Win: Bob Spurgeon (7-8) Loss: Hiroshi Tomashino (4-19)
Save: Mort Jackson (46)
Inning: 1 Brooklyn Hiroshi Tomashino pitching. Roy Kelly triples. Coco Weaver lines out to the third baseman. Joe Blackwell grounds out to the third baseman. Roy Kelly scores. Jim Garrett is hit by a pitch. Joe Mathews strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Bob Spurgeon pitching. Kevin Morris strikes out. Dennis Menke strikes out. Phil Dolan singles to left field. Red Spongberg grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Phil Dolan is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Brooklyn Jeff Bennett grounds out to the shortstop. George Walsh grounds out to the pitcher. Jack Lyons lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Russ Davis singles to right field. Masaki Sumitomo strikes out. Jim Ruel pops out to the second baseman. Ed Armbrister strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Brooklyn Bob Spurgeon grounds out to the third baseman. Roy Kelly singles to left field. Coco Weaver flies out to the center fielder. Joe Blackwell strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Hiroshi Tomashino strikes out. Kevin Morris singles to right field. Dennis Menke grounds out to the third baseman. Kevin Morris advances to second on the play. Phil Dolan strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Brooklyn Jim Garrett grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Mathews strikes out. Jeff Bennett singles to left field. George Walsh strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Red Spongberg pops out to the third baseman. Russ Davis grounds out to the second baseman. Masaki Sumitomo doubles to left field. Jim Ruel flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Brooklyn Jack Lyons singles to center field. Bob Spurgeon lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Roy Kelly grounds out to the second baseman. Jack Lyons advances to third on the play. Coco Weaver walks. Joe Blackwell strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Ed Armbrister grounds out to the shortstop. Hiroshi Tomashino grounds out to the second baseman. Kevin Morris grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Brooklyn Jim Garrett grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Mathews singles to left field. Jeff Bennett singles to right field. George Walsh flies out to the center fielder. Jack Lyons grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Dennis Menke walks. Tommy Green 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 1st. Phil Dolan strikes out. Dennis Menke steals second. Red Spongberg grounds out to the pitcher. Russ Davis walks. Masaki Sumitomo walks. Jim Ruel strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Brooklyn Libation Guiness is pinch hitting for Tommy Green. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Libation Guiness singles to right field. Roy Kelly walks. Danny Brinkman 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. Coco Weaver grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Libation Guiness advances to third on the play. Joe Blackwell hits a home run. Libation Guiness scores. Jim Garrett singles past the second baseman. Joe Mathews reached on a fielding error by Phil Dolan. Jeff Bennett grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Joe Mathews is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Joel Melian pitching. Mark Melillo is pinch hitting for Ed Armbrister. Mark Melillo strikes out. Steve Gwynn is pinch hitting for Danny Brinkman. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Steve Gwynn doubles to right field. Kevin Morris walks. Dennis Menke singles to right field. Steve Gwynn scores. Kevin Morris aggressively advances to third on the hit. Phil Dolan walks. Red Spongberg flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Kevin Morris scores. Jack Ring comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Russ Davis flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Brooklyn Jack Hamilton pitching. George Walsh doubles to right field. Jack Lyons grounds out to the shortstop. Hack Kucks is pinch hitting for Jack Ring. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Hack Kucks singles to center field. Roy Kelly triples. George Walsh scores. Hack Kucks scores. Hal Wilson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Coco Weaver flies out to the left fielder. Joe Blackwell flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Todd Barone pitching. Masaki Sumitomo pops out to the first baseman. Jim Ruel grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Mark Melillo singles to center field. Mike Brito is pinch hitting for Hal Wilson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Mike Brito singles to left field. Kevin Morris flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Brooklyn Bob Adams pitching. Jim Garrett grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Joe Mathews grounds out to the pitcher. Jeff Bennett strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Mort Jackson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Dennis Menke flies out to the left fielder. Phil Dolan strikes out. Red Spongberg singles to right field. Russ Davis singles to center field. Masaki Sumitomo strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Brooklyn total runners LOB: 10 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 13
Game Notes Danny Brinkman is injured and is expected to be out 39 days.
Brooklyn Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Tex Diaz did not respond to coaching in arm Dallas Herbel improves in power_vs_righty Jack Bench improves in contact_vs_righty Jack Bench did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Tex Diaz did not respond to coaching in LF
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Skip Pemberton did not respond to coaching in velocity Les Schwenk improves in speed Johnny Milne did not respond to coaching in velocity Jack Nash did not respond to coaching in velocity Dutch Daley did not respond to coaching in C