Win: Ben Schellhase (13-6) Loss: Hank Walker (12-7)
Save: Ed Howell (36)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati Ben Schellhase pitching. Ryan Baerga flies out to the right fielder. Barry Johnson walks. Joel Potts flies out to the left fielder. Brick Sommers grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Montreal Hank Walker pitching. Gene Bradford doubles to left field. Esteban Lyons grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Gene Bradford advances to third on the play. Curt Beckwith singles to right field. Gene Bradford scores. Johnny Schmidt walks. Amaury Sandt walks. Julio Mayer grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Damaso Theis flies out to the left fielder. Johnny Escobar flies out to the left fielder. Joey Rijo singles to center field. Ben Hahn grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Joey Rijo is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Montreal Jack Lerchen flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Jim Funk walks. Ben Schellhase lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Gene Bradford doubles to left field. Jim Funk scores. Esteban Lyons strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Hank Walker strikes out. Ryan Baerga singles to left field. Barry Johnson flies out to the right fielder. Joel Potts grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Montreal Curt Beckwith strikes out. Johnny Schmidt strikes out. Amaury Sandt grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Brick Sommers flies out to the center fielder. Damaso Theis flies out to the right fielder. Johnny Escobar singles to left field. Joey Rijo pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Montreal Julio Mayer strikes out. Jack Lerchen grounds out to the third baseman. Jim Funk strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Ben Hahn grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Hank Walker walks. Ryan Baerga strikes out. Barry Johnson grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Montreal Ben Schellhase flies out to the center fielder. Gene Bradford flies out to the center fielder. Esteban Lyons strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Joel Potts doubles to left field. Brick Sommers grounds out to the second baseman. Joel Potts advances to third on the play. Damaso Theis grounds out to the third baseman. Johnny Escobar grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Montreal Curt Beckwith flies out to the center fielder. Johnny Schmidt grounds out to the shortstop. Amaury Sandt strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Joey Rijo flies out to the left fielder. Ben Hahn grounds out to the second baseman. Hank Walker reached on a fielding error by Gene Bradford. Ryan Baerga grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Montreal Julio Mayer grounds out to the shortstop. Jack Lerchen strikes out. Jim Funk strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Barry Johnson flies out to the left fielder. Joel Potts strikes out. Brick Sommers singles to center field. Damaso Theis flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Montreal Al Leary is pinch hitting for Ben Schellhase. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Al Leary doubles to right field. Gene Bradford strikes out. Esteban Lyons walks. Curt Beckwith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Al Leary advances to third on the play. Esteban Lyons advances to second on the play. Ken Schulte 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. Johnny Schmidt flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Ed Howell pitching. Johnny Escobar strikes out. Joey Rijo flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Ben Hahn singles to center field. Richie Adkins is pinch hitting for Ken Schulte. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Richie Adkins grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ben Hahn is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 9 Montreal total runners left on base: 5