Win: Wayne Burke (4-8) Loss: Ron "Duece" Valdez (8-5)
Inning: 1 Baltimore Ron Duece Valdez pitching. Billy Listach flies out to the right fielder. Al LaCoss walks. Manny Berger singles to center field. Al LaCoss advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the corners in. Hal Gardner singles to right field. Al LaCoss scores. George Fittery grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Wayne Burke pitching. Hot Heinie Haid flies out to the right fielder. Claude West singles to left field. Luis Kappel walks. Bart Glove Distefano strikes out. Reutilio Ramirez strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Baltimore Elder Stanton walks. Elder Stanton steals second. Paul Limmer grounds out to the third baseman. Euel Maple doubles to center field. Elder Stanton scores. Wayne Burke flies out to the center fielder. Billy Listach hits a home run. Euel Maple scores. Mike Menefee comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Al LaCoss grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Osvaldo Alvarez walks. Tommy Balls Eunick singles to center field. Grover Carney strikes out. Mike Menefee lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Hot Heinie Haid strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Baltimore Manny Berger grounds out to the shortstop. Hal Gardner grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! George Fittery pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Claude West pops out to the first baseman. Luis Kappel singles to left field. Bart Glove Distefano flies out to the center fielder. Reutilio Ramirez pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Baltimore Elder Stanton flies out to the right fielder. Paul Limmer strikes out. Euel Maple flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Osvaldo Alvarez grounds out to the third baseman. Tommy Balls Eunick lines out to the second baseman. Grover Carney singles to center field. Rod Pazik is pinch hitting for Mike Menefee. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Rod Pazik strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Baltimore Jeff Harry Harrison pitching. Wayne Burke strikes out. Billy Listach walks. Al LaCoss singles to center field. Billy Listach advances to third on the hit. Manny Berger singles to right field. Billy Listach scores. Al LaCoss advances to third on the hit. George Comellas comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Hal Gardner flies out to the center fielder. George Fittery strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Hot Heinie Haid reached on a 2-base throwing error by Manny Berger. Claude West grounds out to the third baseman. Luis Kappel hits a home run. Hot Heinie Haid scores. Bart Glove Distefano pops out to the catcher. Reutilio Ramirez grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Baltimore Elder Stanton singles to right field. Paul Limmer reached on a fielding error by Grover Carney. Euel Maple grounds out to the third baseman. Elder Stanton advances to third on the play. Paul Limmer advances to second on the play. Wayne Burke flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Elder Stanton scores. Billy Listach flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Osvaldo Alvarez flies out to the center fielder. Tommy Balls Eunick walks. Grover Carney walks. Gene Ha-Ha Hannah is pinch hitting for George Comellas. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Gene Ha-Ha Hannah strikes out. Hot Heinie Haid pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Baltimore Andy Stewart pitching. Al LaCoss grounds out to the shortstop. Manny Berger walks. Hal Gardner strikes out. George Fittery strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Claude West is hit by a pitch. Luis Kappel pops out to the second baseman. Bart Glove Distefano singles in front of the left fielder. Claude West advances to third on the hit. Reutilio Ramirez strikes out. Osvaldo Alvarez strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Baltimore Elder Stanton strikes out. Paul Limmer grounds out to the third baseman. Euel Maple flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Gus Chadbourne 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. Tommy Balls Eunick strikes out. Grover Carney hits a home run. Charlie Proly is pinch hitting for Andy Stewart. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Charlie Proly walks. Hot Heinie Haid grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Charlie Proly is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Claude West flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Baltimore Len Hale pitching. Gus Chadbourne strikes out. Billy Listach flies out to the right fielder. Al LaCoss singles to right field. Al LaCoss steals second. Manny Berger strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Luis Kappel hits a home run. Bart Glove Distefano grounds out to the pitcher. Reutilio Ramirez grounds out to the third baseman. Osvaldo Alvarez grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Baltimore total runners LOB: 6 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 11
Batting:2B - Euel Maple (2).HR - Billy Listach (7).SF - Wayne Burke.GIDP - George Fittery. Baserunning: SB - Al LaCoss (16), Elder Stanton (5). Fielding: E - Manny Berger.
Baltimore Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: D+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Mike Fletcher improves in endurance Jose McIlveen improves in speed Frank Sinclair did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Eddie Rasmussen improves in contact_vs_lefty Denny Gannon did not respond to coaching in 1B
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Kevin Masterson did not respond to coaching in velocity Kevin Masterson improves in control Claude Wisner did not respond to coaching in endurance Billy Haas improves in contact_vs_righty Cliff Dunbar improves in CF