Win: Lew Swindell (1-0) Loss: Robert Smock (0-1)
Save: Bob Spurgeon (1)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati Lew Swindell pitching. Tatsuya Arai flies out to the left fielder. Dutch Daley flies out to the center fielder. Kevin Morris hits a home run. Ed Armbrister grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Brooklyn Robert Smock pitching. Eusebio Tobin strikes out. Jerry Hendricks flies out to the left fielder. Jim Garrett grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Les Schwenk strikes out. Carlos Loaiza pops out to the catcher. Red Spongberg lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Brooklyn Dick Foster strikes out. Jeff Bennett grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Hobbs lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Joe Reed singles to right field. Robert Smock lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Tatsuya Arai singles to right field. Tatsuya Arai is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Dutch Daley lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Brooklyn Russ Higgins lines out to the third baseman. Tex Kelly singles to left field. Lew Swindell fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Lew Swindell grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Tex Kelly is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Eusebio Tobin strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Kevin Morris pops out to the third baseman. Ed Armbrister flies out to the center fielder. Les Schwenk lines out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Brooklyn Jerry Hendricks singles to center field. Jim Garrett singles to right field. Dick Foster walks. Jeff Bennett hits a home run. Jerry Hendricks scores. Jim Garrett scores. Dick Foster scores. Joe Hobbs flies out to the right fielder. Russ Higgins grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Tex Kelly strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Carlos Loaiza flies out to the center fielder. Red Spongberg strikes out. Joe Reed singles to left field. Robert Smock walks. Tatsuya Arai strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Brooklyn Lew Swindell singles to center field. Eusebio Tobin walks. Jerry Hendricks grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Eusebio Tobin is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jim Garrett flies out to the right fielder. Dick Foster walks. Snake Radke 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. Jeff Bennett grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Dutch Daley hits a home run. Kevin Morris grounds out to the third baseman. Ed Armbrister grounds out to the third baseman. Les Schwenk grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Brooklyn Joe Hobbs flies out to the center fielder. Russ Higgins grounds out to the shortstop. Tex Kelly strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Carlos Loaiza doubles to center field. Red Spongberg strikes out. Mike Robbins 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. Joe Reed grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Nat Johnson is pinch hitting for Snake Radke. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Nat Johnson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Brooklyn Danny Brinkman pitching. Coco Weaver is pinch hitting for Mike Robbins. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Coco Weaver singles to left field. Eusebio Tobin grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Jerry Hendricks strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Mort Jackson pitching. Tatsuya Arai pops out to the catcher. Dutch Daley strikes out. Kevin Morris triples. Ed Armbrister grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Brooklyn Jim Garrett strikes out. Dick Foster lines out to the third baseman. Jeff Bennett grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Bob Spurgeon comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Les Schwenk flies out to the right fielder. Carlos Loaiza grounds out to the third baseman. Red Spongberg strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 5 Brooklyn total runners left on base: 4
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: D- Improvements: Skip Pemberton did not respond to coaching in control Johnny Milne did not respond to coaching in velocity Babe Scheeren improves in arm Jose Meluskey did not respond to coaching in control Don Marshall did not respond to coaching in 2B
Brooklyn Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Mark Aldrich improves in speed Scott Smith did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Joe King improves in control Robert Salkeld improves in contact_vs_lefty