Win: George Knoll (6-8) Loss: Ron Reisling (6-10)
Save: Mike Donovan (1)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Itsuki Makishima pitching. Makoto Inao singles to left field. Pop Riesgo flies out to the center fielder. Rudy Warner grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Makoto Inao advances to second on the play. Ricardo Brito flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 New York Osdanis Garcia pitching. Karl Fields strikes out. Bert Dunham pops out to the second baseman. Ramon Hendrix grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Jeff Daly pops out to the catcher. Daisuke Kashibuchi strikes out. Tony Steinbrenner flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 New York Gene Belle grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Abrego grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Harris grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Hideo Furuta hits a home run. Osdanis Garcia grounds out to the third baseman. Makoto Inao singles to left field. Pop Riesgo grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Makoto Inao advances to second on the play. Rudy Warner strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 New York Dan Ragland hits a home run. Bill DeMiller singles past the shortstop. Itsuki Makishima lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Karl Fields strikes out. Bert Dunham is hit by a pitch. Ramon Hendrix grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Bert Dunham is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Ricardo Brito strikes out. Jeff Daly flies out to the right fielder. Daisuke Kashibuchi grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 New York Gene Belle flies out to the right fielder. Joe Abrego flies out to the right fielder. Mike Harris singles past the shortstop. Dan Ragland walks. Bill DeMiller grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Tony Steinbrenner singles to left field. Hideo Furuta flies out to the center fielder. Osdanis Garcia fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Osdanis Garcia singles to left field. Makoto Inao grounds out to the third baseman. Tony Steinbrenner advances to third on the play. Osdanis Garcia advances to second on the play. Pop Riesgo flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 New York Itsuki Makishima hits an infield single to the pitcher. Karl Fields strikes out. Bert Dunham strikes out. Ramon Hendrix strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Rudy Warner flies out to the center fielder. Ricardo Brito singles to center field. Jeff Daly strikes out. Daisuke Kashibuchi walks. Tony Steinbrenner flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 New York Gene Belle strikes out. Joe Abrego strikes out. Mike Harris grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Hideo Furuta grounds out to the pitcher. Alan Ripley is pinch hitting for Osdanis Garcia. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Alan Ripley flies out to the center fielder. Makoto Inao strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 New York Scott Paquette pitching. Dan Ragland singles to left field. Bill DeMiller strikes out. Itsuki Makishima fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Itsuki Makishima strikes out. Karl Fields walks. Bert Dunham doubles to left field. Dan Ragland scores. Karl Fields uses his aggressiveness and scores. Tsuneteru Komazaki comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ramon Hendrix hits a home run. Bert Dunham scores. George Knoll comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Gene Belle walks. Joe Abrego flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Yasunori Yokomizo is pinch hitting for Pop Riesgo. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Yasunori Yokomizo grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rudy Warner walks. John Serad is pinch hitting for Ricardo Brito. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. John Serad hits a home run. Rudy Warner scores. Jeff Daly strikes out. Daisuke Kashibuchi grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 New York Mike Harris grounds out to the third baseman. Dan Ragland flies out to the center fielder. Bill DeMiller strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Ron Reisling comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Tony Steinbrenner walks. Hideo Furuta singles to right field. Otto Rosso is pinch hitting for George Knoll. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Otto Rosso singles to left field. Tony Steinbrenner scores. Richmond Twickenham comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Makoto Inao walks. Yasunori Yokomizo triples. Hideo Furuta scores. Otto Rosso scores. Makoto Inao scores. Rudy Warner singles to left field. Yasunori Yokomizo scores. Dandy Dan Daniels comes in from the bullpen to pitch. John Serad walks. Jeff Daly strikes out. Daisuke Kashibuchi flies out to the left fielder. Tony Steinbrenner grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 New York Mike Donovan pitching. Les Stinnett enters the game as a defensive replacement for Makoto Inao at 2B. Buddy Powell enters the game as a defensive replacement for Daisuke Kashibuchi at 3B. Joe Bowler is pinch hitting for Dandy Dan Daniels. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Joe Bowler lines out to the second baseman. Karl Fields triples. Bert Dunham singles to left field. Karl Fields scores. Ramon Hendrix flies out to the right fielder. Gene Belle walks. Joe Abrego strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 8 New York total runners LOB: 8
Game Notes Tsuneteru Komazaki is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Salomon Jones improves in contact_vs_righty Chuck Machado improves in power_vs_lefty Billy Morgan did not respond to coaching in velocity Etsuro Yokota did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Roberto McCauley did not respond to coaching in range Tom Baldwin did not respond to coaching in speed
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Whitey Gristle did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Fred Brainerd did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Tex Thomas improves in endurance Fred Brainerd did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Larry Renick did not respond to coaching in range Larry Renick did not respond to coaching in range Jose Perez did not respond to coaching in 3B