Win: Jim Nicholson (18-10) Loss: Paul Schindler (5-6)
Save: Ross Purdy (35)
Inning: 1 Boston Jim Nicholson pitching. Austin Cortes strikes out. Kent Leskanic walks. Kent Leskanic steals second. Willard Rodriguez strikes out. Jeff Murray grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Hick Schultz pitching. Al Suter strikes out. John Walton flies out to the center fielder. Elmer Flick flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Bill Mosolf strikes out. Julie Reisling strikes out. Joe Durham grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Jim McCurdy grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Pat Sharperson hits a home run. Jeff Bowman pops out to the shortstop. Billy Mills grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Boston Doc Foytack doubles to center field. Hick Schultz lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. The defense is playing the infield in. Austin Cortes strikes out. Kent Leskanic strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Randy Park grounds out to the pitcher. Jim Nicholson strikes out. Al Suter grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Willard Rodriguez grounds out to the shortstop. Jeff Murray strikes out. Bill Mosolf hits an infield single to the pitcher. Julie Reisling strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay John Walton singles to center field. Elmer Flick flies out to the center fielder. Jim McCurdy grounds into a force play to the shortstop. John Walton is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Pat Sharperson singles to center field. Jim McCurdy advances to third on the hit. Jeff Bowman flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Boston Joe Durham grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Doc Foytack strikes out. Hick Schultz walks. Austin Cortes singles to right field. Kent Leskanic flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Billy Mills grounds out to the third baseman. Randy Park flies out to the center fielder. Jim Nicholson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Willard Rodriguez singles to center field. Jeff Murray strikes out. Bill Mosolf flies out to the left fielder. Julie Reisling grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Al Suter singles to right field. John Walton grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Al Suter is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. John Walton is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Elmer Flick walks. Elmer Flick steals second. Jim McCurdy strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Boston Joe Durham strikes out. Doc Foytack flies out to the right fielder. Heinie Miller is pinch hitting for Hick Schultz. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Heinie Miller triples. Austin Cortes hits a home run. Heinie Miller scores. Kent Leskanic grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Paul Schindler pitching. Pat Sharperson grounds out to the shortstop. Rene Fermin is pinch hitting for Jeff Bowman. Rene Fermin singles to left field. Rene Fermin steals second. Billy Mills singles to center field. Rene Fermin scores. Bob Ellis comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jerry Lee Leja is pinch hitting for Randy Park. Jerry Lee Leja singles to center field. Billy Mills advances to third on the hit. Jerry Lee Leja steals second. Jim Nicholson flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Billy Mills scores. Al Suter strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Boston Jim Flynn enters the game as a defensive replacement for Rene Fermin at CF. Willard Rodriguez singles to right field. Jeff Murray hits an infield single to the pitcher. Greg Goodwin 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. Bill Mosolf grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Willard Rodriguez advances to third on the play. Julie Reisling flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay John Walton strikes out. Elmer Flick pops out to the first baseman. Jim McCurdy flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Boston Ross Purdy comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Joe Durham strikes out. Doc Foytack singles to center field. Harry Bourjos is pinch hitting for Bob Ellis. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Doc Foytack steals second. Harry Bourjos flies out to the right fielder. Austin Cortes flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Boston total runners left on base: 8 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 4
Game Notes Jim Nicholson is injured and is expected to be out 10 days.
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Cliff Jackson did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Manuel Stone improves in control Jeff Perez improves in contact_vs_righty Granny Carson did not respond to coaching in arm Mark Watson did not respond to coaching in SS
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Pat Wyrostek improves in contact_vs_lefty David Sudakis did not respond to coaching in control Todd Schattinger improves in range David Sudakis improves in control Dwight McGilberry did not respond to coaching in C