Inning: 1 Los Angeles Ginger Mendoza pitching. Yoshihiro Takahashi grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Rey Hickey pops out to the shortstop. Larry Anderson lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Dirk Diggler pitching. Joe Kranepool walks. Ed Merritt singles to right field. Joe Kranepool advances to third on the hit. Ed Merritt steals second. Yoshiyuki Higuchi grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Kranepool scores. Ed Merritt advances to third on the play. Dan Gettinger flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Ed Merritt scores. Denny Brown grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Los Angeles Jaster Baiter strikes out. Charlie Harkness hits a home run. Toshishige Kato lines out to the pitcher. Bill Sanford triples. Steve Mitterling strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Billy Grich grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Slick Johnson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). U.L. Distefano singles to center field. Ginger Mendoza strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Los Angeles Dirk Diggler singles to right field. Yoshihiro Takahashi grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Dirk Diggler advances to second on the play. Rey Hickey strikes out. Larry Anderson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Joe Kranepool lines out to the third baseman. Ed Merritt strikes out. Yoshiyuki Higuchi singles to left field. Dan Gettinger grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Yoshiyuki Higuchi is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Los Angeles Jaster Baiter singles to right field. Charlie Harkness doubles to right field. Toshishige Kato strikes out. Bill Sanford hits a home run. Jaster Baiter scores. Charlie Harkness scores. Steve Mitterling grounds out to the second baseman. Dirk Diggler pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Denny Brown strikes out. Billy Grich strikes out. Slick Johnson singles to right field. U.L. Distefano singles past the shortstop. Slick Johnson advances to third on the hit. Ginger Mendoza singles to center field. Slick Johnson scores. U.L. Distefano advances to third on the hit. Joe Kranepool strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Los Angeles Yoshihiro Takahashi singles to right field. Rey Hickey flies out to the left fielder. Larry Anderson strikes out. Jaster Baiter flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Ed Merritt flies out to the center fielder. Yoshiyuki Higuchi strikes out. Dan Gettinger singles to center field. Dan Gettinger steals second. Denny Brown flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Los Angeles Charlie Harkness strikes out. Toshishige Kato singles to right field. Bill Sanford walks. Steve Mitterling singles to right field. Dirk Diggler grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Billy Grich strikes out. Slick Johnson singles to center field. U.L. Distefano strikes out. Jake Spognardi is pinch hitting for Ginger Mendoza. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Jake Spognardi flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Los Angeles Gates Hamlin pitching. Yoshihiro Takahashi reached on a fielding error by Yoshiyuki Higuchi. Rey Hickey flies out to the center fielder. Larry Anderson strikes out. Jaster Baiter lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Joe Kranepool grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Merritt doubles to left field. Yoshiyuki Higuchi grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Merritt advances to third on the play. Dan Gettinger singles to left field. Ed Merritt scores. Bruce Charles comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Denny Brown grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Los Angeles Charlie Harkness strikes out. Toshishige Kato strikes out. Bill Sanford grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Billy Grich strikes out. Slick Johnson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). U.L. Distefano flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Los Angeles Steve Mitterling grounds out to the second baseman. Gil Busby is pinch hitting for Bruce Charles. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Gil Busby singles in front of the right fielder. Joe Jessup is pinch running for Gil Busby on 1st base. Yoshihiro Takahashi singles to left field. Rey Hickey lines out to the second baseman. Larry Anderson strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City Irakly Hidalgo pitching. Lee Straker is pinch hitting for Gates Hamlin. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 5 inning. Lee Straker strikes out. Joe Kranepool grounds out to the pitcher. Ed Merritt doubles to left field. Yoshiyuki Higuchi strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Los Angeles Brett Tyack pitching. Jaster Baiter singles to center field. Charlie Harkness grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Jaster Baiter is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Charlie Harkness is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Toshishige Kato singles to center field. Bill Sanford flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Kansas City Dan Gettinger grounds out to the second baseman. Denny Brown flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Billy Grich singles to left field. Slick Johnson singles to center field. Billy Grich advances to third on the hit. U.L. Distefano flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 11 Los Angeles Steve Mitterling flies out to the right fielder. Irakly Hidalgo flies out to the left fielder. Yoshihiro Takahashi flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 11 Kansas City Brett Tyack walks. Joe Kranepool strikes out. Ed Merritt flies out to the center fielder. Yoshiyuki Higuchi singles to right field. Brett Tyack advances to third on the hit. Dan Gettinger strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 12 Los Angeles Rey Hickey singles past the shortstop. Rey Hickey steals second. Larry Anderson singles to right field. Jaster Baiter strikes out. Charlie Harkness strikes out. Toshishige Kato strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 12 Kansas City Denny Brown strikes out. Billy Grich hits a home run. Los Angeles total runners left on base: 11 Kansas City total runners left on base: 12
Batting:2B - Charlie Harkness (7).3B - Bill Sanford (1).HR - Charlie Harkness (9), Bill Sanford (3).GIDP - Dirk Diggler. Baserunning: SB - Rey Hickey (8).CS - Charlie Harkness (1).
Batting:2B - Ed Merritt 2 (9).HR - Billy Grich (11).SF - Dan Gettinger. Baserunning: SB - Ed Merritt (5), Dan Gettinger (8). Fielding: E - Yoshiyuki Higuchi.
Los Angeles Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: F Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Greg Tarver did not respond to coaching in velocity Henry Lavagetto did not respond to coaching in endurance Harvey Gilbert improves in contact_vs_righty Pat Poetz improves in contact_vs_lefty
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Al Anderson improves in velocity Heinie Ardell did not respond to coaching in velocity Deacon Pierce improves in contact_vs_righty Arlo Dagenhard improves in control