Win: Johnny Myers (6-2) Loss: Jose Gunderson (0-5)
Save: Walt Davis (44)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Rob Acosta pitching. Porter Crews triples. Jose Dustal strikes out. Scott Tedrow walks. Bill Fritz hits a home run. Porter Crews scores. Scott Tedrow scores. Aiden Garcia singles to center field. Romello Warren grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Dick Sorrells pitching. Leon Kotke strikes out. Ray West strikes out. Curtis Byrd hits a home run. Billy Wallace flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Bill Kaiserling grounds out to the third baseman. Yovanny McNally strikes out. Dick Sorrells pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Greg Leonard is hit by a pitch. Bill Butler strikes out. Frank Bennett doubles to center field. Larry Alten grounds out to the shortstop. Greg Leonard scores. Frank Bennett advances to third on the play. Rob Acosta pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Porter Crews hits a home run. Jose Dustal strikes out. Scott Tedrow flies out to the left fielder. Bill Fritz grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Leon Kotke strikes out. Ray West flies out to the center fielder. Curtis Byrd walks. Billy Wallace singles to center field. Curtis Byrd advances to third on the hit. Billy Wallace steals second. Greg Leonard hits a home run. Curtis Byrd scores. Billy Wallace scores. John Miranda comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Butler singles to right field. Frank Bennett grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Bill Butler is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Aiden Garcia flies out to the center fielder. Romello Warren singles to left field. Bill Kaiserling pops out to the pitcher. Romello Warren is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Larry Alten grounds out to the second baseman. Rob Acosta grounds out to the shortstop. Leon Kotke grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Yovanny McNally pops out to the third baseman. John Miranda pops out to the first baseman. Porter Crews grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Ray West lines out to the shortstop. Curtis Byrd pops out to the third baseman. Billy Wallace grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Jose Dustal singles to right field. Scott Tedrow flies out to the center fielder. Jose Dustal steals second. Jose Dustal steals third. Bill Fritz singles to right field. Jose Dustal scores. Aiden Garcia doubles to left field. Romello Warren singles to left field. Bill Fritz scores. Aiden Garcia is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. George Davis is pinch hitting for Bill Kaiserling. George Davis flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Greg Leonard strikes out. Bill Butler flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Frank Bennett singles to left field. Frank Bennett is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Yovanny McNally singles to right field. Jeff Miller is pinch hitting for John Miranda. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jeff Miller walks. Porter Crews grounds into a 5-4-3 double play - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Yovanny McNally advances to third on the play. Jose Dustal walks. Scott Tedrow walks. Bill Fritz grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Detroit Gary Clay pitching. Larry Alten grounds out to the second baseman. Rob Acosta singles to center field. Smead Berroa is pinch running for Rob Acosta on 1st base. Leon Kotke singles to left field. Smead Berroa advances to third on the hit. Ray West flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Smead Berroa scores. Curtis Byrd flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Harley Schaive pitching. Aiden Garcia flies out to the right fielder. Romello Warren flies out to the center fielder. George Davis singles to center field. Calvin Smith is pinch hitting for Yovanny McNally. Calvin Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Babe Stahl enters the game as a defensive replacement for Calvin Smith at SS. Johnny Myers comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Billy Wallace hits a home run. Greg Leonard singles to center field. Bill Butler strikes out. Frank Bennett strikes out. Larry Alten strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Bob Smith enters the game as a defensive replacement for Bill Butler at RF. Jose Gunderson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Rudy Holke is pinch hitting for Johnny Myers. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Rudy Holke hits an infield single to the shortstop. Porter Crews hits a home run. Rudy Holke scores. Yukihiro Ono comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jose Dustal strikes out. Scott Tedrow grounds out to the pitcher. Bill Fritz doubles to center field. Aiden Garcia walks. Romello Warren singles to left field. Bill Fritz scores. George Davis reached on a fielding error by Billy Wallace. Babe Stahl flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Detroit Walt Davis pitching. Mike Davenport is pinch hitting for Yukihiro Ono. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Mike Davenport grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Leon Kotke flies out to the right fielder. Ray West flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 8 Detroit total runners LOB: 4
Batting:2B - Frank Bennett (13).HR - Curtis Byrd (20), Billy Wallace (41), Greg Leonard (29).SF - Ray West.HBP - Greg Leonard (1). Baserunning: SB - Billy Wallace (14).CS - Frank Bennett (6). Fielding: E - Billy Wallace.
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Tim McLish did not respond to coaching in velocity Merv Ledesma did not respond to coaching in control Mike Stoneham improves in range Turk Wolfe did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Rich Vargas did not respond to coaching in 1B
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Effie Kiser improves in power_vs_lefty Joe Happenny improves in speed Joe Happenny did not respond to coaching in speed Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Dick Brown did not respond to coaching in 1B