Win: Herb Meulens (8-0) Loss: George Jackson (4-5)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati Herb Meulens pitching. Don Hoey strikes out. Tetsuo Minami strikes out. Yuzo Sanada grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Los Angeles George Jackson pitching. D.T. Thomas strikes out. Tony Castiglia walks. Skel Forsch singles to left field. Tony Castiglia advances to third on the hit. Chad Martinez doubles to center field. Tony Castiglia scores. Skel Forsch uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bill Quillen flies out to the center fielder. Jay Kieschnick grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Tanyon Wagner strikes out. David Pita singles to right field. Sam Speer grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Los Angeles Phil Phyl grounds out to the second baseman. Tex Mahoney singles past the shortstop. Tex Mahoney steals second. Herb Meulens grounds out to the second baseman. Tex Mahoney advances to third on the play. D.T. Thomas reached on a 2-base throwing error by George Jackson. Tex Mahoney scores. Tony Castiglia singles to center field. D.T. Thomas scores. Skel Forsch grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Tony Castiglia is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Frank Carden singles to center field. Chris Bradley flies out to the left fielder. George Jackson lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Don Hoey pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Los Angeles Chad Martinez singles past the third baseman. Bill Quillen walks. Jay Kieschnick pops out to the catcher. Phil Phyl grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Tetsuo Minami singles to center field. Tetsuo Minami steals second. Yuzo Sanada singles to center field. Tetsuo Minami scores. Tanyon Wagner grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. David Pita strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Los Angeles Tex Mahoney pops out to the first baseman. Herb Meulens walks. D.T. Thomas grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Herb Meulens is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Tony Castiglia walks. Skel Forsch grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Sam Speer grounds out to the third baseman. Frank Carden grounds out to the shortstop. Chris Bradley walks. George Jackson singles to center field. Don Hoey walks. Tetsuo Minami strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Los Angeles Chad Martinez grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Quillen walks. Jay Kieschnick walks. Phil Phyl singles to right field. Bill Quillen scores. Tex Mahoney flies out to the center fielder. Herb Meulens singles to center field. Jay Kieschnick scores. Phil Phyl advances to third on the hit. Roy Layton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. D.T. Thomas grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Yuzo Sanada strikes out. Tanyon Wagner doubles to center field. David Pita singles to right field. Tanyon Wagner scores. David Pita gets picked off first. Sam Speer lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Los Angeles Tony Castiglia singles to center field. Skel Forsch flies out to the center fielder. Chad Martinez strikes out. Bill Quillen grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Frank Carden walks. Chris Bradley strikes out. Hideki Kono is pinch hitting for Roy Layton. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Hideki Kono singles to center field. Chuck Randall 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 Hoey walks. Tetsuo Minami pops out to the second baseman. Yuzo Sanada grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Los Angeles John Fairly pitching. Jay Kieschnick hits a home run. Phil Phyl flies out to the center fielder. Tex Mahoney walks. Fred Smith is pinch hitting for Chuck Randall. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Fred Smith strikes out. D.T. Thomas singles to right field. Tex Mahoney is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Joe Blackburne pitching. Kazuaki Hirose is pinch hitting for Tanyon Wagner. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Kazuaki Hirose singles to right field. Kazuaki Hirose is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). David Pita grounds out to the third baseman. Sam Speer pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Los Angeles Phil Baker comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tony Castiglia strikes out. Skel Forsch pops out to the third baseman. Chad Martinez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Frank Carden pops out to the shortstop. Seiichi Uchiyama is pinch hitting for Chris Bradley. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Seiichi Uchiyama grounds out to the second baseman. John Carter is pinch hitting for Phil Baker. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. John Carter grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Cincinnati total runners left on base: 7 Los Angeles total runners left on base: 9
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Karl McQuillan did not respond to coaching in control Will Mack did not respond to coaching in speed Josh Winford did not respond to coaching in velocity Koichi Tenbo did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Josh Winford did not respond to coaching in velocity Mike Stanage improves in arm George Moyer did not respond to coaching in 1B
Los Angeles Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Wade Manuel improves in range George Holbert did not respond to coaching in velocity Al Mickelson improves in contact_vs_lefty Al Mickelson did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Oscar Hurst did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty