Win: Lew Hassler (4-25) Loss: Frank McConnell (18-5)
Save: Gale Bowman (11)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Lew Hassler pitching. Art Rittwage walks. Art Rittwage steals second. George Blomberg walks. Joe Olsen walks. Harry Wegman grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Art Rittwage scores. George Blomberg advances to third on the play. Carlos Huson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Cleveland Frank McConnell pitching. Lew Fonseca grounds out to the second baseman. Bobby Deisel pops out to the second baseman. Dushon Mandick walks. Mike Cortazzo singles past the shortstop. Dushon Mandick advances to third on the hit. Hugo Santoya strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Marshall Cowley flies out to the right fielder. Lenny Randle pops out to the first baseman. Chikara Nemoto lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Tiny McDermott strikes out. John Black grounds out to the shortstop. Manabu Asai singles to left field. Lew Hassler flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Frank McConnell strikes out. Art Rittwage grounds out to the third baseman. George Blomberg singles to right field. Joe Olsen pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Lew Fonseca flies out to the right fielder. Bobby Deisel strikes out. Dushon Mandick 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 Harry Wegman singles to left field. Harry Wegman steals second. Carlos Huson strikes out. Marshall Cowley walks. Lenny Randle flies out to the center fielder. Chikara Nemoto flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Cleveland Mike Cortazzo walks. Mike Cortazzo steals second. Hugo Santoya strikes out. Tiny McDermott singles to center field. John Black walks. Manabu Asai grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mike Cortazzo scores. Tiny McDermott advances to third on the play. John Black advances to second on the play. Lew Hassler singles to center field. Tiny McDermott scores. John Black is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Frank McConnell strikes out. Art Rittwage grounds out to the second baseman. George Blomberg singles to left field. Joe Olsen singles to right field. George Blomberg is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cleveland Lew Fonseca strikes out. Bobby Deisel strikes out. Dushon Mandick flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Harry Wegman lines out to the shortstop. Carlos Huson grounds out to the pitcher. Marshall Cowley walks. Lenny Randle grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Mike Cortazzo singles to right field. Hugo Santoya grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Mike Cortazzo is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Tiny McDermott flies out to the left fielder. John Black strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Chikara Nemoto singles to right field. Irv Powell is pinch hitting for Frank McConnell. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Irv Powell strikes out. Art Rittwage grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cleveland Butch Lawson pitching. Manabu Asai doubles to left field. Lew Hassler lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Lew Fonseca grounds out to the third baseman. Manabu Asai scores. Bobby Deisel strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay George Blomberg walks. Joe Olsen pops out to the second baseman. George Blomberg is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Harry Wegman strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cleveland Dushon Mandick reached on a 2-base throwing error by Chikara Nemoto. Mike Cortazzo singles to right field. Dushon Mandick scores. Hugo Santoya grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Tiny McDermott strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Gale Bowman comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Carlos Huson grounds out to the second baseman. Marshall Cowley triples. Lenny Randle grounds out to the third baseman. Marshall Cowley scores. Chikara Nemoto lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 6 Cleveland total runners left on base: 5
Batting:3B - Marshall Cowley (3).GIDP - Art Rittwage, Harry Wegman. Baserunning: SB - Art Rittwage (48), Harry Wegman (29).CS - George Blomberg (11). Fielding: E - Chikara Nemoto.
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: John Moford improves in power_vs_lefty Lenny Patterson did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Bill Wall did not respond to coaching in range Ben Walker improves in contact_vs_lefty Bill Wall did not respond to coaching in SS
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: D+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Jeff Walkup improves in contact_vs_lefty George Lane did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Gary Pettit did not respond to coaching in velocity Orlando Maldonado did not respond to coaching in control