Win: Fred Merritt (8-8) Loss: Neal Iott (5-10)
Save: Dave Schlitzer (4)
Inning: 1 Los Angeles Neal Iott pitching. Mul Poorman flies out to the right fielder. Ike Cristall grounds out to the shortstop. George Barnes singles to left field. Fred Cheeves grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Philadelphia Fred Merritt pitching. Greg Crowe singles to left field. John Rodgers grounds out to the third baseman. Greg Crowe advances to second on the play. Bobby Gilson grounds out to the second baseman. Greg Crowe advances to third on the play. D.T. Berg grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Los Angeles Alex Ross flies out to the left fielder. Frank Renfer singles to left field. Ed McNertney grounds out to the third baseman. Frank Renfer advances to second on the play. Spec Bell pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Philadelphia Bob Eshelman singles to center field. Bob Eshelman steals second. Spec Bell throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Happy Struss strikes out. Lou Morogiello singles to left field. Bob Eshelman scores. Lou Morogiello steals second. Michael Engelberg flies out to the left fielder. Neal Iott singles to right field. Lou Morogiello is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Los Angeles Fred Merritt strikes out. Mul Poorman reached on a fielding error by John Rodgers. Ike Cristall flies out to the right fielder. George Barnes singles past the third baseman. Fred Cheeves singles to right field. Alex Ross grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Mul Poorman is out at home. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Philadelphia Greg Crowe grounds out to the second baseman. John Rodgers pops out to the shortstop. Bobby Gilson walks. Bobby Gilson steals second. D.T. Berg grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Los Angeles Frank Renfer grounds out to the shortstop. Ed McNertney singles to right field. Spec Bell singles to center field. Ed McNertney advances to third on the hit. Fred Merritt singles to right field. Ed McNertney scores. Mul Poorman reached on a 2-base throwing error by Lou Morogiello. Spec Bell scores. Ike Cristall singles to right field. Fred Merritt scores. Mul Poorman scores. George Barnes flies out to the right fielder. Fred Cheeves grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Ike Cristall is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Philadelphia Bob Eshelman singles to left field. Happy Struss singles to center field. Lou Morogiello walks. Michael Engelberg strikes out. Neal Iott strikes out. Greg Crowe grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Bob Eshelman is out at home. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Los Angeles Alex Ross singles to left field. Frank Renfer grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Alex Ross is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ed McNertney grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Philadelphia John Rodgers doubles to left field. Bobby Gilson singles to center field. John Rodgers scores. D.T. Berg grounds out to the second baseman. Bobby Gilson advances to second on the play. Bob Eshelman flies out to the left fielder. Happy Struss grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Los Angeles Spec Bell grounds out to the third baseman. Paul Bowie is pinch hitting for Fred Merritt. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Paul Bowie strikes out. Mul Poorman walks. Ike Cristall walks. Eric Redmon comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. George Barnes strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Philadelphia Bob Flinn pitching. Lou Morogiello flies out to the center fielder. Michael Engelberg grounds out to the third baseman. Eric Redmon flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Los Angeles Ken Wyrostek is pinch hitting for Fred Cheeves. Ken Wyrostek flies out to the right fielder. Alex Ross flies out to the left fielder. Frank Renfer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Philadelphia Greg Crowe strikes out. John Rodgers singles to left field. Bobby Gilson flies out to the center fielder. D.T. Berg strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Los Angeles Ed McNertney pops out to the first baseman. Spec Bell strikes out. Ike Morgan is pinch hitting for Bob Flinn. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Ike Morgan triples. Mul Poorman grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Philadelphia Dave Schlitzer pitching. Bob Eshelman strikes out. Happy Struss grounds out to the third baseman. Kid Ramirez is pinch hitting for Lou Morogiello. Kid Ramirez grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Los Angeles Will Worrell enters the game as a defensive replacement for Kid Ramirez at 3B. Ike Cristall walks. George Barnes strikes out. Ken Wyrostek doubles to left field. Ike Cristall uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bill Doyle comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Alex Ross grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Renfer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Philadelphia Michael Engelberg flies out to the right fielder. Vance Ritchie is pinch hitting for Bill Doyle. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Vance Ritchie strikes out. Greg Crowe flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Los Angeles total runners LOB: 10 Philadelphia total runners LOB: 8
Game Notes Bob Flinn is injured and is expected to be out 10 days.
Los Angeles Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: D+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Ken Hilly improves in contact_vs_righty Bob Verhoeven improves in arm Jay Rohde improves in speed Terry Parnham did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Les Pickering improves in control Stan Rusteck improves in power_vs_lefty
Philadelphia Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jake Hammonds did not respond to coaching in velocity Jocko Davis did not respond to coaching in velocity Rich Davison did not respond to coaching in speed Kenny Broad improves in power_vs_lefty Bob Reid did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Dan Murray improves in range Bob Hrabosky did not respond to coaching in 2B