Win: Ricky "Arby" Blazier (14-11) Loss: Gabe Mussill (7-12)
Inning: 1 Detroit Ricky Arby Blazier pitching. Les Miller flies out to the right fielder. Mike Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Chad Nerves Twitchell flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Gabe Mussill pitching. Bob Hardware Cisco reached on a fielding error by Angel Hackman. Hot Heinie Haid flies out to the left fielder. Reutilio Ramirez strikes out. Rod Pazik grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Angel Hackman singles to right field. Joe Rodriguez grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Angel Hackman is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Sam Stone pops out to the shortstop. Irv Deal grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Joe Rodriguez is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Grover Carney singles to left field. Jim Rock Robinson grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Bart Glove Distefano strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Tom Demery flies out to the left fielder. Gabe Mussill grounds out to the second baseman. Les Miller triples. Mike Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Tommy Balls Eunick strikes out. Ricky Arby Blazier hits a home run. Bob Hardware Cisco grounds out to the pitcher. Hot Heinie Haid grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Chad Nerves Twitchell singles to right field. Angel Hackman strikes out. Joe Rodriguez flies out to the center fielder. Sam Stone grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Reutilio Ramirez grounds out to the shortstop. Rod Pazik strikes out. Grover Carney walks. Jim Rock Robinson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit Irv Deal singles to center field. Tom Demery flies out to the center fielder. Gabe Mussill lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. (SS covering 2nd). Les Miller strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Bart Glove Distefano strikes out. Tommy Balls Eunick flies out to the left fielder. Ricky Arby Blazier strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Mike Smith flies out to the center fielder. Chad Nerves Twitchell flies out to the left fielder. Angel Hackman singles to right field. Joe Rodriguez grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Bob Hardware Cisco pops out to the second baseman. Hot Heinie Haid flies out to the center fielder. Reutilio Ramirez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Sam Stone grounds out to the third baseman. Irv Deal singles to center field. Tom Demery flies out to the left fielder. Todd Ballenger is pinch hitting for Gabe Mussill. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Todd Ballenger grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Irv Deal is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Brady Barrett pitching. Rod Pazik flies out to the left fielder. Grover Carney strikes out. Jim Rock Robinson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Les Miller flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Mike Smith strikes out. Chad Nerves Twitchell strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Bart Glove Distefano singles to center field. Tommy Balls Eunick flies out to the center fielder. Ricky Arby Blazier fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Ricky Arby Blazier grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bart Glove Distefano advances to second on the play. Bob Hardware Cisco singles to left field. Bart Glove Distefano scores. Danny Wheeler comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Hot Heinie Haid walks. Mark Bait Johnson is pinch hitting for Reutilio Ramirez. Mark Bait Johnson strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Detroit Angel Hackman lines out to the second baseman. Joe Rodriguez grounds out to the third baseman. Sam Stone pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Detroit total runners left on base: 6 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 4
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Buddy Lee did not respond to coaching in velocity Dave Goslin improves in range Joel Collins improves in power_vs_lefty Joel Collins improves in range Bob Kekich did not respond to coaching in RF
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Charlie Proly did not respond to coaching in arm Elmer Wolfe did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Jeff Brown did not respond to coaching in range Cliff Dunbar improves in contact_vs_righty Whitey Conovar did not respond to coaching in 3B