Win: Paddy Owens (11-13) Loss: Larry Christensen (5-13)
Save: Art Needham (35)
Inning: 1 Baltimore Larry Christensen pitching. Donte Riesgo grounds out to the pitcher. Wayne Griner grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Eric Lawry strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Paddy Owens pitching. Nap Canseco flies out to the center fielder. Gordy Jones grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Gabe Egan walks. BobbyBobJimBo singles to center field. Gabe Egan advances to third on the hit. Dale Murphy flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Baltimore Rich Davis strikes out. Freddy Harper singles to center field. Mike Moore strikes out. Slim Cram grounds into a force play to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Freddy Harper is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Dippo Hippo walks. Yadier Molina singles to right field. Dippo Hippo advances to third on the hit. Yadier Molina steals second. Bob Chavez grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Larry Christensen strikes out. Nap Canseco grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Baltimore Ray Walk doubles to left field. Paddy Owens lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Donte Riesgo singles to right field. Ray Walk scores. Wayne Griner hits a home run. Donte Riesgo scores. Eric Lawry hits a home run. Rich Davis singles to center field. Freddy Harper flies out to the center fielder. Mike Moore singles to center field. Rich Davis advances to third on the hit. Slim Cram grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Gordy Jones flies out to the center fielder. Gabe Egan singles to center field. BobbyBobJimBo strikes out. Dale Murphy grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Gabe Egan is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Baltimore Ray Walk walks. Paddy Owens fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Paddy Owens grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Donte Riesgo flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Dippo Hippo strikes out. Yadier Molina grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Chavez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Baltimore Wayne Griner grounds out to the second baseman. Eric Lawry grounds out to the pitcher. Rich Davis reached on a 2-base throwing error by Gabe Egan. Freddy Harper doubles to right field. Rich Davis scores. Mike Moore flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Larry Christensen strikes out. Nap Canseco grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Gordy Jones pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Baltimore Slim Cram doubles to right field. Ray Walk singles to left field. Slim Cram scores. Ray Walk is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Paddy Owens strikes out. Donte Riesgo singles to center field. Wayne Griner singles to left field. Donte Riesgo advances to third on the hit. Eric Lawry lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Gabe Egan grounds out to the shortstop. BobbyBobJimBo singles to center field. BobbyBobJimBo steals second. Mike Moore throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Dale Murphy walks. Dippo Hippo singles to right field. BobbyBobJimBo scores. Dale Murphy advances to third on the hit. Yadier Molina singles to center field. Dale Murphy scores. Dippo Hippo advances to third on the hit. Bob Chavez grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Baltimore Ron McGillen comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rich Davis strikes out. Freddy Harper pops out to the second baseman. Mike Moore grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay BillyJoeJimBob is pinch hitting for Ron McGillen. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. BillyJoeJimBob singles to left field. Nap Canseco flies out to the left fielder. Ed Cortazzo is pinch hitting for Gordy Jones. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ed Cortazzo strikes out. Gabe Egan grounds into a force play to the third baseman. BillyJoeJimBob is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Baltimore Joe Mayo pitching. Slim Cram singles to center field. Ray Walk singles to left field. Slim Cram advances to third on the hit. Harry Collins comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Paddy Owens grounds out to the third baseman. Ray Walk advances to second on the play. Donte Riesgo singles to center field. Slim Cram scores. Ray Walk scores. Wayne Griner pops out to the second baseman. Eric Lawry strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay BobbyBobJimBo singles to center field. Dale Murphy singles to left field. BobbyBobJimBo advances to third on the hit. Dippo Hippo grounds out to the second baseman. BobbyBobJimBo scores. Dale Murphy advances to second on the play. Yadier Molina walks. Bob Chavez grounds out to the shortstop. Dale Murphy advances to third on the play. Yadier Molina advances to second on the play. Dan Plympton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Mark Lane is pinch hitting for Harry Collins. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Mark Lane walks. Nap Canseco singles past the shortstop. Dale Murphy scores. Yadier Molina scores. Mark Lane advances to third on the hit. Ed Cortazzo flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Baltimore Troy Candiotti pitching. Rich Davis grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Freddy Harper grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Autry is pinch hitting for Mike Moore. Joe Autry strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Merlin Cox enters the game as a defensive replacement for Joe Autry at C. Art Needham comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Gabe Egan grounds out to the second baseman. BobbyBobJimBo grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dale Murphy walks. Dippo Hippo singles to right field. Dale Murphy advances to third on the hit. Yadier Molina singles to center field. Dale Murphy scores. Bob Chavez strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Baltimore total runners LOB: 7 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 11
Batting:2B - Freddy Harper (1), Slim Cram (5), Ray Walk (11).HR - Wayne Griner (31), Eric Lawry (10).GIDP - Paddy Owens. Baserunning: CS - Ray Walk (1). Fielding: E - Mike Moore.
Baltimore Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Tom Palacios improves in range Denny Wardle did not respond to coaching in control Oscar Miller did not respond to coaching in arm Jason Sosa did not respond to coaching in velocity Tom Palacios improves in arm John Schnell improves in control Chris Davis did not respond to coaching in RF
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Lou Fernandez did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Bob Klesko did not respond to coaching in arm Matt Vega did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Matt Vega did not respond to coaching in arm Norm Fahey improves in arm Moose Haas improves in control Tommie Sinclair did not respond to coaching in SS