Win: Pop Jones (3-1) Loss: Dale Soderstrom (0-8)
Save: Steve Melendez (1)
Inning: 1 Los Angeles Dale Soderstrom pitching. Bob Arrigo flies out to the right fielder. Mike Allen flies out to the center fielder. Hugh Dixon flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Pop Jones pitching. Dutch Treat flies out to the center fielder. J. Petermann hits a home run. Jay Lange grounds out to the shortstop. William Andrew Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Los Angeles Donal Perez flies out to the center fielder. Ma`a Nonu singles to center field. Vive Keough grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Ma`a Nonu advances to second on the play. Wally Moon flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Storm Warner pops out to the shortstop. Masahiko Sasaki grounds out to the second baseman. Tim Moore strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Los Angeles Gil Slaught singles to right field. Gil Slaught steals second. Gil Slaught is out trying to steal third. Pop Jones strikes out. Bob Arrigo grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Sergio Lindemann strikes out. Dale Soderstrom strikes out. Dutch Treat walks. Dutch Treat is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Los Angeles Mike Allen grounds out to the third baseman. Hugh Dixon singles to left field. Donal Perez grounds out to the third baseman. Hugh Dixon advances to second on the play. Ma`a Nonu grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota J. Petermann grounds out to the third baseman. Jay Lange grounds out to the second baseman. William Andrew Smith flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Los Angeles Vive Keough flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Wally Moon flies out to the center fielder. Gil Slaught flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Storm Warner grounds out to the shortstop. Masahiko Sasaki strikes out. Tim Moore grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Los Angeles Pop Jones grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Arrigo flies out to the right fielder. Mike Allen walks. Hugh Dixon flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Sergio Lindemann grounds out to the shortstop. Dale Soderstrom grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Dutch Treat singles to right field. J. Petermann strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Los Angeles Donal Perez singles past the shortstop. Donal Perez steals second. Ma`a Nonu singles past the shortstop. Donal Perez scores. Ma`a Nonu steals second. Vive Keough walks. Wally Moon walks. Gil Slaught flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Ma`a Nonu scores. Pop Jones fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Pop Jones grounds out to the third baseman. Vive Keough advances to third on the play. Wally Moon advances to second on the play. Bob Arrigo flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Minnesota Jay Lange grounds out to the third baseman. William Andrew Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Storm Warner flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Los Angeles Mike Allen strikes out. Hugh Dixon grounds out to the shortstop. Donal Perez grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Masahiko Sasaki grounds out to the shortstop. Tim Moore singles to left field. Sergio Lindemann grounds out to the pitcher. Tim Moore advances to second on the play. Howdy Minnie Pearl is pinch hitting for Dale Soderstrom. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Howdy Minnie Pearl strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Los Angeles G. Bruley pitching. Ma`a Nonu hits a home run. Vive Keough grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Wally Moon grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Gil Slaught strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Gary Robinson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Dutch Treat doubles to left field. J. Petermann lines out to the first baseman. Jay Lange singles to center field. Dutch Treat scores. Steve Melendez comes in from the bullpen to pitch. William Andrew Smith flies out to the center fielder. Storm Warner pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Los Angeles total runners LOB: 5 Minnesota total runners LOB: 3
Los Angeles Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Floyd Neibauer did not respond to coaching in velocity Phil Leonard improves in contact_vs_righty Chick Pappas did not respond to coaching in velocity Jimmy Prim improves in speed
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Joe Pastornicky did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Beau Baumholtz improves in speed Joseph Stovall did not respond to coaching in range Bill Held did not respond to coaching in velocity