Win: Lee Kyle (12-4) Loss: Bobby Cates (5-10)
Save: Ed Davis (14)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati Bobby Cates pitching. Gates Niland singles past the second baseman. Gates Niland steals second. Gates Niland steals third. John Engle throws the ball into left field for an error. Runners advance a base. Gates Niland scores. Steve Hamilton pops out to the shortstop. Terry Hixon flies out to the right fielder. Angelo Polcovich strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Colorado Lee Kyle pitching. Ed Brothers lines out to the shortstop. Mick Plantier strikes out. Woody Rothfuss pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Duster Hammond walks. Skeeter Bolick grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Duster Hammond is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Jim Barry walks. Tomotaka Watabe grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Jim Barry is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Lee Kyle flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Colorado Chuck Kinney hits a home run. Joe Brinkman grounds out to the pitcher. George Gionfriddo lines out to the second baseman. John Engle strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Gates Niland flies out to the center fielder. Steve Hamilton doubles to center field. Terry Hixon pops out to the catcher. Angelo Polcovich walks. Duster Hammond triples. Steve Hamilton scores. Angelo Polcovich scores. Skeeter Bolick flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Colorado Dave Eagan grounds out to the shortstop. Bobby Cates grounds out to the third baseman. Ed Brothers grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Jim Barry singles to left field. Tomotaka Watabe pops out to the shortstop. Lee Kyle lays a bunt down the third base line. The pitcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. (SS covering 2nd). Gates Niland flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Colorado Mick Plantier strikes out. Woody Rothfuss flies out to the right fielder. Chuck Kinney flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Steve Hamilton grounds out to the second baseman. Terry Hixon grounds out to the second baseman. Angelo Polcovich grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Colorado Joe Brinkman strikes out. George Gionfriddo pops out to the shortstop. John Engle flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Duster Hammond strikes out. Skeeter Bolick singles to right field. Jim Barry hits a home run. Skeeter Bolick scores. Kanehisa Yamakura comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tomotaka Watabe walks. Lee Kyle fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Lee Kyle lines out to the pitcher. Gates Niland doubles to left field. Steve Hamilton strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Colorado Dave Eagan grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Kanehisa Yamakura singles to center field. Ed Brothers doubles to left field. Mick Plantier doubles to right field. Kanehisa Yamakura scores. Ed Brothers scores. Woody Rothfuss grounds out to the third baseman. Chuck Kinney flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Terry Hixon grounds out to the second baseman. Angelo Polcovich grounds out to the shortstop. Duster Hammond singles to left field. Skeeter Bolick strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Colorado Joe Brinkman flies out to the right fielder. George Gionfriddo flies out to the right fielder. John Engle singles past the shortstop. Dave Eagan singles to center field. Kanehisa Yamakura flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Jim Barry singles to center field. Tomotaka Watabe singles to left field. Angel Ledesma is pinch hitting for Lee Kyle. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Angel Ledesma walks. Al Young comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Gates Niland grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Jim Barry is out at home. Steve Hamilton strikes out. Terry Hixon grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Colorado Ed Davis pitching. Ed Brothers strikes out. Mick Plantier strikes out. Woody Rothfuss grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Angelo Polcovich walks. Duster Hammond singles to center field. Angelo Polcovich advances to third on the hit. Duster Hammond is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Skeeter Bolick strikes out. Jim Barry strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Colorado Chuck Kinney pops out to the third baseman. Joe Brinkman triples. Isidro Karp is pinch hitting for George Gionfriddo. Isidro Karp reached on a fielding error by Steve Hamilton. Joe Brinkman scores. Luis Kyle is pinch hitting for John Engle. Luis Kyle strikes out. Glen Barger is pinch hitting for Dave Eagan. Glen Barger hits an infield single to the third baseman. Dan Shea is pinch hitting for Al Young. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Dan Shea strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 11 Colorado total runners LOB: 5
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jim Lewis did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Rick Kraemer did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Terrence Wright improves in arm Finners Beck did not respond to coaching in speed
Colorado Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Brad Waner did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Chad Worthington did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Norm Romano did not respond to coaching in velocity Larry Medlinger did not respond to coaching in velocity Ron Baldwin did not respond to coaching in LF