Win: Mordecai "Three Fingers" Brown (9-14) Loss: Juan Cruz (6-10)
Inning: 1 Cincinnati Juan Cruz pitching. Ernie Lown strikes out. Akihito Kitani flies out to the left fielder. Radhames Gonzalez walks. Coco Hearn strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Arizona Mordecai Three Fingers Brown pitching. Scott Hairston flies out to the right fielder. Orlando Hudson singles to center field. Sam Acker grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Pat Burns flies out to the center fielder. Rip Bisland hits a home run. Dale Peploski grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Masao Miyazato strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Arizona Shawn Green singles to center field. Damion Easley flies out to the left fielder. Eric Byrnes singles past the shortstop. Johnny Estrada pops out to the second baseman. Carlos Quentin flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Mordecai Three Fingers Brown walks. Ernie Lown singles to right field. Akihito Kitani strikes out. Radhames Gonzalez singles to center field. Mordecai Three Fingers Brown scores. Coco Hearn singles to right field. Ernie Lown scores. Pat Burns hits an infield single to the pitcher. Rip Bisland pops out to the shortstop. Dale Peploski singles to right field. Radhames Gonzalez scores. Masao Miyazato doubles to left field. Coco Hearn scores. Pat Burns scores. Dale Peploski uses his aggressiveness and scores. Mordecai Three Fingers Brown grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Arizona Juan Cruz singles to center field. Scott Hairston hits a home run. Juan Cruz scores. Orlando Hudson strikes out. Sam Acker singles to right field. Shawn Green strikes out. Damion Easley strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Ernie Lown flies out to the left fielder. Akihito Kitani hits a home run. Radhames Gonzalez strikes out. Coco Hearn singles to left field. Pat Burns strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Arizona Eric Byrnes strikes out. Johnny Estrada strikes out. Carlos Quentin walks. Juan Cruz pops out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Rip Bisland strikes out. Dale Peploski flies out to the right fielder. Masao Miyazato flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Arizona Scott Hairston singles to center field. Orlando Hudson strikes out. Sam Acker singles to center field. Scott Hairston advances to third on the hit. Shawn Green pops out to the second baseman. Sam Acker steals second. Damion Easley strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Jeff Cater comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is pulled because he is getting hammered (Starting pitcher has given up 8 or more earned runs, he is tired, and the team is losing by more than 5 runs). Mordecai Three Fingers Brown grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ernie Lown walks. Akihito Kitani grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Ernie Lown is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Radhames Gonzalez grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Akihito Kitani is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Arizona Eric Byrnes flies out to the left fielder. Johnny Estrada singles to center field. Johnny Estrada is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Carlos Quentin singles to center field. Jeff Cater strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Coco Hearn flies out to the left fielder. Pat Burns doubles to right field. Rip Bisland strikes out. Dale Peploski reached on a 2-base throwing error by Eric Byrnes. Pat Burns scores. Masao Miyazato strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Arizona Scott Hairston flies out to the right fielder. Orlando Hudson flies out to the left fielder. Sam Acker flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Mordecai Three Fingers Brown strikes out. Ernie Lown flies out to the right fielder. Akihito Kitani doubles to left field. Radhames Gonzalez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Arizona Shawn Green strikes out. Damion Easley walks. Eric Byrnes walks. Robby Hammock is pinch hitting for Johnny Estrada. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Robby Hammock strikes out. Carlos Quentin strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Coco Hearn strikes out. Robby Speier is pinch hitting for Pat Burns. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Robby Speier flies out to the right fielder. Rip Bisland flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Arizona Kazuhiko Takahashi is pinch hitting for Jeff Cater. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Kazuhiko Takahashi strikes out. Scott Hairston bunts for a base hit. Orlando Hudson strikes out. Sam Acker strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Cincinnati total runners LOB: 6 Arizona total runners LOB: 10
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jeff Castleman did not respond to coaching in speed Jason Cihocki improves in contact_vs_lefty Cecil Bray improves in range Jeff Castleman improves in range Abe Riddle improves in 3B
Arizona Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Steve Gomez did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Pete Yates did not respond to coaching in endurance Ed Johnson improves in power_vs_lefty John Regan improves in arm Jeff Salazar did not respond to coaching in CF