Win: Sal Williams (5-2) Loss: Bobby Valle (0-3)
Save: Hal Clemens (8)
Inning: 1 Detroit Bobby Valle pitching. Laurie Webb grounds out to the second baseman. Nino Bruyette flies out to the center fielder. Yoshio Asada strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Sal Williams pitching. Roy Bailey singles to center field. George Jay walks. Ray Mahaffey flies out to the center fielder. Eric Moore flies out to the center fielder. Kevin Douglas pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Detroit German Witt hits a home run. Buddy Tillman pops out to the second baseman. Emil Prough strikes out. Don Vizquel singles to left field. Billy Heise flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Les Morales flies out to the right fielder. Pat Baumgarten grounds out to the shortstop. Shunichi Murata doubles to center field. Bobby Valle singles to right field. Roy Bailey walks. George Jay strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Detroit Sal Williams singles to left field. Laurie Webb flies out to the center fielder. Nino Bruyette walks. Yoshio Asada strikes out. German Witt strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Ray Mahaffey triples. Eric Moore walks. Kevin Douglas singles to center field. Ray Mahaffey scores. Eric Moore advances to third on the hit. Les Morales reached on a fielding error by Emil Prough. Eric Moore scores. Pat Baumgarten grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Kevin Douglas advances to third on the play. Shunichi Murata lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Buddy Tillman flies out to the center fielder. Emil Prough singles to center field. Don Vizquel flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Billy Heise singles to right field. Emil Prough advances to third on the hit. Sal Williams flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Bobby Valle strikes out. Roy Bailey strikes out. George Jay grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Laurie Webb strikes out. Nino Bruyette flies out to the right fielder. Yoshio Asada flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Ray Mahaffey flies out to the center fielder. Eric Moore pops out to the third baseman. Kevin Douglas lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit German Witt hits a home run. Buddy Tillman grounds out to the third baseman. Emil Prough grounds out to the third baseman. Don Vizquel reached on a fielding error by Bobby Valle. Billy Heise doubles to center field. Don Vizquel uses his aggressiveness and scores. Sal Williams flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Les Morales pops out to the third baseman. Pat Baumgarten grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Shunichi Murata grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Laurie Webb hits a home run. Fran Gomez comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Nino Bruyette strikes out. Yoshio Asada doubles to left field. German Witt singles to left field. Yoshio Asada scores. Buddy Tillman flies out to the left fielder. Emil Prough grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Fran Gomez strikes out. Roy Bailey grounds out to the second baseman. George Jay grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Don Vizquel flies out to the center fielder. Billy Heise grounds out to the shortstop. Sal Williams singles to right field. Fred Beers comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states RP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 1st. Laurie Webb grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Ray Mahaffey singles past the shortstop. Eric Moore grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Ray Mahaffey is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Kevin Douglas grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Nino Bruyette flies out to the left fielder. Yoshio Asada strikes out. German Witt grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Hal Clemens comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Les Morales reached on a fielding error by Don Vizquel. Miguel Jeter is pinch hitting for Pat Baumgarten. Les Morales is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Miguel Jeter singles to center field. Shunichi Murata grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Detroit total runners LOB: 8 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 6
Batting:2B - Shunichi Murata (4).3B - Ray Mahaffey (3).GIDP - Kevin Douglas, Pat Baumgarten, Shunichi Murata. Baserunning: CS - Les Morales (1). Fielding: E - Bobby Valle.
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Ken Wright did not respond to coaching in velocity Ken Wright did not respond to coaching in velocity Cliff Kellner improves in range Matias Corriden did not respond to coaching in control Cliff Kellner did not respond to coaching in RF
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Bobby Agganis did not respond to coaching in arm Bobby Agganis improves in range Rusty Phillips did not respond to coaching in control Charlie Rodriguez improves in range Bobby Agganis did not respond to coaching in C