Win: Ralph Gideon (1-1) Loss: Steve Newkirk (3-8)
Save: Biff Linden (18)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Travis Fick pitching. Pete Scott strikes out. Bob Fernandez strikes out. Yukio Fukutomi walks. Ken Minnick flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 New York Monty Adamson pitching. Jay Sherlock flies out to the left fielder. Frank Teed strikes out. Jesse Baumholtz walks. Paddy Warhop walks. Spud Haney singles to center field. Jesse Baumholtz scores. Mark Hartgraves strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Rube Heusser singles to center field. Chris Paula flies out to the right fielder. Jimmy Gill triples. Rube Heusser scores. Cecil Trotter walks. Monty Adamson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jimmy Gill scores. Cecil Trotter advances to second on the play. Pete Scott flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 New York George Lee flies out to the right fielder. Chuck Webster strikes out. Travis Fick walks. Jay Sherlock flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Bob Fernandez flies out to the center fielder. Yukio Fukutomi triples. Ken Minnick flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Yukio Fukutomi scores. Rube Heusser hits a home run. Chris Paula strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 New York Frank Teed pops out to the second baseman. Jesse Baumholtz grounds out to the third baseman. Paddy Warhop strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Jimmy Gill reached on a fielding error by Mark Hartgraves. Cecil Trotter grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Monty Adamson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 New York Spud Haney grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mark Hartgraves flies out to the right fielder. George Lee strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Pete Scott grounds out to the second baseman. Don Prince comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Bob Fernandez flies out to the left fielder. Yukio Fukutomi hits an infield single to the third baseman. Ken Minnick singles to center field. Rube Heusser grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ken Minnick is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 New York Chuck Webster triples. Don Prince grounds out to the third baseman. Chuck Webster scores. Jay Sherlock singles past the shortstop. Frank Teed hits a home run. Jay Sherlock scores. Jesse Baumholtz singles to left field. Jesse Baumholtz steals second. Paddy Warhop grounds out to the second baseman. Jesse Baumholtz advances to third on the play. Spud Haney triples. Jesse Baumholtz scores. Mark Hartgraves flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Chris Paula flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Jimmy Gill grounds out to the shortstop. Cecil Trotter flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 New York George Lee singles to left field. Chuck Webster flies out to the center fielder. Dana Castiglia comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Don Prince lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, George Lee forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Jay Sherlock strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Toshimitsu Kawagishi is pinch hitting for Dana Castiglia. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Toshimitsu Kawagishi strikes out. Vic Foley comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Pete Scott singles to right field. Pete Scott steals second. Bob Fernandez walks. Yukio Fukutomi grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Bob Fernandez is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Yukio Fukutomi is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 New York Ralph Gideon pitching. Frank Teed flies out to the right fielder. Jesse Baumholtz flies out to the center fielder. Paddy Warhop strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Ken Minnick walks. Rube Heusser grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Chris Paula walks. Jimmy Gill strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 New York Spud Haney flies out to the left fielder. Mark Hartgraves grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Al Masteller is pinch hitting for George Lee. Al Masteller flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Tom Rodriguez enters the game as a defensive replacement for Al Masteller at RF. Steve Newkirk comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Larry Ahearne is pinch hitting for Cecil Trotter. Larry Ahearne strikes out. Hank Baughman is pinch hitting for Ralph Gideon. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Hank Baughman doubles to left field. Pete Scott doubles to right field. Hank Baughman scores. Bob Fernandez singles to right field. Pete Scott is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Yukio Fukutomi singles to right field. Bob Fernandez advances to third on the hit. Ken Minnick singles in front of the center fielder. Bob Fernandez scores. Yukio Fukutomi advances to third on the hit. Scott Caneira comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rube Heusser grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 New York Biff Linden pitching. Chuck Webster strikes out. Johnny Gear is pinch hitting for Scott Caneira. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Johnny Gear singles to center field. Johnny Gear steals second. Jay Sherlock pops out to the shortstop. Frank Teed grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 8 New York total runners LOB: 6
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Fergie Wright did not respond to coaching in range Bob Goolsby did not respond to coaching in range Fergie Wright did not respond to coaching in range Dave Bowman improves in arm Greg Torrealba did not respond to coaching in SS
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Pinky Jones did not respond to coaching in velocity Oscar Luplow did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Pete Boone improves in range Bill Schanz improves in power_vs_lefty