Win: Fred Merritt (8-1) Loss: Jim Ryan (2-8)
Save: Norlis Morejon (1)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Fred Merritt pitching. Bob Gagne singles to left field. Walt Bailey strikes out. Tom Wood grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Jim Ryan pitching. Stan Haselman grounds out to the shortstop. Kelly Leak flies out to the left fielder. Wally Sanicki pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Marv Almanza reached on a 2-base fielding error by Stan Haselman. Jesse Baez grounds out to the catcher. Marvin Files flies out to the center fielder. Tyson Lancellotti grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Early Longmire strikes out. Ken Wyrostek lines out to the shortstop. Bill Quillen strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Jack Storie grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jim Ryan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Gagne lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Ryan Pena reached on a 2-base fielding error by Marvin Files. Seven Costanza strikes out. Fred Merritt strikes out. Stan Haselman singles to right field. Ryan Pena scores. Kelly Leak flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Walt Bailey grounds out to the second baseman. Tom Wood strikes out. Marv Almanza grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Wally Sanicki grounds out to the pitcher. Early Longmire strikes out. Ken Wyrostek grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Jesse Baez grounds out to the shortstop. Marvin Files walks. Tyson Lancellotti grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Bill Quillen strikes out. Ryan Pena flies out to the center fielder. Seven Costanza strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Jack Storie flies out to the center fielder. Jim Ryan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Gagne pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Fred Merritt strikes out. Stan Haselman pops out to the shortstop. Kelly Leak grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Walt Bailey singles to right field. Tom Wood grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Marv Almanza strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Wally Sanicki grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Early Longmire strikes out. Ken Wyrostek strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Jesse Baez flies out to the right fielder. Marvin Files flies out to the left fielder. Tyson Lancellotti strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Dave Bailey is pinch hitting for Bill Quillen. Dave Bailey walks. Ryan Pena singles to center field. Dave Bailey advances to third on the hit. Seven Costanza is hit by a pitch. Ted Downing 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. Fred Merritt grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Dave Bailey is out at home. Stan Haselman singles to right field. Ryan Pena scores. Seven Costanza scores. Fred Merritt aggressively advances to third on the hit. Kelly Leak singles to right field. Fred Merritt scores. Stan Haselman advances to third on the hit. Wally Sanicki flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Stan Haselman scores. Early Longmire singles to right field. Ken Wyrostek singles to right field. Kelly Leak scores. Early Longmire advances to third on the hit. Dave Bailey strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Masao Fukuzawa enters the game as a defensive replacement for Dave Bailey at C. Jack Storie doubles to left field. Ray Freeman is pinch hitting for Ted Downing. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ray Freeman grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Gagne singles to center field. Walt Bailey grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jack Storie scores. Bob Gagne advances to second on the play. Tom Wood doubles to center field. Bob Gagne scores. Marv Almanza walks. Norlis Morejon comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Jesse Baez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 3 Detroit total runners left on base: 3
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Orlando Davis improves in speed Frank Wade did not respond to coaching in control Skel Forsch did not respond to coaching in speed Steve Collins did not respond to coaching in velocity Ellis Citarella did not respond to coaching in velocity Jack Hadley improves in power_vs_righty
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Roger Cecil improves in speed Pop-Boy Grube did not respond to coaching in velocity Shane Berra did not respond to coaching in velocity Ad Killins improves in power_vs_righty Bob Verhoeven did not respond to coaching in arm Cy Gerlach did not respond to coaching in control Ricky Stephenson did not respond to coaching in C