Win: Billpete Rose (1-0) Loss: Doc Halladay (2-12)
Save: Jimbo Clydsdale (2)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati Billpete Rose pitching. Glen Close grounds out to the second baseman. Sammy Blue singles in front of the right fielder. Randy Brucker grounds out to the third baseman. Sammy Blue advances to second on the play. Bud Sweeney walks. Bruce Candaele grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Chicago Doc Halladay pitching. Yeral Alarcon singles to center field. Mosey Malone walks. Claude St.Vrain singles to right field. Yeral Alarcon scores. Mosey Malone advances to third on the hit. Yusnel Silva flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Mosey Malone scores. Lou Templeton walks. Russell Krough strikes out. Dale Unser hits a home run. Claude St.Vrain scores. Lou Templeton scores. Billy Freeman strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Bruce Cable pops out to the catcher. Chris Wheelock strikes out. Gene Bejma grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Chicago Billpete Rose flies out to the right fielder. Yeral Alarcon reached on a 2-base fielding error by Bud Sweeney. Mosey Malone strikes out. Claude St.Vrain walks. Yusnel Silva doubles to right field. Yeral Alarcon scores. Claude St.Vrain uses his aggressiveness and scores. Lou Templeton flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Doc Halladay grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Glen Close lines out to the second baseman. Sammy Blue flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Chicago Russell Krough grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Dale Unser grounds out to the second baseman. Billy Freeman walks. Billpete Rose lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Randy Brucker singles to left field. Bud Sweeney grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Bruce Candaele grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Chicago Yeral Alarcon grounds out to the third baseman. Mosey Malone flies out to the left fielder. Claude St.Vrain strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Bruce Cable singles to center field. Chris Wheelock strikes out. Gene Bejma strikes out. Kelly Pounds is pinch hitting for Doc Halladay. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Kelly Pounds flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Chicago Willie Hack pitching. Yusnel Silva walks. Lou Templeton flies out to the right fielder. Russell Krough strikes out. Dale Unser walks. Billy Freeman singles past the third baseman. Yusnel Silva scores. Dale Unser advances to third on the hit. Frank Tracy is pinch hitting for Billpete Rose. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Frank Tracy walks. Yeral Alarcon strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Jimbo Clydsdale pitching. Glen Close singles to right field. Sammy Blue walks. Randy Brucker singles to right field. Glen Close scores. Bud Sweeney pops out to the shortstop. Bruce Candaele strikes out. Bruce Cable singles to right field. Chris Wheelock grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Chicago Rex Touchstone comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mosey Malone grounds out to the second baseman. Claude St.Vrain singles to center field. Yusnel Silva flies out to the center fielder. Lou Templeton flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Gene Bejma grounds out to the second baseman. Tom Wright is pinch hitting for Rex Touchstone. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Tom Wright flies out to the right fielder. Glen Close grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Chicago Bernie Miller pitching. Nomayo Hamberger is pinch hitting for Russell Krough. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Nomayo Hamberger flies out to the left fielder. Dale Unser strikes out. Billy Freeman doubles to left field. Jimbo Clydsdale flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Sammy Blue pops out to the second baseman. Randy Brucker grounds out to the shortstop. Bud Sweeney grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Chicago Pablo Bell is pinch hitting for Yeral Alarcon. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Pablo Bell reached on a 2-base throwing error by Bruce Cable. Mosey Malone walks. Claude St.Vrain flies out to the right fielder. Yusnel Silva flies out to the left fielder. Bill Criscola comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states RP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Monk Eaton is pinch hitting for Lou Templeton. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Monk Eaton walks. Nomayo Hamberger singles to center field. Pablo Bell scores. Mosey Malone scores. Monk Eaton advances to third on the hit. Dale Unser flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Bruce Candaele grounds out to the shortstop. Bruce Cable walks. Chris Wheelock flies out to the center fielder. Gene Bejma grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Bruce Cable is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 7 Chicago total runners left on base: 9
Game Notes Bernie Miller is injured and is expected to be out 12 days.
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Dutch Bennett did not respond to coaching in endurance Al Tudor improves in contact_vs_righty Bennie Slattery improves in arm Dick Smith did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Earl Daniel did not respond to coaching in C
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Lupe Gehrig did not respond to coaching in velocity Star Eagle did not respond to coaching in control Al Brantley did not respond to coaching in velocity Blizzie Borden did not respond to coaching in control Ben Simpson did not respond to coaching in 2B