Win: Janick Gers (10-7) Loss: Guy Niekro (9-10)
Save: Mike Egan (42)
Inning: 1 Los Angeles Guy Niekro pitching. Ace Freely grounds out to the shortstop. Jimmy Hendricks strikes out. Eddie Van Halen flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Atlanta Janick Gers pitching. Jack Brickell grounds out to the second baseman. Cleon Taveras singles to center field. Brad Clabaugh pops out to the second baseman. Hal Freese walks. Ed Woods grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Los Angeles Julius Erving strikes out. Mayfield Parrish flies out to the left fielder. Denbone JR hits a home run. Yngwie Malmsteen grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Atlanta Steve Power doubles to right field. Gus Young flies out to the right fielder. Carmelo Singleton walks. Guy Niekro lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jack Brickell pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Los Angeles Metal Denbone grounds out to the second baseman. Janick Gers grounds out to the second baseman. Ace Freely grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Atlanta Cleon Taveras singles to center field. Brad Clabaugh flies out to the center fielder. Hal Freese strikes out. Ed Woods strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Los Angeles Jimmy Hendricks grounds out to the pitcher. Eddie Van Halen walks. Julius Erving reached on a fielding error by Hal Freese. Mayfield Parrish pops out to the third baseman. Denbone JR strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Atlanta Steve Power strikes out. Gus Young grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Carmelo Singleton pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Los Angeles Yngwie Malmsteen walks. Metal Denbone reached on a 2-base throwing error by Cleon Taveras. Janick Gers grounds out to the shortstop. Yngwie Malmsteen scores. Metal Denbone advances to third on the play. Ace Freely grounds out to the pitcher. Jimmy Hendricks walks. Eddie Van Halen singles in front of the right fielder. Metal Denbone scores. Julius Erving strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Atlanta Guy Niekro singles past the second baseman. Jack Brickell grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Cleon Taveras walks. Brad Clabaugh walks. Hal Freese grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Brad Clabaugh is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Los Angeles Mayfield Parrish walks. Denbone JR flies out to the right fielder. Yngwie Malmsteen strikes out. Metal Denbone grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Mayfield Parrish is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Atlanta Ed Woods lines out to the third baseman. Steve Power lines out to the shortstop. Gus Young walks. Carmelo Singleton strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Los Angeles Janick Gers flies out to the center fielder. Ace Freely strikes out. Jimmy Hendricks triples. Eddie Van Halen hits a home run. Jimmy Hendricks scores. Hughie Johnson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Julius Erving walks. Mayfield Parrish strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Atlanta Hughie Johnson grounds out to the second baseman. Jack Brickell grounds out to the pitcher. Cleon Taveras grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Los Angeles Denbone JR flies out to the right fielder. Yngwie Malmsteen flies out to the right fielder. Dave Mathews is pinch hitting for Metal Denbone. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Dave Mathews walks. Janick Gers grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Atlanta Brad Clabaugh hits a home run. Hal Freese strikes out. Ed Woods pops out to the catcher. Steve Power grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Los Angeles Ace Freely singles to center field. Jimmy Hendricks grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Eddie Van Halen grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Atlanta Gus Young strikes out. Carmelo Singleton flies out to the right fielder. Adrian Flores is pinch hitting for Hughie Johnson. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Adrian Flores singles to left field. Jack Brickell walks. Adrian Smith comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Cleon Taveras singles in front of the center fielder. Adrian Flores scores. Brad Clabaugh strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Los Angeles total runners LOB: 7 Atlanta total runners LOB: 10
Los Angeles Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Reggie Yurak improves in range Baby Rock improves in contact_vs_righty Tom Cruz did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Ernie Rockwell did not respond to coaching in arm
Atlanta Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Armando Allen did not respond to coaching in control Paul Valdes improves in contact_vs_righty Ben Leslie did not respond to coaching in velocity Carlton Mahaffey improves in contact_vs_righty Luke Madden did not respond to coaching in 2B