Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Tom Stouch pitching. Dana Spradlin strikes out. Ricky Hendricks strikes out. Tavo Cunningham strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Bobby Gorecki pitching. Tom Welch grounds out to the shortstop. Jack Mercedes flies out to the left fielder. Bill Brown grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Sonny Mack hits a home run. Andres Plank walks. Andres Plank is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Dave Shepherd flies out to the right fielder. Charlie Smith grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Lyle McCurdy flies out to the center fielder. Bert Lintz grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jerry Boyle strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Jody Brondell strikes out. Bobby Gorecki grounds out to the third baseman. Dana Spradlin flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Jim Mangan strikes out. George Brashear strikes out. Tom Stouch flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Ricky Hendricks lines out to the shortstop. Tavo Cunningham singles to right field. Sonny Mack strikes out. Andres Plank singles to right field. Dave Shepherd flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Detroit Tom Welch hits an infield single to the pitcher. Jack Mercedes singles to left field. Bill Brown strikes out. Lyle McCurdy walks. Bert Lintz walks. Tom Welch scores. Jerry Boyle walks. Jack Mercedes scores. Jim Mangan grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Charlie Smith reached on a fielding error by Jack Mercedes. Jody Brondell flies out to the center fielder. Bobby Gorecki lays a bunt down the third base line. He is safe at first. Runners advance. Dana Spradlin singles to center field. Charlie Smith scores. Bobby Gorecki advances to third on the hit. Ricky Hendricks triples. Bobby Gorecki scores. Dana Spradlin scores. Tavo Cunningham grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Sonny Mack grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit George Brashear singles to center field. Tom Stouch lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Tom Welch hits a home run. George Brashear scores. Jack Mercedes walks. Bill Brown singles to left field. Lyle McCurdy flies out to the right fielder. Bert Lintz walks. Jerry Boyle grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Andres Plank grounds out to the shortstop. Dave Shepherd strikes out. Charlie Smith pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Jim Mangan strikes out. George Brashear grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Stouch grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Jody Brondell walks. John Calderon is pinch hitting for Bobby Gorecki. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. John Calderon doubles to right field. Jody Brondell uses his aggressiveness and scores. Dana Spradlin grounds out to the third baseman. Ricky Hendricks reached on a 2-base throwing error by Bill Brown. John Calderon scores. Tavo Cunningham grounds out to the second baseman. Ricky Hendricks advances to third on the play. Sonny Mack strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Ed Carmel pitching. Tom Welch grounds out to the third baseman. Jack Mercedes singles to center field. Bill Brown walks. Lyle McCurdy flies out to the center fielder. Bert Lintz pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Dave Rhiel comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Andres Plank singles to center field. Andres Plank steals second. Jim Mangan throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Dave Shepherd flies out to the center fielder. Charlie Smith strikes out. Jody Brondell flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Jerry Boyle walks. Jim Mangan grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! George Brashear strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Ron Ryan is pinch hitting for Ed Carmel. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ron Ryan grounds out to the third baseman. Dana Spradlin triples. Ricky Hendricks singles to right field. Dana Spradlin scores. Basil Rathbone comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tavo Cunningham grounds out to the third baseman. Ricky Hendricks advances to second on the play. Sonny Mack singles to right field. Ricky Hendricks scores. Sonny Mack steals second. Andres Plank singles to center field. Sonny Mack scores. Dave Shepherd grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Bill Akerfelds pitching. Jamie Gibbons is pinch hitting for Basil Rathbone. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jamie Gibbons grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Welch flies out to the right fielder. Jack Mercedes grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 6 Detroit total runners LOB: 7
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Cal Davis improves in contact_vs_lefty Sparky Hinrichs did not respond to coaching in velocity Rafael Jones did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Rafael Jones did not respond to coaching in arm
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Joey Beamon did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Dan Service improves in range Ed Meyer did not respond to coaching in speed John May did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty