Inning: 1 Chicago Buck Boak pitching. Lou Ford doubles past the center fielder. Al Smoltz grounds out to the second baseman. Lou Ford advances to third on the play. Paul Smith singles past the second baseman. Lou Ford scores. Bill Coumbe pops out to the shortstop. Dennis Touchstone grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Paul Smith is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Bob Falk pitching. Todd Adams strikes out. Ernie Crowder grounds out to the shortstop. George Fick flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Chicago Herm Curtright strikes out. Mickey Colon singles to left field. Randy Mota grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Don K Dobson walks. Reggie Moncewicz doubles to center field. Don K Dobson uses his aggressiveness and scores. Mark Ayrault grounds out to the shortstop. Tracy Cockrell grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Gabler strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Chicago Bob Falk grounds out to the second baseman. Lou Ford walks. Al Smoltz grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Buck Boak grounds out to the second baseman. Todd Adams hits an infield single to the pitcher. Ernie Crowder walks. George Fick strikes out. Don K Dobson singles to left field. Todd Adams scores. Ernie Crowder advances to third on the hit. Reggie Moncewicz walks. Mark Ayrault grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Chicago Paul Smith walks. Bill Coumbe walks. Dennis Touchstone singles to left field. Paul Smith scores. Bill Coumbe advances to third on the hit. Herm Curtright pops out to the shortstop. Mickey Colon grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Tracy Cockrell reached on a fielding error by Al Smoltz. Bill Gabler strikes out. Buck Boak lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Todd Adams grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Chicago Randy Mota singles to right field. Bob Falk lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Lou Ford strikes out. Al Smoltz flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Ernie Crowder grounds out to the third baseman. George Fick strikes out. Don K Dobson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Chicago Paul Smith flies out to the left fielder. Bill Coumbe flies out to the center fielder. Dennis Touchstone strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Reggie Moncewicz grounds out to the pitcher. Mark Ayrault strikes out. Tracy Cockrell grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Chicago Herm Curtright singles to center field. Mickey Colon strikes out. Randy Mota lines out to the third baseman. Bob Falk hits an infield single to the shortstop. Jim Vaughn 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. Lou Ford walks. Al Smoltz grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Bill Gabler doubles to left field. Magglio Maldonado is pinch hitting for Jim Vaughn. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Magglio Maldonado grounds out to the third baseman. Todd Adams pops out to the shortstop. Hardie Lemke 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 1st. Ernie Crowder walks. George Fick pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Chicago Byron Stuffel pitching. Paul Smith triples. Bill Coumbe grounds out to the second baseman. Paul Smith scores. Dennis Touchstone grounds out to the pitcher. Herm Curtright strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Don K Dobson singles to right field. Reggie Moncewicz singles to center field. Don K Dobson advances to third on the hit. Mark Ayrault singles to center field. Don K Dobson scores. Reggie Moncewicz advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the infield in. George Phelan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tracy Cockrell grounds out to the shortstop. Mark Ayrault advances to second on the play. The defense is playing the infield in. Bill Gabler singles to right field. Reggie Moncewicz scores. Mark Ayrault scores. Byron Stuffel lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Todd Adams grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Chicago Mickey Colon hits a home run. Randy Mota singles to left field. Kirk Patterson is pinch hitting for George Phelan. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Kirk Patterson grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Randy Mota is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Lou Ford grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Kirk Patterson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Al Smoltz grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Chicago total runners left on base: 7 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 8
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Pinky Dumoulin did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Rich Kippert did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Ralph Smith improves in power_vs_righty Ken Compton improves in power_vs_lefty Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Erv English improves in arm Ken Compton did not respond to coaching in 2B
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: George Nordyke did not respond to coaching in control Rex Feller did not respond to coaching in control Otto Ogden did not respond to coaching in velocity George Nordyke improves in control Charlie Stanicek did not respond to coaching in velocity Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Bernardo Malmberg improves in 3B