. Pedro Chappelle strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Doc Marshall strikes out. Norm McGraw singles to center field. Frank McColl walks. Xavier Christenbury singles to center field. Norm McGraw scores. Frank McColl is thrown out trying to advance to third by the center fielder. Bill Sperry flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Atlanta Strick Jester flies out to the center fielder. Bevo Guardado grounds out to the shortstop. Troy Bruyette grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Chuck Tyson is pinch hitting for Frank Pfister. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Chuck Tyson triples. Katsuhiko Sakai doubles to right field. Chuck Tyson scores. Les Fryman flies out to the center fielder. Bill Speake singles past the third baseman. Katsuhiko Sakai scores. Buddy Smith comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Doc Marshall strikes out. Norm McGraw lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Atlanta Bob Shanner pitching. Snuffy Palacios is pinch hitting for Buddy Smith. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Snuffy Palacios pops out to the shortstop. Tiny Easler singles to left field. Mel Dreifort flies out to the right fielder. Tiny Easler steals second. Ezra Hutchinson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Frank Marriott pitching. Frank McColl strikes out. Xavier Christenbury grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Sperry singles to left field. Bob Shanner walks. Katsuhiko Sakai walks. Les Fryman flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Atlanta Jack Hallman enters the game as a defensive replacement for Frank McColl at 1B. Ziggy Lane walks. Pedro Chappelle walks. Strick Jester strikes out. Bevo Guardado singles to center field. Ziggy Lane scores. Mickey Rand comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Troy Bruyette strikes out. Tom Morehead is pinch hitting for Frank Marriott. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Tom Morehead doubles to left field. Pedro Chappelle scores. Tiny Easler singles in front of the right fielder. Bevo Guardado scores. Tom Morehead scores. Tiny Easler steals second. Mel Dreifort grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Monty Crouch pitching. Bill Speake flies out to the left fielder. Doc Marshall lines out to the third baseman. Norm McGraw strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Atlanta Ezra Hutchinson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ziggy Lane strikes out. Pedro Chappelle walks. Strick Jester doubles to right field. Pedro Chappelle uses his aggressiveness and scores. Cincinnati total runners left on base: 9 Atlanta total runners left on base: 9
Game Notes Strick Jester is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Rich Bell did not respond to coaching in arm Danny Hall did not respond to coaching in arm Ed Vollmer improves in range Rich Bell improves in arm Barry Kirkpatrick did not respond to coaching in arm Aramis Johnson did not respond to coaching in arm
Atlanta Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ernie Brockett improves in power_vs_lefty Broderick Johnson did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jeff Bush improves in power_vs_righty Steve King did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Norm Smith did not respond to coaching in control Monte Warhop did not respond to coaching in control Steve Brown did not respond to coaching in C