Win: Pinky Hershberger (18-8) Loss: Gary Spongberg (12-14)
Save: Danny Soto (3)
Inning: 1 Los Angeles Gary Spongberg pitching. Fred Kavanagh grounds out to the pitcher. Newt Stein grounds out to the shortstop. George Mason doubles to center field. Gil McKelvy strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Atlanta Pinky Hershberger pitching. Junie Rommel flies out to the right fielder. Ron Williams pops out to the third baseman. Wade Fries flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Los Angeles Eddie Morrison pops out to the second baseman. Hank Koala Hunter Irwin grounds out to the shortstop. Charlie McGaffigan grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Atlanta Frankie Braithwood grounds out to the shortstop. Hank Frisella pops out to the third baseman. Joe Larmore strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Los Angeles Joel Whiting grounds out to the second baseman. Pinky Hershberger strikes out. Fred Kavanagh grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Atlanta Luther Berly singles to center field. Gaspar Valdez strikes out. Gary Spongberg pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Junie Rommel strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Los Angeles Newt Stein strikes out. George Mason grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Gil McKelvy grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Atlanta Ron Williams singles to right field. Wade Fries flies out to the left fielder. Frankie Braithwood flies out to the right fielder. Hank Frisella grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Los Angeles Eddie Morrison flies out to the right fielder. Hank Koala Hunter Irwin strikes out. Charlie McGaffigan grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Atlanta Joe Larmore singles to center field. Luther Berly strikes out. Gaspar Valdez doubles to center field. Joe Larmore uses his aggressiveness and scores. Gary Spongberg grounds out to the shortstop. Junie Rommel flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Los Angeles Joel Whiting singles in front of the right fielder. Pinky Hershberger pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Fred Kavanagh grounds out to the catcher. Joel Whiting advances to second on the play. Newt Stein reached on a fielding error by Luther Berly. George Mason strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Atlanta Ron Williams singles to center field. Wade Fries flies out to the left fielder. Frankie Braithwood pops out to the third baseman. Hank Frisella singles to left field. Ron Williams advances to third on the hit. Joe Larmore grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Los Angeles Gil McKelvy walks. Eddie Morrison singles to center field. Gil McKelvy advances to third on the hit. Hank Koala Hunter Irwin grounds out to the third baseman. Gil McKelvy scores. Eddie Morrison advances to second on the play. Charlie McGaffigan pops out to the shortstop. Joel Whiting grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Atlanta Luther Berly singles to left field. Gaspar Valdez flies out to the right fielder. Gary Spongberg lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Junie Rommel grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Los Angeles Pinky Hershberger singles to right field. Ryan Coggins comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 1st. Hipolito Buskey is pinch running for Pinky Hershberger on 1st base. Fred Kavanagh singles to center field. Newt Stein flies out to the right fielder. George Mason flies out to the center fielder. Gil McKelvy singles to center field. Hipolito Buskey scores. Fred Kavanagh aggressively advances to third on the hit. Eddie Morrison singles to right field. Fred Kavanagh scores. Gil McKelvy advances to third on the hit. Hank Koala Hunter Irwin strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Atlanta Ed Brown pitching. Bobby Pawelek enters the game as a defensive replacement for Charlie McGaffigan at CF. Ron Williams pops out to the shortstop. Wade Fries singles to right field. Frankie Braithwood grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Wade Fries is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Hank Frisella grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Los Angeles Dolf Aase comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bobby Pawelek grounds out to the shortstop. Joel Whiting flies out to the left fielder. Osamu Tanaka is pinch hitting for Ed Brown. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Osamu Tanaka reached on a fielding error by Joe Larmore. Fred Kavanagh flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Atlanta Danny Soto pitching. Joe Larmore walks. Luther Berly grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Larmore advances to second on the play. Gaspar Valdez grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Etten is pinch hitting for Dolf Aase. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jim Etten grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Los Angeles total runners LOB: 7 Atlanta total runners LOB: 8
Los Angeles Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Buck Wild did not respond to coaching in control Bob Middleton improves in control Dave Roque did not respond to coaching in range Donn Hildebrand did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Phoney Max Mallonee did not respond to coaching in 2B
Atlanta Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: A Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Leandro Hernandez did not respond to coaching in velocity Dion Schuler did not respond to coaching in speed Tim Tutwiler did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Lou Smith did not respond to coaching in velocity Bob Cheeves did not respond to coaching in LF