Win: Lee Skizas (13-5) Loss: Wally Thompson (4-11)
Save: Ralph Berumen (36)
Inning: 1 Florida Wally Thompson pitching. Masaaki Kanazawa walks. Hisaji Kanazawa hits a home run. Masaaki Kanazawa scores. Al Perez strikes out. Joe Nichting strikes out. Warren Payton singles to center field. Ricardo Tomas flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Atlanta Turner Hale pitching. Jamie Helton walks. Jack Florie strikes out. Jose Scott strikes out. Hank Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Florida Matt Dykes flies out to the left fielder. Jerry Rego flies out to the left fielder. Turner Hale grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Atlanta Troy Taylor singles to center field. Floyd Ross flies out to the center fielder. Kazumasa Koike hits a home run. Troy Taylor scores. Mark Prall flies out to the center fielder. Wally Thompson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Florida Masaaki Kanazawa singles to right field. Hisaji Kanazawa singles to center field. Masaaki Kanazawa advances to third on the hit. Al Perez walks. Joe Nichting flies out to the right fielder. Warren Payton doubles to right field. Masaaki Kanazawa scores. Hisaji Kanazawa scores. Al Perez uses his aggressiveness and scores. Jake Birkbeck comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ricardo Tomas strikes out. Matt Dykes doubles to center field. Warren Payton scores. Jerry Rego grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Atlanta Jamie Helton walks. Jack Florie flies out to the center fielder. Jose Scott doubles to left field. Hank Brown pops out to the second baseman. Troy Taylor flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Florida Turner Hale strikes out. Masaaki Kanazawa flies out to the right fielder. Hisaji Kanazawa reached on a fielding error by Jamie Helton. Al Perez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Atlanta Floyd Ross singles to center field. Kazumasa Koike walks. Mark Prall flies out to the right fielder. Jake Birkbeck lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jamie Helton singles past the shortstop. Floyd Ross scores. Kazumasa Koike scores. Jack Florie hits an infield single to the first baseman. Jose Scott flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Florida Joe Nichting strikes out. Warren Payton singles to center field. Ricardo Tomas grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Warren Payton is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Matt Dykes grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Ricardo Tomas is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Atlanta Hank Brown strikes out. Troy Taylor walks. Lee Skizas comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Floyd Ross strikes out. Troy Taylor is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Florida Jerry Rego grounds out to the shortstop. Lee Skizas strikes out. Masaaki Kanazawa grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Atlanta Kazumasa Koike grounds out to the shortstop. Mark Prall walks. Mark Prall steals second. Jake Birkbeck strikes out. Jamie Helton strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Florida Hisaji Kanazawa singles to right field. Al Perez doubles to left field. Hisaji Kanazawa uses his aggressiveness and scores. Joe Nichting flies out to the right fielder. Warren Payton grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Jim Brandt comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states RP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Ricardo Tomas reached on a 2-base throwing error by Troy Taylor. Al Perez scores. Matt Dykes grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Atlanta Jack Florie pops out to the shortstop. Jose Scott grounds out to the shortstop. Hank Brown singles in front of the center fielder. Troy Taylor grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Hank Brown is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Florida Jerry Rego strikes out. Lee Skizas singles to left field. Masaaki Kanazawa flies out to the left fielder. Hisaji Kanazawa grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Lee Skizas is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Atlanta Dave Schneider enters the game as a defensive replacement for Matt Dykes at RF. Floyd Ross flies out to the left fielder. Kazumasa Koike grounds out to the shortstop. Mark Prall strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Florida Al Perez strikes out. Joe Nichting lines out to the first baseman. Warren Payton strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Atlanta Don Polanco is pinch hitting for Jim Brandt. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Don Polanco flies out to the center fielder. Jamie Helton singles to right field. Jack Florie singles to center field. Ralph Berumen comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Jose Scott grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Florida total runners LOB: 6 Atlanta total runners LOB: 8
Batting:2B - Jose Scott (18).HR - Kazumasa Koike (1).GIDP - Jose Scott. Baserunning: SB - Mark Prall (5).CS - Troy Taylor (3). Fielding: E - Jamie Helton, Troy Taylor.
Florida Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Rich Barber did not respond to coaching in speed Jose Peploski did not respond to coaching in control Sam Berry improves in contact_vs_righty Jose Peploski did not respond to coaching in control Sam Berry did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jose Peploski did not respond to coaching in velocity Steve Nichols did not respond to coaching in 1B
Atlanta Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Norm Lepcio improves in control Ziggy Lane did not respond to coaching in speed Pud Ryal improves in speed Wes Kilroy did not respond to coaching in velocity Tetsushi Yamamoto did not respond to coaching in speed Red Hulvey did not respond to coaching in velocity