Win: Marty Mulholland (8-6) Loss: Andy Walsh (10-8)
Save: Ron Acre (37)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Marty Mulholland pitching. Kip Yerkes strikes out. Geronimo Conroy grounds out to the shortstop. Matt Laga strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Andy Walsh pitching. Jose Ens grounds out to the shortstop. Hugh Herbert strikes out. Bobby Ribant strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Les Bryden singles to right field. Dwight Hackett strikes out. John Mercado grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Les Bryden is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Truck Perezchica flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Ken Veryzer doubles to left field. Paddy Slaughter lines out to the second baseman. Fumio Kamai strikes out. Gus Chamberlain grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Joe Williams grounds out to the second baseman. Andy Walsh grounds out to the shortstop. Kip Yerkes walks. Geronimo Conroy singles to center field. Kip Yerkes aggressively advances to third on the hit. Matt Laga flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Detroit Oreste Smith singles to left field. Marty Mulholland pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Jose Ens walks. Hugh Herbert grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Les Bryden strikes out. Dwight Hackett flies out to the right fielder. John Mercado flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Bobby Ribant pops out to the shortstop. Ken Veryzer singles to left field. Paddy Slaughter flies out to the right fielder. Fumio Kamai pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Truck Perezchica singles to left field. Joe Williams strikes out. Andy Walsh lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, Truck Perezchica forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Kip Yerkes walks. Geronimo Conroy flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Detroit Gus Chamberlain strikes out. Oreste Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Marty Mulholland strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Matt Laga reached on a 2-base throwing error by Oreste Smith. Les Bryden grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Matt Laga advances to third on the play. Dwight Hackett strikes out. John Mercado flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Jose Ens grounds out to the second baseman. Hugh Herbert hits a home run. Bobby Ribant grounds out to the shortstop. Ken Veryzer flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Truck Perezchica flies out to the center fielder. Joe Williams singles to right field. Lou Gick is pinch hitting for Andy Walsh. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Lou Gick walks. Larry Stephenson 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. Kip Yerkes flies out to the right fielder. Geronimo Conroy lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Detroit Gary Gonzalez pitching. Paddy Slaughter flies out to the left fielder. Fumio Kamai flies out to the center fielder. Gus Chamberlain grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Matt Laga strikes out. Les Bryden strikes out. Dwight Hackett grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Oreste Smith flies out to the center fielder. Phil Drake is pinch hitting for Larry Stephenson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Phil Drake singles to center field. Jose Ens singles to left field. Phil Drake advances to third on the hit. Hugh Herbert lines out to the third baseman. Jose Ens steals second. Bobby Ribant singles to right field. Phil Drake scores. Jose Ens scores. Rene Pasquella comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ken Veryzer flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Ron Acre pitching. John Mercado lines out to the third baseman. Truck Perezchica strikes out. Joe Williams grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 8 Detroit total runners left on base: 4
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jerry Kruger did not respond to coaching in arm Harry Cousineau did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Bill Hudson did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Bob Head did not respond to coaching in velocity Bob Head did not respond to coaching in control Tink Morehead did not respond to coaching in control Alexander Gomez did not respond to coaching in CF
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jeff Windhorn did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Ron Johnson did not respond to coaching in range Will Delaney improves in contact_vs_lefty Dave Smith did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Alejandro Burnett did not respond to coaching in control Angelo Scharein did not respond to coaching in arm