Win: Dmitri Blethen (3-5) Loss: Toby Clinton (2-11)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Toby Clinton pitching. Lou House singles to left field. Willie Fisk grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Sam Hopp walks. John Butcher strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Detroit Dmitri Blethen pitching. Bill Coble flies out to the center fielder. Chick Karros singles to center field. Chick Karros steals second. Pat Yowell strikes out. Jim Haney strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Dick Herring pops out to the third baseman. Ed Camnitz grounds out to the second baseman. Clarence Lint strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Carl Barnes grounds out to the third baseman. Greg Feldman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rudy Tomer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Monte Thomas grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dmitri Blethen strikes out. Lou House grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Nobuyuki Hirayama lines out to the first baseman. Toby Clinton grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Coble hits a home run. Chick Karros grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Willie Fisk grounds out to the third baseman. Sam Hopp walks. John Butcher grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Sam Hopp is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Dick Herring flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Pat Yowell strikes out. Jim Haney lines out to the shortstop. Carl Barnes strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Ed Camnitz singles to left field. Clarence Lint singles to left field. Monte Thomas singles to right field. Ed Camnitz scores. Clarence Lint advances to third on the hit. Dmitri Blethen singles to right field. Clarence Lint scores. Monte Thomas advances to third on the hit. Lou House grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Monte Thomas scores. Dmitri Blethen advances to second on the play. Willie Fisk singles to right field. Dmitri Blethen scores. Sam Hopp singles to right field. Willie Fisk advances to third on the hit. John Butcher grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Sam Hopp advances to second on the play. Dick Herring grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Detroit Greg Feldman walks. Rudy Tomer is hit by a pitch. Nobuyuki Hirayama strikes out. Earle Brett is pinch hitting for Toby Clinton. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Earle Brett flies out to the left fielder. Bill Coble flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Howie Gale pitching. Ed Camnitz flies out to the center fielder. Clarence Lint strikes out. Monte Thomas walks. Dmitri Blethen grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Monte Thomas is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Chick Karros pops out to the second baseman. Pat Yowell strikes out. Jim Haney grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Lou House singles to center field. Reggie Shaw is pinch hitting for Willie Fisk. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Reggie Shaw flies out to the left fielder. Doug Fryman is pinch hitting for Sam Hopp. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Doug Fryman strikes out. Keith Hughes is pinch hitting for John Butcher. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Keith Hughes walks. Dick Herring walks. Ed Camnitz hits a home run. Lou House scores. Keith Hughes scores. Dick Herring scores. Bill Lis comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Clarence Lint doubles to left field. Monte Thomas grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Carl Barnes doubles to left field. Greg Feldman strikes out. Rudy Tomer lines out to the shortstop. Nobuyuki Hirayama grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Dmitri Blethen grounds out to the third baseman. Lou House walks. Reggie Shaw hits a home run. Lou House scores. Doug Fryman flies out to the left fielder. Keith Hughes grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Mule Grich is pinch hitting for Bill Lis. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Mule Grich singles to right field. Bill Coble strikes out. Al Fullmer 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. Chick Karros grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Jim Clements pitching. Dick Herring grounds out to the shortstop. Ed Camnitz singles to left field. Clarence Lint walks. Monte Thomas grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Pat Yowell grounds out to the pitcher. Chris Colcolough is pinch hitting for Jim Haney. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Chris Colcolough walks. Carl Barnes flies out to the right fielder. Greg Feldman walks. Rudy Tomer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 7 Detroit total runners LOB: 6
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bob Laskey improves in control Jim Combs did not respond to coaching in velocity Bob Jones improves in range Pete Halicki did not respond to coaching in speed Bob Laskey did not respond to coaching in control Larry Winfield did not respond to coaching in control Reggie Morse improves in 2B
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: D+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Charlie Lawton did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Ed Kerfeld did not respond to coaching in range Yuya Kiyama did not respond to coaching in control Dixie Maddox did not respond to coaching in range Lew McRae did not respond to coaching in velocity Ed Kerfeld did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Frank Brown did not respond to coaching in SS