Win: Bob Mercedes (4-6) Loss: Gil Sprout (1-12)
Save: Roy Samcoff (13)
Inning: 1 Los Angeles Gil Sprout pitching. Brent Phelan bunts for a base hit. Brent Phelan steals second. Gene Clark singles to right field. Brent Phelan scores. Jack Friberg grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Ugueth Page strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 San Diego Bob Mercedes pitching. Ravelo Bailey grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Soichiro Yokota grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Friberg lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Los Angeles Tex Jay hits a home run. Chet Fox doubles past the left fielder. Pete Jones flies out to the left fielder. Chuck Gornicki flies out to the right fielder. Bob Mercedes strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 San Diego Kim Kleinke strikes out. Bill Arnovich pops out to the shortstop. Jim Meads triples. Jack Wehde flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Los Angeles Brent Phelan hits a home run. Gene Clark singles to right field. Jack Friberg flies out to the center fielder. Ugueth Page grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 San Diego Frank Jones flies out to the right fielder. Gil Sprout reached on a fielding error by Pete Jones. Ravelo Bailey strikes out. Soichiro Yokota flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Los Angeles Tex Jay flies out to the left fielder. Chet Fox walks. Chet Fox steals second. Pete Jones singles to right field. Chuck Gornicki grounds into a 5-4-3 double play - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 San Diego Jim Friberg singles past the second baseman. Kim Kleinke hits a home run. Jim Friberg scores. Bill Arnovich walks. Jim Meads grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Jack Wehde singles to left field. Frank Jones is hit by a pitch. Gil Sprout grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Frank Jones is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Los Angeles Bob Mercedes pops out to the second baseman. Brent Phelan strikes out. Gene Clark singles to right field. Jack Friberg walks. Ugueth Page flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 San Diego Ravelo Bailey strikes out. Soichiro Yokota grounds out to the third baseman. Jim Friberg grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Los Angeles Tex Jay flies out to the center fielder. Chet Fox strikes out. Pete Jones flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 San Diego Kim Kleinke strikes out. Bill Arnovich grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Meads grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Los Angeles Steve Engel is pinch hitting for Chuck Gornicki. Steve Engel strikes out. Bob Mercedes singles to left field. Brent Phelan flies out to the left fielder. Gene Clark strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 San Diego Gary Farmer enters the game as a defensive replacement for Steve Engel at C. Jack Wehde strikes out. Frank Jones pops out to the second baseman. Bob Sambito is pinch hitting for Gil Sprout. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Bob Sambito strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Los Angeles Bill Beard pitching. Jack Friberg grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ugueth Page strikes out. Tex Jay hits a home run. Chet Fox strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 San Diego Larry Malloy comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Ravelo Bailey grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Soichiro Yokota walks. Soichiro Yokota steals second. Jim Friberg flies out to the center fielder. Kim Kleinke walks. Bill Arnovich flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Los Angeles Pete Jones singles to right field. Bill Ermer is pinch hitting for Gary Farmer. Bill Ermer singles to right field. Pete Jones advances to third on the hit. Pop Fisher is pinch hitting for Larry Malloy. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Pop Fisher flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Pete Jones is thrown out at the plate. Bill Ermer steals second. Brent Phelan doubles past the third baseman. Bill Ermer scores. Terry Bailey comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Gene Clark walks. Jack Friberg flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 San Diego Roy Samcoff pitching. Jim Meads flies out to the right fielder. Jack Wehde singles to center field. Frank Jones flies out to the right fielder. Tom Abbott is pinch hitting for Terry Bailey. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Tom Abbott flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Los Angeles total runners LOB: 7 San Diego total runners LOB: 7
Batting:2B - Brent Phelan (18), Chet Fox (11).HR - Brent Phelan (14), Tex Jay 2 (13).GIDP - Jack Friberg, Ugueth Page, Chuck Gornicki. Baserunning: SB - Brent Phelan (17), Chet Fox (3), Bill Ermer (5). Fielding: E - Pete Jones.
Game Notes Bill Beard is injured and is expected to be out 29 days.
Los Angeles Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Ken Gossage did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Buddy McGee did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Ted Estrada improves in power_vs_righty Ken Gossage improves in range Steve Pitts improves in contact_vs_righty Mark Tinsley did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty
San Diego Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Mike Boskie improves in velocity Dan Beecher did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Earl McElwee improves in arm Nick Perry did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Scott Mejias did not respond to coaching in control Earl McElwee did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty