Win: Max Grapenthin (11-5) Loss: Ernie Portugal (11-7)
Save: Ed Halicki (14)
Inning: 1 Texas Max Grapenthin pitching. Jeff Stone lines out to the second baseman. Tod Gilbert flies out to the left fielder. Kazuyuki Shida singles to left field. Bill Irabu flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Los Angeles Ernie Portugal pitching. George Jackson walks. Lou Flener strikes out. George Jackson is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Joe Jordan singles to right field. Lindsay MacDonald grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Texas Cliff Welteroth strikes out. Trevor Alyward strikes out. Gary Carter pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Los Angeles Rick Lyons singles to left field. Joe Golden walks. Bob Eisenstat triples. Rick Lyons scores. Joe Golden scores. Marino Lefebvre grounds out to the pitcher. Max Grapenthin strikes out. George Jackson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Texas Buddy Holcombe flies out to the right fielder. Ernie Portugal singles to left field. Jeff Stone flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Tod Gilbert walks. Kazuyuki Shida flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Los Angeles Lou Flener singles to right field. Joe Jordan singles to center field. Lou Flener advances to third on the hit. Lindsay MacDonald flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Lou Flener scores. Rick Lyons grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Texas Bill Irabu grounds out to the shortstop. Cliff Welteroth pops out to the first baseman. Trevor Alyward grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Los Angeles Joe Golden strikes out. Bob Eisenstat strikes out. Marino Lefebvre grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Gary Carter walks. Gary Carter is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Buddy Holcombe walks. Ernie Portugal fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Ernie Portugal grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Los Angeles Max Grapenthin grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). George Jackson flies out to the left fielder. Lou Flener flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Jeff Stone flies out to the right fielder. Tod Gilbert flies out to the right fielder. Kazuyuki Shida grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Los Angeles Joe Jordan flies out to the right fielder. Lindsay MacDonald strikes out. Rick Lyons strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Bill Irabu flies out to the center fielder. Cliff Welteroth walks. Cliff Welteroth steals second. Trevor Alyward walks. Fernando Peters 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 2nd. Cliff Welteroth steals third. Gary Carter flies out to the center fielder. Buddy Holcombe singles to right field. Cliff Welteroth scores. Trevor Alyward advances to third on the hit. Keith Cox is pinch hitting for Ernie Portugal. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Keith Cox walks. Jeff Stone flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Los Angeles Devon McKee pitching. Joe Golden grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Eisenstat grounds out to the second baseman. Marino Lefebvre singles to center field. Fernando Peters grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Marino Lefebvre is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Texas Don Gonzalez enters the game as a defensive replacement for Marino Lefebvre at RF. Tod Gilbert grounds out to the shortstop. Kazuyuki Shida strikes out. Bill Irabu singles to right field. Cliff Welteroth singles to right field. John Van Benschoten comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states RP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Trevor Alyward is hit by a pitch. Ken McCardell is pinch hitting for Gary Carter. Ken McCardell singles to right field. Bill Irabu scores. Cliff Welteroth is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Los Angeles George Jackson doubles to left field. Lou Flener bunts for a base hit. Lou Flener steals second. Joe Jordan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). George Jackson scores. Lou Flener advances to third on the play. Chris Lee comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Lindsay MacDonald flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Lou Flener scores. Rick Lyons grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Texas Ed Halicki comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Eli Gettman is pinch hitting for Buddy Holcombe. Eli Gettman pops out to the second baseman. Dick Scott is pinch hitting for Chris Lee. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Dick Scott strikes out. Jeff Stone doubles to center field. Tod Gilbert walks. Kazuyuki Shida grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Texas total runners left on base: 9 Los Angeles total runners left on base: 3
Batting:2B - George Jackson (30).3B - Bob Eisenstat (1).SF - Lindsay MacDonald 2.GIDP - Rick Lyons. Baserunning: SB - Lou Flener (38).CS - George Jackson (15).
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Sherman Powell did not respond to coaching in control Warren Robles did not respond to coaching in range Todd Moore did not respond to coaching in control Floyd Hawes did not respond to coaching in velocity Al Becker did not respond to coaching in 1B
Los Angeles Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Don Karl did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill Schliebner did not respond to coaching in velocity Clete Bordagaray did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Don Karl improves in control Jack Bushong did not respond to coaching in 1B