Inning: 1 Detroit Ray Kernek pitching. Shinichi Tamamine grounds out to the second baseman. Jeff Windhorn strikes out. Oscar Dotterer grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Mike Coleman pitching. Joe Williams walks. Joe Williams steals second. Jerry Mitchell strikes out. Bob Pruett singles to right field. Joe Williams scores. Bob Pruett is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Bill Hedlund pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Phil Tidrow strikes out. Paddy Slaughter grounds out to the second baseman. Clem McCabe flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Les Bryden lines out to the pitcher. Kenji Imazeki strikes out. John Mercado flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Oreste Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Howie Fitzmorris strikes out. Mike Coleman flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay John Gajkowski walks. Ray Kernek lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Joe Williams bunts for a base hit. Jerry Mitchell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! John Gajkowski scores. Joe Williams advances to second on the play. Bob Pruett singles to right field. Joe Williams scores. Bill Hedlund strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Shinichi Tamamine strikes out. Jeff Windhorn pops out to the shortstop. Oscar Dotterer flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Les Bryden grounds out to the pitcher. Kenji Imazeki reached on a 2-base throwing error by Howie Fitzmorris. John Mercado hits an infield single to the pitcher. John Gajkowski pops out to the shortstop. Ray Kernek grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Detroit Phil Tidrow singles to center field. Paddy Slaughter pops out to the shortstop. Clem McCabe strikes out. Oreste Smith hits an infield single to the pitcher. Howie Fitzmorris flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Joe Williams singles to left field. Joe Williams steals second. Jerry Mitchell singles to center field. Joe Williams scores. Bob Pruett grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Bill Hedlund flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Ken Veryzer is pinch hitting for Mike Coleman. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Ken Veryzer singles to right field. Shinichi Tamamine strikes out. Ken Veryzer steals second. Jeff Windhorn grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ken Veryzer advances to third on the play. Oscar Dotterer grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Rivington Hetling pitching. Les Bryden grounds out to the shortstop. Kenji Imazeki singles to left field. John Mercado grounds out to the shortstop. Kenji Imazeki advances to second on the play. John Gajkowski singles to center field. Ray Kernek grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Detroit Phil Tidrow grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Paddy Slaughter strikes out. Clem McCabe doubles to center field. Oreste Smith grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Joe Williams strikes out. Jerry Mitchell hits an infield single to the pitcher. Bob Pruett singles to center field. Bill Hedlund strikes out. Les Bryden strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Detroit Howie Fitzmorris singles to left field. Mark Fox is pinch hitting for Rivington Hetling. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Mark Fox grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Howie Fitzmorris advances to second on the play. Dave Smith is pinch hitting for Shinichi Tamamine. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Dave Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Howie Fitzmorris advances to third on the play. Jeff Windhorn grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Alejandro Burnett pitching. Kenji Imazeki hits a home run. Carlos Soriano comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jerry Kruger is pinch hitting for John Mercado. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jerry Kruger flies out to the center fielder. John Gajkowski flies out to the center fielder. Akinobu Kono is pinch hitting for Ray Kernek. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Akinobu Kono grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Tim McCarver pitching. Oscar Dotterer strikes out. Phil Tidrow lines out to the third baseman. Jose Ens is pinch hitting for Paddy Slaughter. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jose Ens strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Detroit total runners left on base: 5 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 7
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Walter Haney did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty John Mattis did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Will Delaney did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Elmer Pettibone improves in power_vs_lefty Mark Evans did not respond to coaching in control Mark Evans improves in control Elmer Pettibone did not respond to coaching in 1B
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Guy Crane improves in contact_vs_righty Ox Morlan did not respond to coaching in arm Alexander Gomez did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Guy Crane did not respond to coaching in range Luis Brown did not respond to coaching in velocity Hack Karlon did not respond to coaching in range Tom Breton did not respond to coaching in CF