Win: Junior Sheffield (10-5) Loss: Rob Kingdon (10-7)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Rob Kingdon pitching. Bob Pruett flies out to the right fielder. Kenji Imazeki walks. Jose Hohnhorst flies out to the center fielder. Marcelino Eason reached on a 2-base throwing error by John Brown. Joe Williams flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 New York Junior Sheffield pitching. Fred Moore strikes out. Skip Crowell grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Abbott grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Lou Gick grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Gary Piechota grounds out to the second baseman. Jeff Samuel strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 New York Dennis Rogers singles to right field. Josh Long strikes out. Dennis Rogers steals second. Ken Trachsel pops out to the catcher. Frank Tartabull triples. Dennis Rogers scores. John Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Junior Sheffield singles to right field. Bob Pruett walks. Kenji Imazeki hits an infield single to the second baseman. Jose Hohnhorst flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Junior Sheffield scores. Marcelino Eason hits a home run. Bob Pruett scores. Kenji Imazeki scores. Mike Gardner comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joe Williams pops out to the third baseman. Lou Gick flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 New York Mike Gardner reached on a 2-base throwing error by Gary Piechota. Fred Moore singles to center field. Fred Moore is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Skip Crowell flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Mike Gardner is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Gary Piechota grounds out to the third baseman. Jeff Samuel grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Junior Sheffield flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 New York Jim Abbott strikes out. Dennis Rogers strikes out. Josh Long strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Bob Pruett strikes out. Kenji Imazeki strikes out. Jose Hohnhorst strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 New York Ken Trachsel grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Tartabull grounds out to the second baseman. John Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Marcelino Eason strikes out. Joe Williams singles to left field. Lou Gick grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 New York Mike Gardner strikes out. Fred Moore grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Skip Crowell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Bill Hedlund is pinch hitting for Gary Piechota. Bill Hedlund flies out to the center fielder. Jeff Samuel flies out to the left fielder. Junior Sheffield strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 New York Jim Abbott singles to left field. Dennis Rogers grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Jim Abbott is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Josh Long singles past the third baseman. Ken Trachsel flies out to the center fielder. Frank Tartabull flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Bob Pruett strikes out. Kenji Imazeki grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jose Hohnhorst walks. Marcelino Eason triples. Jose Hohnhorst scores. Joe Williams grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 New York John Brown triples. Monte Schulte 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. Daryl DeMontreville is pinch hitting for Mike Gardner. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Relief Pitchers stats. Daryl DeMontreville strikes out. Fred Moore walks. Fred Moore steals second. Skip Crowell is hit by a pitch. Jim Abbott strikes out. Dennis Rogers flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Juan Schullstrom pitching. Lou Gick grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Hedlund walks. Bill Hedlund steals second. Jeff Samuel grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Hedlund advances to third on the play. Matt Laga is pinch hitting for Monte Schulte. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 9 inning. Matt Laga flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 New York Tim McCarver pitching. Josh Long grounds out to the shortstop. Ken Trachsel pops out to the second baseman. Frank Tartabull walks. John Brown grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 4 New York total runners LOB: 7
Batting:3B - Frank Tartabull (7), John Brown (2).HBP - Skip Crowell (1). Baserunning: SB - Fred Moore (18), Dennis Rogers (13).CS - Fred Moore (2). Fielding: E - John Brown.
Game Notes Rob Kingdon is injured and is expected to be out 34 days.
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Richie Stallings did not respond to coaching in control Richie Stallings did not respond to coaching in control Bob Head did not respond to coaching in velocity Guy Crane improves in contact_vs_righty Quilvio Zitzmann did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Guy Crane did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Truck Perezchica did not respond to coaching in 3B
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jeff Castillo did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty B.J. Leonard did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jim Wood did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Chick Krueger did not respond to coaching in speed Jeff Castillo improves in arm Lorenzo Hooper did not respond to coaching in control