Win: Bill Hickerson (9-2) Loss: Brian Gutierrez (8-7)
Inning: 1 New York Juan Brown pitching. Gus Moriarty flies out to the center fielder. Buster Scruggs strikes out. Rhett Miller flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Brian Gutierrez pitching. Shigeki Chiba flies out to the center fielder. Ken Sauer singles to right field. Rudy Groth reached on a fielding error by Rhett Miller. Jim Thomas strikes out. Victor Hall strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 New York Mauricio Avila Perez hits a home run. Doug Stephenson singles to left field. Bo Diaz strikes out. Will Distaso strikes out. Bill Stryker strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Jim Welch strikes out. Wiley Patterson grounds out to the third baseman. Julio Glenn grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 New York Brian Gutierrez grounds out to the third baseman. Gus Moriarty flies out to the right fielder. Buster Scruggs singles to right field. Rhett Miller flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Juan Brown grounds out to the shortstop. Shigeki Chiba grounds out to the shortstop. Ken Sauer flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 New York Mauricio Avila Perez flies out to the left fielder. Doug Stephenson strikes out. Bo Diaz doubles to right field. Will Distaso pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Rudy Groth triples. Jim Thomas grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Victor Hall strikes out. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Rudy Groth scores. Jim Welch doubles to left field. Wiley Patterson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 New York Bill Stryker flies out to the left fielder. Brian Gutierrez flies out to the center fielder. Gus Moriarty grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Julio Glenn grounds out to the shortstop. Juan Brown grounds out to the third baseman. Shigeki Chiba walks. Ken Sauer flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 New York Buster Scruggs grounds out to the shortstop. Rhett Miller strikes out. Mauricio Avila Perez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Rudy Groth grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Thomas singles in front of the center fielder. Victor Hall grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Jim Thomas is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jim Welch walks. Wiley Patterson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 New York Doug Stephenson strikes out. Bo Diaz grounds out to the shortstop. Will Distaso doubles to center field. Shogo Ono 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. Bill Stryker strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Julio Glenn grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). John Weekly is pinch hitting for Shogo Ono. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. John Weekly strikes out. Shigeki Chiba walks. Shigeki Chiba is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 New York Bill Hickerson pitching. Brian Gutierrez flies out to the right fielder. Charlie Wilson is pinch hitting for Gus Moriarty. Charlie Wilson walks. Buster Scruggs strikes out. Rhett Miller strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Tommy Freigau enters the game as a defensive replacement for Charlie Wilson at 2B. Ken Sauer walks. Rudy Groth singles to right field. Jim Thomas singles to right field. Ken Sauer scores. Rudy Groth advances to third on the hit. Victor Hall flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Rudy Groth scores. Jim Welch hits a home run. Jim Thomas scores. Dean Long comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Wiley Patterson singles to center field. Julio Glenn hits an infield single to the first baseman. Bill Hickerson pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Shigeki Chiba reached on a 2-base throwing error by Will Distaso. Wiley Patterson scores. Carl Steinbach is pinch hitting for Ken Sauer. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Carl Steinbach singles to center field. Julio Glenn scores. Shigeki Chiba scores. Rudy Groth singles to center field. Carl Steinbach advances to third on the hit. Ernie Stechschulte comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jim Thomas doubles to center field. Carl Steinbach scores. Rudy Groth uses his aggressiveness and scores. George Roberts is pinch hitting for Victor Hall. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. George Roberts grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 New York Mauricio Avila Perez flies out to the right fielder. Doug Stephenson pops out to the third baseman. Bo Diaz strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 New York total runners left on base: 5 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 7
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Lefty Rittwage did not respond to coaching in control Luke Moore improves in speed Billy Wade improves in power_vs_lefty Carlton Pignatano improves in control Luke Moore did not respond to coaching in 3B
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ed Drake did not respond to coaching in control Fred Gowell improves in velocity Scott Elarton improves in contact_vs_lefty Ed Taylor did not respond to coaching in velocity Ike King improves in LF