Win: Joseph Platt Cooke (1-0) Loss: March Pierson (0-1)
Save: Takanori Mifune (3)
Inning: 1 Cleveland March Pierson pitching. Larry Moon flies out to the center fielder. Johnny Monaco doubles to right field. Phil Buchanan hits a home run. Johnny Monaco scores. Jack Davis triples. Marv Fleming grounds out to the third baseman. Jack Davis scores. Ty Schueler singles to center field. John Hancock grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ty Schueler is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Joseph Platt Cooke pitching. Yukio Fukutomi flies out to the center fielder. Rusty Rawlings grounds out to the shortstop. Ken Minnick singles in front of the left fielder. Bob Fernandez doubles to left field. Larry Ahearne strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Cleveland Mickey Cocizza strikes out. Joseph Platt Cooke flies out to the right fielder. Larry Moon strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Rube Heusser grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Morgan walks. Bernie Currie grounds out to the third baseman. Mike Morgan advances to second on the play. March Pierson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Johnny Monaco pops out to the first baseman. Phil Buchanan grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Jack Davis grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Yukio Fukutomi strikes out. Rusty Rawlings singles to center field. Ken Minnick pops out to the shortstop. Bob Fernandez grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Marv Fleming singles to center field. Ty Schueler walks. John Hancock grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Marv Fleming advances to third on the play. Ty Schueler advances to second on the play. Mickey Cocizza strikes out. Joseph Platt Cooke strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Larry Ahearne singles to center field. Rube Heusser flies out to the center fielder. Mike Morgan walks. Bernie Currie strikes out. March Pierson lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cleveland Larry Moon grounds out to the pitcher. Johnny Monaco strikes out. Phil Buchanan walks. Phil Buchanan steals second. Jack Davis singles to center field. Phil Buchanan scores. Marv Fleming flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Yukio Fukutomi grounds out to the pitcher. Rusty Rawlings strikes out. Ken Minnick flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Ty Schueler flies out to the right fielder. John Hancock grounds out to the second baseman. Mickey Cocizza strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Bob Fernandez flies out to the center fielder. Larry Ahearne grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Rube Heusser grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cleveland Joseph Platt Cooke grounds out to the third baseman. Larry Moon grounds out to the shortstop. Johnny Monaco lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Mike Morgan flies out to the left fielder. Bernie Currie doubles to left field. March Pierson singles to right field. Bernie Currie scores. Yukio Fukutomi strikes out. Rusty Rawlings hits an infield single to the pitcher. Ken Minnick strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Cleveland Phil Buchanan singles to left field. Jack Davis flies out to the right fielder. Marv Fleming bunts for a base hit. Ty Schueler grounds out to the shortstop. Phil Buchanan advances to third on the play. Marv Fleming advances to second on the play. John Hancock grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Bob Fernandez flies out to the left fielder. Larry Ahearne flies out to the center fielder. Rube Heusser singles to right field. Mike Morgan singles to right field. Bernie Currie flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Cleveland Biff Linden comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Mickey Cocizza strikes out. Eddie Watkins is pinch hitting for Joseph Platt Cooke. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Eddie Watkins strikes out. Larry Moon flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Takanori Mifune pitching. Tom Champion is pinch hitting for Biff Linden. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Tom Champion strikes out. Yukio Fukutomi triples. Rusty Rawlings strikes out. Ken Minnick flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Cleveland total runners LOB: 6 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 11
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Dick Yochim improves in power_vs_lefty Jay Wright improves in power_vs_lefty Riggs Upshaw did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Bill Dauer improves in power_vs_lefty
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Dan Greene did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Logan Fannin did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Logan Fannin improves in contact_vs_righty Marty Perry did not respond to coaching in endurance Ramon Redmon did not respond to coaching in SS