Win: Toshihisa Kato (6-2) Loss: March Taylor (3-3)
Save: Vic Roche (29)
Inning: 1 Los Angeles Domingo Bone pitching. Cal Birkofer strikes out. Chuck Ordaz strikes out. Lefty Houtteman flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Randy Baker pitching. Dan Navarro singles to center field. Jim Smith walks. Taylor Mahay flies out to the left fielder. Masatoshi Tsuchiya grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jim Smith is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Glenn Tomko singles to right field. Dan Navarro scores. Charlie Clyburn hits a home run. Masatoshi Tsuchiya scores. Glenn Tomko scores. Kevin Grimes doubles past the third baseman. Nobuhiro Matsushima walks. Domingo Bone singles to center field. Kevin Grimes is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Los Angeles Biddy Greene singles to center field. Tatsuo Watanabe singles to right field. Dave Cook grounds out to the second baseman. Biddy Greene advances to third on the play. Tatsuo Watanabe advances to second on the play. James bond flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Biddy Greene scores. Larry Pratt walks. Randy Baker flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Dan Navarro flies out to the left fielder. Jim Smith flies out to the right fielder. Taylor Mahay singles to right field. Masatoshi Tsuchiya grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Taylor Mahay is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Los Angeles Cal Birkofer hits a home run. Chuck Ordaz reached on a fielding error by Domingo Bone. Lefty Houtteman grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Chuck Ordaz is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Biddy Greene walks. Tatsuo Watanabe strikes out. Dave Cook singles to right field. Lefty Houtteman is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Glenn Tomko grounds out to the second baseman. Charlie Clyburn grounds out to the shortstop. Kevin Grimes grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Los Angeles James bond grounds out to the second baseman. Larry Pratt strikes out. Randy Baker grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Nobuhiro Matsushima flies out to the center fielder. Domingo Bone strikes out. Dan Navarro grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Los Angeles Cal Birkofer grounds out to the third baseman. Chuck Ordaz triples. Lefty Houtteman flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Chuck Ordaz scores. Biddy Greene strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Jim Smith flies out to the right fielder. Taylor Mahay grounds out to the third baseman. Masatoshi Tsuchiya grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Los Angeles Tatsuo Watanabe grounds out to the third baseman. Dave Cook grounds out to the second baseman. James bond grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Glenn Tomko flies out to the right fielder. Charlie Clyburn pops out to the first baseman. Kevin Grimes grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Los Angeles Larry Pratt flies out to the center fielder. Jeff Chapin is pinch hitting for Randy Baker. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Jeff Chapin grounds out to the pitcher. Cal Birkofer hits a home run. Toshihisa Kato comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Chuck Ordaz grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay March Taylor pitching. Nobuhiro Matsushima singles to right field. Dwain Russell is pinch hitting for Toshihisa Kato. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Dwain Russell walks. Dan Navarro strikes out. Jim Smith singles past the second baseman. Nobuhiro Matsushima scores. Dwain Russell advances to third on the hit. Taylor Mahay grounds out to the second baseman. Dwain Russell scores. Jim Smith advances to second on the play. Kevin Daniels comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jim Smith steals third. Masatoshi Tsuchiya strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Los Angeles Orth Drake pitching. Lefty Houtteman singles to right field. Biddy Greene strikes out. Tatsuo Watanabe strikes out. Dave Cook flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Glenn Tomko grounds out to the third baseman. Charlie Clyburn singles to center field. Kevin Grimes singles to left field. Charlie Clyburn advances to third on the hit. Kevin Grimes steals second. Nobuhiro Matsushima grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Sullivan is pinch hitting for Orth Drake. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bill Sullivan pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Los Angeles Vic Roche pitching. James bond grounds out to the second baseman. Larry Pratt flies out to the center fielder. Takayoshi Nakai is pinch hitting for Kevin Daniels. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Takayoshi Nakai flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Los Angeles total runners left on base: 4 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 5
Los Angeles Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Red Faneyte did not respond to coaching in control Ron burngendy did not respond to coaching in control Red Faneyte did not respond to coaching in endurance Tony beets improves in power_vs_lefty Tony beets improves in LF
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Normie Mossor did not respond to coaching in velocity Normie Mossor did not respond to coaching in control Bill Holt did not respond to coaching in control Keith Powell did not respond to coaching in range