Win: Bone Boone (7-15) Loss: Bill Snyder (11-7)
Save: Ed Fowler (2)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Bill Snyder pitching. Buck Thomas flies out to the left fielder. Frank Cartwright strikes out. John Robinson grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Bone Boone pitching. Tim Keltner grounds out to the pitcher. Pat Mason pops out to the first baseman. Michio Noda grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Matt Guerra grounds out to the second baseman. Earl Casey grounds out to the shortstop. Masao Hara flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Jimmy Allen hits a home run. Freddy Powell singles to center field. Frank Stone grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Iori Yamasaki lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Bob Lines grounds out to the third baseman. Curt Melton grounds out to the shortstop. Bone Boone grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Al Dunlop strikes out. Bill Snyder grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tim Keltner strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Buck Thomas grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Cartwright singles to center field. John Robinson flies out to the center fielder. Frank Cartwright is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Pat Mason flies out to the left fielder. Michio Noda singles to right field. Jimmy Allen flies out to the right fielder. Freddy Powell grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Matt Guerra singles to center field. Earl Casey strikes out. Matt Guerra steals second. Masao Hara grounds out to the second baseman. Matt Guerra advances to third on the play. Bob Lines singles to right field. Matt Guerra scores. Curt Melton singles to center field. Bob Lines advances to third on the hit. Bone Boone grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Detroit Frank Stone strikes out. Iori Yamasaki flies out to the right fielder. Al Dunlop walks. Bill Snyder strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Buck Thomas singles to right field. Frank Cartwright strikes out. John Robinson strikes out. Matt Guerra strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Tim Keltner flies out to the center fielder. Pat Mason strikes out. Michio Noda walks. Jimmy Allen grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Earl Casey singles to right field. Masao Hara singles to center field. Earl Casey advances to third on the hit. Bob Lines singles to left field. Earl Casey scores. Masao Hara advances to third on the hit. Curt Melton grounds out to the third baseman. Masao Hara scores. Bob Lines advances to second on the play. Bone Boone grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Bob Lines advances to third on the play. Buck Thomas walks. Frank Cartwright reached on a 2-base fielding error by Iori Yamasaki. Bob Lines scores. John Robinson pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Detroit Freddy Powell flies out to the right fielder. Frank Stone flies out to the right fielder. Iori Yamasaki grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Kazuyuki Ohgai comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Matt Guerra pops out to the second baseman. Earl Casey grounds out to the pitcher. Tony Cousineau is pinch hitting for Masao Hara. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Tony Cousineau strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Les Collard enters the game as a defensive replacement for Frank Cartwright at 2B. Al Dunlop grounds out to the pitcher. Tomoya Dodo is pinch hitting for Kazuyuki Ohgai. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Tomoya Dodo doubles past the third baseman. Ed Fowler 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. Tsugio Nagatoshi is pinch hitting for Tim Keltner. Tsugio Nagatoshi grounds out to the second baseman. Tomoya Dodo advances to third on the play. Pat Mason grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Danny Tompkins pitching. Jimmy Bradley enters the game as a defensive replacement for Tsugio Nagatoshi at SS. Bob Lines hits a home run. Steve Ranew comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Curt Melton grounds out to the third baseman. Ed Fowler strikes out. Buck Thomas singles to left field. Les Collard strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Michio Noda singles to right field. Mike Cedeno is pinch hitting for Jimmy Allen. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Mike Cedeno strikes out. Augie Ortiz is pinch hitting for Freddy Powell. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Augie Ortiz grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 6 Detroit total runners LOB: 4
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Charlie Herges improves in velocity Chuck Dougherty improves in range Tomokazu Doby did not respond to coaching in velocity Tomokazu Doby did not respond to coaching in control George Jones did not respond to coaching in velocity Tim Carter did not respond to coaching in velocity Mike Churry did not respond to coaching in 1B
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Hank Allison did not respond to coaching in control Frank Diaz did not respond to coaching in speed Ricky Bowen did not respond to coaching in range Frank Diaz did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty George James improves in power_vs_lefty Johnny Sinclair did not respond to coaching in velocity Al Horsman did not respond to coaching in CF