Win: Del Acosta (8-3) Loss: Gary Erickson (7-6)
Save: Richie Henley (33)
Inning: 1 Los Angeles Shunsuke Choshi pitching. Terry Sparks doubles to right field. Lou Snyder singles to center field. Terry Sparks scores. Carl Perkovich grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Lou Snyder advances to second on the play. Phil Suppan hits a home run. Lou Snyder scores. Hal Wright singles to center field. John McCurry flies out to the center fielder. Bill Walker walks. Ramon Kiefer strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Kansas City Doug Taylor pitching. Ron Callahan singles to right field. Jose Kaline flies out to the left fielder. Scott Ruffing flies out to the center fielder. Stan Javier strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Los Angeles Doug Taylor strikes out. Terry Sparks strikes out. Lou Snyder singles to center field. Carl Perkovich strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Neal Chappelle walks. Charlie Suero singles to center field. Neal Chappelle advances to third on the hit. Charlie Ritchey pops out to the second baseman. Grady Hoyt walks. Shunsuke Choshi singles to center field. Neal Chappelle scores. Charlie Suero scores. Grady Hoyt advances to third on the hit. Ron Callahan grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Los Angeles Phil Suppan grounds out to the third baseman. Hal Wright grounds out to the shortstop. John McCurry grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Jose Kaline singles to right field. Jose Kaline steals second. Scott Ruffing grounds out to the second baseman. Jose Kaline advances to third on the play. Stan Javier walks. Neal Chappelle grounds out to the shortstop. Jose Kaline scores. Stan Javier advances to second on the play. Charlie Suero hits a home run. Stan Javier scores. Del Acosta comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Charlie Ritchey strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Los Angeles Bill Walker grounds out to the second baseman. Ramon Kiefer flies out to the left fielder. Del Acosta grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Grady Hoyt singles to left field. Claude Cantwell is pinch hitting for Shunsuke Choshi. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Claude Cantwell strikes out. Ron Callahan grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Los Angeles Charlie Encarnacion pitching. Terry Sparks singles to right field. Lou Snyder flies out to the left fielder. Carl Perkovich strikes out. Phil Suppan hits a home run. Terry Sparks scores. Gary Erickson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Hal Wright strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Jose Kaline strikes out. Scott Ruffing strikes out. Stan Javier grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Los Angeles John McCurry grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Walker grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ramon Kiefer flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Neal Chappelle strikes out. Charlie Suero strikes out. Charlie Ritchey strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Los Angeles Pedro Devlin is pinch hitting for Del Acosta. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Pedro Devlin flies out to the left fielder. Terry Sparks hits a home run. Bill Oertel comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Lou Snyder pops out to the shortstop. Carl Perkovich walks. Phil Suppan flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Dave Puddy pitching. Grady Hoyt grounds out to the second baseman. Jesus Byrdak is pinch hitting for Bill Oertel. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 5 inning. Jesus Byrdak flies out to the center fielder. Ron Callahan pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Los Angeles Donnell Rawlings pitching. Hal Wright singles to left field. John McCurry singles to right field. Hal Wright advances to third on the hit. Bill Walker flies out to the right fielder. Roger Wertz is pinch hitting for Ramon Kiefer. Roger Wertz flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Hal Wright scores. Tommy Dilauro is pinch hitting for Dave Puddy. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Tommy Dilauro grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Lenny Hale pitching. Pete Jorgensen enters the game as a defensive replacement for Roger Wertz at 1B. Jose Kaline flies out to the center fielder. Scott Ruffing singles to center field. Stan Javier singles to right field. Scott Ruffing advances to third on the hit. Neal Chappelle strikes out. Charlie Suero strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Los Angeles Terry Sparks grounds out to the shortstop. Lou Snyder grounds out to the second baseman. Carl Perkovich walks. Carl Perkovich steals second. Phil Suppan grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Richie Henley comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Charlie Ritchey grounds out to the second baseman. Grady Hoyt pops out to the shortstop. Donnell Rawlings grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Los Angeles total runners LOB: 6 Kansas City total runners LOB: 4
Los Angeles Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bob Shore did not respond to coaching in speed Steve Abstein improves in velocity Pete Shipley did not respond to coaching in velocity Ken Butcher improves in power_vs_righty
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Lou Smith improves in arm Lou Smith did not respond to coaching in arm Chuck Taylor did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Tyrone Biggums did not respond to coaching in endurance Oyster Clemente did not respond to coaching in 3B