Win: Jay Berardino (8-8) Loss: Chris Walker (10-9)
Save: Fred Martin (28)
Inning: 1 New York Chris Walker pitching. Charlie Mota walks. Whitey Sturgis grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. D.T. Escobar singles past the shortstop. Ron Meeker grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Jay Berardino pitching. Harry Durocher grounds out to the second baseman. Vicente Cato lines out to the third baseman. Leon Schullstrom walks. Orator Gardner flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 New York Takashi Mahlberg strikes out. Bill Hauger flies out to the center fielder. Todd Moore reached on a 2-base fielding error by Dave Schaal. Erik Hedgpeth grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Julian Cox reached on a fielding error by Erik Hedgpeth. Julian Cox steals second. Dave Schaal flies out to the left fielder. Tony Dickerson pops out to the shortstop. Herm Kantlehner strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 New York Jay Berardino flies out to the right fielder. Charlie Mota flies out to the left fielder. Whitey Sturgis grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Chris Walker flies out to the left fielder. Harry Durocher grounds out to the third baseman. Vicente Cato strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 New York D.T. Escobar flies out to the left fielder. Ron Meeker hits a home run. Takashi Mahlberg grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Hauger grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Leon Schullstrom flies out to the right fielder. Orator Gardner strikes out. Julian Cox doubles to left field. Dave Schaal grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 New York Todd Moore grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Erik Hedgpeth hits a home run. Jay Berardino strikes out. Charlie Mota singles past the shortstop. Whitey Sturgis grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Charlie Mota is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Tony Dickerson hits a home run. Herm Kantlehner grounds out to the pitcher. Chris Walker grounds out to the third baseman. Harry Durocher singles past the second baseman. Vicente Cato strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 New York D.T. Escobar grounds out to the third baseman. Ron Meeker grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Takashi Mahlberg grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Leon Schullstrom strikes out. Orator Gardner pops out to the shortstop. Julian Cox grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 New York Bill Hauger flies out to the center fielder. Todd Moore singles to right field. Erik Hedgpeth walks. Jay Berardino fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Jay Berardino strikes out. Charlie Mota singles to center field. Todd Moore scores. Erik Hedgpeth advances to third on the hit. Whitey Sturgis triples. Erik Hedgpeth scores. Charlie Mota scores. Ken Coggin comes in from the bullpen to pitch. D.T. Escobar strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Dave Schaal flies out to the right fielder. Tony Dickerson flies out to the center fielder. Herm Kantlehner grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 New York Ron Meeker walks. Takashi Mahlberg singles to center field. Bill Hauger strikes out. Todd Moore strikes out. Erik Hedgpeth singles to center field. Ron Meeker scores. Takashi Mahlberg advances to third on the hit. Hiroyoshi Ugumori comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jay Berardino strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay John Hickman is pinch hitting for Hiroyoshi Ugumori. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. John Hickman hits an infield single to the third baseman. Harry Durocher singles to right field. Vicente Cato walks. Leon Schullstrom flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, John Hickman scores. Bob Duncan 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. Orator Gardner grounds out to the shortstop. Harry Durocher advances to third on the play. Vicente Cato advances to second on the play. Julian Cox grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 New York Tom Wallach pitching. Charlie Mota walks. Whitey Sturgis strikes out. D.T. Escobar grounds out to the third baseman. Charlie Mota advances to second on the play. Ron Meeker strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Dave Schaal grounds out to the shortstop. Tony Dickerson singles to center field. Tony Dickerson steals second. Herm Kantlehner grounds out to the pitcher. Tom Reilley is pinch hitting for Tom Wallach. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Tom Reilley reached on a fielding error by Whitey Sturgis. Fred Martin comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Harry Durocher lines out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 New York total runners LOB: 7 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 8
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Ed Niles did not respond to coaching in arm Tack Speck improves in velocity Tack Speck did not respond to coaching in velocity Curtis Levy did not respond to coaching in velocity 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 improves in power_vs_lefty Yosuke Miyazaki did not respond to coaching in control Del Cross improves in power_vs_righty Daryl Cambria did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty