Win: Ken Nomo (1-0) Loss: Jim Parsons (0-1)
Save: Ace Throneberry (1)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Ken Nomo pitching. Ted Upshaw strikes out. Cactus Bakenhaster strikes out. Mike Rosenfeld strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cleveland Jim Parsons pitching. Lou Alston flies out to the center fielder. Eddie Mathews hits a home run. Ben Smith pops out to the shortstop. Dean Bush doubles to left field. Doc Heise grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Red Hughes grounds out to the shortstop. Harry Greer grounds out to the shortstop. Jack Kerr flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Sam Smith flies out to the right fielder. Shigeru Uchi reached on a 2-base throwing error by Red Hughes. Tony Scioscia strikes out. Ken Nomo strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Gerry Mattingly grounds out to the shortstop. Heinie Velazquez grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Jim Parsons lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Lou Alston grounds out to the shortstop. Eddie Mathews singles to right field. Ben Smith strikes out. Dean Bush grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Ted Upshaw reached on a fielding error by Sam Smith. Ted Upshaw steals second. Cactus Bakenhaster strikes out. Mike Rosenfeld strikes out. Red Hughes singles to center field. Ted Upshaw scores. Harry Greer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Doc Heise hits a home run. Sam Smith walks. Shigeru Uchi walks. Tony Scioscia walks. Ken Nomo strikes out. Lou Alston flies out to the left fielder. Eddie Mathews singles to left field. Sam Smith scores. Ben Smith pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Jack Kerr flies out to the center fielder. Gerry Mattingly walks. Heinie Velazquez flies out to the center fielder. Jim Parsons flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cleveland Dean Bush strikes out. Doc Heise walks. Sam Smith grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Ted Upshaw grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Cactus Bakenhaster grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Rosenfeld reached on a fielding error by Lou Alston. Red Hughes grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Shigeru Uchi singles to left field. Tony Scioscia flies out to the right fielder. Ken Nomo lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, Shigeru Uchi forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Lou Alston strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Harry Greer hits a home run. Jack Kerr flies out to the center fielder. Gerry Mattingly pops out to the first baseman. Heinie Velazquez flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cleveland King Sweeney comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Eddie Mathews reached on a fielding error by Red Hughes. Ben Smith doubles to right field. Eddie Mathews uses his aggressiveness and scores. Dean Bush strikes out. Doc Heise grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Ben Smith advances to third on the play. Mike Metzler is pinch hitting for Sam Smith. Mike Metzler strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Darby Collins enters the game as a defensive replacement for Shigeru Uchi at SS. Brian Ganzel is pinch hitting for King Sweeney. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 5 inning. Brian Ganzel grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ted Upshaw grounds out to the second baseman. Cactus Bakenhaster grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cleveland Rick Sweeney pitching. Darby Collins walks. Tony Scioscia lines out to the second baseman. Jose Cardinal Jr. is pinch hitting for Ken Nomo. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Jose Cardinal Jr. grounds into a force play to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Darby Collins is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Lou Alston strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Ace Throneberry pitching. Mike Rosenfeld grounds out to the third baseman. Red Hughes grounds out to the third baseman. Harry Greer flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 3 Cleveland total runners left on base: 9
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Eddie Pierce improves in speed Curt Houck did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Hub Ellis did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Lou Hoiles improves in range
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Frank Nippert did not respond to coaching in arm Roger Laudner did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Harry Burdock improves in velocity Denis Berger did not respond to coaching in control Sandy Jones improves in 1B