Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Silver Rodriguez pitching. Eugene Erixson grounds out to the pitcher. Arnold Bond grounds out to the second baseman. Jim McMurray grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Boston Floyd Metzen pitching. Rick Busby flies out to the center fielder. Bob Lavan flies out to the right fielder. Ole Battin flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Nick Prieto strikes out. Tim Harris singles to left field. Kip Dobler pops out to the first baseman. Chuck Tapia walks. Dan Sweeney flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Boston Charlie Hocking triples. Tim Brennan pops out to the third baseman. Ed Taff pops out to the second baseman. Harry Davenport singles to center field. Charlie Hocking scores. Steve Hibbs flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Floyd Metzen pops out to the shortstop. Eugene Erixson bunts for a base hit. Arnold Bond strikes out. Jim McMurray grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Eugene Erixson is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Silver Rodriguez strikes out. Rick Busby strikes out. Bob Lavan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Nick Prieto strikes out. Tim Harris pops out to the shortstop. Kip Dobler pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Ole Battin flies out to the left fielder. Charlie Hocking singles to center field. Charlie Hocking steals second. Tim Brennan singles to right field. Charlie Hocking is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Ed Taff singles to right field. Harry Davenport walks. Steve Hibbs flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Chuck Tapia grounds out to the second baseman. Dan Sweeney flies out to the right fielder. Floyd Metzen grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston Silver Rodriguez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rick Busby strikes out. Bob Lavan hits a home run. Ole Battin walks. Charlie Hocking flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Eugene Erixson singles past the shortstop. Arnold Bond grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Eugene Erixson is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Jim McMurray grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Tim Brennan flies out to the left fielder. Ed Taff strikes out. Harry Davenport singles to center field. Steve Hibbs strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Nick Prieto walks. Tim Harris flies out to the center fielder. Kip Dobler grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Silver Rodriguez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rick Busby flies out to the right fielder. Bob Lavan grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Chuck Tapia grounds out to the second baseman. Dan Sweeney grounds out to the shortstop. Rich McAnany is pinch hitting for Floyd Metzen. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Rich McAnany strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston Takuya Doi pitching. Ole Battin singles to right field. Charlie Hocking singles to left field. Ole Battin advances to third on the hit. Tim Brennan flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Ed Taff flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Ole Battin is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Mike Kracher comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Eugene Erixson walks. Arnold Bond pops out to the shortstop. Jim McMurray pops out to the third baseman. Nick Prieto strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 4 Boston total runners left on base: 7
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Rick Merola improves in arm Jackie McWilliams did not respond to coaching in arm Danny Brooks improves in arm Harold Rose did not respond to coaching in control John Hernandez did not respond to coaching in CF
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Paul Chipple did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Ed Gumbert improves in power_vs_righty Carl Bailey did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Gene Breeden improves in range