Win: Stan Helfand (7-14) Loss: George Niemiec (3-5)
Save: Steve Kirrene (37)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Alvaro Soler pitching. Brian Ganzel grounds out to the shortstop. Curt Houck singles to left field. Wayne Murray doubles to left field. Curt Houck uses his aggressiveness and scores. Cactus Bakenhaster flies out to the right fielder. Mike Rosenfeld singles to left field. Wayne Murray scores. Earl Brownson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Boston Stan Helfand pitching. Huck Crockett grounds out to the third baseman. Kazuyuki Nagakawa singles to right field. Glenn Newell flies out to the right fielder. Tom Miller pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Mike Rollins flies out to the left fielder. Dick Rodriguez singles to right field. Stan Helfand fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Stan Helfand grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Paolo Espinosa strikes out. Cory Stallion grounds out to the third baseman. Charlie Lowe walks. Kid McRae grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Charlie Lowe is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Brian Ganzel grounds out to the shortstop. Curt Houck singles to center field. Wayne Murray pops out to the shortstop. Cactus Bakenhaster strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Alvaro Soler strikes out. Huck Crockett grounds out to the third baseman. Kazuyuki Nagakawa strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Mike Rosenfeld grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Earl Brownson pops out to the third baseman. Mike Rollins lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Glenn Newell grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Miller lines out to the second baseman. Paolo Espinosa doubles to center field. Cory Stallion singles to right field. Paolo Espinosa scores. Charlie Lowe doubles to right field. Kid McRae hits a home run. Cory Stallion scores. Charlie Lowe scores. Alvaro Soler flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Dick Rodriguez singles to left field. Stan Helfand lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Brian Ganzel strikes out. Curt Houck grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Boston Huck Crockett pops out to the first baseman. Kazuyuki Nagakawa singles to center field. Glenn Newell strikes out. Tom Miller singles to center field. Kazuyuki Nagakawa advances to third on the hit. Paolo Espinosa strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Wayne Murray doubles to left field. Cactus Bakenhaster singles to left field. Wayne Murray is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Mike Rosenfeld strikes out. Earl Brownson reached on a 2-base throwing error by Paolo Espinosa. Mike Rollins strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Boston Cory Stallion grounds out to the third baseman. Charlie Lowe pops out to the shortstop. Kid McRae doubles to center field. Alvaro Soler lines out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Dick Rodriguez singles to center field. Red Hughes is pinch hitting for Stan Helfand. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Red Hughes singles to right field. Dick Rodriguez advances to third on the hit. George Niemiec comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Brian Ganzel walks. Curt Houck walks. Dick Rodriguez scores. Wayne Murray grounds out to the second baseman. Red Hughes scores. Brian Ganzel advances to third on the play. Curt Houck advances to second on the play. Cactus Bakenhaster strikes out. Mike Rosenfeld singles to right field. Brian Ganzel scores. Curt Houck scores. Chico Chapman comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Earl Brownson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Boston King Sweeney pitching. Huck Crockett singles to center field. Kazuyuki Nagakawa flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Glenn Newell walks. Tom Miller singles to left field. Huck Crockett scores. Rick Sweeney comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Paolo Espinosa strikes out. Cory Stallion walks. Charlie Lowe pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Mike Rollins grounds out to the shortstop. Dick Rodriguez singles to left field. Mel Ott is pinch hitting for Rick Sweeney. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 5 inning. Mel Ott grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston John Bako pitching. Kid McRae grounds out to the shortstop. Jerry Wilson is pinch hitting for Chico Chapman. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jerry Wilson grounds out to the third baseman. Huck Crockett grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Libe Ramirez pitching. Brian Ganzel grounds out to the shortstop. Curt Houck grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Wayne Murray reached on a 2-base throwing error by Cory Stallion. Cactus Bakenhaster singles to center field. Wayne Murray scores. Cactus Bakenhaster steals second. Mike Rosenfeld grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Boston Steve Kirrene comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Kazuyuki Nagakawa singles to left field. Glenn Newell strikes out. Tom Miller flies out to the right fielder. Paolo Espinosa walks. Cory Stallion grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Paolo Espinosa is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 7 Boston total runners LOB: 10
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Lou Hoiles did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Pete Hess improves in contact_vs_lefty Jim Derrick improves in contact_vs_lefty Bill Gerner improves in power_vs_righty
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bill Veras improves in speed Russ Hook did not respond to coaching in speed Frank Keupper improves in control Hector Flores improves in control Carson Pastrano did not respond to coaching in CF