Win: Dennis Arntzen (3-1) Loss: Hugh Chouinard (2-2)
Save: Samuel Huntington (38)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Takanori Mifune pitching. Yukio Fukutomi strikes out. Rusty Rawlings strikes out. Rube Heusser grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Monty Adamson pitching. Tracy Bemis grounds out to the third baseman. Jose Loucks grounds out to the third baseman. Ken Duncan singles to left field. Yonetoshi Kikuchi singles to right field. Koichi Ishida grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Bernie Currie walks. Jimmy Gill grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bernie Currie advances to second on the play. Norm Mitchell singles to center field. Bernie Currie scores. Bob Fernandez walks. Larry Ahearne flies out to the left fielder. Monty Adamson strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Detroit Cal Kvasnak doubles to right field. Roy Roser flies out to the center fielder. Joe Grissom strikes out. Takanori Mifune singles to center field. Cal Kvasnak scores. Tracy Bemis strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Yukio Fukutomi pops out to the second baseman. Rusty Rawlings flies out to the left fielder. Rube Heusser strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Jose Loucks pops out to the shortstop. Ken Duncan singles to left field. Yonetoshi Kikuchi strikes out. Koichi Ishida flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Bernie Currie doubles past the third baseman. Jimmy Gill walks. Norm Mitchell walks. Bob Fernandez strikes out. Larry Ahearne singles to center field. Bernie Currie scores. Jimmy Gill uses his aggressiveness and scores. Monty Adamson lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first for the 2-6-4 double play (2B covering 1st). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Cal Kvasnak walks. Cal Kvasnak is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Roy Roser triples. Joe Grissom walks. Takanori Mifune grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Yukio Fukutomi walks. Rusty Rawlings singles to center field. Yukio Fukutomi advances to third on the hit. Passed ball. Yukio Fukutomi scores. Rusty Rawlings advances to second. Rube Heusser flies out to the left fielder. Bernie Currie singles to center field. Rusty Rawlings scores. Dennis Arntzen comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jimmy Gill pops out to the first baseman. Norm Mitchell grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit Tracy Bemis grounds out to the pitcher. Jose Loucks strikes out. Ken Duncan walks. Yonetoshi Kikuchi flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Bob Fernandez grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Larry Ahearne flies out to the right fielder. Monty Adamson pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Koichi Ishida doubles to left field. Cal Kvasnak walks. Roy Roser singles to center field. Koichi Ishida scores. Cal Kvasnak advances to third on the hit. Joe Grissom walks. Hugh Chouinard 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. Dennis Arntzen singles to right field. Cal Kvasnak scores. Roy Roser scores. Tracy Bemis singles past the second baseman. Joe Grissom scores. Jose Loucks is hit by a pitch. Ken Duncan singles to left field. Dennis Arntzen scores. Tracy Bemis scores. David Eiland comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Yonetoshi Kikuchi grounds into a 5-4-3 double play - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Jose Loucks advances to third on the play. Koichi Ishida grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Yukio Fukutomi pops out to the second baseman. Rusty Rawlings strikes out. Rube Heusser strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Cal Kvasnak pops out to the catcher. Roy Roser hits an infield single to the shortstop. Joe Grissom flies out to the right fielder. Joe Driscoll is pinch hitting for Dennis Arntzen. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Joe Driscoll grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Roy Roser is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Sal Watkins pitching. Bernie Currie grounds out to the shortstop. Jimmy Gill grounds out to the third baseman. Norm Mitchell grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Tracy Bemis walks. Jose Loucks singles to center field. Tracy Bemis advances to third on the hit. Ken Duncan strikes out. Jose Loucks steals second. Yonetoshi Kikuchi grounds out to the shortstop. Tracy Bemis scores. Jose Loucks advances to third on the play. Koichi Ishida singles to left field. Jose Loucks scores. Neal Robles comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Cal Kvasnak strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Bob Fernandez strikes out. Larry Ahearne singles to center field. Lon Valdes is pinch hitting for Neal Robles. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Lon Valdes flies out to the center fielder. Yukio Fukutomi singles to center field. Larry Ahearne advances to third on the hit. Samuel Huntington comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Yukio Fukutomi steals second. Rusty Rawlings walks. Rube Heusser flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 7 Detroit total runners left on base: 9
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Larry Pruiett did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Carlos Morejon improves in power_vs_lefty Carlos Cary improves in speed Chris Martz did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Ted Pizarro did not respond to coaching in 2B
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Kevin Espy did not respond to coaching in arm John Mussina did not respond to coaching in control John Mussina improves in control Kevin Espy did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Kevin Espy improves in RF