Win: George Murphy (3-0) Loss: Buddy Pfeffer (1-3)
Save: Ed Boyer (6)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay George Murphy pitching. Bobby Schalk grounds out to the second baseman. Luis Brito grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Stoviak strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cleveland Buddy Pfeffer pitching. Walt Madison grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Hal Campbell grounds out to the shortstop. Trenidad Choate singles past the third baseman. Mike Flood flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay George Meridith pops out to the second baseman. Tom Harper walks. Alex Rossman hits a home run. Tom Harper scores. Takahiro Akamatsu grounds out to the second baseman. Charlie Gagliano strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Ryan Jones grounds out to the shortstop. Merito Embrey pops out to the second baseman. Chad Lawrence grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Buddy Pfeffer grounds out to the pitcher. Bobby Schalk reached on a 2-base throwing error by Walt Madison. Luis Brito grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Stoviak grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland John Clemens grounds out to the pitcher. George Murphy flies out to the left fielder. Walt Madison singles to right field. Hal Campbell strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay George Meridith strikes out. Tom Harper grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Alex Rossman strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cleveland Trenidad Choate singles to left field. Mike Flood strikes out. Ryan Jones pops out to the catcher. Merito Embrey hits a home run. Trenidad Choate scores. Chad Lawrence singles to left field. John Clemens doubles to center field. Chad Lawrence uses his aggressiveness and scores. George Murphy grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Takahiro Akamatsu grounds out to the shortstop. Charlie Gagliano strikes out. Buddy Pfeffer flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Walt Madison strikes out. Hal Campbell strikes out. Trenidad Choate grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Bobby Schalk grounds out to the pitcher. Luis Brito pops out to the first baseman. Bill Stoviak singles to center field. George Meridith grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Mike Flood flies out to the center fielder. Ryan Jones flies out to the center fielder. Merito Embrey grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Tom Harper singles past the first baseman. Tom Harper steals second. Alex Rossman grounds out to the second baseman. Tom Harper advances to third on the play. The defense is playing the infield in. Takahiro Akamatsu grounds out to the third baseman. Charlie Gagliano grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland Ryan Tettleton is pinch hitting for Chad Lawrence. Ryan Tettleton strikes out. John Clemens walks. George Murphy pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Walt Madison doubles to right field. Bubba Jailor comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Hal Campbell strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay John Brown is pinch hitting for Bubba Jailor. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. John Brown strikes out. Bobby Schalk grounds out to the second baseman. Luis Brito walks. Bill Stoviak pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Dave McDaniel pitching. Trenidad Choate strikes out. Mike Flood doubles to left field. Ryan Jones strikes out. Merito Embrey flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Ed Boyer comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. George Meridith flies out to the center fielder. Tom Harper flies out to the center fielder. Don Moren is pinch hitting for Alex Rossman. Don Moren is hit by a pitch. Takahiro Akamatsu singles to center field. Don Moren advances to third on the hit. Bernie Pott is pinch hitting for Charlie Gagliano. Bernie Pott flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 6 Cleveland total runners left on base: 6
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Harry Bowman improves in contact_vs_lefty Brent Kremers improves in power_vs_lefty Jackie Bell did not respond to coaching in control Richie Smith did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty John Darr improves in contact_vs_lefty Carl Kopp improves in power_vs_lefty
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Fred Ball did not respond to coaching in control John Bullett did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Rikkert Curd improves in contact_vs_righty Phil Forsch improves in power_vs_righty Rikkert Curd improves in power_vs_righty Derrek Simms improves in speed Derrek Simms did not respond to coaching in SS