Win: Comangi Loko (8-8) Loss: Virgil Bench (5-4)
Save: Bernie Thomas (17)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Virgil Bench pitching. Fritz Balboni walks. Vance Tarrant strikes out. Fritz Balboni steals second. ZyZoy Pink strikes out. Deacon Dedmon reached on a 2-base throwing error by Justin Hunt. Fritz Balboni scores. Rocko Patterson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Cleveland Comangi Loko pitching. Justin Hunt flies out to the center fielder. Mike Morey grounds out to the shortstop. Alex Alvarez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Frankie Henry hits a home run. Torey Skaugstad singles to center field. Duke Espinoza grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Torey Skaugstad is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Comangi Loko fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Comangi Loko grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Frank Frasier flies out to the center fielder. Whitey Lake strikes out. Kunio Yonezaki singles past the third baseman. Jerry Madrid lines out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Fritz Balboni singles to right field. Vance Tarrant singles to left field. Fritz Balboni advances to third on the hit. ZyZoy Pink singles to right field. Fritz Balboni scores. Deacon Dedmon hits a home run. Vance Tarrant scores. ZyZoy Pink scores. Rocko Patterson strikes out. Frankie Henry flies out to the right fielder. Torey Skaugstad pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Otto Stenzel lines out to the second baseman. Virgil Bench strikes out. Justin Hunt pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Duke Espinoza singles to right field. Comangi Loko lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Duke Espinoza forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Fritz Balboni walks. Vance Tarrant grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Comangi Loko advances to third on the play. Fritz Balboni advances to second on the play. ZyZoy Pink strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Cleveland Mike Morey grounds out to the second baseman. Alex Alvarez singles to center field. Frank Frasier singles to right field. Alex Alvarez advances to third on the hit. Whitey Lake flies out to the left fielder. Kunio Yonezaki pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Dave Mays comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Deacon Dedmon grounds out to the second baseman. Rocko Patterson strikes out. Frankie Henry strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Jerry Madrid strikes out. Otto Stenzel grounds out to the pitcher. Dave Mays grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Torey Skaugstad singles to center field. Duke Espinoza grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Torey Skaugstad is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Comangi Loko lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Fritz Balboni grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Justin Hunt grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Morey grounds out to the third baseman. Alex Alvarez pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Vance Tarrant strikes out. ZyZoy Pink flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Deacon Dedmon pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cleveland Frank Frasier singles to center field. Whitey Lake strikes out. Kunio Yonezaki singles to center field. Jerry Madrid hits a home run. Frank Frasier scores. Kunio Yonezaki scores. Otto Stenzel singles to left field. Ken Blankenship is pinch hitting for Dave Mays. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ken Blankenship strikes out. Justin Hunt strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Tito Felder pitching. Rocko Patterson grounds out to the second baseman. Frankie Henry walks. Torey Skaugstad grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cleveland Mike Morey triples. Duvier Charles 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. Alex Alvarez grounds out to the third baseman. Frank Frasier strikes out. Whitey Lake singles to center field. Mike Morey scores. Kunio Yonezaki grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Whitey Lake is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Duke Espinoza strikes out. Dainier Castro is pinch hitting for Duvier Charles. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Dainier Castro singles past the shortstop. Fritz Balboni singles to center field. Dainier Castro advances to third on the hit. Vance Tarrant flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Dainier Castro scores. Wally Jones comes in from the bullpen to pitch. ZyZoy Pink flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cleveland Bernie Thomas pitching. Jerry Madrid singles to center field. Otto Stenzel strikes out. George Burkart is pinch hitting for Wally Jones. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. George Burkart grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Jerry Madrid is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Justin Hunt singles to right field. Mike Morey doubles to right field. George Burkart scores. Alex Alvarez strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 5 Cleveland total runners LOB: 7
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ken Geren did not respond to coaching in control Bill Wilson did not respond to coaching in range Joe Gomez improves in power_vs_lefty Andy Kennedy improves in arm A.K. Lovejoy improves in 2B
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Aaron Hisner did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Mike Graney improves in range Mike Graney did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Ed Lowe improves in power_vs_righty Mike Graney improves in SS