Rookie Alvin Davis continued his torrid start to the season with a home run in the top of the first off Larry Gura. The Mariners poured three more runs in the third, courtesy of RBI hits from Steve Henderson, Al Cowens, and Spike Owen.
But in the bottom of the third the Royals managed to tie the game. George Brett knocked home Don Slaught and then two batters later Jorge Orta jacked a three-run homer.
It stayed 4-4 until the bottom of the fifth. Jim Beattie was in trouble once again. With Greg Pryor and Brett on base, Darryl Motley added the second three-run homer of the game for KC. Joe Beckwith gutted out three solid innings of relief work while Mark Huismann garnered the save.
Winning Pitcher - Larry Gura
Losing Pitcher - Jim Beattie
Save - Mark Huismann
Player of the Game - Joe Beckwith, 3IP, R, 2K's
Hall of Famers in the Game - George Brett
Mario Soto teed off against Fernando Valenzuela, and I thought Fernando Valenzuela was going to get rocked. He drew a "bad luck" FAC out of the gate, dropping his pitch rating from 2-7 to 2-5. Little did I know the first five outs of the ball game would be by STRIKE OUT! Fernando mania!!!
Soto was touched with terrible luck. He went seven strong innings, only giving up three hits. But one of them was a solo blast by Greg Brock. Valenzuela was on cruise control until the top of the ninth. He struck out Dave Parker and Tony Perez to bring up Dave Concepcion. But Concepcion doubled! With the tying run on second I was tempted to call in Tom Niedenfuer, but I let Fernando pitch to Ron Oester. He K-ed Oester for the third strikeout of the inning! Dodgers win!
Winning Pitcher - Fernando Valenzuela
Losing Pitcher - Mario Soto
Player of the Game - Valenzuela, CG SHO, 11K's, 7H's, 2BB's
Hall of Famers in the Game - Tony Perez
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