Win: Kentaro Takamori (15-7) Loss: Cesar Shore (4-15)
Save: January McMurtry (11)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati Kentaro Takamori pitching. Fred King triples. Joe Walker walks. Mike Quinn strikes out. Wesley Shannon flies out to the right fielder. Tim Mercker strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Brooklyn Cesar Shore pitching. Jeff Torborg flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Norm Larker flies out to the right fielder. Tom Hutton grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Frank Rath flies out to the right fielder. Oscar Peters strikes out. Ron Gryska flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Brooklyn Don Demeter strikes out. Chuck Essigian flies out to the center fielder. Santo Trafficante Jr flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Cesar Shore flies out to the right fielder. Fred King walks. Joe Walker grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Fred King is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Mike Quinn flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Brooklyn Maury Wills grounds out to the second baseman. Snipe Rodriguez grounds out to the second baseman. Kentaro Takamori strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Wesley Shannon strikes out. Tim Mercker grounds out to the third baseman. Frank Rath strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Brooklyn Jeff Torborg singles to center field. Norm Larker strikes out. Tom Hutton pops out to the shortstop. Don Demeter singles to left field. Chuck Essigian singles to center field. Jeff Torborg scores. Don Demeter advances to third on the hit. Santo Trafficante Jr flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Oscar Peters flies out to the center fielder. Ron Gryska doubles to center field. Cesar Shore flies out to the left fielder. Fred King reached on a fielding error by Snipe Rodriguez. Joe Walker grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Brooklyn Maury Wills flies out to the center fielder. Snipe Rodriguez grounds out to the second baseman. Kentaro Takamori strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Mike Quinn flies out to the left fielder. Wesley Shannon grounds out to the third baseman. Tim Mercker strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Brooklyn Jeff Torborg grounds out to the second baseman. Norm Larker flies out to the right fielder. Tom Hutton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Frank Rath strikes out. Oscar Peters strikes out. Ron Gryska singles to center field. Bob Sloan is pinch hitting for Cesar Shore. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Bob Sloan strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Brooklyn Otto Christiansen pitching. Don Demeter strikes out. Chuck Essigian reached on a 2-base throwing error by Frank Rath. Chuck Essigian steals third. Santo Trafficante Jr grounds out to the second baseman. Chuck Essigian scores. Maury Wills strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Jim Barbieri enters the game as a defensive replacement for Snipe Rodriguez at 2B. Fred King walks. Joe Walker singles to center field. Fred King advances to third on the hit. Mike Quinn singles to left field. Fred King scores. Wesley Shannon grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Mike Quinn is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. The defense is playing the corners in. Tim Mercker grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Wesley Shannon advances to second on the play. Frank Rath flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Brooklyn Jim Barbieri grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Skowron is pinch hitting for Kentaro Takamori. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Bill Skowron strikes out. Jeff Torborg singles past the shortstop. Norm Larker walks. Tom Hutton grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Cincinnati January McMurtry pitching. Oscar Peters grounds out to the shortstop. Ron Gryska strikes out. Ike Wever is pinch hitting for Otto Christiansen. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ike Wever grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 8 Brooklyn total runners left on base: 4
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Hank Ruether improves in range Alex Romero improves in arm Razor Aloma did not respond to coaching in velocity Hank Ruether did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty
Brooklyn Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: John Purdin did not respond to coaching in velocity Norm Sherry improves in range Dick Stuart improves in arm Joe Moore did not respond to coaching in velocity Vern Espino did not respond to coaching in SS