Inning: 1 Chicago John Miranda pitching. Zoilo Aloma grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! John Ellis singles to right field. Jordair Jett singles to center field. Yoshimi Tsuchiya strikes out. Gene Eiland strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Pat Mazzera pitching. Diego Freese flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Jose Dustal walks. Bill Fritz singles to center field. Shawn Burkhalter doubles to left field. Jose Dustal scores. Bill Fritz is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Yovanny McNally strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Chicago Walk D Plank hits a home run. Frank Bravo flies out to the center fielder. Chief Roof lines out to the first baseman. Pat Mazzera pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Ike Hines grounds out to the shortstop. Rudy Holke walks. Juan Rosario pops out to the third baseman. John Miranda grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Rudy Holke is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Chicago Zoilo Aloma strikes out. John Ellis walks. Jordair Jett hits a home run. John Ellis scores. Yoshimi Tsuchiya flies out to the left fielder. Gene Eiland reached on a 2-base throwing error by Diego Freese. Walk D Plank walks. Frank Bravo grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Diego Freese hits a home run. Jose Dustal flies out to the left fielder. Bill Fritz grounds out to the second baseman. Shawn Burkhalter lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Chicago Chief Roof grounds out to the second baseman. Pat Mazzera grounds out to the third baseman. Lenny Anderson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Zoilo Aloma grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Yovanny McNally grounds out to the shortstop. Ike Hines grounds out to the second baseman. Rudy Holke strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Chicago John Ellis singles to center field. Jordair Jett grounds out to the shortstop. John Ellis advances to second on the play. Yoshimi Tsuchiya walks. Gene Eiland pops out to the shortstop. Walk D Plank strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Juan Rosario walks. Lenny Anderson lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Diego Freese flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Jose Dustal hits a home run. Juan Rosario scores. Bill Fritz pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Chicago Frank Bravo grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Chief Roof strikes out. Pat Mazzera grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Shawn Burkhalter flies out to the right fielder. Yovanny McNally flies out to the right fielder. Ike Hines grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Chicago Zoilo Aloma grounds out to the third baseman. John Ellis grounds out to the shortstop. Jordair Jett grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Noel Toy comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rudy Holke strikes out. Juan Rosario walks. George Davis is pinch hitting for Lenny Anderson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. George Davis flies out to the right fielder. Diego Freese singles to center field. Juan Rosario advances to third on the hit. Jose Dustal grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Chicago Gary Clay pitching. Yoshimi Tsuchiya grounds out to the second baseman. Gene Eiland singles to right field. Bob Morris is pinch running for Gene Eiland on 1st base. Bob Morris steals second. Walk D Plank doubles to left field. Bob Morris scores. Frankie Bond is pinch hitting for Frank Bravo. Frankie Bond singles to left field. Walk D Plank scores. Johnny Myers comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Chief Roof singles to center field. Rolo Avila is pinch hitting for Noel Toy. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Rolo Avila strikes out. Zoilo Aloma singles to right field. Frankie Bond scores. John Ellis walks. Jordair Jett hits a home run. Chief Roof scores. Zoilo Aloma scores. John Ellis scores. Reinier Medina comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Yoshimi Tsuchiya flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay John Herrera pitching. Pedro Ibanez enters the game as a defensive replacement for Bob Morris at LF. Candy Barr enters the game as a defensive replacement for Frankie Bond at C. Bill Fritz flies out to the center fielder. Shawn Burkhalter strikes out. Yovanny McNally flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Chicago Pedro Ibanez grounds out to the shortstop. Walk D Plank singles to right field. Candy Barr grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Ike Hines hits a home run. Rudy Holke grounds out to the second baseman. Juan Rosario grounds out to the shortstop. Paxton Kowitz is pinch hitting for Reinier Medina. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Paxton Kowitz singles to left field. Diego Freese strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Chicago total runners LOB: 6 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 5
Game Notes Noel Toy is injured and is expected to be out 29 days.
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ray Blaylock did not respond to coaching in velocity Chips Hoy did not respond to coaching in control Mel Black improves in speed Rondell Tartabull did not respond to coaching in velocity Urbano Arnold did not respond to coaching in 3B
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Rip Hash improves in contact_vs_righty Rip Hash improves in contact_vs_righty Romello Warren did not respond to coaching in speed Calvin Smith did not respond to coaching in arm Bobby Tyriver did not respond to coaching in LF