Win: Johnny Finigan (3-0) Loss: John Latimer (0-2)
Inning: 1 Arizona Allister Desoto pitching. Kurt Flood grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Heinrich flies out to the right fielder. Lefty Root flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 New York Ray Verlander pitching. Don Willett grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Laga pops out to the first baseman. Mike Striker pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Arizona Roberto Miranda triples. Mack Weiss reached on a 2-base throwing error by Don Willett. Roberto Miranda scores. Ken Bowen grounds out to the shortstop. Scott Sumner doubles to right field. Mack Weiss scores. John Brown strikes out. Ray Verlander strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 New York Paxton Crider hits a home run. Alejandro Luis_Medina strikes out. Barney Mullin grounds out to the third baseman. Greg Sawyer flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Arizona Kurt Flood grounds out to the third baseman. Jim Heinrich grounds out to the second baseman. Lefty Root flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 New York Brad Power walks. Brad Power steals second. Allister Desoto fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Allister Desoto grounds out to the third baseman. Don Willett grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Laga singles to left field. Brad Power scores. Mike Striker strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Arizona Roberto Miranda grounds out to the shortstop. Mack Weiss grounds out to the shortstop. Ken Bowen grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 New York Paxton Crider walks. Alejandro Luis_Medina grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Barney Mullin grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Arizona Scott Sumner grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). John Brown singles to right field. Ray Verlander lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Kurt Flood walks. Jim Heinrich lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 New York Greg Sawyer pops out to the second baseman. Brad Power strikes out. Allister Desoto grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Arizona Lefty Root singles to left field. Roberto Miranda flies out to the center fielder. Mack Weiss flies out to the center fielder. Ken Bowen grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Lefty Root is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 New York Don Willett strikes out. Jim Laga flies out to the left fielder. Mike Striker grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Arizona Scott Sumner singles to center field. Scott Sumner steals second. John Brown walks. Ray Verlander lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Kurt Flood strikes out. Jim Heinrich singles to center field. Scott Sumner scores. Lefty Root flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 New York Paxton Crider grounds out to the second baseman. Alejandro Luis_Medina grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Barney Mullin grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Arizona Roberto Miranda bunts for a base hit. Mack Weiss singles to right field. Ken Bowen flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Scott Sumner strikes out. John Brown doubles to right field. Roberto Miranda scores. Rufino Gonzalez comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Ray Verlander grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 New York Greg Sawyer strikes out. Brad Power singles to center field. Zack Shepherd is pinch hitting for Rufino Gonzalez. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Zack Shepherd singles past the first baseman. Brad Power advances to third on the hit. John Latimer 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. Don Willett doubles to right field. Brad Power scores. Zack Shepherd is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Jim Laga singles to center field. Don Willett scores. Mike Striker walks. Paxton Crider strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Arizona Johnny Finigan pitching. Kurt Flood singles to left field. Jim Heinrich grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Kurt Flood is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Lefty Root flies out to the center fielder. Roberto Miranda doubles to center field. Mack Weiss strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 New York Alejandro Luis_Medina walks. Barney Mullin singles to left field. Hidetoshi Nishi comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Greg Sawyer grounds out to the pitcher. Alejandro Luis_Medina advances to third on the play. Barney Mullin advances to second on the play. Brad Power flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Alejandro Luis_Medina scores. Arizona total runners left on base: 10 New York total runners left on base: 3
Arizona Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bobby Cudworth did not respond to coaching in speed George Rocco improves in power_vs_righty Marcus Posada did not respond to coaching in control Oad Seaton did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Bart Sorensen did not respond to coaching in 3B
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Tony Gilbert did not respond to coaching in velocity Kevin Johnston improves in velocity Wayne Tollberg did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Brian McGhee improves in power_vs_lefty