Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Billy Kaat pitching. Mike Ennis strikes out. Andy Listach grounds out to the shortstop. Tony Putnam walks. Rip Hungling grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Tony Putnam is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Detroit Rusty Galloway pitching. Tito Francona strikes out. Jose Vidal grounds out to the pitcher. Elmer Lavender strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Prentiss Smith flies out to the center fielder. Damaso Bonino strikes out. Hughie Ferson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Mike Ferraro strikes out. Rick Gomez grounds out to the third baseman. Eddie Cabrera strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Joe McGraw flies out to the center fielder. Rusty Galloway strikes out. Mike Ennis singles to left field. Andy Listach grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Kirk McCarthy walks. Hank Diaz grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Billy Kaat grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Tony Putnam grounds out to the shortstop. Rip Hungling grounds out to the third baseman. Prentiss Smith singles to left field. Damaso Bonino flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Tito Francona doubles to center field. Jose Vidal singles to center field. Tito Francona is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Elmer Lavender pops out to the first baseman. Mike Ferraro singles to center field. Jose Vidal advances to third on the hit. Mike Ferraro steals second. Rick Gomez flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Hughie Ferson hits a home run. Joe McGraw singles to left field. Passed ball. Joe McGraw advances to second. Rusty Galloway lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Mike Ennis grounds out to the shortstop. Joe McGraw scores. Andy Listach flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Eddie Cabrera strikes out. Kirk McCarthy grounds out to the second baseman. Hank Diaz flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Tony Putnam flies out to the right fielder. Rip Hungling pops out to the shortstop. Prentiss Smith grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Billy Kaat strikes out. Tito Francona walks. Tito Francona steals second. Jose Vidal pops out to the third baseman. Elmer Lavender flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Damaso Bonino strikes out. Hughie Ferson grounds out to the second baseman. Joe McGraw walks. Rusty Galloway pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Mike Ferraro singles to center field. Rick Gomez doubles to left field. Mike Ferraro uses his aggressiveness and scores. Russ Snyder is pinch hitting for Eddie Cabrera. Russ Snyder doubles to center field. Rick Gomez scores. Rich Rollins is pinch hitting for Kirk McCarthy. Rich Rollins hits a home run. Russ Snyder scores. Hank Diaz singles to center field. Don Hand is pinch hitting for Billy Kaat. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Don Hand grounds into a force play to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Hank Diaz is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Tito Francona walks. Mike Coulson 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. Jose Vidal singles to center field. Don Hand scores. Tito Francona advances to third on the hit. Elmer Lavender singles to right field. Tito Francona scores. Mike Ferraro grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Jim Raftery pitching. Dian Hurtado enters the game as a defensive replacement for Rich Rollins at 2B. Mike Ennis strikes out. Andy Listach pops out to the first baseman. Tony Putnam flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Rick Gomez doubles to left field. Russ Snyder walks. Dian Hurtado grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Russ Snyder is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Hank Diaz reached on a fielding error by Joe McGraw. Rick Gomez scores. Jim Raftery lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Walt Costello is pinch hitting for Tito Francona. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Walt Costello grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Rip Hungling singles past the shortstop. Prentiss Smith flies out to the right fielder. Damaso Bonino grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 4 Detroit total runners left on base: 6
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: John Cannizzaro improves in speed David Geishert improves in power_vs_lefty John Cannizzaro improves in arm Benton Muldoon did not respond to coaching in velocity Russ Miller did not respond to coaching in 3B
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Slim Brower improves in contact_vs_lefty Bill Liniak did not respond to coaching in velocity Slim Brower improves in power_vs_righty Jim Ross improves in power_vs_lefty Leo Lewis did not respond to coaching in C