Win: Moose Rabb (1-1) Loss: Ray Donovan (1-1)
Save: Mike Coleman (1)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Ray Donovan pitching. Ben Bowler grounds out to the shortstop. Alex Strom grounds out to the third baseman. Tripp Shanner jr strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 New York Moose Rabb pitching. Bob Nielsen strikes out. Scott Bowles flies out to the left fielder. Doc Hawkins grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Sean Dillon reached on a 2-base throwing error by Harvey Gonzalez. Bob Leber singles to center field. Sean Dillon is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Warren Epstein reached on a fielding error by Harvey Gonzalez. Joel Lamanno walks. Stoney Slowclum singles to center field. Bob Leber scores. Warren Epstein scores. Moose Rabb lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball and Joel Lamanno is thrown out at third. Stoney Slowclum advances to second on the play. Stoney Slowclum advances to second on the play. Ben Bowler strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 New York Earle Tabaka lines out to the third baseman. Cookie Connor pops out to the shortstop. Enos Fain doubles to right field. Benny Gudat grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Alex Strom grounds out to the shortstop. Tripp Shanner jr strikes out. Sean Dillon hits a home run. Bob Leber doubles to right field. Warren Epstein strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 New York Harvey Gonzalez walks. Ray Donovan lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bob Nielsen pops out to the catcher. Scott Bowles singles to left field. Harvey Gonzalez scores. Scott Bowles steals second. Doc Hawkins singles to center field. Scott Bowles scores. Earle Tabaka grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Doc Hawkins is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Joel Lamanno grounds out to the shortstop. Stoney Slowclum singles to left field. Moose Rabb lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ben Bowler hits an infield single to the shortstop. Alex Strom singles to right field. Stoney Slowclum scores. Ben Bowler advances to third on the hit. Tripp Shanner jr strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 New York Cookie Connor strikes out. Enos Fain grounds out to the shortstop. Benny Gudat grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Sean Dillon lines out to the third baseman. Bob Leber grounds out to the shortstop. Warren Epstein pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 New York Harvey Gonzalez grounds out to the shortstop. Ray Donovan singles to center field. Bob Nielsen singles to left field. Ray Donovan advances to third on the hit. Scott Bowles strikes out. Bob Nielsen steals second. Doc Hawkins grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Joel Lamanno flies out to the center fielder. Stoney Slowclum lines out to the second baseman. Moose Rabb grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 New York Earle Tabaka flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Cookie Connor flies out to the center fielder. Enos Fain strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Ben Bowler strikes out. Alex Strom pops out to the catcher. Tripp Shanner jr pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 New York Mike Coleman comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Benny Gudat grounds out to the second baseman. Rudy Lawson is pinch hitting for Harvey Gonzalez. Rudy Lawson flies out to the left fielder. Ray Donovan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Sean Dillon is hit by a pitch. Bob Leber flies out to the right fielder. Warren Epstein singles to center field. Sean Dillon advances to third on the hit. Cal Cox 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. Joel Lamanno pops out to the third baseman. Stoney Slowclum grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 New York Bob Nielsen grounds out to the second baseman. Scott Bowles singles to left field. Doc Hawkins grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Mike Coleman strikes out. Ben Bowler pops out to the second baseman. Alex Strom reached on a fielding error by Rudy Lawson. Tripp Shanner jr flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 New York Earle Tabaka grounds out to the third baseman. Cookie Connor walks. Gene Campbell is pinch hitting for Enos Fain. Gene Campbell grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 8 New York total runners LOB: 4
Game Notes Stoney Slowclum is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Mac Tim Wakefield did not respond to coaching in velocity Cody Simmons did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Billy Sanford improves in arm Monte Nixon improves in contact_vs_righty Cody Simmons did not respond to coaching in C
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Trey Gandil did not respond to coaching in velocity Gus Fox did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Zeke Bales did not respond to coaching in control Trey Gandil did not respond to coaching in control Gus Fox did not respond to coaching in CF