Win: Lefty English (1-0) Loss: Wilfredo Otey (0-1)
Save: Aaron Clark (4)
Inning: 1 Arizona Lefty English pitching. Rabbit Slattery strikes out. William Smith singles past the shortstop. William Smith steals second. Rocky Fasano strikes out. Juan Dessens reached on a fielding error by Ed Boyd. Sam Merloni strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Wilfredo Otey pitching. Jose Guerrero singles to right field. Rusty Triandos grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Tony Mills strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Arizona Mikio Mitsui strikes out. Ossee Felix grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tom Correll strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Buster Walls flies out to the right fielder. Ed Boyd flies out to the right fielder. Bob Smith doubles to center field. Gil Urrea singles to center field. Bob Smith is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Arizona Wilfredo Otey flies out to the left fielder. Rabbit Slattery grounds out to the second baseman. William Smith singles to center field. Rocky Fasano singles to right field. William Smith advances to third on the hit. Juan Dessens flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Masanobu Tanaka grounds out to the second baseman. Lefty English strikes out. Jose Guerrero flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Arizona Sam Merloni grounds out to the third baseman. Mikio Mitsui flies out to the center fielder. Ossee Felix strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Rusty Triandos singles to right field. Rusty Triandos steals second. Tony Mills grounds out to the second baseman. Rusty Triandos advances to third on the play. Buster Walls strikes out. Ed Boyd doubles to right field. Rusty Triandos scores. Bob Smith flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Arizona Tom Correll grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Wilfredo Otey pops out to the second baseman. Rabbit Slattery grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Gil Urrea grounds out to the second baseman. Masanobu Tanaka singles to left field. Lefty English lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. (SS covering 2nd). Jose Guerrero flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Arizona William Smith singles to right field. William Smith is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Rocky Fasano reached on a 2-base throwing error by Bob Smith. Juan Dessens flies out to the center fielder. Sam Merloni strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Rusty Triandos flies out to the right fielder. Tony Mills walks. Buster Walls strikes out. Ed Boyd strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Arizona Mikio Mitsui singles to center field. Ossee Felix grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Tom Correll strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Bob Smith grounds out to the pitcher. Gil Urrea reached on a fielding error by Rabbit Slattery. Masanobu Tanaka grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Gil Urrea is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Lefty English strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Arizona Ernie Flaherty is pinch hitting for Wilfredo Otey. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Ernie Flaherty walks. Rabbit Slattery grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Ernie Flaherty is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. William Smith grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Robin Keyser pitching. Jose Guerrero singles to center field. Rusty Triandos flies out to the center fielder. Tony Mills flies out to the left fielder. Buster Walls flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Arizona Rocky Fasano strikes out. Aaron Clark 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. Juan Dessens strikes out. Sam Merloni strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Arizona total runners left on base: 5 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 6
Arizona Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Ron Merriman improves in range Jim Lucier improves in arm Ping Green did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Pat Sprinz did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Rich Hilly improves in power_vs_righty Allen Naton did not respond to coaching 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: Ted Reilly improves in contact_vs_righty Roy Foster improves in speed Ted Reilly improves in contact_vs_lefty Mal McGarr did not respond to coaching in control Hal Roach improves in arm Rollie Hallahan did not respond to coaching in velocity Dave McLaughlin did not respond to coaching in 3B