Win: Larry Winfield (18-2) Loss: Fred Chaplin (9-11)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Fred Chaplin pitching. Reggie Morse triples. Art Battey lines out to the shortstop. Dale Carl flies out to the center fielder. Ronnie Belcher grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Los Angeles Larry Winfield pitching. Fred Grace flies out to the center fielder. Chuck Daniels pops out to the third baseman. Ron Perez grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Ben Beatty doubles to right field. Tommy Brunsberg walks. Craig Bradley walks. Tom Crouch singles to center field. Ben Beatty scores. Tommy Brunsberg scores. Craig Bradley advances to third on the hit. Larry Winfield grounds out to the second baseman. Craig Bradley scores. Tom Crouch advances to second on the play. Tom Crouch steals third. Reggie Morse grounds out to the shortstop. Art Battey grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Los Angeles Hank Tanner strikes out. Ubaldo Monahan grounds out to the third baseman. Matt Parkman pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Dale Carl doubles to right field. Ronnie Belcher flies out to the left fielder. Ben Beatty flies out to the right fielder. Tommy Brunsberg walks. Craig Bradley walks. Tom Crouch singles to center field. Dale Carl scores. Tommy Brunsberg scores. Larry Winfield singles to left field. Craig Bradley scores. Tom Crouch advances to third on the hit. Reggie Morse strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Los Angeles George Langford reached on a fielding error by Dale Carl. Chihiro Kanashiki strikes out. Fred Chaplin 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 singles to center field. George Langford scores. Chuck Daniels flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Art Battey grounds out to the second baseman. Dale Carl singles to center field. Ronnie Belcher singles to center field. Dale Carl advances to third on the hit. Ben Beatty doubles to left field. Dale Carl scores. Ronnie Belcher uses his aggressiveness and scores. Tommy Brunsberg grounds out to the second baseman. Ben Beatty advances to third on the play. Craig Bradley walks. Tom Crouch grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Los Angeles Ron Perez strikes out. Hank Tanner grounds out to the shortstop. Ubaldo Monahan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Larry Winfield doubles past the first baseman. Reggie Morse strikes out. Art Battey walks. Dale Carl flies out to the right fielder. Ronnie Belcher singles to left field. Larry Winfield scores. Art Battey advances to third on the hit. Ben Beatty walks. Tommy Brunsberg strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Los Angeles Matt Parkman grounds out to the shortstop. George Langford flies out to the right fielder. Chihiro Kanashiki grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Craig Bradley hits a home run. Todd Nichols comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is pulled because he is getting hammered (Starting pitcher has given up 8 or more earned runs, he is tired, and the team is losing by more than 5 runs). Tom Crouch singles to center field. Larry Winfield lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Reggie Morse singles past the shortstop. Tom Crouch scores. Art Battey flies out to the left fielder. Reggie Morse steals second. Dale Carl walks. Ronnie Belcher pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Los Angeles Todd Nichols grounds out to the second baseman. Fred Grace flies out to the center fielder. Chuck Daniels doubles to right field. Ron Perez grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Ben Beatty flies out to the left fielder. Dick Bennett is pinch hitting for Tommy Brunsberg. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Dick Bennett flies out to the right fielder. Ramon Swisher is pinch hitting for Craig Bradley. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ramon Swisher flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Los Angeles Hank Tanner singles to left field. Ubaldo Monahan walks. Matt Parkman strikes out. George Langford singles to left field. Hank Tanner scores. Ubaldo Monahan advances to third on the hit. Chihiro Kanashiki flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Ubaldo Monahan scores. Roy Mahay is pinch hitting for Todd Nichols. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Roy Mahay singles to center field. George Langford advances to third on the hit. Fred Grace strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Craig Morris pitching. Tom Crouch grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Jones is pinch hitting for Larry Winfield. 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 flies out to the left fielder. Charlie Peters is pinch hitting for Reggie Morse. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Charlie Peters grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Los Angeles Al Wheat pitching. Chuck Daniels reached on a 2-base throwing error by Charlie Peters. Ron Perez singles to center field. Chuck Daniels scores. Hank Tanner pops out to the second baseman. Ubaldo Monahan grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Art Battey singles to left field. Dale Carl flies out to the center fielder. Don Espinoza is pinch hitting for Ronnie Belcher. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Don Espinoza singles to left field. Art Battey advances to third on the hit. Ben Beatty grounds out to the pitcher. Don Espinoza advances to second on the play. Dick Bennett grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Los Angeles Matt Parkman strikes out. George Langford strikes out. Parson Ostrowski is pinch hitting for Chihiro Kanashiki. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Parson Ostrowski singles to left field. Dick Hooper is pinch hitting for Craig Morris. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Dick Hooper strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 13 Los Angeles total runners LOB: 5
Game Notes Todd Nichols is injured and is expected to be out 10 days.
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Junior Littlejohn did not respond to coaching in velocity Kim Baumer did not respond to coaching in velocity Rube Walsh did not respond to coaching in control Rube Walsh did not respond to coaching in velocity Junior Littlejohn did not respond to coaching in control Rube Walsh 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: Beals Hickerson improves in power_vs_lefty Ed Bonura did not respond to coaching in range Lefty Torre improves in power_vs_lefty Roger Jackson did not respond to coaching in arm Beals Hickerson did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Beals Hickerson did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty