Win: Scott Paquette (4-3) Loss: Alex Rodriguez (2-4)
Save: Osdanis Garcia (16)
Inning: 1 Boston Soichiro Nakane pitching. John Brown walks. John Meine walks. Mickey Abreu strikes out. Dick Crider strikes out. Adrian Blank pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Frank Muller pitching. Frank Davis pops out to the second baseman. Howard Norman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Yukio Kawagishi pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Jim Hundley singles to left field. Boots Ontiveros grounds out to the third baseman. Jim Hundley advances to second on the play. Fred Thompson flies out to the right fielder. Frank Muller strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Roy Blair grounds out to the second baseman. Eduardo Garcia flies out to the left fielder. Pop Riesgo singles to left field. Buddy Powell flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston John Brown grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). John Meine strikes out. Mickey Abreu pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Jack Martz walks. Soichiro Nakane lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, Jack Martz forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Frank Davis strikes out. Howard Norman grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Boston Dick Crider flies out to the left fielder. Adrian Blank strikes out. Jim Hundley walks. Jim Hundley steals second. Boots Ontiveros grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Yukio Kawagishi grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Roy Blair hits a home run. Eduardo Garcia strikes out. Pop Riesgo grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston Fred Thompson grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Muller strikes out. John Brown flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Buddy Powell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jack Martz flies out to the left fielder. Soichiro Nakane strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston John Meine flies out to the right fielder. Mickey Abreu grounds out to the third baseman. Dick Crider singles to left field. Adrian Blank grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Frank Davis grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Howard Norman grounds out to the second baseman. Yukio Kawagishi grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Jim Hundley singles to center field. Boots Ontiveros grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Hundley advances to second on the play. Scott Paquette 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. Fred Thompson grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Hundley advances to third on the play. Mort Medwick is pinch hitting for Frank Muller. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Mort Medwick grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Alex Rodriguez pitching. Roy Blair flies out to the right fielder. Eduardo Garcia flies out to the center fielder. Pop Riesgo singles to left field. Buddy Powell strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Boston John Brown flies out to the left fielder. John Meine reached on a 2-base throwing error by Frank Davis. Mickey Abreu singles to left field. John Meine scores. Dick Crider walks. Adrian Blank flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Jim Hundley grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Jack Martz strikes out. Wes Voigt is pinch hitting for Scott Paquette. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Wes Voigt hits an infield single to the second baseman. Frank Davis walks. Howard Norman flies out to the left fielder. Yukio Kawagishi triples. Wes Voigt scores. Frank Davis scores. Al Buchanan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Roy Blair singles to left field. Yukio Kawagishi scores. Eduardo Garcia grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Roy Blair is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Boston Osdanis Garcia pitching. Boots Ontiveros strikes out. Fred Thompson flies out to the center fielder. Steve Kopf is pinch hitting for Al Buchanan. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Steve Kopf grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Boston total runners left on base: 8 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 4
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Derrick Davis did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Derrick Davis improves in power_vs_righty Tom Baker did not respond to coaching in control Newt Clarke improves in range Donnie Hargrave did not respond to coaching in velocity
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Bill Marzano did not respond to coaching in control Jerry Bonin did not respond to coaching in range Yasunori Yokomizo did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Mickey McDonald improves in contact_vs_righty Jerry Bonin did not respond to coaching in range Pete Smith improves in range