Win: Al Ford (10-7) Loss: Richie Stallings (6-13)
Save: Steve Strittmatter (31)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Al Ford pitching. Tom Breton strikes out. Geronimo Conroy singles to left field. Bill Hudson reached on a 2-base throwing error by Chick Dunkle. Johnny Hafey strikes out. Vinnie Hammonds strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Toronto Richie Stallings pitching. Aaron Lozado walks. Aaron Lozado steals second. Lee Varney grounds out to the third baseman. Rob Thompson flies out to the center fielder. Rowdy Sewell walks. Kerwin Kline flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Mickey Young grounds out to the shortstop. Dwight Hackett grounds out to the third baseman. Alan Kantlehner grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Toronto James Lane-Thomas lines out to the second baseman. Rupe Ostrowski singles to center field. Chick Dunkle grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Rupe Ostrowski is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Al Ford strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Richie Stallings grounds out to the second baseman. Tom Breton pops out to the shortstop. Geronimo Conroy walks. Bill Hudson grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Geronimo Conroy is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Toronto Aaron Lozado hits a home run. Lee Varney strikes out. Rob Thompson singles to center field. Rowdy Sewell strikes out. Kerwin Kline grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Johnny Hafey flies out to the center fielder. Vinnie Hammonds grounds out to the second baseman. Mickey Young walks. Dwight Hackett flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Toronto James Lane-Thomas grounds out to the shortstop. Rupe Ostrowski singles to right field. Chick Dunkle strikes out. Al Ford grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Rupe Ostrowski is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Alan Kantlehner singles to left field. Richie Stallings fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Richie Stallings flies out to the left fielder. Tom Breton singles to right field. Alan Kantlehner advances to third on the hit. Tom Breton steals second. Geronimo Conroy flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Alan Kantlehner is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Toronto Aaron Lozado grounds out to the shortstop. Lee Varney singles to center field. Rob Thompson grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Bill Hudson grounds out to the second baseman. Johnny Hafey strikes out. Vinnie Hammonds grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Toronto Rowdy Sewell flies out to the right fielder. Kerwin Kline flies out to the left fielder. James Lane-Thomas flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Mickey Young grounds out to the pitcher. Dwight Hackett strikes out. Alan Kantlehner strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Toronto Rupe Ostrowski flies out to the center fielder. Chick Dunkle pops out to the third baseman. Al Ford flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Blix Telgheder is pinch hitting for Richie Stallings. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Blix Telgheder strikes out. Tom Breton walks. Daijiro Terahara 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 1st. Geronimo Conroy grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Toronto Joe Hayworth pitching. Aaron Lozado strikes out. Lee Varney flies out to the right fielder. Rob Thompson grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Steve Strittmatter comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Bill Hudson grounds out to the shortstop. Johnny Hafey flies out to the right fielder. Vinnie Hammonds strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 5 Toronto total runners left on base: 5
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Harry Cousineau did not respond to coaching in range Jerald Shaute did not respond to coaching in endurance Charlie Kennedy did not respond to coaching in speed Takahiro Akamatsu improves in arm Daisuke Nakayama did not respond to coaching in range Enrique Ramirez did not respond to coaching in arm
Toronto Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Pete Chiles did not respond to coaching in endurance Stan Sorrells did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Pete Chiles did not respond to coaching in velocity Stan Sorrells did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Pete Chiles did not respond to coaching in control John Davis improves in power_vs_lefty