Win: Wilfredo Berrios (6-18) Loss: Bruce Musgraves (5-8)
Save: George Niemiec (21)
Inning: 1 Boston Bruce Musgraves pitching. Kid McRae strikes out. Paolo Espinosa strikes out. Kazuyuki Nagakawa flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Wilfredo Berrios pitching. Cactus Bakenhaster pops out to the third baseman. Ted Upshaw singles to left field. Brian Ganzel walks. Red Hughes grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Brian Ganzel is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Dick Rodriguez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Boston Cory Stallion singles to center field. Jerry Wilson strikes out. Red Bell grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Spencer Johnson flies out to the left fielder. Mike Rollins strikes out. Harry Greer singles to left field. Bruce Musgraves strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Travis Leahy hits a home run. Nolan Hollins strikes out. Wilfredo Berrios strikes out. Kid McRae doubles to left field. Paolo Espinosa singles to right field. Kid McRae scores. Kazuyuki Nagakawa grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Paolo Espinosa is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Cactus Bakenhaster doubles to center field. Ted Upshaw walks. Cactus Bakenhaster steals third. Brian Ganzel flies out to the right fielder. Red Hughes strikes out. Dick Rodriguez flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Boston Cory Stallion singles to right field. Jerry Wilson doubles to right field. Cory Stallion uses his aggressiveness and scores. Red Bell strikes out. Travis Leahy grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jerry Wilson advances to third on the play. Nolan Hollins pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Spencer Johnson grounds out to the pitcher. Mike Rollins flies out to the center fielder. Harry Greer singles to center field. Mike Rosenfeld is pinch hitting for Bruce Musgraves. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Mike Rosenfeld strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Boston Rick Sweeney pitching. Wilfredo Berrios strikes out. Kid McRae grounds out to the third baseman. Paolo Espinosa hits a home run. Kazuyuki Nagakawa grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Cactus Bakenhaster strikes out. Ted Upshaw singles to center field. Brian Ganzel strikes out. Red Hughes grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Boston Cory Stallion strikes out. Jerry Wilson grounds out to the second baseman. Red Bell flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Dick Rodriguez grounds out to the second baseman. Spencer Johnson strikes out. Mike Rollins hits a home run. Harry Greer singles past the first baseman. Gerry Mattingly is pinch hitting for Rick Sweeney. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 5 inning. Gerry Mattingly singles to right field. Harry Greer aggressively advances to third on the hit. Gerry Mattingly is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Boston Bobby Konstanty pitching. Travis Leahy strikes out. Nolan Hollins singles to right field. Wilfredo Berrios lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Kid McRae pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Cactus Bakenhaster grounds out to the second baseman. Ted Upshaw reached on a 2-base throwing error by Nolan Hollins. Brian Ganzel hits a home run. Ted Upshaw scores. Red Hughes flies out to the left fielder. Dick Rodriguez singles to center field. Spencer Johnson walks. Monte Herrin 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. Mike Rollins grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Spencer Johnson is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Boston Paolo Espinosa walks. Paolo Espinosa is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Kazuyuki Nagakawa grounds out to the shortstop. Cory Stallion hits a home run. Jerry Wilson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Harry Greer singles past the third baseman. Wayne Murray is pinch hitting for Bobby Konstanty. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 5 inning. Wayne Murray flies out to the center fielder. Cactus Bakenhaster singles to center field. Harry Greer advances to third on the hit. Ted Upshaw strikes out. Cactus Bakenhaster steals second. Brian Ganzel walks. Red Hughes grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Boston John Bako pitching. Red Bell grounds out to the third baseman. Travis Leahy pops out to the catcher. Nolan Hollins strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay George Niemiec comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Dick Rodriguez flies out to the center fielder. Spencer Johnson pops out to the second baseman. Mike Rollins flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Boston total runners LOB: 3 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 13
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Eddie Sturgis improves in power_vs_righty Garrett Sims improves in speed Jim Johnson did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Milt Bream did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Garrett Sims did not respond to coaching in 2B
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Butch Paulette did not respond to coaching in arm Gene York improves in arm Lou Hoiles did not respond to coaching in speed Butch Paulette did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty