Win: Mike Royster (6-1) Loss: Ray Kernek (5-4)
Save: Steve Strittmatter (12)
Inning: 1 Toronto Ray Kernek pitching. Chick Dunkle strikes out. Greg Landrum reached on a fielding error by Dave Lopez. Kerwin Kline grounds out to the shortstop. Greg Landrum advances to second on the play. Lee Varney strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Mike Royster pitching. Tom Breton singles to right field. Geronimo Conroy grounds out to the second baseman. Tom Breton advances to second on the play. Bill Hudson singles to center field. Tom Breton scores. Dave Lopez strikes out. Johnny Hafey strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Toronto Aaron Lozado grounds out to the third baseman. Paxton Lee grounds out to the third baseman. Rupe Ostrowski strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Blix Telgheder singles to center field. John Martin strikes out. Alan Kantlehner doubles to right field. Ray Kernek strikes out. Tom Breton singles to right field. Blix Telgheder scores. Geronimo Conroy grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Toronto Rowdy Sewell hits an infield single to the shortstop. Mike Royster lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Chick Dunkle grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Rowdy Sewell advances to third on the play. Greg Landrum grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Bill Hudson pops out to the third baseman. Dave Lopez grounds out to the shortstop. Johnny Hafey grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Toronto Kerwin Kline hits a home run. Lee Varney grounds out to the pitcher. Aaron Lozado strikes out. Paxton Lee strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Blix Telgheder singles to center field. John Martin singles to right field. Alan Kantlehner walks. Ray Kernek strikes out. Tom Breton strikes out. Geronimo Conroy flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Toronto Rupe Ostrowski strikes out. Rowdy Sewell singles to center field. Mike Royster lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Chick Dunkle strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Bill Hudson walks. Dave Lopez strikes out. Johnny Hafey pops out to the second baseman. Blix Telgheder strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Toronto Greg Landrum strikes out. Kerwin Kline strikes out. Lee Varney singles to center field. Lee Varney steals second. Aaron Lozado singles to left field. Lee Varney scores. Paxton Lee grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Aaron Lozado is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay John Martin pops out to the shortstop. Alan Kantlehner grounds out to the shortstop. Ray Kernek flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Toronto Rupe Ostrowski singles to right field. Rowdy Sewell flies out to the right fielder. Rupe Ostrowski steals second. Mike Royster strikes out. Chick Dunkle singles to right field. Rupe Ostrowski scores. Greg Landrum singles to right field. Chick Dunkle advances to third on the hit. Kerwin Kline doubles to center field. Chick Dunkle scores. Lee Varney flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Tom Breton flies out to the center fielder. Geronimo Conroy strikes out. Bill Hudson hits a home run. Dave Lopez singles to left field. Johnny Hafey doubles to center field. Blix Telgheder grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Toronto Aaron Lozado pops out to the third baseman. Paxton Lee strikes out. Rupe Ostrowski walks. Mike Ruffcorn comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Rupe Ostrowski steals second. Rowdy Sewell walks. Charlie Williams is pinch hitting for Mike Royster. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Charlie Williams lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Daijiro Terahara pitching. Mickey Young is pinch hitting for John Martin. Mickey Young singles to right field. Alan Kantlehner grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Don Moren is pinch hitting for Mike Ruffcorn. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Don Moren strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Toronto Mark Bradley pitching. Dwight Hackett enters the game as a defensive replacement for Mickey Young at 1B. Chick Dunkle flies out to the left fielder. Aubrey Senerchia is pinch hitting for Greg Landrum. Aubrey Senerchia pops out to the third baseman. Kerwin Kline grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay James Lane-Thomas enters the game as a defensive replacement for Aubrey Senerchia at LF. Steve Strittmatter comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Tom Breton strikes out. Geronimo Conroy singles to right field. Geronimo Conroy is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Bill Hudson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Toronto total runners LOB: 8 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 9
Batting:2B - Johnny Hafey (8), Alan Kantlehner (6).HR - Bill Hudson (9).GIDP - Alan Kantlehner. Baserunning: CS - Geronimo Conroy (2). Fielding: E - Dave Lopez.
Toronto Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Yoshiharu Oshima did not respond to coaching in endurance Ty Applegate did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Bill Hughes did not respond to coaching in control Mike Covington improves in contact_vs_lefty Frank Schmidt did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Bill Hughes did not respond to coaching in control
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Darren Martinez did not respond to coaching in control Takeshi Aramaki did not respond to coaching in velocity Darren Martinez did not respond to coaching in velocity Hiroshi Kubota did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Hiroshi Kubota did not respond to coaching in range Steve Goslin improves in contact_vs_righty