Inning: 1 Cincinnati Double D Trouble pitching. Lee Burks singles to right field. Len Zimmer strikes out. Joe Gordon singles to center field. Lee Burks advances to third on the hit. Tom Rohdes pops out to the first baseman. Will Clark walks. Tony Mills flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 1 New York Heath Vader pitching. Ed Davis lines out to the third baseman. Dave Smith pops out to the first baseman. Jim Bowers walks. Rafael Metzger strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Bill Appier singles to center field. Bob Smith strikes out. Heath Vader fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Heath Vader strikes out. Lee Burks grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 New York Upper Decker strikes out. Donn Hernandez strikes out. Don Gazella grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Len Zimmer strikes out. Joe Gordon grounds out to the pitcher. Tom Rohdes grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 New York Greg Mele strikes out. Double D Trouble grounds out to the shortstop. Ed Davis strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Will Clark grounds out to the second baseman. Tony Mills walks. Bill Appier flies out to the left fielder. Bob Smith flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 New York Dave Smith singles past the second baseman. Jim Bowers flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Rafael Metzger singles to left field. Upper Decker grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Rafael Metzger is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Donn Hernandez lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Heath Vader grounds out to the second baseman. Lee Burks grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Len Zimmer grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 New York Don Gazella singles to left field. Greg Mele strikes out. Double D Trouble lays a bunt down the third base line. The third baseman fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first for the 5-6-4 double play (2B covering 1st). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Joe Gordon flies out to the left fielder. Tom Rohdes grounds out to the shortstop. Will Clark flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 New York Ed Davis strikes out. Dave Smith is hit by a pitch. Jim Bowers strikes out. Rafael Metzger doubles to left field. Dave Smith uses his aggressiveness and scores. Upper Decker grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Tony Mills grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Appier flies out to the center fielder. Bob Smith grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 New York Donn Hernandez flies out to the center fielder. Don Gazella pops out to the third baseman. Greg Mele walks. Double D Trouble strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Heath Vader grounds out to the third baseman. Lee Burks flies out to the right fielder. Len Zimmer walks. Joe Gordon grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Len Zimmer is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 New York Ed Davis singles to left field. Dave Smith strikes out. Jim Bowers singles to center field. Ed Davis advances to third on the hit. Rafael Metzger singles to right field. Ed Davis scores. Upper Decker singles to left field. Jim Bowers scores. Donn Hernandez flies out to the left fielder. Jim Miller 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. Don Gazella singles to left field. Rafael Metzger scores. Upper Decker advances to third on the hit. Greg Mele singles to right field. Upper Decker scores. Double D Trouble grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Masanobu Tanaka is pinch hitting for Tom Rohdes. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Masanobu Tanaka grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Will Clark doubles to left field. Tony Mills strikes out. Rocky Burgess is pinch hitting for Bill Appier. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Rocky Burgess strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 7 New York total runners left on base: 7
Game Notes Upper Decker is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Curt Mason did not respond to coaching in arm Earl Lemonds did not respond to coaching in control Rusty Triandos improves in contact_vs_lefty Jacque Segui did not respond to coaching in velocity Rusty Triandos improves in power_vs_righty Curt Mason improves in arm Paul Sutherland improves in RF
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Earl Maxvill improves in speed Dean Kissinger improves in contact_vs_lefty Dean Kissinger improves in range John Brown did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Dean Kissinger improves in power_vs_righty Earl Maxvill improves in range