Win: Claral Ballinger (4-4) Loss: Bill Potts (7-8)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati Bill Potts pitching. Ernie Lown hits a home run. Akihito Kitani flies out to the left fielder. Charles Warnock pops out to the third baseman. Roger Rico singles to center field. Bob Clancy grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Roger Rico is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Philadelphia Claral Ballinger pitching. Randy Freeman grounds out to the pitcher. Hiram Brucker strikes out. Bud Hudlin singles past the shortstop. Buck Lamb pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Rip Bisland strikes out. Pat Burns strikes out. Dale Peploski flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Philadelphia Pete LaCock pops out to the shortstop. Art Johnston flies out to the center fielder. Dalton Phelps singles to left field. Joe Johnson singles to center field. Dalton Phelps advances to third on the hit. Bill Potts grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Claral Ballinger singles to left field. Ernie Lown doubles to center field. Claral Ballinger uses his aggressiveness and scores. Akihito Kitani grounds out to the second baseman. Ernie Lown advances to third on the play. Charles Warnock hits a home run. Ernie Lown scores. Roger Rico singles to left field. Bob Clancy singles to center field. Roger Rico advances to third on the hit. Rip Bisland flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Roger Rico scores. Bob Marion comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pat Burns strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Philadelphia Randy Freeman flies out to the right fielder. Hiram Brucker flies out to the left fielder. Bud Hudlin doubles to center field. Buck Lamb reached on a fielding error by Charles Warnock. Pete LaCock grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Dale Peploski grounds out to the shortstop. Claral Ballinger flies out to the right fielder. Ernie Lown grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Philadelphia Art Johnston strikes out. Dalton Phelps grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Johnson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Akihito Kitani grounds out to the third baseman. Charles Warnock singles to right field. Passed ball. Charles Warnock advances to second. Roger Rico walks. Bob Clancy grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Philadelphia Bob Marion strikes out. Randy Freeman flies out to the center fielder. Hiram Brucker grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Rip Bisland flies out to the left fielder. Pat Burns walks. Alex Martin comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dale Peploski walks. Claral Ballinger lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ernie Lown reached on a 2-base throwing error by Art Johnston. Pat Burns scores. Dale Peploski scores. Akihito Kitani strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Philadelphia Bud Hudlin grounds out to the pitcher. Buck Lamb lines out to the third baseman. Pete LaCock strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Charles Warnock strikes out. Roger Rico flies out to the center fielder. Bob Clancy hits a home run. Rip Bisland strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Philadelphia Art Johnston grounds out to the shortstop. Dalton Phelps singles to right field. Joe Johnson flies out to the center fielder. Alex Martin strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Robby Speier is pinch hitting for Pat Burns. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Robby Speier pops out to the second baseman. Dale Peploski singles to center field. Kelly Norman comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Claral Ballinger lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ernie Lown singles past the first baseman. Dale Peploski scores. Akihito Kitani flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Philadelphia Randy Freeman walks. Hiram Brucker singles to right field. Randy Freeman advances to third on the hit. Hiram Brucker steals second. Bud Hudlin grounds out to the second baseman. Randy Freeman scores. Hiram Brucker advances to third on the play. Buck Lamb grounds out to the third baseman. Pete LaCock singles to center field. Hiram Brucker scores. Art Johnston singles to center field. Pete LaCock advances to third on the hit. Art Johnston steals second. Dalton Phelps strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Charles Warnock strikes out. Roger Rico walks. Bob Clancy strikes out. Rip Bisland strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Philadelphia Joe Johnson singles to center field. Willie McCovey is pinch hitting for Kelly Norman. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Willie McCovey walks. Randy Freeman grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Johnson advances to third on the play. Willie McCovey advances to second on the play. Hiram Brucker flies out to the center fielder. Bud Hudlin strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 6 Philadelphia total runners LOB: 10
Game Notes Bob Marion is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Coco Hearn improves in speed Bob LaMotte improves in arm Bob LaMotte did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty David Newsome did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Coco Hearn did not respond to coaching in 3B
Philadelphia Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Walt McKay did not respond to coaching in velocity Glenn Smith did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Glenn Smith did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Rick Richardson did not respond to coaching in control C.B. Moore did not respond to coaching in SS