Win: Toshihide Kawarada (10-3) Loss: Tom Varsho (5-15)
Save: Ivan Groh (27)
Inning: 1 Los Angeles Tom Varsho pitching. Ron Bruckmiller hits a home run. Ed Kruger singles to center field. Jim Dettmer walks. Julio Murphy walks. Brad Ock grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Ed Kruger scores. Jim Dettmer advances to third on the play. Eddie Perez singles to center field. Jim Dettmer scores. Gene Breeden walks. Shinji Takasu singles to left field. Eddie Perez is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Atlanta Ernie Coulter pitching. Jack Kopf singles to center field. Hideaki Sekimoto hits a home run. Jack Kopf scores. Gary Blankenship grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Babe Leary strikes out. Mike Andrews strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Los Angeles Ernie Coulter strikes out. Ron Bruckmiller strikes out. Ed Kruger grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Atlanta Rick Buehrle strikes out. Koichi Oyane singles to center field. Koichi Oyane steals second. Shinya Yanagida grounds out to the pitcher. Tom Varsho grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Los Angeles Jim Dettmer singles to left field. Julio Murphy strikes out. Brad Ock grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Atlanta Jack Kopf singles to left field. Hideaki Sekimoto grounds out to the second baseman. Jack Kopf advances to second on the play. Gary Blankenship grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jack Kopf advances to third on the play. Babe Leary strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Los Angeles Eddie Perez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Gene Breeden grounds out to the third baseman. Shinji Takasu strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Atlanta Mike Andrews walks. Rick Buehrle grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Koichi Oyane flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Los Angeles Ernie Coulter strikes out. Ron Bruckmiller grounds out to the shortstop. Ed Kruger strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Atlanta Shinya Yanagida singles to right field. Tom Varsho lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jack Kopf grounds out to the second baseman. Shinya Yanagida advances to third on the play. Hideaki Sekimoto singles past the second baseman. Shinya Yanagida scores. Toshihide Kawarada comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Gary Blankenship grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Hideaki Sekimoto is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Los Angeles Jim Dettmer hits a home run. Julio Murphy walks. Brad Ock doubles to center field. Julio Murphy uses his aggressiveness and scores. George Brown comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Eddie Perez doubles to right field. Brad Ock scores. Gene Breeden grounds out to the shortstop. Shinji Takasu singles to right field. Toshihide Kawarada strikes out. Ron Bruckmiller strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Atlanta Babe Leary doubles to center field. Mike Andrews strikes out. Rick Buehrle grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Babe Leary advances to third on the play. Koichi Oyane flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Los Angeles Ed Kruger hits a home run. Jim Dettmer singles to right field. Julio Murphy pops out to the first baseman. Brad Ock strikes out. Eddie Perez singles to center field. Jim Dettmer advances to third on the hit. Gene Breeden walks. Shinji Takasu singles to left field. Jim Dettmer scores. Eddie Perez is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Atlanta Shinya Yanagida singles to right field. Takayuki Azuma is pinch hitting for George Brown. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Takayuki Azuma pops out to the third baseman. Jack Kopf flies out to the center fielder. Hideaki Sekimoto singles to left field. Gary Blankenship grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Los Angeles Ernie Duzen pitching. Harry Davis is pinch hitting for Toshihide Kawarada. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Harry Davis strikes out. Ron Bruckmiller strikes out. Doc Gubanich is pinch hitting for Ed Kruger. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Doc Gubanich grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Atlanta Choji Amamoto pitching. Babe Leary hits a home run. Nobuaki Tachikawa comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mike Andrews flies out to the right fielder. Rick Buehrle flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Koichi Oyane flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Los Angeles Jim Dettmer flies out to the left fielder. Julio Murphy walks. Julio Murphy steals second. Brad Ock flies out to the right fielder. Eddie Perez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Atlanta Shinya Yanagida grounds out to the third baseman. Jerry Lopez is pinch hitting for Ernie Duzen. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jerry Lopez singles to center field. Jack Kopf triples. Jerry Lopez scores. Ivan Groh comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Hideaki Sekimoto flies out to the right fielder. Gary Blankenship strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Los Angeles total runners LOB: 5 Atlanta total runners LOB: 7
Los Angeles Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Pat Lush did not respond to coaching in control Bobby Guiney did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Rinty Gotay did not respond to coaching in control Vic Barron did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty
Atlanta Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jim Kida improves in arm Charlie Fixa improves in power_vs_lefty Jim Kida improves in power_vs_lefty Vince Morandini did not respond to coaching in endurance Moon Lefferts did not respond to coaching in SS