Win: Buddy House (15-13) Loss: Wimpy Charlton (12-15)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Wimpy Charlton pitching. Shinji Inoue lines out to the second baseman. Ernie Kane singles to left field. Roy Meeks singles to left field. Ernie Kane advances to third on the hit. Kazutaka Tomimatsu grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Cleveland Buddy House pitching. George Eubank strikes out. Ray Rowe singles to right field. Mark Gerken grounds out to the second baseman. Ray Rowe advances to second on the play. Andy Moore singles to center field. Ray Rowe uses his aggressiveness and scores. Pat Clark grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Andy Moore is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Charlie Shifflett grounds out to the third baseman. Charlie Escobar strikes out. Walt Appier grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Punch Curtright hits a home run. Bobby DiPietro singles to right field. Chris Coogan grounds out to the second baseman. Bobby DiPietro advances to second on the play. Wimpy Charlton strikes out. George Eubank grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Julio Guerrero grounds out to the shortstop. Buddy House pops out to the shortstop. Shinji Inoue flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Ray Rowe grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Mark Gerken singles to left field. Mark Gerken is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Andy Moore singles to right field. Pat Clark flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Ernie Kane grounds out to the third baseman. Roy Meeks grounds out to the second baseman. Kazutaka Tomimatsu triples. Charlie Shifflett flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Punch Curtright walks. Bobby DiPietro grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Chris Coogan walks. Wimpy Charlton strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Charlie Escobar strikes out. Walt Appier singles to left field. Julio Guerrero flies out to the center fielder. Buddy House singles to center field. Walt Appier advances to third on the hit. Shinji Inoue pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cleveland George Eubank singles to left field. Ray Rowe singles to center field. Mark Gerken grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. George Eubank advances to third on the play. Andy Moore flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Ernie Kane hits a home run. Roy Meeks singles to center field. Kazutaka Tomimatsu singles to center field. Roy Meeks advances to third on the hit. Kazutaka Tomimatsu steals second. Charlie Shifflett walks. Charlie Escobar singles to center field. Roy Meeks scores. Kazutaka Tomimatsu scores. Charlie Shifflett advances to third on the hit. Walt Appier flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Charlie Shifflett scores. Charlie Escobar steals second. Julio Guerrero singles to center field. Charlie Escobar scores. Charlie Adair comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Buddy House lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first for the 1-6-4 double play (2B covering 1st). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Pat Clark walks. Punch Curtright strikes out. Pat Clark is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Bobby DiPietro flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Shinji Inoue grounds out to the second baseman. Ernie Kane walks. Roy Meeks flies out to the center fielder. Kazutaka Tomimatsu walks. Charlie Shifflett grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Kazutaka Tomimatsu is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Cleveland Chris Coogan grounds out to the third baseman. Charlie Adair grounds out to the shortstop. George Eubank walks. Loy Hall comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ray Rowe singles to left field. Mark Gerken singles to center field. George Eubank scores. Andy Moore singles to left field. Ray Rowe uses his aggressiveness and scores. Gowell Locke comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pat Clark grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Charlie Escobar grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Walt Appier singles to right field. Julio Guerrero doubles past the left fielder. Walt Appier uses his aggressiveness and scores. Walt Tincup comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tim Santana is pinch hitting for Gowell Locke. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Tim Santana grounds out to the second baseman. Julio Guerrero advances to third on the play. Shinji Inoue singles to center field. Julio Guerrero scores. Ernie Kane doubles to center field. Shinji Inoue uses his aggressiveness and scores. Roy Meeks doubles to center field. Ernie Kane scores. Fred Onslow comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Kazutaka Tomimatsu walks. Charlie Shifflett singles to left field. Roy Meeks is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Mike Gardner pitching. Punch Curtright flies out to the right fielder. Bobby DiPietro strikes out. Chris Coogan grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Charlie Escobar flies out to the center fielder. Walt Appier singles to center field. Julio Guerrero walks. Mike Gardner lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Shinji Inoue grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Cleveland Ray Smith is pinch hitting for Fred Onslow. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ray Smith walks. George Eubank flies out to the center fielder. Ray Rowe singles to center field. Mark Gerken grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 9 Cleveland total runners LOB: 8
Game Notes George Eubank is injured and is expected to be out 38 days.
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Paul Holliday improves in speed Izzy Minnick did not respond to coaching in range Red Berran did not respond to coaching in velocity Wish Burrows improves in power_vs_lefty Jim Twombly did not respond to coaching in 2B
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bill Sheckard did not respond to coaching in arm Craig Cronin improves in velocity Jeffrey White did not respond to coaching in control Jim Conzelman did not respond to coaching in control