Win: Bill Nash (6-3) Loss: Paul Anderson (8-4)
Save: Control Patrol (18)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Bill Nash pitching. Mickey Young flies out to the right fielder. Aaron Bigelow grounds out to the shortstop. Charlie Aurilia singles to left field. George Meridith grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Cleveland Paul Anderson pitching. Walt Madison grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Donn Hernandez triples. Jim Bowers singles past the second baseman. Donn Hernandez scores. Ed Davis pops out to the shortstop. Dave Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Bill Stoviak walks. Don Moren pops out to the catcher. Bobby Schalk grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Ed Cooke grounds out to the pitcher. Mike Flood grounds out to the second baseman. Merito Embrey grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay John Brown reached on a fielding error by Ed Davis. Paul Anderson lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Mickey Young singles to center field. John Brown scores. Aaron Bigelow strikes out. Charlie Aurilia grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Bill Nash flies out to the right fielder. Walt Madison flies out to the center fielder. Donn Hernandez grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay George Meridith flies out to the left fielder. Bill Stoviak singles to center field. Bill Stoviak is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Don Moren strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cleveland Jim Bowers flies out to the center fielder. Ed Davis flies out to the center fielder. Dave Smith singles to right field. Ed Cooke singles to center field. Dave Smith advances to third on the hit. Mike Flood strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Bobby Schalk flies out to the center fielder. John Brown grounds out to the shortstop. Paul Anderson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Merito Embrey strikes out. Bill Nash grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Walt Madison grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Mickey Young singles to right field. Aaron Bigelow grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Mickey Young is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Charlie Aurilia flies out to the right fielder. George Meridith singles to left field. Aaron Bigelow advances to third on the hit. Bill Stoviak strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Cleveland Donn Hernandez singles to left field. Jim Bowers grounds out to the pitcher. Donn Hernandez advances to second on the play. Ed Davis flies out to the right fielder. Dave Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Don Moren grounds out to the third baseman. Bobby Schalk strikes out. John Brown singles to right field. Paul Anderson singles to center field. Mickey Young flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Cleveland Ed Cooke singles to right field. Dick Matarazzo is pinch running for Ed Cooke on 1st base. Mike Flood singles to left field. Dick Matarazzo advances to third on the hit. Merito Embrey reached on a 2-base throwing error by Aaron Bigelow. Dick Matarazzo scores. Bubba Jailor 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. Bill Nash grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Flood scores. Merito Embrey advances to third on the play. Walt Madison flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Merito Embrey scores. Donn Hernandez hits a home run. Jim Bowers hits an infield single to the second baseman. Ed Davis pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Hal Campbell enters the game as a defensive replacement for Dick Matarazzo at C. Aaron Bigelow singles to left field. Charlie Aurilia singles to center field. Aaron Bigelow advances to third on the hit. Bernie Pott is pinch hitting for George Meridith. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Charlie Aurilia steals second. Bernie Pott grounds out to the third baseman. Aaron Bigelow scores. Charlie Aurilia advances to third on the play. Bill Stoviak flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Charlie Aurilia scores. Control Patrol comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Don Moren pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cleveland Dave Smith pops out to the shortstop. Hal Campbell grounds out to the third baseman. Mike Flood grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Bobby Schalk strikes out. John Brown flies out to the left fielder. Takahiro Akamatsu is pinch hitting for Bubba Jailor. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Takahiro Akamatsu strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 6 Cleveland total runners left on base: 5
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Carl Kopp improves in power_vs_lefty Rudy Stewart did not respond to coaching in control Tom Verbanic improves in contact_vs_lefty Rudy Stewart did not respond to coaching in control Rudy Stewart did not respond to coaching in velocity Tom Verbanic improves in range
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Craig Mickelson improves in power_vs_lefty Luis Deitrick did not respond to coaching in velocity Tubby Moore improves in contact_vs_lefty Fred Ball did not respond to coaching in velocity Chad Lawrence did not respond to coaching in arm Alberto Neher improves in arm Dick Rettig improves in LF