Win: Keisuke Furukawa (6-10) Loss: Nick Crompton (4-15)
Inning: 1 Los Angeles Bill Jones pitching. Juice Lieber singles to center field. George Epstein hits a home run. Juice Lieber scores. Bob Cunningham singles to right field. Paul Pasqua singles to left field. Bob Cunningham advances to third on the hit. Dante Guillen grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Cunningham scores. Paul Pasqua advances to second on the play. Frenchy McDermott strikes out. Brian Cruz singles past the shortstop. Kuniyuki Matoyama walks. Nick Crompton strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 1 Atlanta Nick Crompton pitching. Kazuaki Yamazaki walks. Bobby Etchison singles past the shortstop. Bill Gardenhire flies out to the left fielder. Abner Poland hits a home run. Kazuaki Yamazaki scores. Bobby Etchison scores. Hi Perez strikes out. Terry Politte hits a home run. Bud Church flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Los Angeles Juice Lieber singles to right field. George Epstein pops out to the second baseman. Bob Cunningham strikes out. Paul Pasqua grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Juice Lieber is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Atlanta Biddy Fowler strikes out. Bill Jones grounds out to the third baseman. Kazuaki Yamazaki strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Los Angeles Dante Guillen strikes out. Frenchy McDermott reached on a 2-base fielding error by Terry Politte. Brian Cruz singles to right field. Frenchy McDermott scores. Kuniyuki Matoyama singles past the shortstop. Nick Crompton lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Juice Lieber strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Atlanta Bobby Etchison strikes out. Bill Gardenhire pops out to the shortstop. Abner Poland strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Los Angeles George Epstein hits an infield single to the second baseman. Bob Cunningham lines out to the shortstop. Paul Pasqua doubles past the left fielder. Chuck Farnsworth 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. Dante Guillen strikes out. Frenchy McDermott strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Atlanta Hi Perez singles to right field. Terry Politte strikes out. Bud Church grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Hi Perez is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Bud Church steals second. Biddy Fowler flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Los Angeles Brian Cruz walks. Kuniyuki Matoyama strikes out. Nick Crompton fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Nick Crompton grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Atlanta Chuck Farnsworth grounds out to the third baseman. Kazuaki Yamazaki grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bobby Etchison strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Los Angeles Juice Lieber walks. George Epstein walks. Bob Cunningham strikes out. Paul Pasqua flies out to the center fielder. Dante Guillen strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Atlanta Bill Gardenhire grounds out to the third baseman. Abner Poland lines out to the shortstop. Hi Perez grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Los Angeles Frenchy McDermott strikes out. Brian Cruz walks. Kuniyuki Matoyama flies out to the right fielder. Nick Crompton pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Atlanta Terry Politte pops out to the third baseman. Bud Church singles to right field. Francis Soyer is pinch hitting for Biddy Fowler. Bud Church is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Francis Soyer grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Los Angeles Juice Lieber strikes out. George Epstein strikes out. Dick Bell 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. Bob Cunningham strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Atlanta Dave Rodriguez is pinch hitting for Dick Bell. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Dave Rodriguez pops out to the shortstop. Kazuaki Yamazaki grounds out to the shortstop. Bobby Etchison pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Los Angeles Keisuke Furukawa pitching. Paul Pasqua strikes out. Dante Guillen singles to center field. Frenchy McDermott flies out to the right fielder. Brian Cruz singles to left field. Kuniyuki Matoyama strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Atlanta Bill Gardenhire doubles to center field. Abner Poland lines out to the second baseman. Hi Perez doubles to center field. Bill Gardenhire scores. Los Angeles total runners left on base: 13 Atlanta total runners left on base: 1
Batting:2B - Bill Gardenhire (14), Hi Perez (27).HR - Abner Poland (7), Terry Politte (15). Baserunning: SB - Bud Church (7).CS - Bud Church (2). Fielding: E - Terry Politte.
Game Notes Dick Bell is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
Los Angeles Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Steve Flannery did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Mark Stevens did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Lee Vargas did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Mark McElyea improves in power_vs_righty Jeff Schulte did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Mark Stevens did not respond to coaching in range Mark Pagliaroni did not respond to coaching in CF
Atlanta Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Joe Lush did not respond to coaching in velocity Joe Smith did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jeff Wright did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Charlie Brown improves in power_vs_righty Jeff Wright improves in arm Craig Redfern did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Charlie Brown did not respond to coaching in SS