Win: Billy Birchtree (13-12) Loss: Bill Cargo (17-7)
Save: Tad Lincoln (1)
Inning: 1 Washington Bill Cargo pitching. Sky King grounds out to the shortstop. Fred Toney walks. Shannon Woods singles to left field. Fred Toney advances to third on the hit. Hernan Cortez strikes out. Johnny Spencer triples. Fred Toney scores. Shannon Woods scores. Rabbit Morris singles to left field. Johnny Spencer scores. Claude Blum strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Billy Birchtree pitching. Andres Plank grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jody Brondell strikes out. Elmer Washington grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Washington Fuzzy Lint flies out to the left fielder. Billy Birchtree walks. Sky King strikes out. Fred Toney grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Billy Birchtree is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Kiyoshi Saitoh grounds out to the third baseman. Paul Conatser strikes out. Kerry Stimson pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Washington Shannon Woods singles to right field. Hernan Cortez strikes out. Shannon Woods is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Johnny Spencer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Charlie Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Brady Barnes singles to center field. Bill Cargo lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Andres Plank singles to left field. Brady Barnes scores. Jody Brondell strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Washington Rabbit Morris strikes out. Claude Blum strikes out. Fuzzy Lint lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Elmer Washington strikes out. Kiyoshi Saitoh lines out to the third baseman. Paul Conatser pops out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Washington Billy Birchtree grounds out to the third baseman. Sky King singles to right field. Fred Toney bunts for a base hit. Shannon Woods strikes out. Hernan Cortez grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Kerry Stimson strikes out. Charlie Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Brady Barnes singles to center field. Bill Cargo grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Washington Johnny Spencer strikes out. Rabbit Morris flies out to the center fielder. Claude Blum singles to right field. Claude Blum steals second. Fuzzy Lint grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Andres Plank singles to right field. Jody Brondell grounds out to the third baseman. Andres Plank advances to second on the play. Elmer Washington strikes out. Kiyoshi Saitoh grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Washington Billy Birchtree strikes out. Sky King singles to center field. Sky King steals second. Fred Toney strikes out. Shannon Woods flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Mason Jar enters the game as a defensive replacement for Johnny Spencer at LF. Paul Conatser grounds out to the third baseman. Kerry Stimson grounds out to the second baseman. Charlie Smith flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Washington Hernan Cortez strikes out. Mason Jar singles to left field. Rabbit Morris flies out to the right fielder. Claude Blum walks. Felix Zachary 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. Fuzzy Lint flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Brady Barnes grounds out to the shortstop. John Calderon is pinch hitting for Felix Zachary. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. John Calderon singles to left field. Andres Plank flies out to the center fielder. Jody Brondell flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Washington Win Kellum pitching. Ole Muckenmire is pinch hitting for Billy Birchtree. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Ole Muckenmire singles to left field. Sky King pops out to the third baseman. Fred Toney flies out to the right fielder. Shannon Woods flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Tad Lincoln pitching. Elmer Washington doubles to center field. Kiyoshi Saitoh grounds out to the shortstop. Paul Conatser grounds out to the shortstop. Elmer Washington steals third. Kerry Stimson grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Washington total runners LOB: 9 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 5
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ted Montoyo improves in arm Fred Hamlin did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Dan Heath did not respond to coaching in control Mike Castillo did not respond to coaching in arm
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Ben McCraw did not respond to coaching in control Ben McCraw improves in control Ben McCraw did not respond to coaching in control Mike File improves in power_vs_righty