Win: Pete Magallanes (12-7) Loss: Walt Davis (4-4)
Save: Jose Gunderson (41)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Pete Magallanes pitching. Diego Freese pops out to the shortstop. Porter Crews strikes out. Jose Dustal walks. Scott Tedrow flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Detroit Tristan Boley pitching. Leon Kotke walks. Jim White flies out to the center fielder. Greg Leonard strikes out. Larry Alten walks. Billy Wallace grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Bill Fritz grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Aiden Garcia flies out to the left fielder. Bill Kaiserling strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Curtis Byrd hits a home run. Frank Bennett singles to left field. Mike Davenport flies out to the center fielder. Pete Magallanes lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Leon Kotke flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Jeff Miller flies out to the left fielder. Tristan Boley grounds out to the pitcher. Diego Freese walks. Diego Freese is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Jim White doubles to center field. Greg Leonard strikes out. Larry Alten flies out to the left fielder. Billy Wallace grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Porter Crews grounds out to the shortstop. Jose Dustal strikes out. Scott Tedrow strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Curtis Byrd doubles to left field. Frank Bennett hits a home run. Curtis Byrd scores. Mike Davenport triples. Pete Magallanes grounds out to the third baseman. Mike Davenport scores. Leon Kotke singles to left field. Jim White grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Bill Fritz doubles to right field. Aiden Garcia walks. Bill Kaiserling singles to center field. Bill Fritz scores. Aiden Garcia is thrown out trying to advance to third by the center fielder. Jeff Miller singles to right field. Bill Kaiserling advances to third on the hit. Tristan Boley grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit Greg Leonard flies out to the left fielder. Larry Alten is hit by a pitch. Larry Alten steals second. Billy Wallace strikes out. Curtis Byrd strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Diego Freese flies out to the right fielder. Porter Crews grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jose Dustal singles to center field. Jose Dustal steals second. Scott Tedrow is hit by a pitch. Bill Fritz walks. Aiden Garcia singles to right field. Jose Dustal scores. George Davis is pinch hitting for Bill Kaiserling. George Davis strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Detroit Frank Bennett walks. Mike Davenport grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Frank Bennett is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Pete Magallanes lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Leon Kotke grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Jeff Miller strikes out. Rudy Holke is pinch hitting for Tristan Boley. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Rudy Holke strikes out. Diego Freese singles past the second baseman. Porter Crews strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Walt Davis pitching. Jim White grounds out to the shortstop. Greg Leonard grounds out to the second baseman. Larry Alten grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Jose Dustal walks. Scott Tedrow walks. Bill Fritz doubles to right field. Jose Dustal scores. Scott Tedrow uses his aggressiveness and scores. Aiden Garcia flies out to the center fielder. George Davis flies out to the left fielder. Jeff Miller pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Billy Wallace strikes out. Curtis Byrd grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Bennett hits a home run. Tom Byrnes comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mike Davenport flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Jose Gunderson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Calvin Smith is pinch hitting for Tom Byrnes. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Calvin Smith grounds out to the pitcher. Diego Freese strikes out. Porter Crews pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 7 Detroit total runners left on base: 6
Batting:2B - Jim White (12), Curtis Byrd (20).3B - Mike Davenport (3).HR - Curtis Byrd (16), Frank Bennett 2 (21).GIDP - Jim White.HBP - Larry Alten (1). Baserunning: SB - Larry Alten (21).
Game Notes Pete Magallanes is injured and is expected to be out 31 days.
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Merv Ledesma did not respond to coaching in velocity Sleeper Nosek did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Tim McLish did not respond to coaching in velocity Neil Keefe improves in range Rich Vargas did not respond to coaching in 1B
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Joe Marrero improves in contact_vs_righty Joe Musgraves did not respond to coaching in speed John Hassey-HOU improves in contact_vs_righty Pete Gates did not respond to coaching in arm Joe Musgraves did not respond to coaching in CF