Win: Shinji Iwasaki (4-2) Loss: Scott Paquette (6-7)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Mark Hunter pitching. Frank Davis flies out to the left fielder. Howard Norman strikes out. Yukio Kawagishi singles to center field. Roy Blair grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Boston Joe Olander pitching. John Brown flies out to the right fielder. Fred Thompson grounds out to the shortstop. Mort Medwick doubles past the center fielder. Aurelio Griffith grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Jack Lowry walks. Eduardo Garcia flies out to the right fielder. Wes Voigt walks. Curt Thompson flies out to the center fielder. Joe Olander strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Boston Boots Ontiveros flies out to the left fielder. Mickey Abreu singles to center field. Adrian Blank singles to left field. Mickey Abreu advances to third on the hit. John Meine singles to right field. Mickey Abreu scores. Mark Hunter fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Mark Hunter singles to left field. Adrian Blank scores. John Meine advances to third on the hit. John Brown flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, John Meine scores. Fred Thompson doubles to left field. Mort Medwick strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Frank Davis flies out to the center fielder. Howard Norman flies out to the right fielder. Yukio Kawagishi walks. Roy Blair flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Aurelio Griffith flies out to the center fielder. Boots Ontiveros grounds out to the second baseman. Mickey Abreu grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Jack Lowry singles to right field. Eduardo Garcia strikes out. Wes Voigt hits a home run. Jack Lowry scores. Curt Thompson grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Joe Olander grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Adrian Blank flies out to the left fielder. John Meine strikes out. Mark Hunter pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Frank Davis strikes out. Howard Norman strikes out. Yukio Kawagishi singles to center field. Roy Blair walks. Jack Lowry singles to right field. Yukio Kawagishi scores. Roy Blair advances to third on the hit. Eduardo Garcia strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Boston John Brown walks. John Brown steals second. Fred Thompson doubles to left field. John Brown scores. Mort Medwick flies out to the left fielder. Aurelio Griffith walks. Boots Ontiveros pops out to the first baseman. Mickey Abreu pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Wes Voigt flies out to the left fielder. Curt Thompson strikes out. Paul Mmahat is pinch hitting for Joe Olander. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Paul Mmahat grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Scott Paquette pitching. Adrian Blank strikes out. John Meine walks. Mark Hunter lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. John Brown grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Frank Davis doubles to center field. Howard Norman grounds out to the pitcher. Yukio Kawagishi flies out to the left fielder. Roy Blair singles to right field. Frank Davis scores. Shinji Iwasaki comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jack Lowry flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Boston Fred Thompson grounds out to the pitcher. Mort Medwick walks. Aurelio Griffith walks. Boots Ontiveros hits a home run. Mort Medwick scores. Aurelio Griffith scores. Dan Janvrin comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mickey Abreu flies out to the center fielder. Adrian Blank lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Joe Smith enters the game as a defensive replacement for Aurelio Griffith at 3B. Steve Kopf enters the game as a defensive replacement for Adrian Blank at C. Eduardo Garcia grounds out to the shortstop. Wes Voigt strikes out. Curt Thompson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston John Meine walks. Shinji Iwasaki fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Shinji Iwasaki flies out to the right fielder. John Meine is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). John Brown triples. Fred Thompson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Otto Rosso is pinch hitting for Dan Janvrin. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Otto Rosso pops out to the shortstop. Frank Davis grounds out to the catcher. Howard Norman grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 7 Boston total runners left on base: 7
Batting:2B - Fred Thompson 2 (27), Mort Medwick (18).3B - John Brown (6).HR - Boots Ontiveros (11).SF - John Brown. Baserunning: SB - John Brown (20).CS - John Meine (4).
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: John Serad did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jeff Daly did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty George Knoll did not respond to coaching in velocity Marty Morgan improves in contact_vs_righty Joe Belardi did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Herb Stephenson did not respond to coaching in velocity Chuck Machado improves in RF
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Fred Jones did not respond to coaching in range Don Christensen did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Rick McMullen did not respond to coaching in control Jim Hundley did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Kevin Wallace did not respond to coaching in control Rick McMullen did not respond to coaching in control