Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Einar Ridzik pitching. Dick Anderson walks. Joji Otomo strikes out. Tex Tyack doubles to left field. Dick Anderson uses his aggressiveness and scores. Allen Sutton flies out to the right fielder. Frank Howell strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Seattle Paul Cortazzo pitching. Jim Moffitt flies out to the center fielder. Oscar Slagle singles to left field. Whit Norgaard strikes out. Oscar Slagle is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Jack Bartling grounds out to the second baseman. Paul Grieve hits an infield single to the second baseman. Valerio Hooten singles to right field. Paul Grieve advances to third on the hit. Paul Cortazzo strikes out. Dick Anderson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Seattle Sandy Youngblood singles to right field. Hank Kyle pops out to the second baseman. Jeff King grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Sandy Youngblood is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Pat Naranjo flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Joji Otomo flies out to the center fielder. Tex Tyack pops out to the third baseman. Allen Sutton walks. Frank Howell flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Seattle Tom Gryska walks. Einar Ridzik fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Einar Ridzik doubles to left field. Tom Gryska uses his aggressiveness and scores. Jim Moffitt singles to left field. Einar Ridzik scores. Oscar Slagle singles to right field. Jim Moffitt advances to third on the hit. Whit Norgaard singles to center field. Jim Moffitt scores. Oscar Slagle advances to third on the hit. Sandy Youngblood singles to center field. Oscar Slagle scores. Whit Norgaard advances to third on the hit. Hank Kyle flies out to the center fielder. Jeff King singles to center field. Whit Norgaard scores. Sandy Youngblood advances to third on the hit. Pat Naranjo flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Sandy Youngblood scores. Charlie McCaskill comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tom Gryska hits a home run. Jeff King scores. Einar Ridzik singles to left field. Jim Moffitt flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Jack Bartling strikes out. Paul Grieve flies out to the right fielder. Valerio Hooten singles to left field. Charlie McCaskill walks. Dick Anderson strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Seattle Oscar Slagle strikes out. Whit Norgaard flies out to the left fielder. Sandy Youngblood strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Joji Otomo grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Tex Tyack singles to right field. Allen Sutton hits a home run. Tex Tyack scores. Frank Howell walks. Jack Bartling singles to center field. Frank Howell advances to third on the hit. Paul Grieve strikes out. Valerio Hooten grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Seattle Hank Kyle reached on a 2-base throwing error by Frank Howell. Jeff King doubles to left field. Hank Kyle scores. Pat Naranjo pops out to the third baseman. Tom Gryska grounds out to the shortstop. Einar Ridzik grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Charlie McCaskill flies out to the left fielder. Dick Anderson flies out to the center fielder. Joji Otomo strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Seattle Jim Moffitt grounds out to the shortstop. Oscar Slagle grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Whit Norgaard walks. Sandy Youngblood doubles past the right fielder. Hank Kyle grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Ralph Galloway 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. Tex Tyack strikes out. Allen Sutton grounds out to the third baseman. Charlie Christian is pinch hitting for Frank Howell. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Charlie Christian grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Seattle Jeff King strikes out. Pat Naranjo grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Gryska flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Jack Bartling strikes out. Mike Perry is pinch hitting for Paul Grieve. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Mike Perry walks. Valerio Hooten singles to left field. Phil Filipowicz is pinch hitting for Charlie McCaskill. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Phil Filipowicz walks. Dick Anderson singles to right field. Mike Perry scores. Joji Otomo flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Valerio Hooten scores. Tex Tyack strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Seattle Doc Hurley pitching. Steve Howard is pinch hitting for Ralph Galloway. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Steve Howard grounds out to the third baseman. Jim Moffitt strikes out. Oscar Slagle singles to center field. Whit Norgaard singles to center field. Oscar Slagle advances to third on the hit. Sandy Youngblood triples. Oscar Slagle scores. Whit Norgaard scores. Hank Kyle flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Dave Sanford pitching. Allen Sutton strikes out. Charlie Christian singles to center field. Jack Bartling grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Charlie Christian is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Mike Perry strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 11 Seattle total runners left on base: 6
Batting:2B - Sandy Youngblood (5), Jeff King (6), Einar Ridzik (1).3B - Sandy Youngblood (3).HR - Tom Gryska (2).SF - Pat Naranjo. Baserunning: CS - Oscar Slagle (3).
Game Notes Paul Cortazzo is injured and is expected to be out 14 days. Ralph Galloway is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Vic Sorensen improves in power_vs_righty Terry Mutis did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Paul Wallace did not respond to coaching in velocity Mike Millette improves in contact_vs_lefty Billy Babington did not respond to coaching in 3B
Seattle Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Rudy Lincoln did not respond to coaching in control John Sabel did not respond to coaching in control Tommy Funk did not respond to coaching in control Rudy Lincoln did not respond to coaching in control