Win: Dick Adcock (8-3) Loss: Joe Greene (12-10)
Save: John Miller (37)
Inning: 1 Toronto Red Fabregas pitching. Lefty Bannister singles to right field. Cannonball Tarasco grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Lefty Bannister is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Mike Anderson flies out to the center fielder. Ray Brower lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Joe Greene pitching. Milt Zauchin strikes out. Bill Draper walks. Shigeo Ube strikes out. Rusty Christopher strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Toronto Earl Harrah strikes out. Roy McBride strikes out. Bill Harper singles to right field. Pat Dotter doubles to right field. Joe Greene strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Rudy Rondon strikes out. Joe Inks walks. Ralph Walsh strikes out. John Moschitto flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Toronto Lefty Bannister grounds out to the shortstop. Cannonball Tarasco strikes out. Mike Anderson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Red Fabregas grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Milt Zauchin strikes out. Bill Draper strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Toronto Ray Brower hits a home run. Earl Harrah flies out to the center fielder. Roy McBride strikes out. Bill Harper doubles to right field. Pat Dotter doubles to right field. Bill Harper scores. Joe Greene flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Shigeo Ube hits a home run. Rusty Christopher strikes out. Rudy Rondon strikes out. Joe Inks flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Toronto Lefty Bannister grounds out to the third baseman. Cannonball Tarasco hits an infield single to the third baseman. Mike Anderson walks. Ray Brower grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Ralph Walsh strikes out. John Moschitto singles to center field. Red Fabregas fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Red Fabregas flies out to the center fielder. Milt Zauchin singles to left field. John Moschitto advances to third on the hit. Bill Draper grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Toronto Earl Harrah grounds out to the third baseman. Roy McBride flies out to the left fielder. Bill Harper pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Shigeo Ube grounds out to the third baseman. Rusty Christopher grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Rudy Rondon strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Toronto Dick Adcock 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. Pat Dotter strikes out. Joe Greene strikes out. Lefty Bannister singles to left field. Lefty Bannister steals second. Cannonball Tarasco flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Joe Inks strikes out. Ralph Walsh strikes out. Ruben Manlove is pinch hitting for John Moschitto. Ruben Manlove walks. Roy Spencer is pinch hitting for Dick Adcock. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Roy Spencer singles to center field. Ruben Manlove advances to third on the hit. Roy Spencer steals second. Milt Zauchin singles to center field. Ruben Manlove scores. Roy Spencer scores. Bill Draper flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Toronto Larry Spriggs pitching. Charlie Ostrowski enters the game as a defensive replacement for Ruben Manlove at C. Mike Anderson flies out to the right fielder. Ray Brower strikes out. Earl Harrah grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Shigeo Ube singles to left field. Tug McGraw comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Shigeo Ube is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Rusty Christopher grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Rudy Rondon flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Toronto John Miller comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Roy McBride strikes out. Bill Harper grounds out to the pitcher. Pat Dotter singles to right field. Bud Gross is pinch hitting for Tug McGraw. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Bud Gross strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Toronto total runners left on base: 7 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 5
Game Notes John Moschitto is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
Toronto Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Rich Fuentes improves in arm Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Jack Lewis did not respond to coaching in control Mark Wilkerson improves in range Gordon Jones did not respond to coaching in 1B
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Hiroki Tani did not respond to coaching in control Alex Gibson did not respond to coaching in control Jeff Rodin did not respond to coaching in velocity Alex Gibson did not respond to coaching in velocity