Win: Rick Sweeney (4-10) Loss: Pat Beane (3-6)
Save: John Bako (24)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Buck Flavin pitching. Cactus Bakenhaster grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Gerry Mattingly grounds out to the pitcher. Jack Kerr strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Texas Horacio Lazor pitching. Henry Short grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Glen Dean walks. Felix Vaughan pops out to the shortstop. Ben Stine strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Brian Ganzel grounds out to the pitcher. Larry Berghammer strikes out. Rob Brockett walks. Harry Greer singles to center field. Rob Brockett advances to third on the hit. Aivin King grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Texas Rob Homer flies out to the right fielder. Lee Malloy pops out to the first baseman. Babe Fitzgerald hits a home run. George Kauffman pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Horacio Lazor flies out to the right fielder. Cactus Bakenhaster flies out to the right fielder. Gerry Mattingly flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Buck Flavin grounds out to the shortstop. Henry Short singles to left field. Glen Dean grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Jack Kerr walks. Jack Kerr steals second. Brian Ganzel flies out to the center fielder. Larry Berghammer strikes out. Rob Brockett triples. Jack Kerr scores. Harry Greer grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Felix Vaughan hits a home run. Ben Stine grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rob Homer reached on a fielding error by Gerry Mattingly. Lee Malloy pops out to the first baseman. Babe Fitzgerald walks. George Kauffman grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Aivin King grounds out to the third baseman. Horacio Lazor grounds out to the shortstop. Cactus Bakenhaster hits an infield single to the shortstop. Gerry Mattingly grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Texas Buck Flavin strikes out. Henry Short grounds out to the second baseman. Glen Dean walks. Felix Vaughan singles to center field. Glen Dean advances to third on the hit. Ben Stine grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Jack Kerr walks. Brian Ganzel flies out to the right fielder. Larry Berghammer strikes out. Jack Kerr is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Al Brady is pinch hitting for Rob Homer. Al Brady walks. Tony Podgajny is pinch hitting for Lee Malloy. Tony Podgajny grounds out to the third baseman. Al Brady advances to second on the play. Babe Fitzgerald walks. Pedro Guerrero is pinch hitting for George Kauffman. Pedro Guerrero grounds out to the second baseman. Al Brady advances to third on the play. Babe Fitzgerald advances to second on the play. Buck Flavin grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Al Simmons enters the game as a defensive replacement for Pedro Guerrero at LF. Rob Brockett singles to left field. Harry Greer strikes out. Aivin King strikes out. Wayne Murray is pinch hitting for Horacio Lazor. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Wayne Murray singles to left field. Cactus Bakenhaster grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Texas King Sweeney pitching. Henry Short walks. Glen Dean walks. Felix Vaughan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Henry Short advances to third on the play. Glen Dean advances to second on the play. Ben Stine strikes out. Al Brady singles to left field. Henry Short scores. Glen Dean scores. Rick Sweeney comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tony Podgajny singles to right field. Babe Fitzgerald flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Gerry Mattingly singles to center field. Jack Kerr walks. Pat Beane 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. Brian Ganzel strikes out. Larry Berghammer strikes out. Rob Brockett walks. Harry Greer walks. Gerry Mattingly scores. Aivin King reached on a 2-base throwing error by Babe Fitzgerald. Jack Kerr scores. Rob Brockett scores. Germany Thomas is pinch hitting for Rick Sweeney. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 5 inning. Germany Thomas doubles to right field. Harry Greer scores. Aivin King scores. Cactus Bakenhaster singles in front of the center fielder. Germany Thomas scores. Gerry Mattingly singles to center field. Cactus Bakenhaster advances to third on the hit. Gene Garber comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jack Kerr grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Texas Steve Kirrene pitching. Rich Ogrodowski enters the game as a defensive replacement for Harry Greer at 3B. Al Simmons flies out to the center fielder. Howie Dickey is pinch hitting for Gene Garber. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Howie Dickey strikes out. Henry Short strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Gary Whitsen pitching. Brian Ganzel flies out to the left fielder. Larry Berghammer flies out to the left fielder. Rob Brockett strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Texas John Bako comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Glen Dean flies out to the center fielder. Felix Vaughan singles to left field. Ben Stine flies out to the left fielder. Al Brady grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Felix Vaughan is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 8 Texas total runners LOB: 10
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Russ Rodriguez did not respond to coaching in control Red Hughes improves in arm Ron Yellen did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Tom Murphy improves in power_vs_righty
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Larry Wasdin did not respond to coaching in control Ed Phillips improves in power_vs_lefty Walter Gallivan improves in power_vs_righty Chico Chapman did not respond to coaching in control Miguel Crouch did not respond to coaching in 3B