Win: Frank Rusch (13-10) Loss: Roberto Berroa (15-10)
Inning: 1 Florida Roberto Berroa pitching. Tom Smith flies out to the left fielder. Slick Wilkins walks. Irv Sanberg strikes out. Slick Wilkins steals second. Tommy Bongiovanni hits a home run. Slick Wilkins scores. Jim Huskey singles to center field. Geoff Kerr grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Jim Huskey is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 New York Frank Rusch pitching. Dixie Hook grounds out to the shortstop. Max Castillo walks. Jim Martin hits a home run. Max Castillo scores. Red Crider flies out to the right fielder. Dennis Kessler flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Florida Jack Tate grounds out to the second baseman. Ike Johnson grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Rusch flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 New York Ray Zepp grounds out to the pitcher. Danny Dyer pops out to the catcher. Bill Ganzel grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Florida Tom Smith singles to right field. Slick Wilkins grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Tom Smith is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Irv Sanberg singles to center field. Tommy Bongiovanni singles to left field. Slick Wilkins scores. Irv Sanberg advances to third on the hit. Jim Huskey strikes out. Geoff Kerr flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 New York Roberto Berroa singles to right field. Dixie Hook grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Roberto Berroa is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Max Castillo flies out to the center fielder. Jim Martin flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Florida Jack Tate singles to left field. Ike Johnson singles to center field. Frank Rusch lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Tom Smith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Slick Wilkins singles to right field. Jack Tate scores. Ike Johnson is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 New York Red Crider flies out to the left fielder. Dennis Kessler singles to right field. Ray Zepp singles to center field. Dennis Kessler steals third. Danny Dyer pops out to the first baseman. Bill Ganzel flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Florida Irv Sanberg grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tommy Bongiovanni strikes out. Jim Huskey grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 New York Roberto Berroa flies out to the left fielder. Dixie Hook walks. Max Castillo grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Dixie Hook is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jim Martin strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Florida Geoff Kerr doubles to left field. Jack Tate singles to center field. Geoff Kerr scores. Jimmy Dunn comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ike Johnson strikes out. Frank Rusch lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Tom Smith hits a home run. Jack Tate scores. Slick Wilkins strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 New York Red Crider grounds out to the shortstop. Dennis Kessler flies out to the right fielder. Ray Zepp flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Florida Irv Sanberg grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tommy Bongiovanni strikes out. Jim Huskey singles to left field. Geoff Kerr strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 New York Danny Dyer strikes out. Bill Ganzel strikes out. Jimmy Dunn lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Florida Jack Tate strikes out. Ike Johnson singles to center field. Frank Rusch lays a bunt down the third base line. The pitcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. (SS covering 2nd). Tom Smith grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Frank Rusch is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 New York Dixie Hook singles to left field. Tommy Jones is pinch hitting for Max Castillo. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Tommy Jones doubles to left field. Dixie Hook is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Jim DiPietro is pinch hitting for Jim Martin. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jim DiPietro flies out to the left fielder. Red Crider strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Florida Slick Wilkins singles to left field. Mike Barney comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Irv Sanberg strikes out. Tommy Bongiovanni flies out to the left fielder. Jim Huskey walks. Geoff Kerr strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 New York Dennis Kessler strikes out. Ray Zepp flies out to the right fielder. Danny Dyer walks. Bill Ganzel flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Florida total runners LOB: 8 New York total runners LOB: 6
Florida Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Billy Kelly did not respond to coaching in speed Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Buddy Robinson did not respond to coaching in velocity Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance.
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Steve Kretlow did not respond to coaching in control Glenn Martin improves in contact_vs_lefty Steve Kretlow did not respond to coaching in velocity Tim Merritt did not respond to coaching in velocity Fred Krause did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Mike LeMay did not respond to coaching in velocity