Win: Kaiser Kearns (3-5) Loss: Frank Benitez (2-6)
Save: Dan Alvarez (13)
Inning: 1 New York Kaiser Kearns pitching. Charlie Mota flies out to the left fielder. Whitey Sturgis strikes out. D.T. Escobar grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Roy Meacham pitching. Harry Durocher reached on a 2-base throwing error by Rube Kirby. Orlando Bradley strikes out. Leon Schullstrom flies out to the right fielder. Orator Gardner singles to left field. Harry Durocher scores. Julian Cox grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 New York Ron Meeker singles to center field. Takashi Mahlberg flies out to the left fielder. Rube Kirby strikes out. Koichi Kinoshita flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Frank Howell grounds out to the shortstop. Tony Dickerson hits an infield single to the shortstop. Katsutoshi Nakatani strikes out. Kaiser Kearns grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 New York Shorty Pennington flies out to the left fielder. Roy Meacham grounds out to the third baseman. Charlie Mota flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Harry Durocher strikes out. Orlando Bradley strikes out. Leon Schullstrom grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 New York Whitey Sturgis grounds out to the second baseman. D.T. Escobar singles to right field. D.T. Escobar is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Ron Meeker singles to center field. Takashi Mahlberg grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Ron Meeker is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Orator Gardner strikes out. Julian Cox singles to left field. Frank Howell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Julian Cox advances to second on the play. Tony Dickerson pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 New York Rube Kirby grounds out to the second baseman. Koichi Kinoshita walks. Koichi Kinoshita steals second. Shorty Pennington strikes out. Roy Meacham flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Katsutoshi Nakatani strikes out. Kaiser Kearns grounds out to the shortstop. Harry Durocher strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 New York Charlie Mota pops out to the third baseman. Whitey Sturgis singles to left field. D.T. Escobar strikes out. Ron Meeker strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Orlando Bradley walks. Leon Schullstrom flies out to the center fielder. Orator Gardner singles to center field. Orlando Bradley advances to third on the hit. Julian Cox singles to center field. Orlando Bradley scores. Orator Gardner advances to third on the hit. Frank Howell flies out to the right fielder. Tony Dickerson strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 New York Takashi Mahlberg walks. Rube Kirby flies out to the center fielder. Koichi Kinoshita strikes out. Takashi Mahlberg steals second. Shorty Pennington singles to left field. Takashi Mahlberg scores. Bill Hauger is pinch hitting for Roy Meacham. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Bill Hauger singles to right field. Charlie Mota doubles to left field. Shorty Pennington scores. Bill Hauger is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Frank Benitez pitching. Katsutoshi Nakatani walks. Kaiser Kearns lays a bunt down the first base line. The first baseman fields the ball, throws to second for one out, on to first for the 3-6-4 double play (2B covering 1st). Harry Durocher flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 New York Whitey Sturgis strikes out. D.T. Escobar grounds out to the third baseman. Ron Meeker flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Orlando Bradley strikes out. Leon Schullstrom grounds out to the shortstop. Orator Gardner hits a home run. Julian Cox flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 New York Dan Alvarez comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Takashi Mahlberg strikes out. Rube Kirby strikes out. Koichi Kinoshita pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 New York total runners left on base: 5 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 5
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Babe Brown improves in speed Curtis Levy did not respond to coaching in velocity Brian Lesley did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Kunio Shibahara did not respond to coaching in endurance Carl Green did not respond to coaching in C
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Al Walker did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Del Cross improves in arm John Rhines did not respond to coaching in velocity Daryl Cambria did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Horacio Lary improves in 1B