Win: Jose Busby (13-8) Loss: Danny Cooper (13-12)
Save: Yancey Cravat (42)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati Danny Cooper pitching. Bill Appier strikes out. Tom Rohdes grounds out to the shortstop. Will Clark pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Arizona Jose Busby pitching. Bill Smith flies out to the left fielder. William Smith strikes out. Terry Harper doubles to center field. Bill Mabry strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Len Zimmer grounds out to the second baseman. Tony Mills singles to center field. Bob Smith flies out to the right fielder. Joe Becker singles to center field. Kensuke Fujita singles to center field. Tony Mills scores. Joe Becker advances to third on the hit. Jose Busby grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Arizona Hal Brubaker strikes out. Travis Miller grounds out to the second baseman. Lester Jones grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Bill Appier strikes out. Tom Rohdes pops out to the first baseman. Will Clark hits a home run. Len Zimmer singles to center field. Tony Mills flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Arizona Sam Merloni grounds out to the shortstop. Danny Cooper strikes out. Bill Smith singles to center field. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. William Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Bob Smith singles to left field. Joe Becker pops out to the first baseman. Kensuke Fujita flies out to the right fielder. Jose Busby flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Arizona Terry Harper strikes out. Bill Mabry singles to right field. Hal Brubaker singles to right field. Bill Mabry advances to third on the hit. Travis Miller strikes out. Lester Jones grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Bill Appier grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Rohdes strikes out. Will Clark grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Arizona Sam Merloni strikes out. Danny Cooper grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Smith flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Len Zimmer grounds out to the shortstop. Tony Mills flies out to the center fielder. Bob Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Arizona William Smith flies out to the right fielder. Terry Harper pops out to the second baseman. Bill Mabry flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Joe Becker reached on a fielding error by Sam Merloni. Kensuke Fujita grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Becker advances to second on the play. Jose Busby strikes out. Bill Appier grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Arizona Hal Brubaker flies out to the right fielder. Travis Miller grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Lester Jones hits a home run. Sam Merloni strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Tom Rohdes pops out to the first baseman. Will Clark strikes out. Len Zimmer flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Arizona Dave Brinkman enters the game as a defensive replacement for Tony Mills at 1B. Slow Poke Johnson is pinch hitting for Danny Cooper. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Slow Poke Johnson walks. Slow Poke Johnson steals second. Bill Smith strikes out. Slow Poke Johnson gets picked off second (1-4). William Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Steve Sipek pitching. Dave Brinkman strikes out. Masanobu Tanaka is pinch hitting for Bob Smith. Masanobu Tanaka strikes out. Joe Becker grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Arizona Damon Fahr enters the game as a defensive replacement for Masanobu Tanaka at 3B. Yancey Cravat comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Terry Harper singles to left field. Bill Mabry walks. Hal Brubaker pops out to the first baseman. Travis Miller walks. Lester Jones grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 5 Arizona total runners LOB: 6
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ed Boyd did not respond to coaching in arm Adolfo Lewis did not respond to coaching in control Joe Butler improves in arm Lou Smith did not respond to coaching in velocity Ed Boyd improves in arm Joe Butler did not respond to coaching in range Joe Butler improves in RF
Arizona Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: D+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Joe Cook did not respond to coaching in arm Steve Small improves in control Joe Cook did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Robin Keyser did not respond to coaching in control Mario Rowan improves in contact_vs_righty Bill Conley did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty