Win: Randy Strohmayer (6-5) Loss: Greg Coffman (2-5)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Randy Strohmayer pitching. Grey Kafora flies out to the right fielder. John Dyer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Lucas Shoun flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Los Angeles Greg Coffman pitching. Tomas Chambers flies out to the right fielder. Roger Wertz reached on a 2-base fielding error by Billy Ogden. Terry Sparks grounds out to the second baseman. Roger Wertz advances to third on the play. Hal Acosta reached on a 2-base throwing error by Larry Bucher. Roger Wertz scores. Bugs Demeter strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Lou Wenz strikes out. Harvey Martin strikes out. Billy Ogden doubles to right field. Harl Batchelor flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Los Angeles George Dugan doubles to left field. Lou Snyder grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). George Dugan advances to third on the play. Pedro Devlin strikes out. Randy Strohmayer grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Larry Bucher singles to right field. Greg Coffman lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Grey Kafora grounds out to the second baseman. Larry Bucher advances to third on the play. John Dyer grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Los Angeles Tomas Chambers strikes out. Roger Wertz singles to center field. Terry Sparks hits a home run. Roger Wertz scores. Hal Acosta flies out to the center fielder. Bugs Demeter singles to center field. George Dugan grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Bugs Demeter is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Lucas Shoun singles to center field. Lou Wenz flies out to the right fielder. Harvey Martin grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Los Angeles Lou Snyder strikes out. Pedro Devlin walks. Randy Strohmayer lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Tomas Chambers walks. Roger Wertz grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Tomas Chambers is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Minnesota Billy Ogden singles to center field. Harl Batchelor lines out to the third baseman. Larry Bucher singles to center field. Greg Coffman lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Grey Kafora grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Los Angeles Terry Sparks strikes out. Hal Acosta hits a home run. Bugs Demeter flies out to the right fielder. George Dugan flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota John Dyer singles to left field. Lucas Shoun flies out to the left fielder. Lou Wenz walks. Harvey Martin grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Lou Wenz is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Billy Ogden grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Los Angeles Lou Snyder grounds out to the second baseman. Pedro Devlin strikes out. Randy Strohmayer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Harl Batchelor triples. Larry Bucher grounds out to the third baseman. Harl Batchelor scores. Greg Coffman flies out to the left fielder. Grey Kafora singles to right field. John Dyer grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Los Angeles Tomas Chambers walks. Roger Wertz walks. Terry Sparks singles to right field. Tomas Chambers scores. Hal Acosta strikes out. Bugs Demeter strikes out. George Dugan strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Lucas Shoun pops out to the second baseman. Lou Wenz pops out to the shortstop. Harvey Martin walks. Billy Ogden grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Harvey Martin is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Los Angeles Mike Ratner comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Lou Snyder pops out to the third baseman. Pedro Devlin flies out to the center fielder. Randy Strohmayer grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Harl Batchelor pops out to the second baseman. Larry Bucher grounds out to the shortstop. Scott Wolf is pinch hitting for Mike Ratner. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Scott Wolf flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners left on base: 8 Los Angeles total runners left on base: 7
Game Notes Harl Batchelor is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Jim Severeid did not respond to coaching in control George Breeden did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Randy Grunwald did not respond to coaching in control Hank Rivers did not respond to coaching in velocity
Los Angeles Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ramon Kiefer did not respond to coaching in arm Paul Adams improves in arm Jeff Thomas did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Ken Edelen did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty