Win: Monk Upshaw (10-9) Loss: Mark Oliver (3-19)
Save: Leo Locker (27)
Inning: 1 Boston Mark Oliver pitching. Randy Bonin lines out to the shortstop. Mike Alvarez doubles to left field. Ferdie Payne grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Wilson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Monk Upshaw pitching. Tom Henrich strikes out. Steve Taylor grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Bryant walks. Adrian Caceres flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Boston Adam Crouch singles past the shortstop. Julio Evans grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Adam Crouch is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Cad Hoffman flies out to the right fielder. Tom Fisher strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Branch Benjamin flies out to the right fielder. Charlie Clyburn strikes out. Kevin Grimes flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Boston Monk Upshaw reached on a 2-base throwing error by Adrian Caceres. Randy Bonin flies out to the center fielder. Mike Alvarez grounds out to the second baseman. Monk Upshaw advances to third on the play. Ferdie Payne flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Nobuhiro Matsushima flies out to the center fielder. Mark Oliver strikes out. Tom Henrich grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Frank Wilson grounds out to the shortstop. Adam Crouch grounds out to the shortstop. Julio Evans strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Steve Taylor pops out to the shortstop. Joe Bryant flies out to the left fielder. Adrian Caceres walks. Branch Benjamin grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Adrian Caceres is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Boston Cad Hoffman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tom Fisher strikes out. Monk Upshaw walks. Randy Bonin flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Charlie Clyburn strikes out. Kevin Grimes flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Nobuhiro Matsushima grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Mike Alvarez flies out to the left fielder. Ferdie Payne doubles to center field. Frank Wilson strikes out. Adam Crouch singles to center field. Ferdie Payne scores. Julio Evans grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Adam Crouch is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Mark Oliver strikes out. Tom Henrich grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Steve Taylor walks. Steve Taylor steals second. Joe Bryant walks. Adrian Caceres flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Boston Cad Hoffman walks. Tom Fisher walks. Monk Upshaw lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Randy Bonin walks. Mike Alvarez pops out to the second baseman. Ferdie Payne grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Branch Benjamin strikes out. Charlie Clyburn grounds out to the shortstop. Kevin Grimes singles to right field. Nobuhiro Matsushima singles to center field. Kevin Grimes advances to third on the hit. Lyn Leard is pinch hitting for Mark Oliver. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Lyn Leard strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Boston Masanobu Kuramoto pitching. Frank Wilson grounds out to the second baseman. Adam Crouch strikes out. Julio Evans flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Tom Henrich doubles to center field. Joe Zettlein comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Steve Taylor strikes out. Joe Bryant strikes out. Adrian Caceres walks. Branch Benjamin walks. Charlie Clyburn pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Boston Cad Hoffman singles to right field. Tom Fisher strikes out. Ellie Frisbee is pinch hitting for Joe Zettlein. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ellie Frisbee flies out to the center fielder. Randy Bonin grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Leo Locker pitching. Kevin Grimes strikes out. Nobuhiro Matsushima strikes out. Mike Borowski is pinch hitting for Masanobu Kuramoto. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Mike Borowski walks. Tom Henrich strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Boston total runners LOB: 9 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 10
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Rollie Cicotte did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Parson Ruiz did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Parson Ruiz did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Tom Hubbs improves in contact_vs_righty
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Orth Drake improves in velocity Ed Gladding did not respond to coaching in speed Dwain Russell did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Skeeter Smalley did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Herb Smith did not respond to coaching in 1B