Win: Johnny Byrd (13-5) Loss: Tsuneo Tahara (6-9)
Save: Ed Drake (29)
Inning: 1 Los Angeles Johnny Byrd pitching. Gary Walberg walks. Gary Walberg steals second. Brian Fussell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Gary Walberg advances to third on the play. Willie McCovey singles to right field. Gary Walberg scores. Osvaldo Gonzalez strikes out. Mike Rincon singles to left field. Willie McCovey advances to third on the hit. Jerry Stoneham strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Tsuneo Tahara pitching. Buster Scruggs walks. Francisco Hart strikes out. Andy Zamora flies out to the center fielder. Carl Steinbach flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Los Angeles Ramon Wirth grounds out to the second baseman. Len Coppinger grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Tsuneo Tahara strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Victor Hankins pops out to the shortstop. Tomoyoshi Aihara strikes out. Rudy Groth singles to left field. Wally Brown singles to right field. Johnny Byrd strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Los Angeles Gary Walberg grounds out to the shortstop. Brian Fussell flies out to the center fielder. Willie McCovey singles to center field. Osvaldo Gonzalez grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Willie McCovey is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Buster Scruggs pops out to the third baseman. Francisco Hart walks. Andy Zamora singles to right field. Francisco Hart advances to third on the hit. Carl Steinbach grounds out to the pitcher. Andy Zamora advances to second on the play. Victor Hankins grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Los Angeles Mike Rincon walks. Jerry Stoneham flies out to the center fielder. Ramon Wirth strikes out. Len Coppinger flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Tomoyoshi Aihara grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rudy Groth singles to center field. Wally Brown grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Rudy Groth is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Johnny Byrd flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Los Angeles Tsuneo Tahara grounds out to the second baseman. Gary Walberg flies out to the center fielder. Brian Fussell singles past the first baseman. Willie McCovey grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Brian Fussell is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Buster Scruggs grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Francisco Hart grounds out to the second baseman. Andy Zamora flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Los Angeles Osvaldo Gonzalez reached on a fielding error by Buster Scruggs. Mike Rincon walks. Jerry Stoneham grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Osvaldo Gonzalez advances to third on the play. Mike Rincon advances to second on the play. Ramon Wirth strikes out. Len Coppinger flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Carl Steinbach singles in front of the right fielder. Victor Hankins reached on a 2-base throwing error by Tsuneo Tahara. Tomoyoshi Aihara flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Carl Steinbach scores. Rudy Groth singles to right field. Victor Hankins scores. Wally Brown strikes out. Johnny Byrd flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Los Angeles Doug Kircher is pinch hitting for Tsuneo Tahara. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Doug Kircher grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Gary Walberg flies out to the left fielder. Brian Fussell flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Joe Strelecki pitching. Buster Scruggs singles to right field. Francisco Hart flies out to the right fielder. Andy Zamora walks. Carl Steinbach grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Andy Zamora is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Victor Hankins walks. Tomoyoshi Aihara grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Los Angeles Julio Glenn enters the game as a defensive replacement for Tomoyoshi Aihara at CF. Andy Demmitt enters the game as a defensive replacement for Rudy Groth at C. Willie McCovey grounds out to the third baseman. Osvaldo Gonzalez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mike Rincon strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Andy Demmitt walks. Al Dinges is pinch hitting for Wally Brown. Al Dinges walks. Matty Wagner is pinch hitting for Johnny Byrd. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Matty Wagner grounds out to the third baseman. Andy Demmitt advances to third on the play. Al Dinges advances to second on the play. Buster Scruggs grounds out to the second baseman. Andy Demmitt scores. Al Dinges advances to third on the play. Francisco Hart singles to center field. Al Dinges scores. Andy Zamora grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Los Angeles Ed Drake pitching. Jerry Stoneham flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Ramon Wirth pops out to the shortstop. Len Coppinger hits a home run. Del Benton is pinch hitting for Joe Strelecki. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Del Benton singles to right field. Gary Walberg grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Los Angeles total runners left on base: 8 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 11
Los Angeles Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Gary Seyfried did not respond to coaching in arm Dutch Courtright did not respond to coaching in velocity Jim Sedgwick did not respond to coaching in speed Darrin Presko did not respond to coaching in control Earl Johnson did not respond to coaching in SS
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Gordon Karpel improves in control Benj Tekulve improves in contact_vs_righty Ed Grimsley did not respond to coaching in velocity Red McGraw did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Steve Ehmke did not respond to coaching in 3B