Win: Otto Trevino (20-6) Loss: Mario Johns (3-14)
Save: Pat Wilberding (6)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Mario Johns pitching. Eugene Erixson grounds out to the third baseman. Ryan Ensberg is hit by a pitch. Jim McMurray strikes out. Terry Keelan flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Baltimore Otto Trevino pitching. Haruki Kagitani strikes out. Yasushi Hosokawa strikes out. John Bailey walks. Jouett Breeden strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Joe Filipi hits a home run. Chuck Tapia flies out to the left fielder. Tim Harris grounds out to the second baseman. Steve Rickey walks. Otto Trevino strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Baltimore Frank Neale flies out to the right fielder. Tony Carroll singles past the third baseman. Omar Lewis flies out to the left fielder. Steve Ratliff flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Eugene Erixson singles past the third baseman. Ryan Ensberg grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Eugene Erixson advances to second on the play. Jim McMurray walks. Terry Keelan grounds out to the pitcher. Eugene Erixson advances to third on the play. Jim McMurray advances to second on the play. Joe Filipi strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Baltimore Mario Johns strikes out. Haruki Kagitani hits a home run. Yasushi Hosokawa strikes out. John Bailey singles past the shortstop. Jouett Breeden strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Chuck Tapia flies out to the center fielder. Tim Harris strikes out. Steve Rickey grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Baltimore Frank Neale singles in front of the center fielder. Tony Carroll grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Omar Lewis flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Otto Trevino strikes out. Eugene Erixson strikes out. Ryan Ensberg singles to left field. Jim McMurray grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Baltimore Steve Ratliff strikes out. Mario Johns grounds out to the third baseman. Haruki Kagitani walks. Yasushi Hosokawa singles to center field. John Bailey strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Terry Keelan grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Filipi walks. Chuck Tapia flies out to the center fielder. Tim Harris triples. Joe Filipi scores. Dave Lorenzen 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. Steve Rickey grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Baltimore Jouett Breeden lines out to the pitcher. Frank Neale flies out to the right fielder. Tony Carroll grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Otto Trevino strikes out. Eugene Erixson strikes out. Ryan Ensberg grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Baltimore Omar Lewis flies out to the right fielder. Steve Ratliff flies out to the center fielder. Jim Lear is pinch hitting for Dave Lorenzen. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jim Lear grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Dave Hayden pitching. Jim McMurray grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Terry Keelan flies out to the left fielder. Joe Filipi grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Baltimore Haruki Kagitani strikes out. Yasushi Hosokawa flies out to the right fielder. John Bailey triples. Jouett Breeden flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Chuck Tapia reached on a fielding error by Dave Hayden. Tim Harris walks. Steve Rickey grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Tim Harris is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Walter Kingdon is pinch hitting for Otto Trevino. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Walter Kingdon triples. Chuck Tapia scores. Steve Rickey scores. Eugene Erixson flies out to the right fielder. Ryan Ensberg walks. Ryan Ensberg steals second. Jim McMurray singles to right field. Walter Kingdon scores. Ryan Ensberg scores. Ed Ball is pinch hitting for Terry Keelan. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ed Ball flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Baltimore Albert Cottrell pitching. Frank Neale flies out to the right fielder. Paul Cunningham is pinch hitting for Tony Carroll. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Paul Cunningham hits an infield single to the second baseman. Paul Bennett is pinch hitting for Omar Lewis. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Paul Bennett walks. Steve Ratliff singles to center field. Paul Cunningham scores. Mule Berkman is pinch hitting for Dave Hayden. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Mule Berkman doubles to center field. Paul Bennett scores. Steve Ratliff uses his aggressiveness and scores. Pat Wilberding comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Haruki Kagitani grounds out to the third baseman. Yasushi Hosokawa singles to center field. John Bailey pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 7 Baltimore total runners LOB: 8
Game Notes Chuck Tapia is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Storm Stember did not respond to coaching in control Nick Prieto improves in speed Nick Prieto improves in arm Ricardo Gutierrez did not respond to coaching in range David Goodhue did not respond to coaching in 1B
Baltimore Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Chris Hartsel did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Red Schoonmaker improves in arm Mark Amelung did not respond to coaching in speed Charlie Poquette did not respond to coaching in endurance