Win: Randy Pruit (8-1) Loss: Paul Mercado (2-16)
Save: Albert Cottrell (33)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Paul Mercado pitching. Eugene Erixson bunts for a base hit. Jim McMurray flies out to the left fielder. Terry Keelan singles to center field. Eugene Erixson advances to third on the hit. Terry Keelan steals second. Walter Kingdon singles to center field. Eugene Erixson scores. Terry Keelan scores. Buddy Moore flies out to the right fielder. Don Munsterman grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Boston Randy Pruit pitching. Joe Rosello strikes out. Ed Taff doubles to center field. Charlie Hocking flies out to the center fielder. Barney Jurisich strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Dan Sweeney singles to right field. Kip Dobler singles to right field. Dan Sweeney advances to third on the hit. Randy Pruit grounds out to the pitcher. Kip Dobler advances to second on the play. Eugene Erixson grounds out to the shortstop. Jim McMurray singles to left field. Dan Sweeney scores. Terry Keelan strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Boston Nick Faszholz singles to left field. Harry Davenport strikes out. Todd Smiley grounds out to the third baseman. Nick Faszholz advances to second on the play. Passed ball. Nick Faszholz advances to third. Steve Hibbs singles to center field. Nick Faszholz scores. Paul Mercado pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Walter Kingdon grounds out to the third baseman. Buddy Moore flies out to the center fielder. Don Munsterman grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Boston Joe Rosello grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ed Taff flies out to the right fielder. Charlie Hocking strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Dan Sweeney flies out to the center fielder. Kip Dobler strikes out. Randy Pruit strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Barney Jurisich strikes out. Nick Faszholz strikes out. Harry Davenport hits a home run. Todd Smiley strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Eugene Erixson grounds out to the second baseman. Jim McMurray grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Terry Keelan grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston Steve Hibbs flies out to the right fielder. Paul Mercado grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Rosello grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Walter Kingdon reached on a 2-base fielding error by Harry Davenport. Buddy Moore walks. Don Munsterman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Walter Kingdon advances to third on the play. Buddy Moore advances to second on the play. Dan Sweeney flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Walter Kingdon scores. Kip Dobler grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Boston Ed Taff grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Charlie Hocking walks. Pat Wilberding comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Barney Jurisich flies out to the right fielder. Nick Faszholz strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Pat Wilberding singles to left field. Eugene Erixson singles to right field. Pat Wilberding is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Eugene Erixson is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Jim McMurray singles to right field. Terry Keelan singles to right field. Jim McMurray advances to third on the hit. Walter Kingdon grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Boston Harry Davenport strikes out. Todd Smiley strikes out. Steve Hibbs grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Buddy Moore grounds out to the catcher. Don Munsterman singles to center field. Glenn Bramhall comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dan Sweeney singles to right field. Don Munsterman advances to third on the hit. Kip Dobler strikes out. Pat Wilberding strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Boston Glenn Bramhall flies out to the left fielder. Joe Rosello walks. Ed Taff singles to right field. Charlie Hocking grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Rosello advances to third on the play. Ed Taff advances to second on the play. Barney Jurisich walks. Nick Faszholz walks. Joe Rosello scores. Harry Davenport flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Eugene Erixson walks. Jim McMurray singles past the second baseman. Eugene Erixson advances to third on the hit. Terry Keelan singles to center field. Eugene Erixson scores. Walter Kingdon walks. Buddy Moore doubles to center field. Jim McMurray scores. Terry Keelan scores. Walter Kingdon uses his aggressiveness and scores. Gerry Severeid comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Don Munsterman flies out to the right fielder. Dan Sweeney singles to center field. Kip Dobler pops out to the first baseman. Pat Wilberding flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Boston Todd Smiley walks. Steve Hibbs singles to center field. Gary Sampson is pinch hitting for Gerry Severeid. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Gary Sampson walks. Albert Cottrell comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Joe Rosello grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Todd Smiley scores. Steve Hibbs advances to third on the play. Ed Taff singles to right field. Steve Hibbs scores. Charlie Hocking grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Ed Taff is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 10 Boston total runners LOB: 7
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Mike Platt did not respond to coaching in control Harold Rose improves in velocity Ryan Ensberg did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Justin DuBois did not respond to coaching in velocity Eddie Latta did not respond to coaching in SS
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Tim Brennan did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Tim Brennan improves in contact_vs_righty Mike Grevell improves in speed Tim Brennan improves in arm Angelo Morales did not respond to coaching in 1B