Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Virgil Bench pitching. Fritz Balboni grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Johnny Ewing grounds out to the shortstop. Dainier Castro grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cleveland J.J. Covington pitching. Ken Blankenship strikes out. Stan Ward grounds out to the pitcher. A.J. Reese strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Rocko Patterson singles to left field. Frankie Henry strikes out. Vance Tarrant grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Alex Alvarez singles to left field. Pete Kinder hits a home run. Alex Alvarez scores. Otto Stenzel grounds out to the shortstop. Jerry Madrid grounds out to the third baseman. Frank Frasier pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Duke Espinoza grounds out to the third baseman. Jimmy Coleman grounds out to the second baseman. J.J. Covington grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Virgil Bench grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Ken Blankenship walks. Stan Ward pops out to the catcher. A.J. Reese strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Fritz Balboni lines out to the second baseman. Johnny Ewing grounds out to the third baseman. Dainier Castro is hit by a pitch. Rocko Patterson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Alex Alvarez hits an infield single to the third baseman. Pete Kinder singles to center field. Alex Alvarez advances to third on the hit. Otto Stenzel grounds out to the third baseman. Alex Alvarez scores. Pete Kinder advances to second on the play. Jerry Madrid grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Frasier singles to left field. Virgil Bench strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Frankie Henry walks. Vance Tarrant flies out to the center fielder. Duke Espinoza singles to right field. Jimmy Coleman flies out to the left fielder. J.J. Covington pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cleveland Ken Blankenship flies out to the right fielder. Stan Ward grounds out to the second baseman. A.J. Reese strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Fritz Balboni flies out to the left fielder. Johnny Ewing flies out to the left fielder. Dainier Castro flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Alex Alvarez strikes out. Pete Kinder grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Otto Stenzel singles to center field. Jerry Madrid grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Rocko Patterson bunts for a base hit. Frankie Henry doubles to right field. Vance Tarrant singles to left field. Rocko Patterson scores. Duke Espinoza strikes out. Jimmy Coleman walks. Torey Skaugstad is pinch hitting for J.J. Covington. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Torey Skaugstad grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Cleveland Takuya Yamazaki pitching. Frank Frasier flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Virgil Bench flies out to the right fielder. Ken Blankenship singles to left field. Stan Ward singles to center field. A.J. Reese grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Stan Ward is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Fritz Balboni grounds out to the pitcher. Johnny Ewing strikes out. Dainier Castro strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cleveland Alex Alvarez singles to center field. Pete Kinder singles to center field. Alex Alvarez advances to third on the hit. Otto Stenzel doubles to right field. Alex Alvarez scores. Bernie Thomas comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jerry Madrid flies out to the right fielder. Frank Frasier pops out to the first baseman. Whitey Lake is pinch hitting for Virgil Bench. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Whitey Lake strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Al Wadsworth pitching. Rocko Patterson grounds out to the second baseman. Frankie Henry strikes out. Vance Tarrant grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 5 Cleveland total runners left on base: 8
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Myrl Mowe improves in speed Johnny Downing improves in power_vs_righty Ruben Larkin did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill Wilson did not respond to coaching in arm
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Pretzel Brown did not respond to coaching in arm Pat Rodriguez did not respond to coaching in control Dave Mays did not respond to coaching in velocity Heinie Hampton improves in contact_vs_righty Aaron Hisner did not respond to coaching in RF