Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Hub Lawrence pitching. Jackie Sheehan grounds out to the shortstop. Felipe Birmingham grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Chris Castleton pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Norm Johnson pitching. Tom Miller flies out to the center fielder. Claude Sanicki walks. Claude Sanicki steals second. Hack Rucker grounds out to the second baseman. Claude Sanicki advances to third on the play. Pat Scheinblum singles to center field. Claude Sanicki scores. Pat Scheinblum is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Masanori Kobayashi flies out to the right fielder. Fred Drescher singles to left field. Johnny Cedeno flies out to the left fielder. Raul Rives grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Fred Drescher is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit John Ritter singles to left field. Doug Jones grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Joe Schemanske strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Charlie Johnson grounds out to the pitcher. Norm Johnson walks. Jackie Sheehan singles to right field. Norm Johnson aggressively advances to third on the hit. Felipe Birmingham singles past the shortstop. Norm Johnson scores. Chris Castleton strikes out. Masanori Kobayashi strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Detroit Lance Kerlin grounds out to the pitcher. Hub Lawrence reached on a 2-base throwing error by Charlie Johnson. Tom Miller pops out to the first baseman. Claude Sanicki grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Fred Drescher grounds out to the shortstop. Johnny Cedeno grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Raul Rives grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Hack Rucker flies out to the left fielder. Pat Scheinblum strikes out. John Ritter grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Charlie Johnson grounds out to the shortstop. Norm Johnson strikes out. Jackie Sheehan walks. Jackie Sheehan is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Doug Jones grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Schemanske strikes out. Lance Kerlin pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Felipe Birmingham grounds out to the pitcher. Chris Castleton grounds out to the second baseman. Masanori Kobayashi singles to left field. Fred Drescher flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Hub Lawrence pops out to the shortstop. Tom Miller strikes out. Claude Sanicki grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Johnny Cedeno reached on a fielding error by Claude Sanicki. Raul Rives singles to right field. Bob Koskie 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. Charlie Johnson flies out to the right fielder. Norm Johnson lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jackie Sheehan doubles to center field. Johnny Cedeno scores. Raul Rives scores. Felipe Birmingham doubles to left field. Jackie Sheehan scores. Chris Castleton doubles to center field. Felipe Birmingham scores. Masanori Kobayashi walks. Fred Drescher singles to center field. Chris Castleton scores. Masanori Kobayashi advances to third on the hit. Johnny Cedeno grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Detroit Hack Rucker strikes out. Pat Scheinblum grounds out to the pitcher. John Ritter doubles to right field. Doug Jones strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Raul Rives strikes out. Charlie Johnson grounds out to the shortstop. Norm Johnson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Junior James is pinch hitting for Joe Schemanske. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Junior James walks. Lance Kerlin grounds into a force play to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Junior James is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Boardwalk Casey is pinch hitting for Bob Koskie. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Boardwalk Casey strikes out. Tom Miller pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay G.W. Carver pitching. Charlie Doyle is pinch hitting for Jackie Sheehan. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Charlie Doyle grounds out to the second baseman. Felipe Birmingham pops out to the third baseman. Chris Castleton flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Claude Sanicki singles to center field. Hack Rucker grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Claude Sanicki is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Pat Scheinblum hits a home run. Hack Rucker scores. George Givens comes in from the bullpen to pitch. John Ritter strikes out. Doug Jones strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 6 Detroit total runners LOB: 3
Batting:2B - John Ritter (9).HR - Pat Scheinblum (10).GIDP - Doug Jones. Baserunning: SB - Claude Sanicki (8).CS - Pat Scheinblum (2). Fielding: E - Claude Sanicki.
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Bill Perkins improves in control Carlos Jarvis improves in contact_vs_righty Bill Nevel did not respond to coaching in velocity Dusty Horan did not respond to coaching in velocity
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Jack Cermak did not respond to coaching in speed Les Lemon did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Jack Cermak did not respond to coaching in arm Jesse Rosenthal improves in speed