Win: Hub Lawrence (9-11) Loss: Jason Higginbotham (10-8)
Inning: 1 Cleveland Jason Higginbotham pitching. Tom Miller singles to center field. Claude Sanicki hits a home run. Tom Miller scores. Hack Rucker strikes out. Pat Scheinblum singles to center field. John Ritter hits a home run. Pat Scheinblum scores. Doug Jones flies out to the left fielder. Joe Schemanske walks. Lance Kerlin walks. Hub Lawrence grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Hub Lawrence pitching. Jackie Sheehan singles to right field. Jack Shannon flies out to the center fielder. Masanori Kobayashi strikes out. Fred Drescher singles to right field. Jackie Sheehan is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cleveland Tom Miller strikes out. Claude Sanicki flies out to the right fielder. Hack Rucker singles past the shortstop. Pat Scheinblum strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Yoshinari Sakaguchi hits a home run. Felipe Birmingham strikes out. Raul Rives grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Chris Castleton singles to right field. Jason Higginbotham singles to center field. Chris Castleton advances to third on the hit. Jackie Sheehan singles to left field. Chris Castleton scores. Jack Shannon singles to left field. Masanori Kobayashi grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Cleveland John Ritter grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Doug Jones singles to center field. Joe Schemanske strikes out. Lance Kerlin lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Fred Drescher grounds out to the second baseman. Yoshinari Sakaguchi grounds out to the second baseman. Felipe Birmingham singles to left field. Felipe Birmingham steals second. Raul Rives singles to right field. Felipe Birmingham scores. Chris Castleton grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Raul Rives is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Hub Lawrence walks. Tom Miller singles to center field. Claude Sanicki strikes out. Hack Rucker pops out to the catcher. Pat Scheinblum grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Tom Miller is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Jason Higginbotham singles to left field. Jackie Sheehan flies out to the right fielder. Jack Shannon flies out to the right fielder. Masanori Kobayashi grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cleveland John Ritter walks. Doug Jones pops out to the second baseman. Joe Schemanske strikes out. Lance Kerlin singles to right field. John Ritter advances to third on the hit. Bob Musgraves comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Hub Lawrence reached on a 2-base throwing error by Chris Castleton. John Ritter scores. Tom Miller grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Fred Drescher grounds out to the shortstop. Yoshinari Sakaguchi flies out to the left fielder. Felipe Birmingham grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Claude Sanicki flies out to the right fielder. Hack Rucker doubles to center field. Pat Scheinblum strikes out. John Ritter grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Raul Rives grounds out to the shortstop. Chris Castleton strikes out. Bob Musgraves grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cleveland Doug Jones strikes out. Joe Schemanske walks. Mike Mason is pinch running for Joe Schemanske on 1st base. Lance Kerlin strikes out. Hub Lawrence grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Mike Mason is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Junior James enters the game as a defensive replacement for Mike Mason at 3B. Jackie Sheehan flies out to the right fielder. Jack Shannon singles to left field. Masanori Kobayashi singles to center field. Jack Shannon advances to third on the hit. Jim Bennett 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. Fred Drescher grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Tom Miller strikes out. Claude Sanicki doubles to left field. Claude Sanicki steals third. Hack Rucker is hit by a pitch. Pat Scheinblum singles to left field. Claude Sanicki scores. Walt Smith comes in from the bullpen to pitch. John Ritter walks. Doug Jones grounds out to the third baseman. Hack Rucker scores. Pat Scheinblum advances to third on the play. John Ritter advances to second on the play. Junior James singles to right field. Pat Scheinblum scores. John Ritter scores. Lance Kerlin flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Weldon Schepner is pinch hitting for Yoshinari Sakaguchi. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Weldon Schepner reached on a fielding error by Junior James. Felipe Birmingham strikes out. Raul Rives singles to right field. Pete Larkin is pinch hitting for Chris Castleton. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Pete Larkin flies out to the center fielder. Herb Kelleher is pinch hitting for Walt Smith. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Herb Kelleher grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Cleveland Max Massey pitching. Steve Cassidy is pinch hitting for Jim Bennett. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Steve Cassidy singles to left field. Tom Miller grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Claude Sanicki hits a home run. Hack Rucker walks. Pat Scheinblum walks. John Ritter grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay G.W. Carver pitching. Jackie Sheehan triples. Jack Shannon flies out to the center fielder. Masanori Kobayashi singles to left field. Jackie Sheehan scores. Fred Drescher reached on a 2-base throwing error by Hack Rucker. Weldon Schepner strikes out. Felipe Birmingham flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Cleveland total runners LOB: 13 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 11
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Charlie Parker improves in power_vs_righty Dick Shipanoff did not respond to coaching in control Fred Rolls did not respond to coaching in velocity Loren Hartung did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Wally DeVogt improves in contact_vs_righty Wally DeVogt improves in range Polly Gillenwater did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Ferdie Branch did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty