Win: Jimmy Palmer (18-6) Loss: Randy Pruit (6-9)
Save: Gary Jacobs (42)
Inning: 1 Baltimore Randy Pruit pitching. Jim Lear flies out to the left fielder. Len Chouneau strikes out. Steve Ratliff singles to right field. Jim Tipton walks. Jouett Breeden walks. Doyt Oquist grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Jimmy Palmer pitching. Tim Harris strikes out. Eugene Erixson grounds out to the shortstop. Walter Kingdon strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Baltimore Tony Carroll singles to right field. Eric Briley pops out to the third baseman. Jimmy Palmer lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jim Lear grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Buddy Moore flies out to the right fielder. Don Munsterman flies out to the center fielder. Pete Sedgwick pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Baltimore Len Chouneau flies out to the center fielder. Steve Ratliff lines out to the first baseman. Jim Tipton hits a home run. Jouett Breeden pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Dan Sweeney grounds out to the second baseman. Whitey Mahaffey grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Randy Pruit singles to center field. Tim Harris pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Baltimore Doyt Oquist strikes out. Tony Carroll grounds out to the shortstop. Eric Briley grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Eugene Erixson singles to right field. Walter Kingdon grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Buddy Moore singles to center field. Don Munsterman flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Baltimore Jimmy Palmer singles to center field. Jim Lear strikes out. Len Chouneau grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Pete Sedgwick singles to right field. Dan Sweeney grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Whitey Mahaffey strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Baltimore Steve Ratliff strikes out. Jim Tipton flies out to the center fielder. Jouett Breeden singles to left field. Doyt Oquist grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Jouett Breeden is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Eddie Jones is pinch hitting for Randy Pruit. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Eddie Jones flies out to the center fielder. Tim Harris flies out to the right fielder. Eugene Erixson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Baltimore Izzy Hinshaw pitching. Tony Carroll flies out to the right fielder. Eric Briley singles to center field. Jimmy Palmer lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jim Lear strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Walter Kingdon grounds out to the shortstop. Buddy Moore reached on a fielding error by Jouett Breeden. Don Munsterman lines out to the first baseman. Pete Sedgwick grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Buddy Moore is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Baltimore Len Chouneau pops out to the first baseman. Steve Ratliff pops out to the second baseman. Jim Tipton singles to left field. Jouett Breeden strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Dan Sweeney flies out to the center fielder. Whitey Mahaffey flies out to the center fielder. Steve Rickey is pinch hitting for Izzy Hinshaw. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Steve Rickey flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Baltimore Albert Cottrell pitching. Doyt Oquist flies out to the center fielder. Tony Carroll grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Eric Briley grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Gary Jacobs comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Tim Harris flies out to the center fielder. Eugene Erixson walks. Walter Kingdon flies out to the left fielder. Buddy Moore walks. Don Munsterman strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Baltimore total runners LOB: 7 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 5
Baltimore Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Paul Bennett did not respond to coaching in speed Dave Lorenzen did not respond to coaching in velocity Dave Owens did not respond to coaching in speed Dave Lorenzen did not respond to coaching in control
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Nick Prieto improves in power_vs_righty Ricardo Gutierrez did not respond to coaching in range Nick Prieto improves in power_vs_lefty Chuck Tapia improves in speed Chuck Tapia did not respond to coaching in 2B