Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Norlis Morejon pitching. Buck Jones grounds out to the shortstop. Hiromasa Fujio grounds out to the shortstop. Rick Blanco grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Bill Grover pitching. Seven Costanza strikes out. Jamie Pitlock strikes out. Wally Sanicki flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Ken Reinbach grounds out to the third baseman. Bob Gagne singles to center field. Purnal Andrews grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Kelly Leak hits a home run. Jim Barnes grounds out to the shortstop. Dave Bailey hits a home run. Masao Fukuzawa reached on a fielding error by Bill Grover. Sam Micheltorena pops out to the first baseman. Norlis Morejon strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Clem Manning flies out to the left fielder. Jesse Baez doubles to right field. Bill Grover strikes out. Buck Jones singles to left field. Jesse Baez scores. Hiromasa Fujio strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Seven Costanza singles to left field. Jamie Pitlock grounds out to the third baseman. Seven Costanza advances to second on the play. Wally Sanicki singles to right field. Seven Costanza scores. Kelly Leak singles to right field. Wally Sanicki aggressively advances to third on the hit. Jim Barnes flies out to the right fielder. Dave Bailey grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Rick Blanco singles past the first baseman. Ken Reinbach flies out to the right fielder. Bob Gagne grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Masao Fukuzawa singles to left field. Sam Micheltorena singles in front of the center fielder. Masao Fukuzawa steals third. Sam Micheltorena steals second. Norlis Morejon flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Masao Fukuzawa scores. Seven Costanza grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Sam Micheltorena advances to third on the play. Jamie Pitlock walks. Wally Sanicki strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Purnal Andrews pops out to the catcher. Clem Manning grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jesse Baez flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Kelly Leak pops out to the first baseman. Jim Barnes grounds out to the second baseman. Dave Bailey flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Bill Grover pops out to the second baseman. Buck Jones flies out to the left fielder. Hiromasa Fujio singles to center field. Rick Blanco flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Masao Fukuzawa strikes out. Sam Micheltorena flies out to the center fielder. Tommy Romano is pinch hitting for Norlis Morejon. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Tommy Romano grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Larry Works pitching. Ken Reinbach doubles to right field. Bob Gagne flies out to the left fielder. Purnal Andrews strikes out. Clem Manning grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Seven Costanza strikes out. Jamie Pitlock singles to center field. Jamie Pitlock steals second. Purnal Andrews throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Wally Sanicki grounds out to the pitcher. Kelly Leak grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Jesse Baez singles to right field. Marv Almanza is pinch hitting for Bill Grover. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Marv Almanza grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Buck Jones grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Mac Rain pitching. Jim Barnes triples. Dave Bailey strikes out. Masao Fukuzawa flies out to the center fielder. Sam Micheltorena grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Sandy Tappan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Hiromasa Fujio triples. Rick Blanco hits a home run. Hiromasa Fujio scores. Ed Zimmer comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ken Reinbach flies out to the center fielder. Whitey Poole comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Bob Gagne singles to left field. Ernie Reilly comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Purnal Andrews walks. Clem Manning walks. Jesse Baez flies out to the center fielder. Phil Martinez is pinch hitting for Mac Rain. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Phil Martinez strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 6 Detroit total runners left on base: 7
Batting:2B - Ken Reinbach (15), Jesse Baez (24).3B - Hiromasa Fujio (5).HR - Rick Blanco (17).GIDP - Bob Gagne, Purnal Andrews, Marv Almanza. Fielding: E - Purnal Andrews, Bill Grover.
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Dave Ritchie did not respond to coaching in velocity Jeff Jorgens improves in arm Brent Rogers did not respond to coaching in control George Meloan improves in arm Gregg Roseman did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Ray Freeman did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Skel Forsch did not respond to coaching in LF
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Richie Nitz did not respond to coaching in arm Andy Griffin did not respond to coaching in velocity Archie Short did not respond to coaching in control Doc Kelley did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Lorenz Freuchen did not respond to coaching in control Nate Rhoden did not respond to coaching in range