Win: Chuck Stanka (17-6) Loss: Mike Kelly (0-1)
Save: Jim Casale (5)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Chick Schoonmaker pitching. Skyler Brown flies out to the left fielder. Mike Lollar flies out to the center fielder. Rocko Patterson pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cleveland Keron Scott pitching. Chad Latham singles to right field. Chad Latham steals second. Jaxon Taylor flies out to the left fielder. Harlond Wright strikes out. Yuhei Yagi strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Deacon Dedmon strikes out. Dainier Castro strikes out. Vance Tarrant walks. Jason Kida strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cleveland Ray Sanford flies out to the center fielder. Mike Harville hits a home run. Bobby Powell grounds out to the third baseman. George Burkart walks. Chick Schoonmaker strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Bob Hampton lines out to the second baseman. Keron Scott grounds out to the third baseman. Skyler Brown grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Chad Latham singles to center field. Jaxon Taylor grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Chad Latham is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Harlond Wright singles to left field. Yuhei Yagi walks. Ray Sanford reached on a fielding error by Jason Kida. Jaxon Taylor scores. Mike Harville strikes out. Bobby Powell doubles to left field. Harlond Wright scores. Yuhei Yagi scores. George Burkart walks. Bill Keller comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Chick Schoonmaker pops out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Mike Lollar grounds out to the second baseman. Rocko Patterson strikes out. Deacon Dedmon singles to left field. Dainier Castro singles to left field. Deacon Dedmon advances to third on the hit. Vance Tarrant flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Cleveland Chad Latham walks. Jaxon Taylor flies out to the center fielder. Harlond Wright walks. Yuhei Yagi flies out to the left fielder. Ray Sanford singles past the shortstop. Mike Harville flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Jason Kida walks. Bob Hampton singles to left field. Jason Kida advances to third on the hit. Bill Keller lines out to the third baseman. Skyler Brown flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Jason Kida scores. Mike Lollar reached on a 2-base fielding error by Harlond Wright. Al Turner 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. Rocko Patterson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cleveland Bobby Powell flies out to the center fielder. George Burkart pops out to the shortstop. Al Turner strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Deacon Dedmon singles to center field. Dainier Castro singles to center field. Vance Tarrant walks. Jason Kida walks. Deacon Dedmon scores. Bob Hampton strikes out. Bill Keller walks. Dainier Castro scores. Mike Kelly comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Skyler Brown lines out to the first baseman. Mike Lollar grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Cleveland Chad Latham hits an infield single to the third baseman. Chuck Stanka comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jaxon Taylor walks. Harlond Wright singles to center field. Chad Latham is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Jaxon Taylor advances to third on the play. Yuhei Yagi lines out to the second baseman. Ray Sanford lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Rocko Patterson singles to right field. Deacon Dedmon walks. Dainier Castro doubles to left field. Rocko Patterson scores. Deacon Dedmon uses his aggressiveness and scores. Frank Ferry comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Lou Goryl is pinch hitting for Vance Tarrant. Lou Goryl singles to left field. Dainier Castro scores. Lou Goryl steals second. Jason Kida walks. Bob Hampton strikes out. Chuck Stanka lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Skyler Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Cleveland Fentok Grevell enters the game as a defensive replacement for Lou Goryl at 1B. Fritz Balboni enters the game as a defensive replacement for Jason Kida at SS. Mike Harville strikes out. Bobby Powell flies out to the left fielder. George Burkart flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Mike Lollar singles to right field. Rocko Patterson grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Deacon Dedmon walks. Deacon Dedmon is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cleveland Josh Washington is pinch hitting for Frank Ferry. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Josh Washington pops out to the shortstop. Chad Latham singles to left field. Jaxon Taylor grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Ralph Crisp pitching. Dainier Castro doubles to center field. Fentok Grevell strikes out. Dainier Castro steals third. Fritz Balboni grounds out to the shortstop. Dainier Castro scores. Bob Hampton doubles to left field. Jake Maltzberger is pinch hitting for Chuck Stanka. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Jake Maltzberger grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cleveland Jim Casale pitching. Harlond Wright flies out to the left fielder. Yuhei Yagi flies out to the right fielder. Ray Sanford strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 11 Cleveland total runners LOB: 10
Game Notes Bill Keller is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Briggs Stratton did not respond to coaching in velocity Jack Ruppenthal did not respond to coaching in velocity Deon Waybright improves in range Matt Larson improves in range Stacker Roswell did not respond to coaching in CF
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Bob Ross did not respond to coaching in arm Ken McNertney did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Banmei Honma did not respond to coaching in speed Shovel Linton did not respond to coaching in control