Win: Cliff Breazeale (12-5) Loss: Jerry Allen (8-14)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati Jerry Allen pitching. Spike Schmidt hits a home run. Les Varsho grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Ron Gilbert lines out to the shortstop. Ray Rowe doubles past the first baseman. Phil Willis singles to left field. Ray Rowe scores. Phil Willis is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Atlanta Cliff Breazeale pitching. Hal Koslofski strikes out. Dusty Andrews singles to center field. Kirby Romero flies out to the center fielder. Dusty Andrews is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Bill Williams strikes out. Yale Ostendorf flies out to the right fielder. Billy Hibbs flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Atlanta Jack Schell walks. Jack Schell is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Fred Cromer strikes out. Ripper Kohlman grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Cliff Breazeale strikes out. Spike Schmidt walks. Les Varsho flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Ron Gilbert singles to right field. Spike Schmidt advances to third on the hit. Ray Rowe walks. Phil Willis walks. Spike Schmidt scores. Bill Williams flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Atlanta Shinji Tagi grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Del Wedge grounds out to the shortstop. Jerry Allen grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Yale Ostendorf grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Billy Hibbs strikes out. Cliff Breazeale grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Atlanta Hal Koslofski strikes out. Dusty Andrews strikes out. Kirby Romero flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Spike Schmidt grounds out to the second baseman. Les Varsho grounds out to the third baseman. Ron Gilbert flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Atlanta Jack Schell strikes out. Fred Cromer reached on a 2-base throwing error by Ron Gilbert. Ripper Kohlman strikes out. Shinji Tagi walks. Del Wedge grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Shinji Tagi is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Ray Rowe singles to left field. Phil Willis pops out to the first baseman. Ray Rowe steals second. Bill Williams pops out to the second baseman. Yale Ostendorf strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Atlanta Jerry Allen grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Hal Koslofski pops out to the first baseman. Dusty Andrews singles to left field. Kirby Romero grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Dusty Andrews is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Billy Hibbs flies out to the right fielder. Cliff Breazeale strikes out. Spike Schmidt grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Atlanta Jack Schell grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Fred Cromer walks. Ripper Kohlman strikes out. Shinji Tagi pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Joe Bell comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Les Varsho doubles to right field. Ron Gilbert flies out to the right fielder. Ray Rowe grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Les Varsho advances to third on the play. Phil Willis singles to right field. Les Varsho scores. Bill Williams pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Atlanta Del Wedge grounds out to the second baseman. Eli Leinhauser is pinch hitting for Joe Bell. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Eli Leinhauser strikes out. Hal Koslofski grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Hideyuki Sunouchi pitching. Yale Ostendorf hits a home run. Billy Hibbs flies out to the center fielder. Cliff Breazeale flies out to the center fielder. Spike Schmidt strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Atlanta Dusty Andrews grounds out to the shortstop. Kirby Romero strikes out. Jack Schell strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 5 Atlanta total runners LOB: 4
Batting:2B - Les Varsho (25), Ray Rowe (16).HR - Spike Schmidt (20), Yale Ostendorf (10). Baserunning: SB - Ray Rowe (19).CS - Phil Willis (12). Fielding: E - Ron Gilbert.
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bob Bruett improves in arm Jay Horton did not respond to coaching in control Bob Bruett did not respond to coaching in speed Billy Diaz did not respond to coaching in range
Atlanta Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Mike Currin improves in contact_vs_righty Mardie Tooley did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Fred Schemer did not respond to coaching in range Harry Jackson did not respond to coaching in velocity