Inning: 1 Seattle Nellie Dixon pitching. Troy Bales singles to right field. Rick Hiatt strikes out. Jon Kaufmann grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Eli Herr pitching. Gerald Castillo flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Ray Bolen flies out to the left fielder. Walt Serum grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Seattle Mel Blount grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). John Evans strikes out. Bill Lawry singles to center field. John Allison grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Ed Diaz grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Clarke strikes out. Cy Hoover pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Seattle Frank Cone singles to right field. Eli Herr fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Eli Herr grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Frank Cone is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Troy Bales walks. Rick Hiatt grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Jim Mensor pops out to the second baseman. Billy Babington singles to right field. Nellie Dixon lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, Billy Babington forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Gerald Castillo singles to right field. Nellie Dixon is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Seattle Jon Kaufmann flies out to the right fielder. Mel Blount flies out to the left fielder. John Evans grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Ray Bolen flies out to the center fielder. Walt Serum strikes out. Ed Diaz flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Seattle Bill Lawry strikes out. John Allison singles to left field. Frank Cone walks. Eli Herr fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Eli Herr grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Ed Clarke singles to left field. Cy Hoover flies out to the center fielder. Ed Clarke is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Jim Mensor singles to center field. Billy Babington singles to center field. Nellie Dixon flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Seattle Troy Bales pops out to the second baseman. Rick Hiatt lines out to the third baseman. Jon Kaufmann singles to left field. Mel Blount flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Gerald Castillo singles to right field. Gerald Castillo steals second. Ray Bolen strikes out. Walt Serum strikes out. Ed Diaz singles to left field. Ed Clarke strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Seattle John Evans singles to left field. Bill Lawry hits a home run. John Evans scores. John Allison walks. Frank Cone strikes out. Eli Herr lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Troy Bales grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Cy Hoover singles to center field. Jim Mensor pops out to the first baseman. Billy Babington flies out to the left fielder. Jeff Cisco is pinch hitting for Nellie Dixon. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Jeff Cisco singles to center field. Gerald Castillo strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Seattle Eric Willis pitching. Rick Hiatt walks. Jon Kaufmann strikes out. Rick Hiatt steals second. Mel Blount hits a home run. Rick Hiatt scores. Harry Schmidt comes in from the bullpen to pitch. John Evans grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Lawry doubles to left field. John Allison reached on a 2-base throwing error by Billy Babington. Bill Lawry scores. Frank Cone strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Bill Kurosaki comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Ray Bolen flies out to the left fielder. Walt Serum flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Ed Diaz walks. Ed Clarke strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Seattle Pat Naranjo is pinch hitting for Bill Kurosaki. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Pat Naranjo grounds out to the shortstop. Troy Bales doubles to center field. Rick Hiatt strikes out. Jon Kaufmann flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Cory Hershiser pitching. Tracy Maldonado is pinch hitting for Cy Hoover. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Tracy Maldonado strikes out. Fin Cuccinello is pinch hitting for Jim Mensor. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Fin Cuccinello pops out to the first baseman. Birdie Mumphrey is pinch hitting for Billy Babington. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Birdie Mumphrey grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Seattle total runners LOB: 7 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 8
Batting:2B - Troy Bales (32), Bill Lawry (24).HR - Mel Blount (22), Bill Lawry (18).GIDP - Rick Hiatt, Jon Kaufmann, Eli Herr. Baserunning: SB - Rick Hiatt (20).
Seattle Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Cuke Carpenter did not respond to coaching in velocity Hank Thompson improves in velocity Merlin Driscoll improves in speed Fred Tanner improves in speed
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Mike Nealon did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Otto Wise did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Billy Boley did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Otto Wise improves in contact_vs_righty