Win: Earl Lemonds (1-0) Loss: Steve Small (0-1)
Save: Aaron Clark (3)
Inning: 1 Arizona Earl Lemonds pitching. Homer Ritterson flies out to the center fielder. Rocky Fasano flies out to the right fielder. William Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Steve Small pitching. Jose Guerrero flies out to the center fielder. Lee Burks grounds out to the shortstop. Rusty Triandos singles to left field. Ed Boyd singles to right field. Rusty Triandos advances to third on the hit. Masanobu Tanaka flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Arizona Rabbit Slattery singles to right field. Mikio Mitsui strikes out. Hirofumi Yamanaka strikes out. Rabbit Slattery steals second. Sam Merloni grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Buster Walls walks. Paul Sutherland grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Bob Smith singles to center field. Earl Lemonds flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Arizona Jason Heman doubles to right field. Steve Small fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Steve Small strikes out. Homer Ritterson strikes out. Rocky Fasano flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Jose Guerrero grounds out to the second baseman. Lee Burks flies out to the right fielder. Rusty Triandos strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Arizona William Smith strikes out. Rabbit Slattery pops out to the shortstop. Mikio Mitsui flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Ed Boyd grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Masanobu Tanaka grounds out to the shortstop. Buster Walls walks. Paul Sutherland flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Arizona Hirofumi Yamanaka singles to right field. Sam Merloni walks. Jason Heman pops out to the shortstop. Steve Small lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first for the 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Bob Smith strikes out. Earl Lemonds flies out to the right fielder. Jose Guerrero singles to left field. Lee Burks hits a home run. Jose Guerrero scores. Rusty Triandos grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Arizona Homer Ritterson grounds out to the pitcher. Rocky Fasano strikes out. William Smith pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Ed Boyd pops out to the second baseman. Masanobu Tanaka grounds out to the second baseman. Buster Walls strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Arizona Rabbit Slattery grounds out to the second baseman. Mikio Mitsui hits a home run. Hirofumi Yamanaka strikes out. Sam Merloni strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Paul Sutherland grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Smith pops out to the first baseman. Tony Mills is pinch hitting for Earl Lemonds. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Tony Mills doubles to left field. Jose Guerrero walks. Lee Burks strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Arizona Al Dreesen pitching. Jason Heman strikes out. March McColl is pinch hitting for Steve Small. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. March McColl flies out to the left fielder. Homer Ritterson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Robin Keyser pitching. Rusty Triandos grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Boyd walks. Masanobu Tanaka doubles to right field. Ed Boyd uses his aggressiveness and scores. Buster Walls flies out to the center fielder. Paul Sutherland grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Arizona Aaron Clark comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Rocky Fasano flies out to the center fielder. William Smith lines out to the third baseman. Rabbit Slattery grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Arizona total runners left on base: 3 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 7
Arizona Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Rich Hilly did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Pat Sprinz did not respond to coaching in range Bill Whitehill did not respond to coaching in control Bill Verdel did not respond to coaching in velocity Al Hodge did not respond to coaching in control Al Hodge improves in velocity Sam Cuyler did not respond to coaching in C
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bob Bailey did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Leo Dougherty did not respond to coaching in control Jose Bollo did not respond to coaching in control Dave McLaughlin improves in contact_vs_righty Jose Bollo did not respond to coaching in control Rollie Hallahan improves in velocity Bob Bailey improves in CF