Win: Travis Fick (14-2) Loss: Ben Conyers (9-13)
Save: Jim Newton (22)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Travis Fick pitching. Yukio Fukutomi grounds out to the shortstop. Rusty Rawlings flies out to the left fielder. Bob Fernandez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 New York Ben Conyers pitching. Johnny Gear reached on a fielding error by Ben Conyers. Moe Smith grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Johnny Gear advances to second on the play. Jesse Baumholtz strikes out. Paddy Warhop flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Larry Ahearne flies out to the right fielder. Rube Heusser grounds out to the third baseman. Mike Morgan grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 New York Mark Hartgraves grounds out to the pitcher. Matt Houck pops out to the second baseman. Tom Rodriguez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Bernie Currie grounds out to the shortstop. Chris Paula flies out to the left fielder. Ben Conyers singles to right field. Yukio Fukutomi singles to left field. Rusty Rawlings grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Yukio Fukutomi is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 New York Carl Gillis flies out to the center fielder. Travis Fick grounds out to the third baseman. Johnny Gear singles to center field. Moe Smith singles to right field. Johnny Gear advances to third on the hit. Jesse Baumholtz doubles past the third baseman. Johnny Gear scores. Moe Smith uses his aggressiveness and scores. Paddy Warhop grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Bob Fernandez flies out to the left fielder. Larry Ahearne strikes out. Rube Heusser singles to right field. Mike Morgan singles to right field. Rube Heusser advances to third on the hit. Bernie Currie grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 New York Mark Hartgraves grounds out to the shortstop. Matt Houck flies out to the center fielder. Tom Rodriguez grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Chris Paula flies out to the center fielder. Ben Conyers flies out to the left fielder. Yukio Fukutomi reached on a 2-base fielding error by Paddy Warhop. Rusty Rawlings strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 New York Carl Gillis walks. Travis Fick fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Travis Fick flies out to the right fielder. Johnny Gear grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Carl Gillis is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Moe Smith grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Johnny Gear is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Bob Fernandez doubles to center field. Larry Ahearne flies out to the center fielder. Rube Heusser grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Fernandez advances to third on the play. Mike Morgan flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 New York Jesse Baumholtz grounds out to the pitcher. Paddy Warhop grounds out to the third baseman. Mark Hartgraves strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Bernie Currie flies out to the right fielder. Chris Paula singles past the shortstop. Tom Champion is pinch hitting for Ben Conyers. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Tom Champion grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 New York Doc Anderson pitching. Matt Houck strikes out. Tom Rodriguez pops out to the first baseman. Carl Gillis singles past the third baseman. Travis Fick grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Yukio Fukutomi singles to left field. Rusty Rawlings flies out to the center fielder. Bob Fernandez doubles past the third baseman. Yukio Fukutomi scores. Steve Newkirk 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. Larry Ahearne strikes out. Rube Heusser flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 New York Johnny Gear flies out to the right fielder. Moe Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Jesse Baumholtz grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Jim Newton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Lon Valdes is pinch hitting for Mike Morgan. Lon Valdes pops out to the third baseman. Bernie Currie pops out to the third baseman. Chris Paula singles to center field. Joe Grissom is pinch hitting for Doc Anderson. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Joe Grissom singles to left field. Chris Paula aggressively advances to third on the hit. Yukio Fukutomi pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 9 New York total runners left on base: 4
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Maurice Ford did not respond to coaching in control Marty Perry did not respond to coaching in control Norm Mitchell did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Larry Pruiett improves in speed Dan Greene improves in CF
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Orlando Husta improves in contact_vs_righty Pete Boone improves in range Bob Drabowsky did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Keith Tener improves in control