Win: Cliff Hanger (19-5) Loss: Charlie Rivera (0-3)
Inning: 1 Los Angeles Charlie Rivera pitching. Art Gwynn flies out to the center fielder. Les Ismore doubles to right field. Pat Down walks. Hal Lepeno grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Pat Down is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ben Dover singles to right field. Les Ismore scores. Hal Lepeno aggressively advances to third on the hit. Herb Avore grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Philadelphia Cliff Hanger pitching. Cesar Baker strikes out. Len Valle reached on a fielding error by Mark Nicholls. Yancey Cravat singles to right field. Kevin Reese strikes out. Rick Tettleton flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Los Angeles Ron DeVoo singles to left field. Mark Nicholls walks. Cliff Hanger lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Art Gwynn grounds out to the third baseman. Ron DeVoo scores. Mark Nicholls advances to third on the play. Les Ismore grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Philadelphia Stan Cleary flies out to the center fielder. Arky Vaughn singles to right field. Vito Cudworth walks. Charlie Rivera lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first for the 1-6-4 double play (2B covering 1st). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Los Angeles Pat Down doubles to center field. Hal Lepeno singles to center field. Ben Dover flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Pat Down scores. Herb Avore strikes out. Ron DeVoo walks. Mark Nicholls grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Philadelphia Cesar Baker flies out to the right fielder. Len Valle grounds out to the shortstop. Yancey Cravat grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Los Angeles Cliff Hanger flies out to the center fielder. Art Gwynn grounds out to the pitcher. Les Ismore grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Philadelphia Kevin Reese strikes out. Rick Tettleton singles to right field. Stan Cleary flies out to the right fielder. Arky Vaughn strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Los Angeles Pat Down singles to left field. Hal Lepeno singles to center field. Pat Down advances to third on the hit. Ben Dover singles to center field. Pat Down scores. Ruben Stevens comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Herb Avore singles to right field. Hal Lepeno scores. Ben Dover is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Ron DeVoo strikes out. Mark Nicholls singles to center field. Cliff Hanger lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Philadelphia Vito Cudworth singles to left field. Ruben Stevens lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Cesar Baker singles to left field. Vito Cudworth is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Cesar Baker is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Los Angeles Art Gwynn singles to center field. Les Ismore flies out to the center fielder. Pat Down hits a home run. Art Gwynn scores. Hal Lepeno singles to center field. Ben Dover pops out to the shortstop. Herb Avore flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Philadelphia Len Valle singles to right field. Yancey Cravat grounds out to the shortstop. Len Valle advances to second on the play. Kevin Reese grounds out to the shortstop. Rick Tettleton strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Los Angeles Ron DeVoo grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mark Nicholls singles to right field. Cliff Hanger lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Mark Nicholls forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Clay More is pinch hitting for Art Gwynn. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Clay More grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Cliff Hanger is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Philadelphia Stan Cleary grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Arky Vaughn grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Vito Cudworth singles to center field. Ruben Stevens strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Los Angeles Les Ismore strikes out. Pat Down singles to right field. Hal Lepeno pops out to the first baseman. Tony Thomas comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Ben Dover singles to right field. Pat Down advances to third on the hit. Herb Avore walks. Ron DeVoo flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Philadelphia Cesar Baker grounds out to the shortstop. Len Valle singles to right field. Yancey Cravat pops out to the first baseman. Chuck Jones is pinch hitting for Kevin Reese. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Chuck Jones grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Los Angeles Mark Nicholls lines out to the shortstop. Neil Down is pinch hitting for Cliff Hanger. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Neil Down singles to center field. Clay More flies out to the left fielder. Les Ismore strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Philadelphia Nick O Teen pitching. Rick Tettleton reached on a fielding error by Herb Avore. Stan Obradovich is pinch hitting for Stan Cleary. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Stan Obradovich grounds into a 3-6-3 double play - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Arky Vaughn grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Los Angeles total runners LOB: 13 Philadelphia total runners LOB: 7
Los Angeles Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Art Merriman improves in velocity Carney Lehr improves in arm Harvey Munson did not respond to coaching in range Donnie Lowery did not respond to coaching in control Carney Lehr improves in speed Harvey Munson improves in contact_vs_righty Rusty Nails did not respond to coaching in C
Philadelphia Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Joe Danforth did not respond to coaching in control Gene Gilles did not respond to coaching in control A.C. Jones did not respond to coaching in speed Al Donahue did not respond to coaching in control Lew Zdeb improves in speed Al Donahue did not respond to coaching in velocity Ron Furillo improves in CF