Win: Vic Bancroft (16-7) Loss: Bobby Phillips (8-15)
Save: Joe Murphy (13)
Inning: 1 Detroit Bobby Phillips pitching. Luis Leiter lines out to the shortstop. Howie Koppe grounds out to the shortstop. Johnny Giallombardo flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Vic Bancroft pitching. Charlie Garcia walks. Frank Davis strikes out. Charlie Garcia steals second. Duke Silva grounds out to the second baseman. Charlie Garcia advances to third on the play. Shuzo Sasaki flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Guy Haley strikes out. Buck Devine pops out to the second baseman. Emmett Peden reached on a 2-base fielding error by Shuzo Sasaki. Al Smith singles to center field. Bud Watson walks. Vic Bancroft strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Jack Lowry grounds out to the pitcher. Howard Norman strikes out. Koki Mizusawa flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Luis Leiter strikes out. Howie Koppe walks. Johnny Giallombardo singles to right field. Howie Koppe is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Guy Haley walks. Buck Devine singles to left field. Johnny Giallombardo scores. Guy Haley advances to third on the hit. Emmett Peden walks. Al Smith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Danny Kroh singles to right field. Danny Kroh is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Bobby Phillips flies out to the right fielder. Charlie Garcia grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Bud Watson flies out to the right fielder. Vic Bancroft grounds out to the second baseman. Luis Leiter grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Frank Davis flies out to the center fielder. Duke Silva singles to center field. Shuzo Sasaki grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Howie Koppe strikes out. Johnny Giallombardo flies out to the left fielder. Guy Haley strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Jack Lowry grounds out to the shortstop. Howard Norman grounds out to the second baseman. Koki Mizusawa grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Buck Devine singles to center field. Emmett Peden flies out to the center fielder. Al Smith singles to center field. Buck Devine advances to third on the hit. Bud Watson singles to center field. Buck Devine scores. Vic Bancroft lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Luis Leiter grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Danny Kroh flies out to the left fielder. Kuniaki Nakamura is pinch hitting for Bobby Phillips. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Kuniaki Nakamura strikes out. Charlie Garcia grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Jorge Lalana pitching. Howie Koppe doubles to center field. Johnny Giallombardo singles to left field. Howie Koppe scores. Johnny Giallombardo is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Guy Haley reached on a fielding error by Charlie Garcia. Buck Devine pops out to the first baseman. Emmett Peden grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Guy Haley is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Frank Davis doubles to center field. Duke Silva flies out to the center fielder. Shuzo Sasaki pops out to the second baseman. Jack Lowry grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Al Smith grounds out to the pitcher. Jay Adams is pinch hitting for Bud Watson. Jay Adams singles in front of the left fielder. Vic Bancroft lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Luis Leiter doubles to center field. Jay Adams scores. Howie Koppe walks. Johnny Giallombardo walks. Guy Haley flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Cliff Barr enters the game as a defensive replacement for Jay Adams at C. Rich Weaver enters the game as a defensive replacement for Howie Koppe at RF. Howard Norman flies out to the center fielder. Koki Mizusawa strikes out. Danny Kroh grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Buck Devine strikes out. Emmett Peden walks. Al Smith flies out to the center fielder. Bob Stump is pinch hitting for Cliff Barr. Bob Stump flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Ted Simpson is pinch hitting for Jorge Lalana. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ted Simpson singles to center field. Charlie Garcia singles to right field. Joe Murphy 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. Frank Davis flies out to the left fielder. Duke Silva strikes out. Shuzo Sasaki grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Detroit total runners LOB: 13 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 4
Batting:2B - Frank Davis (4).GIDP - Shuzo Sasaki. Baserunning: SB - Charlie Garcia (34).CS - Danny Kroh (8). Fielding: E - Charlie Garcia, Shuzo Sasaki.
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Gerry Shea improves in power_vs_lefty Charlie Remlinger improves in power_vs_lefty George Pedre did not respond to coaching in speed Bill Burrell improves in arm Elmer Bader improves in power_vs_righty Luke Schult improves in arm
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Eduardo Garcia did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty George Knoll did not respond to coaching in control Jon Lake did not respond to coaching in endurance Alan Ripley improves in arm Vic Staley improves in arm Jeff Thomas did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Jeff Daly improves in RF