Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Horacio Ayala pitching. Reggie Morse strikes out. Dale Carl grounds out to the second baseman. Ronnie Belcher strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Los Angeles Manuel Gonzalez pitching. Fred Grace singles to center field. Ron Perez walks. Duane Doherty strikes out. Hank Tanner singles to left field. Fred Grace scores. Ron Perez advances to third on the hit. Mark Baker strikes out. Matt Parkman strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Ben Beatty grounds out to the second baseman. Tommy Brunsberg reached on a 2-base throwing error by Duane Doherty. Craig Bradley doubles to left field. Tommy Brunsberg scores. Tom Crouch flies out to the left fielder. Don Espinoza strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Los Angeles Chihiro Kanashiki flies out to the left fielder. George Langford singles to left field. Horacio Ayala lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Fred Grace strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Manuel Gonzalez strikes out. Reggie Morse grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Dale Carl singles to right field. Ronnie Belcher flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Los Angeles Ron Perez flies out to the right fielder. Duane Doherty grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Hank Tanner singles to right field. Mark Baker singles to right field. Hank Tanner advances to third on the hit. Matt Parkman flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Ben Beatty flies out to the center fielder. Tommy Brunsberg grounds out to the third baseman. Craig Bradley flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Los Angeles Chihiro Kanashiki grounds out to the shortstop. George Langford grounds out to the third baseman. Horacio Ayala grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Tom Crouch lines out to the first baseman. Don Espinoza grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Manuel Gonzalez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Los Angeles Fred Grace hits a home run. Ron Perez pops out to the catcher. Duane Doherty grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Hank Tanner walks. Mark Baker strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Reggie Morse singles to center field. Dale Carl grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Ronnie Belcher grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Los Angeles Matt Parkman grounds out to the shortstop. Chihiro Kanashiki pops out to the shortstop. George Langford grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Ben Beatty pops out to the second baseman. Tommy Brunsberg strikes out. Craig Bradley walks. Tom Crouch singles to center field. Don Espinoza grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Los Angeles Horacio Ayala grounds out to the second baseman. Fred Grace strikes out. Ron Perez flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Bob Jones is pinch hitting for Manuel Gonzalez. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Bob Jones grounds out to the second baseman. Reggie Morse singles to right field. Dale Carl grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Los Angeles Frank Trammell pitching. Duane Doherty flies out to the left fielder. Hank Tanner grounds out to the second baseman. Mark Baker doubles to right field. Matt Parkman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Kid Spencer comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Ronnie Belcher hits an infield single to the pitcher. Ben Beatty strikes out. Tommy Brunsberg walks. Craig Bradley singles to right field. Ronnie Belcher scores. Tommy Brunsberg is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Tom Crouch grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Los Angeles Chihiro Kanashiki singles to center field. George Langford walks. Ubaldo Monahan is pinch hitting for Kid Spencer. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ubaldo Monahan grounds into a force play to the shortstop. George Langford is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Fred Grace singles to left field. Chihiro Kanashiki scores. Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 5 Los Angeles total runners left on base: 7
Game Notes Horacio Ayala is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Frank Stephens did not respond to coaching in speed Rube Walsh did not respond to coaching in velocity Yoshimatsu Yamamoto did not respond to coaching in speed Alex Zmich improves in arm Jeffrey Parker did not respond to coaching in control Elbie DeHaan did not respond to coaching in velocity Bo Benson did not respond to coaching in C
Los Angeles Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ed Bonura improves in power_vs_lefty Bob Schultz improves in power_vs_righty Bert Holmes did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Bobby Devine did not respond to coaching in arm Lefty Torre improves in speed Bill Garbark improves in arm