Win: Johnny Covington (10-4) Loss: Bob Mercedes (5-10)
Inning: 1 Arizona Bob Mercedes pitching. Joe Pena walks. Ray Zauchin singles past the first baseman. Joe Pena advances to third on the hit. Jodie Skopec doubles to left field. Joe Pena scores. Ray Zauchin uses his aggressiveness and scores. Milt Thomas strikes out. Lou Regan doubles to left field. Jodie Skopec scores. Roberto Ens strikes out. John Sheldon singles to right field. Lou Regan scores. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Hack Spencer singles to right field. John Sheldon scores. Johnny Covington grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Los Angeles Johnny Covington pitching. Gene Clark singles to right field. Jack Friberg doubles to center field. Gene Clark scores. Tex Jay flies out to the left fielder. Chet Fox strikes out. Pete Jones strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Arizona Joe Pena pops out to the second baseman. Ray Zauchin strikes out. Jodie Skopec strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Los Angeles Chuck Gornicki strikes out. Gary Alston flies out to the left fielder. Howard Brown grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Arizona Milt Thomas walks. Lou Regan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Milt Thomas advances to second on the play. Roberto Ens grounds out to the second baseman. Milt Thomas advances to third on the play. John Sheldon grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Los Angeles Bob Mercedes reached on a fielding error by Joe Pena. Gene Clark strikes out. Jack Friberg grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Arizona Hack Spencer grounds out to the shortstop. Johnny Covington reached on a 2-base throwing error by Pete Jones. Joe Pena singles to left field. Ray Zauchin strikes out. Joe Pena steals second. Chuck Gornicki throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Johnny Covington scores. Jodie Skopec singles to right field. Joe Pena scores. Milt Thomas walks. Lou Regan reached on a 2-base throwing error by Howard Brown. Jodie Skopec scores. Roberto Ens strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Los Angeles Tex Jay walks. Tex Jay is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Chet Fox singles to right field. Pete Jones singles to center field. Chet Fox advances to third on the hit. Chuck Gornicki strikes out. Pete Jones is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Arizona John Sheldon strikes out. Hack Spencer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Johnny Covington strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Los Angeles Gary Alston singles to left field. Gary Alston steals second. Howard Brown grounds out to the pitcher. Bob Mercedes flies out to the right fielder. Gene Clark grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Arizona Joe Pena singles to right field. Ray Zauchin strikes out. Jodie Skopec singles to center field. Joe Pena aggressively advances to third on the hit. Milt Thomas pops out to the shortstop. Lou Regan pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Los Angeles Jack Friberg flies out to the center fielder. Tex Jay grounds out to the second baseman. Chet Fox grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Arizona Dan Scott 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. Roberto Ens singles to right field. John Sheldon grounds out to the shortstop. Roberto Ens advances to second on the play. Hack Spencer grounds out to the shortstop. Johnny Covington grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Los Angeles Bill Vaughn is pinch hitting for Pete Jones. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Bill Vaughn grounds out to the second baseman. Gary Farmer is pinch hitting for Chuck Gornicki. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Gary Farmer singles to right field. Gary Alston lines out to the shortstop. Howard Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Arizona Joe Pena strikes out. Sam Parrott is pinch hitting for Ray Zauchin. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Sam Parrott grounds out to the pitcher. Jodie Skopec strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Los Angeles Harry Murray comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Steve Engel is pinch hitting for Dan Scott. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Steve Engel flies out to the center fielder. Gene Clark doubles to right field. Jack Friberg doubles to center field. Gene Clark scores. Tex Jay strikes out. Chet Fox flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Arizona Johnny Lord pitching. Milt Thomas strikes out. Lou Regan strikes out. Roberto Ens grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Los Angeles Bill Vaughn grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Gary Farmer grounds out to the shortstop. Gary Alston grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Arizona total runners LOB: 7 Los Angeles total runners LOB: 5
Batting:2B - Gene Clark (29), Jack Friberg 2 (33).GIDP - Jack Friberg. Baserunning: SB - Gary Alston (3).CS - Tex Jay (4), Pete Jones (6). Fielding: E - Pete Jones, Chuck Gornicki, Howard Brown.
Arizona Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Jose DeBerry did not respond to coaching in velocity Bob Layton did not respond to coaching in range Hank Foster did not respond to coaching in velocity Hank Foster did not respond to coaching in control John Blanco improves in power_vs_lefty Luther Runger improves in power_vs_righty Bob Layton did not respond to coaching in 2B
Los Angeles Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Ted Estrada improves in power_vs_righty Frank Musselman improves in power_vs_righty Tim Morman improves in power_vs_lefty Rod Antonelli did not respond to coaching in control Ted Estrada did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Pedro Moore did not respond to coaching in range