Win: Pablo Torrealba (1-0) Loss: Danny Mejia (8-11)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Danny Mejia pitching. Joe Selph flies out to the right fielder. Jim Sherrill grounds out to the second baseman. Sang-Hoon Betcher walks. Tom Shearer pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Anaheim Pablo Torrealba pitching. Rube Harris singles past the second baseman. Rube Harris is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Elmer Pepper singles to left field. Mike Connors reached on a 2-base throwing error by Sang-Hoon Betcher. The defense is playing the corners in. Chi-Chi Philley flies out to the left fielder. Ken Umphlett strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Buddy Covington grounds out to the third baseman. Danny Cox walks. Kirtley Dougherty strikes out. Danny Cox is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Anaheim George Renteria strikes out. Fred Bocek grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Berry flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Erv Bichette singles to right field. Pablo Torrealba lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Joe Selph grounds out to the third baseman. Jim Sherrill hits a home run. Erv Bichette scores. Sang-Hoon Betcher strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Anaheim Danny Mejia strikes out. Rube Harris doubles to center field. Elmer Pepper grounds out to the second baseman. Rube Harris advances to third on the play. Mike Connors walks. Chi-Chi Philley strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Tom Shearer flies out to the center fielder. Buddy Covington strikes out. Danny Cox grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Anaheim Ken Umphlett walks. George Renteria grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ken Umphlett is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Fred Bocek flies out to the left fielder. Bill Berry strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Kirtley Dougherty walks. Erv Bichette grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Kirtley Dougherty advances to second on the play. Pablo Torrealba grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Selph grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Anaheim Danny Mejia grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rube Harris singles to right field. Elmer Pepper strikes out. Mike Connors singles to left field. Rube Harris advances to third on the hit. Chi-Chi Philley flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Jim Sherrill singles to left field. Sang-Hoon Betcher strikes out. Tom Shearer flies out to the center fielder. Buddy Covington singles to left field. Jim Sherrill is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Anaheim Ken Umphlett singles past the second baseman. George Renteria singles to left field. Ken Umphlett aggressively advances to third on the hit. George Renteria is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Fred Bocek singles past the third baseman. Ken Umphlett scores. Fred Bocek is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Bill Berry hits an infield single to the shortstop. Danny Mejia strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Danny Cox singles to center field. Kirtley Dougherty doubles to right field. Erv Bichette flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Danny Cox scores. Ed Nippert 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. Pablo Torrealba strikes out. Joe Selph strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Anaheim Rube Harris grounds out to the second baseman. Elmer Pepper singles to left field. Deacon Daal comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mike Connors flies out to the center fielder. Chi-Chi Philley doubles to left field. Elmer Pepper uses his aggressiveness and scores. Ken Umphlett grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Jim Sherrill triples. Sang-Hoon Betcher hits a home run. Jim Sherrill scores. Billy Jones comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tom Shearer walks. Buddy Covington flies out to the left fielder. Danny Cox triples. Tom Shearer scores. Kirtley Dougherty grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Erv Bichette lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Anaheim George Renteria strikes out. Fred Bocek strikes out. Bill Berry singles past the second baseman. Billy Jones strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Jose Billings is pinch hitting for Deacon Daal. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jose Billings flies out to the left fielder. Joe Selph walks. Jim Sherrill strikes out. Sang-Hoon Betcher pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Anaheim Jim Slocumb pitching. Rube Harris walks. Elmer Pepper strikes out. Rube Harris steals second. Mike Connors flies out to the right fielder. Chi-Chi Philley strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 6 Anaheim total runners LOB: 11
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jacob Austin did not respond to coaching in control Jerry Valdespino did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jacob Austin improves in velocity Jimmy Khalif did not respond to coaching in velocity Con Fontenot did not respond to coaching in C
Anaheim Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: George Lopez did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Dick Ehrhardt did not respond to coaching in control John Thomas improves in range Billy McHenry improves in range Art Hollahan did not respond to coaching in SS