Inning: 1 Baltimore Gene Speece pitching. Joe Mulliniks flies out to the center fielder. Cecil Cross pops out to the first baseman. Al Busby strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Billy Cristante pitching. Bob Aude strikes out. Blas Sherry grounds out to the pitcher. Mike Goeckel flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Baltimore Sam Poepping grounds out to the shortstop. Fred Culmer grounds out to the shortstop. Ben Hansen flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Mark Braggs flies out to the right fielder. Paul Woodend reached on a 2-base fielding error by Al Busby. Ken Duncan hits a home run. Paul Woodend scores. Joe Riedling flies out to the center fielder. Frank Johnson triples. Gene Speece strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Baltimore Mark Nordyke singles to left field. Sid Messenger triples. Mark Nordyke scores. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Sid Messenger scores. Billy Cristante strikes out. Joe Mulliniks grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Cecil Cross strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Bob Aude flies out to the center fielder. Blas Sherry singles to left field. Mike Goeckel walks. Mark Braggs doubles to left field. Blas Sherry scores. Mike Goeckel is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Paul Woodend strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Baltimore Al Busby singles past the first baseman. Sam Poepping doubles to right field. Al Busby uses his aggressiveness and scores. Fred Culmer strikes out. Ben Hansen walks. Mark Nordyke singles to left field. Sam Poepping scores. Ben Hansen advances to third on the hit. Sid Messenger grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Ken Duncan strikes out. Joe Riedling reached on a fielding error by Sid Messenger. Frank Johnson grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Riedling advances to second on the play. Gene Speece pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Baltimore Wally Kracher is pinch hitting for Billy Cristante. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Wally Kracher grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Mulliniks reached on a fielding error by Joe Riedling. Joe Mulliniks steals second. Cecil Cross flies out to the left fielder. Al Busby strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Frank Rodriguez pitching. Bob Aude singles past the second baseman. Bob Aude is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Blas Sherry grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Goeckel strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Baltimore Sam Poepping pops out to the shortstop. Fred Culmer strikes out. Ben Hansen strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Mark Braggs grounds out to the second baseman. Carlos Wallace 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. Paul Woodend grounds out to the second baseman. Ken Duncan grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Baltimore Mark Nordyke grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Sid Messenger pops out to the third baseman. Buck McCarthy is pinch hitting for Carlos Wallace. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Buck McCarthy grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Ray Cabrera pitching. Todd Hunt is pinch hitting for Joe Riedling. Todd Hunt strikes out. Frank Johnson singles to center field. Johnny Pierson is pinch hitting for Gene Speece. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Johnny Pierson flies out to the left fielder. Frank Johnson steals second. Bob Aude singles to center field. Frank Johnson is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Baltimore Rickey Cripe pitching. Joe Mulliniks grounds out to the second baseman. Cecil Cross strikes out. Al Busby strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Blas Sherry pops out to the shortstop. Mike Goeckel flies out to the right fielder. Mark Braggs strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Baltimore Sam Poepping singles to center field. Fred Culmer grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Sam Poepping is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ben Hansen grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Podge Orr comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Paul Woodend grounds out to the shortstop. Ken Duncan strikes out. Todd Hunt reached on a 2-base throwing error by Sam Poepping. Frank Johnson singles to center field. Todd Hunt scores. Rickey Cripe strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Baltimore Mark Nordyke grounds out to the pitcher. Sid Messenger strikes out. Podge Orr grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Tampa Bay Bob Aude flies out to the right fielder. Blas Sherry singles to center field. Blas Sherry is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Mike Goeckel strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 11 Baltimore Joe Mulliniks grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Cecil Cross flies out to the left fielder. Al Busby flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 11 Tampa Bay Mark Braggs hits a home run. Baltimore total runners left on base: 2 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 5
Batting:2B - Sam Poepping (5).3B - Sid Messenger (4).GIDP - Ben Hansen, Sid Messenger. Baserunning: SB - Joe Mulliniks (24). Fielding: E - Al Busby, Sam Poepping, Sid Messenger.
Batting:2B - Mark Braggs (9).3B - Frank Johnson (10).HR - Mark Braggs (6), Ken Duncan (14). Baserunning: SB - Frank Johnson (24).CS - Bob Aude (5), Blas Sherry (14). Fielding: E - Joe Riedling.
Baltimore Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jerry Perry did not respond to coaching in velocity Dane Burch improves in arm Jose Thomas did not respond to coaching in control John Wolf improves in velocity
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Bill Dorsey improves in velocity Augie Rojas did not respond to coaching in arm Bernie Reach improves in arm Bill Dorsey did not respond to coaching in control Bernie Reach did not respond to coaching in C