Win: Sparky Harris (7-11) Loss: Jose Stewart (9-16)
Save: Billy Piktuzis (28)
Inning: 1 New York Sparky Harris pitching. Shigeo Kawajiri flies out to the left fielder. Juan Olivera singles to left field. Maple Walnut grounds out to the third baseman. Juan Olivera advances to second on the play. Takashi Ota grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Florida Jose Stewart pitching. Hiroki Sanada singles past the first baseman. Jacob Colavito strikes out. Bill Taylor strikes out. Salty Ballard grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Hiroki Sanada is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 New York Bill Carswell pops out to the second baseman. Marcos Hernandez doubles to left field. Hancken Sack strikes out. Tony Delmas grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Florida David Snyder singles to left field. Bill Smith strikes out. Higgy Higgenson grounds into a force play to the second baseman. David Snyder is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Jason Purdin hits a home run. Higgy Higgenson scores. Sparky Harris strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 New York Jose Stewart strikes out. Shigeo Kawajiri grounds out to the third baseman. Juan Olivera singles to right field. Maple Walnut flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Florida Hiroki Sanada grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Jacob Colavito grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Taylor is hit by a pitch. Salty Ballard grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Bill Taylor is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 New York Takashi Ota strikes out. Bill Carswell flies out to the right fielder. Marcos Hernandez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Florida David Snyder strikes out. Bill Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Higgy Higgenson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 New York Hancken Sack walks. Hancken Sack steals second. Tony Delmas singles to right field. Hancken Sack scores. Jose Stewart fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Jose Stewart flies out to the left fielder. Shigeo Kawajiri flies out to the center fielder. Juan Olivera doubles to center field. Tony Delmas uses his aggressiveness and scores. Maple Walnut grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Florida Jason Purdin grounds out to the third baseman. Sparky Harris pops out to the third baseman. Hiroki Sanada strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 New York Takashi Ota flies out to the right fielder. Bill Carswell reached on a fielding error by Bill Smith. Marcos Hernandez grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Florida Jacob Colavito flies out to the right fielder. Bill Taylor singles to center field. Salty Ballard walks. David Snyder singles to center field. Bill Taylor scores. Salty Ballard advances to third on the hit. Bill Smith grounds out to the third baseman. David Snyder advances to second on the play. Higgy Higgenson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 New York Hancken Sack strikes out. Tony Delmas grounds out to the shortstop. Perry Winkle is pinch hitting for Jose Stewart. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Perry Winkle strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Florida Bill Moret pitching. Jason Purdin flies out to the right fielder. Sparky Harris strikes out. Hiroki Sanada hits a home run. Bill Gerber comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jacob Colavito singles to right field. Bill Taylor flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 New York Shigeo Kawajiri strikes out. Juan Olivera singles to right field. Maple Walnut reached on a fielding error by David Snyder. Jo-Jo Kent 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. Takashi Ota grounds out to the third baseman. Juan Olivera advances to third on the play. Maple Walnut advances to second on the play. Bill Carswell grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Florida Salty Ballard strikes out. David Snyder strikes out. Bill Smith flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 New York Billy Piktuzis comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Marcos Hernandez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Hancken Sack pops out to the pitcher. Tony Delmas singles to left field. Red Massey is pinch hitting for Bill Gerber. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Red Massey grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 New York total runners left on base: 7 Florida total runners left on base: 5
Game Notes Jose Stewart is injured and is expected to be out 34 days.
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Mark McIlwain did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Marty Loepp improves in contact_vs_righty Marty Loepp improves in arm Toto Torrealba did not respond to coaching in velocity Mark McIlwain improves in speed Hal 9000 improves in power_vs_lefty Hal 9000 did not respond to coaching in CF
Florida Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Kevin Williams improves in contact_vs_righty George Bertrand did not respond to coaching in control Larry Harris improves in arm Eddie Nelson did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Al Miller improves in contact_vs_righty Joel Esser did not respond to coaching in arm