Inning: 1 Cincinnati Chuck Ruffin pitching. Tex Klinger singles to center field. Matt McLain lines out to the third baseman. Rex Sandberg singles to right field. Ken Swanson flies out to the left fielder. Lou Burns strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Arizona Drake Simmons pitching. Eddie Smith singles past the third baseman. Phil Roman grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Eddie Smith is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Phil Roman is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Ken Rupe strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cincinnati Bill Foster walks. Dick Garrity grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Rudy Douglas walks. Drake Simmons flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Arizona Pink Davis flies out to the left fielder. Mike Blasingame walks. Javier Johnson singles to center field. Katsunori Konta strikes out. Jim Dixon strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Cincinnati Tex Klinger strikes out. Matt McLain flies out to the right fielder. Rex Sandberg grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Arizona Chuck Ruffin strikes out. Eddie Smith flies out to the center fielder. Phil Roman flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cincinnati Ken Swanson grounds out to the third baseman. Lou Burns strikes out. Bill Foster doubles to right field. Dick Garrity singles to center field. Rudy Douglas strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Arizona Ken Rupe grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Pink Davis doubles past the left fielder. Mike Blasingame flies out to the right fielder. Pink Davis is out trying to steal third. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cincinnati Drake Simmons strikes out. Tex Klinger grounds out to the shortstop. Matt McLain flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Arizona Javier Johnson grounds out to the second baseman. Katsunori Konta doubles to right field. Jim Dixon singles to right field. Katsunori Konta scores. Jim Dixon steals second. Jim Dixon steals third. Chuck Ruffin grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Dixon scores. Eddie Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cincinnati Rex Sandberg flies out to the center fielder. Ken Swanson flies out to the center fielder. Lou Burns walks. Bill Foster pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Arizona Phil Roman strikes out. Ken Rupe grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Pink Davis pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cincinnati Dick Garrity singles to left field. Harry Brown 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. Rudy Douglas singles to center field. Drake Simmons fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Drake Simmons strikes out. Tex Klinger hits a home run. Dick Garrity scores. Rudy Douglas scores. Matt McLain singles past the shortstop. Rex Sandberg grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Matt McLain is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ken Swanson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Arizona Mike Blasingame singles to right field. Javier Johnson singles to center field. George Chacon is pinch hitting for Katsunori Konta. George Chacon strikes out. Jim Dixon singles to right field. Mike Blasingame scores. Javier Johnson advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the infield in. Harry Brown strikes out. Yasmany Brito is pinch hitting for Eddie Smith. Jim Dixon is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cincinnati Dion Parisse enters the game as a defensive replacement for Yasmany Brito at RF. Mal Powell enters the game as a defensive replacement for George Chacon at 3B. Lou Burns pops out to the first baseman. Bill Foster singles to left field. Dick Garrity walks. Rudy Douglas grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Foster advances to third on the play. Dick Garrity advances to second on the play. Leo Balcazar is pinch hitting for Drake Simmons. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Leo Balcazar grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Arizona Mike Lee pitching. Dion Parisse singles to center field. Dion Parisse is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Phil Roman strikes out. Ken Rupe flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cincinnati Tex Klinger singles to center field. Matt McLain grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Tex Klinger is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Rex Sandberg strikes out. Crazy Overall comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Ken Swanson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Arizona Pink Davis walks. Pink Davis steals second. Mike Blasingame grounds out to the third baseman. Javier Johnson doubles past the first baseman. Pink Davis scores. Cincinnati total runners left on base: 10 Arizona total runners left on base: 3
Batting:2B - Pink Davis (9), Javier Johnson (3), Katsunori Konta (3). Baserunning: SB - Pink Davis (13), Jim Dixon 2 (5).CS - Dion Parisse (2), Phil Roman (3), Pink Davis (5), Jim Dixon (2).
Cincinnati Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: D RP Mentor Grade: F Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ernie Nunez did not respond to coaching in control Brock Bell did not respond to coaching in control Walt Lembo did not respond to coaching in arm Thomas Rice did not respond to coaching in 3B
Arizona Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Bartolo Boone improves in contact_vs_lefty Hal Reardon did not respond to coaching in endurance Bill Finlayson did not respond to coaching in control Jake Gibson did not respond to coaching in 3B