Win: Larry Shearer (2-7) Loss: George Jones (10-2)
Inning: 1 Detroit George Jones pitching. Ed Bailey strikes out. Babe Manning grounds out to the shortstop. Marv Young strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Larry Shearer pitching. Tim Moss grounds out to the third baseman. Buck Thomas strikes out. John Robinson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Morimichi Yano doubles to left field. Brian Lloyd grounds out to the second baseman. Morimichi Yano advances to third on the play. Ricky Bowen grounds out to the shortstop. Morimichi Yano scores. Tim Davis grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Masao Hara doubles past the left fielder. Frank Cartwright strikes out. Curt Melton strikes out. Chuck Dougherty flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Dainier Naranjo walks. Larry Shearer fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Larry Shearer grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Ed Bailey flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Frank Horsman singles to center field. George Jones lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Tim Moss walks. Buck Thomas grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Frank Horsman advances to third on the play. Tim Moss advances to second on the play. John Robinson strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Detroit Babe Manning grounds out to the third baseman. Marv Young grounds out to the pitcher. Morimichi Yano grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Masao Hara flies out to the left fielder. Frank Cartwright grounds out to the second baseman. Curt Melton strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Brian Lloyd strikes out. Ricky Bowen grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Tim Davis pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Chuck Dougherty pops out to the third baseman. Frank Horsman hits a home run. George Jones strikes out. Tim Moss flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Dainier Naranjo walks. Larry Shearer fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Larry Shearer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dainier Naranjo advances to second on the play. Ed Bailey singles to center field. Dainier Naranjo scores. Ed Bailey steals second. Babe Manning hits a home run. Ed Bailey scores. Marv Young walks. Morimichi Yano singles to left field. Marv Young advances to third on the hit. Brian Lloyd singles to right field. Marv Young scores. Charlie Herges comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ricky Bowen walks. Tim Davis flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Morimichi Yano scores. Dainier Naranjo grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Buck Thomas strikes out. John Robinson pops out to the second baseman. Masao Hara strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Larry Shearer flies out to the center fielder. Ed Bailey walks. Babe Manning flies out to the center fielder. Marv Young grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ed Bailey is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Al K Sullivan is pinch hitting for Frank Cartwright. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Al K Sullivan grounds out to the pitcher. Curt Melton singles to center field. Chuck Dougherty singles to right field. Curt Melton advances to third on the hit. Chick Wagner is pinch hitting for Frank Horsman. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Chick Wagner pops out to the third baseman. Bob Lines is pinch hitting for Charlie Herges. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bob Lines grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Detroit Glenn Balboni pitching. Morimichi Yano strikes out. Brian Lloyd strikes out. Kid Shellenback is pinch hitting for Ricky Bowen. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Kid Shellenback singles to center field. Chief Escobar is pinch hitting for Tim Davis. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Chief Escobar singles to right field. Kid Shellenback is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Tim Moss grounds out to the third baseman. Buck Thomas walks. John Robinson flies out to the left fielder. Masao Hara singles to right field. Buck Thomas advances to third on the hit. John Smith 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. Al K Sullivan grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Detroit Tom Shirley is pinch hitting for Dainier Naranjo. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Tom Shirley strikes out. Takumi Nishioka is pinch hitting for John Smith. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Takumi Nishioka strikes out. Ed Bailey strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Oscar Hale pitching. Curt Melton flies out to the right fielder. Chuck Dougherty grounds out to the third baseman. Chick Wagner pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Detroit total runners LOB: 4 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 7
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Steve Pyburn did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Larry Barrows did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Chick Karros did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Lou Brown did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Toshimi Sugi did not respond to coaching in speed Goldie Schultz did not respond to coaching in arm Toshimi Sugi improves in CF
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Sam Hopp did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Nick Denny improves in arm Larry Balenti did not respond to coaching in velocity Craig Naranjo did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Buck Minnick did not respond to coaching in control Willie Fisk improves in arm Pop Stelmaszek did not respond to coaching in 2B