Win: Reddy Blankenship (2-1) Loss: Jim Smith (2-1)
Inning: 1 Chicago Ruben Johns pitching. Fred McDevitt flies out to the center fielder. Darrell Thomas singles to right field. Darrell Thomas steals second. Roy Battle walks. John Bako grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Roy Battle is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Tony Birmingham flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Cincinnati Bill Summers pitching. Gerald Taylor singles to center field. Jack Thomas flies out to the left fielder. John Booe hits a home run. Gerald Taylor scores. Mike Rawley flies out to the center fielder. Leon Glade grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Chicago Ron Zoldak grounds out to the shortstop. Henry Aybar grounds out to the shortstop. Steve Householder singles to center field. Bill Summers singles to left field. Fred McDevitt strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Hal Haynes grounds out to the third baseman. Lefty Egan strikes out. Jim Bork flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Chicago Darrell Thomas flies out to the center fielder. Roy Battle strikes out. John Bako flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Ruben Johns flies out to the center fielder. Gerald Taylor grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jack Thomas strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Chicago Tony Birmingham doubles to left field. Ron Zoldak grounds out to the shortstop. Henry Aybar strikes out. Steve Householder singles past the second baseman. Bill Summers strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Cincinnati John Booe triples. Mike Rawley flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, John Booe is thrown out at the plate. Leon Glade grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Chicago Fred McDevitt grounds out to the pitcher. Darrell Thomas strikes out. Roy Battle singles to right field. John Bako walks. Tony Birmingham strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Hal Haynes strikes out. Lefty Egan strikes out. Jim Bork singles to right field. Ruben Johns grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Chicago Ron Zoldak strikes out. Henry Aybar strikes out. Steve Householder triples. Bill Summers strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Gerald Taylor flies out to the left fielder. Jack Thomas strikes out. John Booe lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Chicago Fred McDevitt singles to left field. Darrell Thomas doubles to left field. Fred McDevitt uses his aggressiveness and scores. Roy Battle flies out to the left fielder. John Bako strikes out. Tony Birmingham strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Mike Rawley grounds out to the second baseman. Leon Glade walks. Hal Haynes grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Leon Glade is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Lefty Egan singles to left field. Hal Haynes advances to third on the hit. Jim Bork flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Chicago Chris Martin comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Ron Zoldak flies out to the center fielder. Henry Aybar grounds out to the shortstop. Steve Householder grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Frank Giard is pinch hitting for Chris Martin. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Frank Giard strikes out. Gerald Taylor grounds out to the second baseman. Jack Thomas flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Chicago Luis Brown pitching. Roy McCaffery is pinch hitting for Bill Summers. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Roy McCaffery doubles to right field. Fred McDevitt singles to left field. Roy McCaffery scores. Jim Smith comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Fred McDevitt is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Darrell Thomas strikes out. Roy Battle grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Reddy Blankenship pitching. John Booe flies out to the left fielder. Mike Rawley strikes out. Leon Glade flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Chicago John Bako walks. Tony Birmingham walks. Ron Zoldak singles to center field. John Bako scores. Henry Aybar singles to center field. Steve Householder reached on a 2-base fielding error by Jim Bork. Tony Birmingham scores. Ron Zoldak scores. Bill Abbott is pinch hitting for Reddy Blankenship. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bill Abbott hits an infield single to the shortstop. Henry Aybar scores. Jeffrey Spaulding comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Fred McDevitt walks. Darrell Thomas strikes out. Roy Battle pops out to the shortstop. John Bako walks. Steve Householder scores. Tony Birmingham strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 10 Cincinnati Ken Bell pitching. Hal Haynes strikes out. Lefty Egan grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Bork doubles to left field. Jerry Arias is pinch hitting for Jeffrey Spaulding. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jerry Arias flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Chicago total runners LOB: 13 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 4
Batting:2B - Darrell Thomas (7), Tony Birmingham (5), Roy McCaffery (2).3B - Steve Householder (1). Baserunning: SB - Darrell Thomas (2).CS - Fred McDevitt (3).
Game Notes Darrell Thomas is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Dain Versalles improves in power_vs_lefty Cookie Foreman improves in velocity Allan Downing did not respond to coaching in control Cookie Foreman improves in control Cy Mota improves in endurance Hal Incandenza improves in arm Terry Eversgerd did not respond to coaching in 2B
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Earl Nixon did not respond to coaching in control Boog Shoffner did not respond to coaching in control Howard Klawitter did not respond to coaching in velocity Earl Nixon did not respond to coaching in endurance Earl Nixon did not respond to coaching in velocity Jim Harriger did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty