Win: Tsuneteru Komazaki (12-11) Loss: Frank Muller (20-13)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Frank Muller pitching. Frank Davis grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Howard Norman flies out to the right fielder. Yukio Kawagishi grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Boston Tsuneteru Komazaki pitching. Benny Black grounds out to the second baseman. Ced Arlich grounds out to the shortstop. Guillermo LaRocca walks. John Meine strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Roy Blair flies out to the left fielder. Jack Lowry strikes out. Eduardo Garcia flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Mickey Abreu strikes out. Adrian Blank grounds out to the shortstop. Boots Ontiveros strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Wes Voigt flies out to the center fielder. Curt Thompson hits an infield single to the pitcher. Tsuneteru Komazaki lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Frank Davis singles to center field. Curt Thompson scores. Howard Norman hits a home run. Frank Davis scores. Yukio Kawagishi grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Boston Fred Thompson grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Frank Muller lines out to the third baseman. Benny Black pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Roy Blair singles to right field. Roy Blair steals second. Jack Lowry singles to right field. Roy Blair scores. Eduardo Garcia singles to center field. Jack Lowry advances to third on the hit. Wes Voigt grounds out to the third baseman. Jack Lowry scores. Eduardo Garcia advances to second on the play. Curt Thompson flies out to the center fielder. Tsuneteru Komazaki flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Boston Ced Arlich strikes out. Guillermo LaRocca singles to center field. John Meine strikes out. Mickey Abreu singles to right field. Guillermo LaRocca is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Harl Crawford comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Frank Davis flies out to the right fielder. Howard Norman walks. Yukio Kawagishi singles to right field. Roy Blair strikes out. Jack Lowry walks. Eduardo Garcia grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Boston Adrian Blank reached on a 2-base throwing error by Frank Davis. Boots Ontiveros flies out to the center fielder. Fred Thompson singles to left field. Adrian Blank scores. Harl Crawford lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Benny Black strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Wes Voigt grounds out to the shortstop. Curt Thompson grounds out to the shortstop. Tsuneteru Komazaki strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Ced Arlich walks. Guillermo LaRocca flies out to the center fielder. John Meine flies out to the right fielder. Mickey Abreu strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Frank Davis pops out to the shortstop. Howard Norman grounds out to the second baseman. Yukio Kawagishi grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Adrian Blank grounds out to the third baseman. Boots Ontiveros pops out to the second baseman. Fred Thompson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Roy Blair singles to center field. Pop Riesgo is pinch hitting for Jack Lowry. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Roy Blair is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Pop Riesgo strikes out. Eduardo Garcia strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston Phil Justice is pinch hitting for Harl Crawford. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Phil Justice grounds out to the pitcher. Benny Black hits a home run. Ced Arlich flies out to the center fielder. Guillermo LaRocca strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay George Jackson pitching. Wes Voigt flies out to the center fielder. Curt Thompson walks. Otto Rosso is pinch hitting for Tsuneteru Komazaki. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Otto Rosso doubles to right field. Curt Thompson uses his aggressiveness and scores. Frank Davis triples. Otto Rosso scores. Roy Gordon comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Howard Norman hits a home run. Frank Davis scores. Yukio Kawagishi singles to left field. Roy Blair walks. Pop Riesgo flies out to the center fielder. Eduardo Garcia singles past the shortstop. Yukio Kawagishi scores. Roy Blair is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Boston Scott Paquette pitching. John Meine strikes out. Mickey Abreu singles to right field. Adrian Blank grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 5 Boston total runners LOB: 4
Batting:2B - Otto Rosso (1).3B - Frank Davis (10).HR - Howard Norman 2 (23). Baserunning: SB - Roy Blair (23).CS - Roy Blair (6). Fielding: E - Frank Davis.
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Yasunori Yokomizo improves in contact_vs_lefty Jess Sizemore did not respond to coaching in velocity George Knoll did not respond to coaching in control Alan Ripley improves in speed Jim Tejera did not respond to coaching in control Yasunori Yokomizo did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty John Serad did not respond to coaching in CF
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Donnie Hargrave did not respond to coaching in velocity Jack Motton did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Dick Crider did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Don Groom did not respond to coaching in range Steve Lopez did not respond to coaching in speed Denny Johnson did not respond to coaching in velocity