Win: Jimmy Palmer (11-2) Loss: Randy Pruit (10-2)
Save: Gary Jacobs (6)
Inning: 1 Baltimore Randy Pruit pitching. Eric Briley singles to right field. Len Chouneau grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Eric Briley is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Steve Ratliff singles to right field. Len Chouneau aggressively advances to third on the hit. Steve Ratliff steals second. Jouett Breeden strikes out. Jim Tipton walks. Jim Lear singles past the first baseman. Len Chouneau scores. Steve Ratliff scores. Tony Carroll strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Jimmy Palmer pitching. Tim Harris pops out to the catcher. Jim McMurray flies out to the right fielder. Terry Keelan grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Baltimore Masaharu Niihari strikes out. Jimmy Palmer flies out to the right fielder. Eric Briley pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Walter Kingdon pops out to the third baseman. Joe Filipi singles to left field. Darren Leitner grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Joe Filipi is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Pete Sedgwick lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Baltimore Len Chouneau singles to right field. Steve Ratliff pops out to the first baseman. Jouett Breeden pops out to the catcher. Jim Tipton singles to right field. Jim Lear walks. Tony Carroll strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Steve Rickey strikes out. Randy Pruit strikes out. Tim Harris grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Baltimore Masaharu Niihari doubles to center field. Jimmy Palmer fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Jimmy Palmer strikes out. Eric Briley strikes out. Len Chouneau grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Jim McMurray walks. Terry Keelan walks. Walter Kingdon strikes out. Joe Filipi strikes out. Darren Leitner lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Baltimore Steve Ratliff hits a home run. Jouett Breeden grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Jim Tipton pops out to the first baseman. Jim Lear strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Pete Sedgwick grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Steve Rickey singles to left field. Randy Pruit fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Randy Pruit grounds out to the second baseman. Steve Rickey advances to second on the play. Tim Harris hits a home run. Steve Rickey scores. Jim McMurray singles to left field. Terry Keelan strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Baltimore Tony Carroll singles to center field. Masaharu Niihari grounds out to the third baseman. Tony Carroll advances to second on the play. Jimmy Palmer strikes out. Eric Briley singles to center field. Tony Carroll scores. Len Chouneau flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Walter Kingdon flies out to the right fielder. Joe Filipi grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Darren Leitner grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Baltimore George Morgan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Steve Ratliff grounds out to the pitcher. Jouett Breeden grounds out to the pitcher. Jim Tipton pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Pete Sedgwick walks. Steve Rickey strikes out. Eddie Jones is pinch hitting for George Morgan. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Eddie Jones grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Baltimore Phil Baugh pitching. Jim Lear singles to right field. Tony Carroll doubles to left field. Jim Lear uses his aggressiveness and scores. Masaharu Niihari grounds out to the pitcher. Jimmy Palmer strikes out. Eric Briley grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Tim Harris doubles past the left fielder. Bob Lynn 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. Jim McMurray pops out to the second baseman. Terry Keelan strikes out. Walter Kingdon reached on a 2-base throwing error by Steve Ratliff. Tim Harris scores. Joe Filipi singles to center field. Walter Kingdon scores. Darren Leitner flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Baltimore Len Chouneau grounds out to the shortstop. Steve Ratliff flies out to the center fielder. Jouett Breeden grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Gary Jacobs comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Pete Sedgwick singles to center field. Steve Rickey pops out to the second baseman. Dan Sweeney is pinch hitting for Phil Baugh. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Dan Sweeney grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Baltimore total runners LOB: 8 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 5
Baltimore Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Mule Berkman improves in range Paul Bennett did not respond to coaching in speed Dave Hayden did not respond to coaching in velocity Lee Cordova did not respond to coaching in velocity
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Tommy Ware did not respond to coaching in control Otto Trevino did not respond to coaching in velocity Mike Platt did not respond to coaching in velocity Don Munsterman improves in power_vs_lefty Chuck Tapia did not respond to coaching in 2B