Win: Koji Sugita (13-3) Loss: Chuck Blaylock (0-3)
Inning: 1 Florida Koji Sugita pitching. Vern Ross walks. Ike Helfrich singles to left field. Vern Ross advances to third on the hit. Herman Brady flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Vern Ross scores. Jeff Dellucci strikes out. Don Shaw strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Los Angeles Buster Jones pitching. Scott Archdeacon walks. Dick Husting flies out to the right fielder. Al Gomez flies out to the center fielder. Clay Sutko flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Florida Fred Wathan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rick Connell strikes out. Bobby Chadbourne strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Los Angeles Fumio Suzuki grounds out to the pitcher. Tom Batton strikes out. Wayne Henry lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Florida Buster Jones flies out to the right fielder. Vern Ross lines out to the shortstop. Ike Helfrich flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Los Angeles John Boudreau grounds out to the shortstop. Koji Sugita doubles to left field. Scott Archdeacon grounds out to the second baseman. Koji Sugita advances to third on the play. Dick Husting doubles to center field. Koji Sugita scores. Al Gomez singles to center field. Dick Husting scores. Clay Sutko walks. Fumio Suzuki grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Florida Herman Brady singles to left field. Herman Brady steals second. Jeff Dellucci strikes out. Don Shaw grounds out to the shortstop. Fred Wathan reached on a fielding error by Scott Archdeacon. Rick Connell grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Los Angeles Tom Batton flies out to the right fielder. Wayne Henry grounds out to the second baseman. John Boudreau flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Florida Bobby Chadbourne flies out to the center fielder. Buster Jones flies out to the center fielder. Vern Ross walks. Ike Helfrich grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Vern Ross is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Los Angeles Koji Sugita singles to right field. Scott Archdeacon flies out to the center fielder. Dick Husting strikes out. Koji Sugita is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Florida Herman Brady strikes out. Jeff Dellucci strikes out. Don Shaw doubles to right field. Fred Wathan flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Los Angeles Al Gomez grounds out to the second baseman. Clay Sutko walks. Clay Sutko steals second. Fumio Suzuki strikes out. Tom Batton grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Florida Rick Connell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Bobby Chadbourne grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Jones is pinch hitting for Buster Jones. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Bill Jones grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Los Angeles Biff Evans pitching. Wayne Henry singles to right field. John Boudreau flies out to the center fielder. Koji Sugita lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Scott Archdeacon pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Florida Vern Ross doubles to right field. Ike Helfrich strikes out. Herman Brady hits a home run. Vern Ross scores. Jeff Dellucci strikes out. Don Shaw flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Los Angeles Dick Husting singles to right field. Al Gomez strikes out. Clay Sutko grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Florida Fred Wathan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rick Connell grounds out to the second baseman. Bobby Chadbourne grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Los Angeles Chuck Blaylock comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Fumio Suzuki singles to center field. Tom Batton hits a home run. Fumio Suzuki scores. Florida total runners left on base: 5 Los Angeles total runners left on base: 5
Batting:2B - Dick Husting (24), Koji Sugita (3).HR - Tom Batton (10).GIDP - Clay Sutko. Baserunning: SB - Clay Sutko (9).CS - Koji Sugita (1). Fielding: E - Scott Archdeacon.
Game Notes Rick Connell is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
Florida Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Ed Poole improves in speed Les Jimenez did not respond to coaching in arm Charlie McGee did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Charlie McGee did not respond to coaching in speed Kirby Davis did not respond to coaching in speed Jim Maurer did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Kirby Davis did not respond to coaching in SS
Los Angeles Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Curt Metivier did not respond to coaching in control Mike Roser improves in endurance Howie Perry did not respond to coaching in control Raul Rojas did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Mike Roser did not respond to coaching in control Phil Williams did not respond to coaching in range Jimmy Oertel improves in LF