Win: Mike Lively (1-0) Loss: Jack Long (0-6)
Save: Hal Clemens (9)
Inning: 1 Detroit Jack Long pitching. Nino Bruyette flies out to the center fielder. Yoshio Asada grounds out to the second baseman. German Witt pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Pedro Scarritt pitching. Roy Bailey singles to right field. George Jay pops out to the first baseman. Ray Mahaffey singles to center field. Les Morales flies out to the right fielder. Eric Moore singles to center field. Roy Bailey scores. Ray Mahaffey advances to third on the hit. Kevin Douglas pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Detroit Emil Prough lines out to the shortstop. Don Vizquel strikes out. Billy Heise grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Pat Baumgarten walks. Shunichi Murata grounds out to the third baseman. Pat Baumgarten advances to second on the play. Jack Long pops out to the first baseman. Roy Bailey flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Jim Esmond flies out to the left fielder. Ed Sember pops out to the second baseman. Pedro Scarritt flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay George Jay grounds out to the third baseman. Ray Mahaffey singles to right field. Les Morales strikes out. Eric Moore flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Nino Bruyette singles to left field. Yoshio Asada walks. German Witt singles to center field. Nino Bruyette scores. Yoshio Asada advances to third on the hit. Emil Prough strikes out. Don Vizquel walks. Billy Heise walks. Yoshio Asada scores. Jim Esmond singles to right field. German Witt scores. Don Vizquel scores. Billy Heise advances to third on the hit. Ed Sember grounds out to the third baseman. Jim Esmond advances to second on the play. Pedro Scarritt reached on a fielding error by Les Morales. Billy Heise scores. Nino Bruyette flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Kevin Douglas singles to right field. Pat Baumgarten flies out to the right fielder. Shunichi Murata flies out to the right fielder. Jack Long singles to left field. Kevin Douglas advances to third on the hit. Roy Bailey flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Detroit Yoshio Asada singles to center field. German Witt pops out to the second baseman. Bobby Hernandez 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 1st. Emil Prough strikes out. Don Vizquel grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay George Jay singles to center field. Ray Mahaffey strikes out. Les Morales singles to right field. Eric Moore singles to left field. George Jay scores. Les Morales advances to third on the hit. Mike Lively comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Kevin Douglas singles to left field. Les Morales scores. Pat Baumgarten singles to center field. Eric Moore uses his aggressiveness and scores. Kevin Douglas aggressively advances to third on the hit. Shunichi Murata lines out to the shortstop. Bobby Hernandez strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Detroit Billy Heise walks. Jim Esmond singles to left field. Billy Heise advances to third on the hit. Ed Sember flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Billy Heise scores. 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. Mike Lively lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Jim Esmond forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Nino Bruyette walks. Yoshio Asada grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Roy Bailey flies out to the center fielder. George Jay doubles to right field. Ray Mahaffey singles to center field. George Jay scores. Les Morales strikes out. Eric Moore strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit German Witt flies out to the left fielder. Emil Prough strikes out. Don Vizquel flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Kevin Douglas strikes out. Miguel Jeter is pinch hitting for Pat Baumgarten. Miguel Jeter strikes out. Shunichi Murata grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Billy Heise singles to right field. Jim Esmond grounds out to the pitcher. Billy Heise advances to second on the play. Ed Sember doubles to right field. Billy Heise scores. Gary High is pinch hitting for Mike Lively. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Gary High lines out to the third baseman. Nino Bruyette singles to right field. Ed Sember scores. George Hodge comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Nino Bruyette is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Reid Hatcher pitching. George Hodge strikes out. Roy Bailey walks. George Jay pops out to the first baseman. Ray Mahaffey strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Yoshio Asada grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! German Witt grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Emil Prough walks. Don Vizquel pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Hal Clemens comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Les Morales grounds out to the second baseman. Eric Moore grounds out to the second baseman. Kevin Douglas strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Detroit total runners LOB: 6 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 10
Game Notes Pat Baumgarten is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Matias Corriden did not respond to coaching in control Steve Daniels improves in velocity Pedro Savage did not respond to coaching in speed Jack Tener did not respond to coaching in control Roy Satriano did not respond to coaching in 2B
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Rusty Phillips did not respond to coaching in control Eric Steengrafe improves in contact_vs_lefty Jim Rothschild improves in range Oscar Brunansky did not respond to coaching in speed Bobby Agganis did not respond to coaching in C