Win: Dmitri Blethen (7-5) Loss: Satoshi Oishi (6-19)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Satoshi Oishi pitching. Lou House grounds out to the third baseman. Chris Parker hits a home run. Dick Herring singles to left field. Ronnie Belcher grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Los Angeles Dmitri Blethen pitching. Victor Fuentes singles to right field. Victor Fuentes steals second. Martin Bishop strikes out. Ron Hunter walks. Lemmy K Kilmeister grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Ron Hunter is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Matt Parkman singles to center field. Victor Fuentes scores. Lemmy K Kilmeister advances to third on the hit. Isaac Mendez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Clarence Lint flies out to the center fielder. Monte Thomas strikes out. Doug Fryman doubles to right field. Doug Fryman steals third. Tommy Brunsberg singles to right field. Doug Fryman scores. Dmitri Blethen grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Tommy Brunsberg is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Los Angeles Roy Zimmer grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Danny Rivetti walks. Satoshi Oishi fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Satoshi Oishi strikes out. Danny Rivetti steals second. Victor Fuentes grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Lou House walks. Chris Parker walks. Dick Herring strikes out. Ronnie Belcher flies out to the left fielder. Clarence Lint grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Chris Parker is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Los Angeles Martin Bishop singles to left field. Ron Hunter grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Lemmy K Kilmeister flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Monte Thomas walks. Doug Fryman strikes out. Tommy Brunsberg singles to center field. Monte Thomas advances to third on the hit. Dmitri Blethen strikes out. Lou House singles past the shortstop. Monte Thomas scores. Chris Parker doubles to center field. Tommy Brunsberg scores. Lou House uses his aggressiveness and scores. Lyle K Blemker comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dick Herring flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Los Angeles Matt Parkman strikes out. Isaac Mendez grounds out to the third baseman. Roy Zimmer hits a home run. Danny Rivetti strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Ronnie Belcher walks. Clarence Lint hits a home run. Ronnie Belcher scores. Monte Thomas grounds out to the shortstop. Doug Fryman singles to left field. Tommy Brunsberg doubles to right field. Doug Fryman uses his aggressiveness and scores. Dmitri Blethen singles to left field. Lou House pops out to the catcher. Chris Parker triples. Tommy Brunsberg scores. Dmitri Blethen scores. Don Wilson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is pulled because he is getting hammered (Relief pitcher has given up 5 or more earned runs, he is tired, and the team is losing by more than 5 runs). Dick Herring singles to center field. Chris Parker scores. Ronnie Belcher flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Los Angeles Don Wilson strikes out. Victor Fuentes walks. Martin Bishop singles to right field. Victor Fuentes advances to third on the hit. Ron Hunter strikes out. Lemmy K Kilmeister strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Clarence Lint strikes out. Monte Thomas strikes out. Doug Fryman grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Los Angeles Matt Parkman flies out to the left fielder. Isaac Mendez strikes out. Roy Zimmer grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Tommy Brunsberg singles to center field. Dmitri Blethen lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Pete Halicki is pinch hitting for Lou House. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Pete Halicki walks. Chris Parker singles to right field. Tommy Brunsberg is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Pete Halicki advances to third on the play. Ed Grissom is pinch hitting for Dick Herring. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ed Grissom strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Los Angeles Danny Rivetti strikes out. Hank Echo is pinch hitting for Don Wilson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Hank Echo grounds out to the second baseman. Victor Fuentes triples. Frank Trammell 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. Martin Bishop singles to right field. Victor Fuentes scores. Ron Hunter strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Bart Mancuso pitching. Ronnie Belcher strikes out. Norihiro Kinoshita is pinch hitting for Clarence Lint. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Norihiro Kinoshita grounds out to the pitcher. Monte Thomas grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Los Angeles Lemmy K Kilmeister grounds out to the shortstop. Matt Parkman flies out to the right fielder. Isaac Mendez flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Doug Fryman grounds out to the second baseman. Tommy Brunsberg singles to center field. Frank Trammell lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Tommy Brunsberg forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Pete Halicki walks. Chris Parker walks. Ed Grissom grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Los Angeles Roy Zimmer walks. Danny Rivetti singles to left field. Roy Zimmer advances to third on the hit. Rick Hawkins is pinch hitting for Bart Mancuso. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Rick Hawkins singles to center field. Roy Zimmer scores. Danny Rivetti advances to third on the hit. Victor Fuentes lines out to the second baseman. Martin Bishop strikes out. Ron Hunter singles to center field. Danny Rivetti scores. Rick Hawkins advances to third on the hit. Lemmy K Kilmeister pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 10 Los Angeles total runners LOB: 8
Game Notes Frank Trammell is injured and is expected to be out 10 days.
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Junior Littlejohn did not respond to coaching in control John Murphy did not respond to coaching in range Reggie Morse did not respond to coaching in speed Dale Carl did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Bob Laskey did not respond to coaching in velocity Percy Lake did not respond to coaching in velocity Art Battey improves in 2B
Los Angeles Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Dick Hooper improves in contact_vs_lefty Bob Shaw did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Bill Coleman did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Edwin Castillo did not respond to coaching in arm Hank Tanner did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Frank Blauser improves in arm